2013’s universally acclaimed videogame, ‘The Last of Us’, made by Naughty Dog, has been adapted into a TV series by HBO. Created by Craiz Mazin, the writer of the Scary Movie series, and Neil Druckmann, the creator of the 2013 game, the show follows a smuggler, Joel (played by Pedro Pascal), who has to escort a teenager, Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey) across the United States devastated by a terrifying infection.

Naturally, the fans of the video have been wondering how the HBO series holds up to the video game. Due to the bad reputation of video games being adapted into highly disliked adaptations, fans were right to be concerned for the iconic series.

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— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) January 15, 2023

The fans, however, will be thrilled to know that not only the series is similar to the content of the game, it makes some additional changes that improve the already beautiful story-telling of the 2013 Game of the Year, which was written by Neil Druckmann.

Many would be curious about the changes the series makes to the award-winning formula of the game. Let’s look at all the changes below. 

Spoiler Alert: The content below will have spoilers for the video game and the series, The Last of Us. It is advised that you proceed with caution and at your own discretion.

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