The Last of Us TV show’s first reviews are widely positive
The first reviews of HBO’s TV adaptation of The Last of Us have started appearing, and they’re widely positive.
Variety calls the show “a promising, moving zombie saga”, stating: “What works about The Last of Us works well enough that one sees the near future in which the show winds up among television’s best.”
Digital Spy calls it “the first contenter for best show of the year”, adding that the show makes changes to the game’s narrative but claiming: “While diehard purists might balk at some of these changes, that silence you can hear is us not caring because this show will transcend all that.”
In a 5-star review, Empire calls it “comfortably the best adaptation of a video-game ever made”, declaring it “a superb example of how to make an adaptation work, how to retain the elements of what worked while having the confidence to explore bold new avenues, to expand the universe, to make a thing that stands on its own two feet”.
Not all publications have been without criticism, however. Entertainment Weekly gives the show a B- rating, claiming it “can’t decide if it’s an adaptation or a replay”.
“One episode completely shifts the game’s canon, but some scenes get recreated shot-for-shot,” it explains. “That may work best for newbies, or fans who prefer adaptations barely adapted. It contributes to the feeling of watching someone else’s replay.”
TV Guide, meanwhile, gives the show a 7.9 rating, saying “the story occasionally feels rushed” and that “the show could have expanded its perspective beyond the source material even more”, adding that it’s “at its best when it goes beyond the game”.
Last month the show’s co-creator and co-writer Craig Mazin made headlines when he claimed that The Last of Us is “the greatest story that has
Read more on videogameschronicle.com
