‘The Last of Us’ is the highest rated live-action video game adaptation on Rotten Tomatoes

‘The Last of Us’ is available January 16 on HBO Max. The video game adaptation beat a first and important record, 99% positive reviews collected on Rotten Tomatoes. Thanks to this, it became the best rated live action video game adaptation on the critics aggregator. In video game adaptations, in general, “Arcane” wins with 100% favorable ratings..

The best critics, consisting of 35 of them, give “The Last of Us” an average rating of 7.8 out of 10, which rises to 8.7 out of 10 if all critics are taken into account (a hundred professionals). . The figure certifies it critics welcomed the story of Joel and Ellie. They agree with each other in the successful performance of Bella Ramsey and Pedro Pascal, which occupy many of the headlines of criticism in the reference media: “Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are perfect in HBO’s faithful adaptation”opens his Karama Horne review for The Wrap, or the title of Nick Hilton’s review for The Independent: “Pedro Pascal is magnetic in this sweet, well-crafted and dark series”.

Another of the points in common between the opinions, received with great positivism is the duo in which the realization of this live adaptation fell. Neil Druckmann, the creator of the video game, and Craig Mazin, known for “Chernobyl”, were the creators of this first season. Mazin is pointed to as a promise of apocalyptic productions, while Druckmann is praised for maintaining the narrative coherence of the games: “Tuned by Druckmann and Mazin, the nine-episode season boasts exemplary storytelling, even for those unfamiliar with the source material”says in The Wrap review.

Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t just garner reviews from critics. More than 3,000 users leave their first impressions on the page fit and I also received it with open arms, with 96% positive ratings.

The third commented episode of ‘The Last of Us’

Of all the episodes of the series, there is one that does not stop being praised: the third. While the tension stands out in the second episode, then calm comes and gives way to a chapter wrapped in a more delicate climate. It is curious to note how the critics maintain the same emotion in an apocalyptic persecution as in a painful story. This more emotional facet of “The Last of Us” is provided by Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett’s performance, as Daniel Fienberg told The Hollywood Reporter: “In 75 minutes that didn’t even make me look at the clock once, it’s mostly a portrait of an unexpected and utterly heartbreaking relationship between survivors played by Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett.”