What does ‘The Last of Us’ (HBO max) have for everyone to compare it to ‘Game of Thrones’

“The last of us” has been crowned as the first major success of streaming platforms in this 2023. For several weeks now, the series has been occupying a major place in the conversations of apocalyptic story lovers and, of course, among video game players.

The first chapter has arrived on HBO Max, in the form of an hour and twenty minutes of extraordinarily interesting plot that will keep you on the couch and wanting more as the final credits roll. As HBO Max has come to expect, episodes are released weekly, so if you want to marathon this series, you’ll have to wait until March 13, the release date of the final episode of the season. The video game adaptation of Bad Dog for PlayStation will take us back to the post-apocalyptic world from fiction before nine Monday of the coming months.

Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey are the protagonists fiction, both shared a movie set in “Game of Thrones” a few years ago, playing two secondary characters, Oberyn Martell and Lyanna Mormont, who achieved great fame despite being secondary. Fans of the series still remember the great moments of Lyanna Mormont, a girl who embodies a loyal warrior who is braver and undoubtedly more loyal than many of the knights in “Game of Thrones”.

“The Last of Us” is a very ambitious production, from the cast to the budget, including the story based on the video game, expectations have skyrocketed. To fulfill them, the project has the involvement of game creator Neil Druckmann, who along with Craig Mazin (show runner of Chernobyl) hold the reins of the series. Next we talk about the storylinethe chapters and of the comparison what did they do with it “Game of Thrones”.

As we expected, “The Last of Us” is based on the action horror video game with the same name. The story of the series faithfully follows the story of the video game, telling the experiences of Joel and Ellie, two survivors of a pandemic in the United States that causes the mutation of humans. The development of the action takes place twenty years after the destruction of modern civilization. Joel, is hired to smuggle 14-year-old Ellie out of Boston, a city ruled by an authoritarian regime called PHAEDRA, which was established after the pandemic disaster in the US. In the chapters we will see the journey that the protagonists undertake and the many challenges they face in order to survive.

With the launch of the first chapter, we already know that the production will position itself as one of the most watched of the year. With much criticism and positive reception from the public, it is even said that it will be able to match “Game of Thrones”. To discover its full impact, we will have to wait for the plot to develop, but for now even its creators compare it with the medieval production that conquered half the world. In an interview with the media The Hollywood Reporter, Neil Drukmancreator of the video games “The Last of Us” and now the HBO Max series, stated that they will not make the same mistakes as the “Game of Thrones” series, since They will only focus on modifying video game historywithout going any further.

Here’s how the schedule for the release of episodes of “The last of us” remains:

• Episode 1 premieres January 16 on HBO Max. Directed by Craig Mazin.
• Episode 2 will premiere on HBO Max on January 23. Directed by Neil Druckman.
• Episode 3 will premiere on HBO Max on January 30. Directed by Peter Hor.
• Episode 4 will premiere on HBO Max on February 6. Directed by Jeremy Webb.
• Episode 5 will premiere on HBO Max on February 13. Directed by Jeremy Webb.
• Episode 6 will premiere on HBO Max on February 20. Directed by Jasmila Zbanic.
• Episode 7 premieres February 27 on HBO Max, directed by Liza Johnson.
• Episode 8 will premiere on HBO Max on March 6. Directed by Ali Abbasi.
• Episode 9 premieres March 13 on HBO Max. Directed by Ali Abbasi.

As for the second season, it is not yet known whether it will take place. Right now, we’re waiting for HBO Max to announce if it’s going to renew the series. What we do know is that the video game it’s based on has a second part two and the plot has a long way to go.