The Last of Us ha la best story ever told in a video game: the showrunner of the TV series based on the title of Naughty Dog, Craig Mazin, who during an interview with Empire said he has no doubts about it.
A few hours after the publication of the trailer for The Last of Us with the Italian dubbing, we therefore return to talk about the television reduction of the exclusive PlayStation, which will make its debut here with us on January 16, 2023 su Sky e Now TV.
“There is no doubt, it is the greatest story that has ever been told in a video game,” explained Mazin, adding that he has never experienced anything like it although he has been an avid gamer since 1977. For the showrunner, the secret of this extraordinary thickness lies in the narrative realism.
“They didn’t exaggerate (…)”, the protagonists of The Last of Us “are simple people, and this aspect is quite rare in video games. The fact that they kept the story so grounded and grounded really makes you think you’ve never seen anything like it.”
An approach that Mazin and his collaborators will try to enhance within the television series, also intervening to expand the story beyond what is shown in the games, as already confirmed in the past.