The Last of Us 2 was overshadowed by [SPOILER]

[Jumpin]

I’m familiar with the TV show. Never played the game.
However, I like that nothing quite feels like it despite it being in a well trodden genre. It is (IMO) the best exploration of the Romero themes in a “zombie” story (not zombies, but you know what I mean). It is like a grittier exploration of the original themes of Dawn of the Dead (which Snyder basically ripped out because I think they wanted to avoid all political controversy, while the original film embraced it).

For example: one thing Snyder did was just make the zombies fast, so humanity was overwhelmed… in the original film, human empathy and social cohesion was our downfall, not the zombies, the zombies were just the Illness that spread across a population unwilling to turn over infected loved ones to authorities, unwilling to quarantine, and unwilling to end their own political conflicts. The Last of Us explores the themes in different ways, and in a very satisfying way. Human empathy, connection, attachment, and authority vs freedom.

I would love to play the games, but it is unlikely I’ll have a console that plays it.