The Last of Us HBO Series Co-Creator: 'It is the Greatest Story Ever Told in Video Games' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 20 December 2022 / 3,331 Views
The co-creator of the upcoming The Last of Us HBO TV series Craig Mazin in an interview with Empire says the video the show is based off of is the best story ever told in gaming.
"It's an open-and-shut case: this is the greatest story that has ever been told in video games," said Mazin.
He added, "They were just people. And that, in and of itself, is remarkably rare in games. The fact that they kept it so grounded, and really made you feel – I had never experienced anything like it, and I’ve been playing video games since 1977."
The Last of Us HBO TV series will premiere on Sunday, January 15 at 9:00 pm ET / PT on HBO and available to stream in 4K on HBO Max in the US and Sky in the UK.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Looks like he hasn't heard of Knack
It is because Knack is on a category of itself.
I still haven't played knack and knack 2. Is it outdated now or worth a try?
It is a simple game, but enjoyable.
It's actually a pretty generic story, what Naughty Dog excels at is complex characters which can make even a simple story so much more compelling.
I have to disagree. It's every zombie movie trope as usual. What made it good was how compelling the characters were, especially Joel and Elle. There are many RPGs with much better stories.
HAHAHAHA! Oh wait you're serious let me laugh even harder, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Nier/Automata,Yakuza 0,Judgment,Chrono Triggert,Xenogears and more far outclass another zombie story. Walking Dead did it better than TLOU a year prior.
As if he would say anything different while working on the product.
Even you notice this, but Hynad doesn't
I'm not saying it is bad (I like the story), my point is that whoever is working on it wouldn't bad mouth it.
Can't agree that it's the greatest story ever. It's a decent story, it's just told exceptionally well in the games.
Similar stories have been told many, many times in all media. It just hasn't been done this well in video games very much.
He was saying regarding videogames not all media.
Right. And I'm saying I don't think it's the best story in video games. It's just an example of telling the story very well.
The greatest story of all time is Bad Dudes on the NES.
“The president has been kidnapped by ninjas. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president?”
Oh yeah? Bet he doesn't even know the story in 'Trash It' on PS1.
I feel like he hasn't seen or heard many a story from other games over the past 3 decades, if he thinks this is the "greatest of all time".
Joel and Ellie got nothin on Mario and Luigi. Just sayin'.
It's definitely a subjective opinion. It does end up being just another Walking Dead series but instead of a virus, it's that plant fungus mutation.
Dead Space, now that's a great story and a lot more original. I want them to make that into a movie.
What an odd statement to make; sure, he’s entitled to his opinion, but this is just baffling and rather grandiose for what is essentially a very generic story told very well.
Nah, snake eater is the greatest ever.
Someone's smelling their own farts! Smug much?! Not even close to the greatest story ever, gtfo.
I would probably put it in my top 10, but no way it's number 1.
I think Shadow of the Colossus and Majora's Mask have better stories but TLoU 1 is definitely good.
Except with a crappy ending, the worst of all time.
The characters in the last sopas is what makes the story good!
MGS fans go LOL.
Good or bad, I suspect Last of Us gets brought up so much it gets hype backlash.
The greatest story ever told is Super Mario 64. A man battles a giant tortoise so he can get some cake baked by his princess girlfriend. Even Bill Shakespeare would be humbled.
It was new how it was told through video game yes, but it has been done on TV many times i don't know how well this show will do on streaming.
