9 days ago | By IGN

Warning: contains full spoilers for episode 2 of HBO's The Last of Us. HBO's The Last of Us is a mostly faithful adaptation of the hit PlayStation game. But just how close to its source material does it get? We've gathered images from episode 2 and put them next to stills from Naughty Dog's masterpiece to see just how similar some of it is. For
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The Last of Us creators explain that clicker "kiss"

9 days ago | By GamesRadar

Warning! This article contains major spoilers for The Last of Us episode 2. If you've not watched it yet and don't want to know what happens, then turn back now. HBO's The Last of Us adaptation has been pretty faithful to the Naughty Dog game on which its based so far. The premiere included the essential narrative beats - the tragic prologue, 20-year time jump, Joel meeting Ellie, and more - and expanded everything around them. Episode 2, however, tweaks one big moment in a major way: Tess's death. Instead of being gunned down by FEDRA soldiers in the Massachusetts State House, like her...
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The Last of Us episode 2 is breaking everybody's hearts all over again

9 days ago | By GamesRadar

Warning: Major spoilers ahead for The Last of Us episode 2! Turn back now if you haven't seen the new episode yet! The Last of Us episode 2 has adapted one of the game's most heart breaking moments: the death of Tess. While the show made some key changes to the scene - most notably that creepy, tendril-laced kiss - the emotional impact is the same, as fans have taken to the internet to pay tribute to the beloved character. Tess, after contracting Cordyceps , sacrificed herself to ensure Joel and Ellie escaped from a horde of infected. Before they left, though, Tess gave a heartfelt speech...
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The Last of Us creators reveal Tess's tragic backstory that didn't make it into the show - or the game

9 days ago | By GamesRadar

The Last of Us creators reveal they wrote a tragic backstory for Tess - but we'll never get to see it. Spoilers for The Last of Us episode 2 follow. "We wrote it, but we never shot it: it was a little bit of a backstory for Tess," Craig Mazin revealed on the HBO show's official podcast. "Tess had a kid. She had a husband and she had a son, and they were infected. She had to kill them. She killed her husband, but she could not kill her son. She couldn't do it. She locked him in the basement, where theoretically he's still a clicker." Neil Druckmann, who also directed The Last of Us episode...
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The Last of Us HBO viewers think the show is making the right changes from the game

9 days ago | By GamesRadar

Warning: This story contains spoilers and plot details from The Last of Us episode 2. The Last of Us on HBO has made several changes in its adaption from game to TV series. In episode 2 alone, we saw some deviations from Tess's story as well as changes to some of the iconic locations. But surprisingly, even hardcore fans of the original Naughty Dog game seem to be loving changes. On Reddit , one viewer called them "perfect", writing: "All the changes they are making in the show are perfect and make sense. I just love to see a game that is adapted and any changes that appear don't throw you...
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The Last of Us episode 2 finally confirms where Cordyceps originated - and the creators have weighed in

9 days ago | By GamesRadar

Warning: Major spoilers ahead for The Last of Us episode 2! Turn back now if you haven't seen the latest episode yet! The Cordyceps infection wreaked havoc in The Last Us's premiere , all but destroying civilization and turning its unfortunate victims into zombie-like creatures whose only goal is to spread the sickness far and wide. But, where exactly the outbreak started was left a mystery - and episode 2 has finally filled in the blanks. In a flashback at the beginning of the second episode, we learn more about the very early days of the pandemic. A mycologist in Indonesia is taken to a...
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Not every Last of Us fan is sold on episode 2's big 'kiss'

9 days ago | By GamesRadar

The Last of Us has its first controversial change - and it's dividing viewers. Major spoilers for The Last of Us episode 2 follow. The tail-end of The Last of Us episode 2 featured a deviation from the games that set tongues wagging: Tess, having accepted her fate, being ‘kissed' by one of the tendril-strewn infected before killing them. In Naughty Dog's 2013 PlayStation title, she is gunned down by FEDRA soldiers. "Actually hate how the weird difference in Tess's death scene overshadows the rest of the episode, they just could've left that out I think," one viewer wrote in reaction to the...
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