The primary season of The Final of Us (opens in new tab) lately wrapped up on HBO in what The Guardian (opens in new tab) referred to as “a brutal, sadistic triumph of tv.” I suppose that is good, proper? The entire sequence was met with acclaim (opens in new tab) from critics and viewers alike, and to completely no person’s shock a second season (opens in new tab) was introduced in January.
Some followers of The Final of Us video games weren’t completely thrilled with the present, nevertheless, notably the way in which the narrative typically diversified from the video games. An episode that explored the connection between supporting characters Invoice and Frank, as an illustration—one thing the sport by no means did—was extensively hailed for its portrayal of their “complete, lovely, devastating love story,” as Out (opens in new tab) described it, but additionally resulted in an unpleasant review-bombing marketing campaign on IMDB.com (opens in new tab).
Talking throughout a web based press convention forward of the debut of the season one finale (through EW.com (opens in new tab)), showrunner Craig Mazin mentioned that response will not change their method to the second season, which is able to typically deviate from the sport simply as the primary season did.
“[Season two] might be totally different simply as this season was totally different [from the first game],” Mazin mentioned. “Typically will probably be totally different radically, and typically will probably be [barely] totally different in any respect. However it’ll be totally different and will probably be its personal factor. It will not be precisely like the sport. It will likely be the present that Neil and I need to make.”
Mazin additionally mentioned that “we’re making it with Bella,” a reference to questions on whether or not Bella Ramsey, who performs Ellie, would return for the second season. The Final of Us 2 takes place 5 years after The Final of Us, resulting in hypothesis that the character is perhaps recast with an older actor.
“Once we made the sport, I felt we had been extremely fortunate,” showrunner and Final of Us videogame inventive director Neil Druckmann mentioned. “It was like lightning within the bottle that we discovered Ashley Johnson and I can not think about that model of Ellie being anyone else. After which in some way we acquired lightning within the bottle once more with Bella.
“The one manner we’d ever, ever take into account re-casting Bella is that if she mentioned, ‘I do not need to work with you guys anymore.’ And even then, we’re unsure we’d grant her that. We’d nonetheless pressure her to come back again to season 2.”
The Final of Us Half 1 is about to come back to PC on March 28, on Steam (opens in new tab) and the Epic Video games Retailer (opens in new tab). You may want an RTX 2070 Tremendous to hit 1080p 60 fps at excessive settings, however you may dial it again a bit if it is advisable to—listed here are the complete system necessities (opens in new tab).
