The Last of UsHBO Series reviews have dropped, giving us all an early look at the quality of Joel and Ellie’s adventures in the living room and on TV to curious newcomer fans everywhere. Excitement for the show has been running high since it was announced.
with this Our Last HBO Review Roundupwe’ve compiled many of the top reviews for the show, so you can see important consensus and start digging into the early reviews all from one page.
The Last of Us is a post-apocalyptic series in which fungal monsters have overrun most of the world. Based on the hit Naughty Dog video game, you follow Joel and Ellie on their adventure across the treacherous North America, encountering various dangerous obstacles along the way.
Judging by the early scores, the video game and entertainment media in general seem to love the show, with most sites raving about it and scoring it highly. You can click and read them yourself below:
Our Last HBO Review
- Radio Times – 5/5
- Hollywood Reporter – Positive: “Well, you sure did a good job, The Last of Us.”
- Digital Spy – 5/5
- Empire – 5/5
- Variety – Positive: “…The Last of Us has been successful enough to see it ranking among the best of television in the near future.”
- Collider – A+
- NME – 4/5
- IGN – Positive: “HBO’s The Last of Us is a stunning adaptation of one of the most influential stories in video games, and it does a great job of bringing Joel and Ellie’s journey to a whole new audience.”
- Game Points – 9/10
- BBC – 4/5
- Reverse-Front: “This series is its best scenario — an original, a proven HBO visionary, an A-list cast, and a script that finds every heartstring it could possibly tug.” Borrowing from Another Video Game A sentence in: This is the final form of “The Last of Us.”
- Forbes – Positive Review: “Being part of the story is something TV shows can’t replicate. But TV has its strengths, and showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann have done a fantastic job of adapting the game for the screen.”
- Rolling Stone – Positive: “I’ve never played this game, but Druckmann and Mazin have made it into a TV show, and it works really well.”
- Washington Post – Positive: “When I compare the two stories, and the artistic choices made to separate the show from the game, I have to admit: the HBO version sometimes steals the show.”
- The Verge – Fine: “HBO’s new series is pretty good. Not great, not terrible, but good.”
The Last of Us opens January 15th in the US and January 16th in the EU.