This is my guff with video game shows. Halo is a great example of a lame ass remake of the actual game, but then twisted everything. My problem isn't just that they shit on the canon, but that now people will never try the game because they think they know the story.

Compare that to Fallout, which did a great job coming up with a new story that fit the canon in universe. Very fun to watch, and I hope people left wanting to try the games.

All of the direct duplicate of the games annoy me for that reason. I want people to try the games, not see a shitty replacement.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I don't mind changes to fit the medium. The Last of Us Season 1 did a great job of making changes that made sense. Season 2 fundamentally changed a character from the game and was widely considered a bad move.

Just, they need to quit making changes to the reason these characters are popular.

[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Who changed in The Last of Us season 2? I haven't played the games but the show was watchable

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Besides a lot of unnecessary changes that got rid of iconic moments from the game (or changed them to be less impactful or awkward), they diluted Ellie down heavily. In the game she's cold, calculated, and ruthless. In the show she's emotional. I think they tried to keep more of the old Ellie's personality.

Aside from that, Tommy's role from the game is completely erased, which was a massive eye-opening context for pre-TLOU Joel, especially for Dina. Not that it's new information as much as witnessing it.

It's just disappointing because they did such a good job with season 1. And Bella Ramsey has gotten a lot of flak for bad writing.