For the huge fan base of "The Last of Us", the biggest surprise this year is the adapter of the same name game that Craig McSing and Neil jointly filmed. Although most of the game-changing dramas in recent years have been hard to describe, this work still breaks the curse of "game-changing will ruin". On IMDb and Douban, it scored high scores of 8.9 and 9.1 respectively. From the perspective of the audience and the media, this is obviously a monument set by the "The Last of Us" series again.

The most important reason why this game-adapted drama was successful is the strong support of the original script. From the huge and realistic post-apocalypse worldview to the long journey of Joel and Ellie in the Doomsday, the excellent dramatic elements in the original game have been remade on the screen and given new vitality. However, with the end of the first season of the series, although the creators have confirmed that they will renew the second season, the waiting period still gives the audience a feeling of "living like a year".

Fortunately, some time ago, PlayStation announced that "The Last of Us Part 1" will be launched on PC on March 28. For viewers who are still immersed in the afterglow brought by the adapter, you might as well try this acclaimed original game to experience a journey of redemption under the doomsday.

Revisiting the old place

Although many of PlayStation's well-known game series have been launched on PC in recent years, the "The Last of Us" series released this time is also the first work of the "The Last of Us" platform on both Steam and Epic platforms.

As a completely remake of the first generation, while using the Naughty Dog upgraded engine, this work also brings more exquisite game graphics. The game's plot prequel DLC "Left Behind" is not absent. If you are a player attracted by the game's adapter, then this game will surely allow you to enjoy a lot of unique content that has not appeared in the play.

As the Last of Us, which has won more than 200 TGA awards and sold over 10 million copies in total, the game quality is unquestionable. When the first generation of the game was just released in 2013, IGN and other media gave it full marks. To the current completely remake of "The Last of Us Part 1", this game has proved its powerful vitality since the PS3 generation and its never-absence in consoles.

From the gameplay, this work can undoubtedly be regarded as the pinnacle of linear games, and its cinematic narrative level has almost reached its peak. In the world of "The Last of Us", a fungus that can infect people into zombies swept the whole world, and the order of human society has become gone. Through the finely designed linear levels, the experience of playing the game is like watching a grand scalezombie film, but the height that the work wants to achieve is more than this: from the initial encounter between Joel and Ellie, to the final chapter that makes players fully empathetic with Joel, breaking out of the siege to save Ellie's emotional catharsis, it can be said that this game has completely broken through the traditional zombie theme and successfully tells a growth story of mutual redemption.

At the same time, this game also brings some profound thoughts about the real world to players. For example, the game's performance of conflict between man and nature, as well as the disorder and reconstruction of human society under the doomsday. A kind of "fungi" in the story almost destroyed the entire human society, but it was a chance for the animals to breathe, which also created one of the most warm scenes in the game - Joel and Ellie met a group of giraffes in the city.

For players, they may also find that compared to zombies infected with fungi, the most dangerous thing is the human being itself. During Joel and Ellie's journey, zombies are by no means their only threat, which also sublimates the core of the game from "tumbling" against zombies to discussions about human nature and love. In the final chapter of the story, the game brings the players an ultimate question: Should I choose to protect the concrete people around me or save the abstract but wider people? The work places the two on the scale, cleverly allowing the players to complete this difficult moral choice.

The plot and performance of "The Last of Us" are very exciting, and naturally there is no need for audio-visual language. In the face of this remake, perhaps we can only describe it as "good and better". The beautiful scenery in the original original work has even more amazing effects in the remake of this PC login.

New interpretation

On the basis of replacing the new engine and new hardware, the light and shadow performance, model fineness and set sense of layering have reached unprecedented levels, and the subtle expression changes between the characters have also made the expressiveness of this remake to a higher level.

From the initial quarantine area to Bill’s town and Pittsburgh, and then to the lakeside resort with wind and snow, Joel and Ellie’s journey has achieved a good "fusion" on the art level. The dim city under dusk, the vivid characters, the interweaving of green vegetation breeding from nature and the ruins of the city, the sparkling lake effects, and the realistic and delicate pictures make playing this game a visual enjoyment in itself.

This work has also made great progress in its play experience. Since the game uses the same AI logic as the second generation, you will find that they are much more "smarter" and the diversity of combat has become more abundant. Some details make the experience smoother, such as the resimplified design of the "workbench" and the optimization of the "synthesis system".

If you are already a hard-core player who has passed the first generation game repeatedly, then some newly added parts of the gameMaybe it can also give you some new fun. The "Speed Pass mode" of the game can calculate your playing time during the game, which undoubtedly facilitates many players who like to challenge themselves. The unlocking of various types of new clothing can also give people an opportunity to play repeatedly. It inherits the barrier-free function of the second generation, and makes this game a game that everyone can enjoy.

Thanks to the openness of the PC platform, the PC version of "The Last of Us Part 1" released this time has also made many technical upgrades.

The game supports two ultra-wide screen display ratios of 21:9 and 32:9. The game's texture quality, shadow, reflection, ambient light occlusion and other functions can be customized. Players can find the picture that suits them best through settings. Similar to the PS5 version, the PC version of the game also supports 3D sound effects. The background sound in the environment and the slight sound when sneaking into battle can bring players a strong sense of substitution.

In addition, the minimum configuration requirement for playing this game is AMD Ryzen 5 1500X/AMD Radeon 470 (4 GB) or Intel Core i7-4770K/NVIDIA GeForce 1050 Ti (4 GB). The overall play threshold is not high. Players with high configuration can also enjoy the visual feast brought by native 4K+ high frame rate.

The game also supports AMD FSR 2.2 and Nvidia DLSS ultra-high resolution functions. Whether the graphics card used by players is A or N, this function can be used to obtain higher frame rates and better picture quality. The game comes with Vsync and upper limit options for shadow rate, which can also solve the problem of screen tearing and lag in low-configuration games.

Lastly, it is worth mentioning that the PC version also includes custom options for two controllers: keyboard, mouse and handle. If you use the keys and mouse to play, you can adjust the specific control keys in any combination, and the main and secondary binding functions can also be adjusted; if you have a DualSense controller, you can enjoy the tactile feedback and adaptive trigger functions brought by the controller through a wired connection, and fully experience the "sense of presence" of fighting in the game.

All in all, after the remake of the latest technology, the vitality of this "classic masterpiece" has been revitalized again, making it one of the most worthy games to play in the near future.

Conclusion

When the adaptation of "The Last of Us" came to an end successfully, the world that collapsed again, but still shone with a glimmer of human nature has undoubtedly become what I have been looking forward to in the past two days.

Since this is the first time this series has logged on to PC, players who do not purchase a console can also experience the fun of the game. Those plots that have been restored in adapted dramas areThe audience will probably smile when playing. Although the carriers presented are different, the surprises and touches brought to people by "The Last of Us" are always the same.

Whether it is for new players who have first experience or for old players who have revisited the old place, this may be the best opportunity to experience Joel and Ellie's journey.