The Last of Us (feat. Writer & Creative Director Neil Druckmann) |
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- Опубликовано: 3 дек 2019
- In this video we chat with writer and creative director Neil Druckmann to learn about some of the techniques game designers use to tell their stories.
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Many people might not associate video games with "storytelling," but video games can tell deeply emotional stories with rich character arcs that you don’t simply watch unfold, you participate in. The 2013 game "The Last of Us" from developer Naughty Dog is one of the very best examples of how to tell a story through the medium of a video game.
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"Your watch is broken." Such a powerful sentence, it showsJoel is still mourning.
Gijs Klaassen and very subtle scoff that Joel responded with.. it has so many emotions into it.
Troy Baker stated during his play through with Nolan North that the watch is stuck on the time and exact moment of Sarah's death.
coll912 Well, there’s the bullet hole from the gun that killed Sarah on it ):
In the final scene he says "I struggled a long time with surviving" and then subconsciously touches the watch.
Its also symbolic of him refusing to move on, time has "stopped".
How can a game I've played 6 times already still make me emotional
Really great storytelling.
I know right i get excited every time i see them damn Giraffes.
This video made me cry when neil started taking about Ellie’s innocence and the giraffe scene. It’s amazing how games are able to connect you to the characters so much more than film. I don’t think video games work for every story and film is better for most, but the last of us just has such a perfect story for the gaming medium. I think the blockbuster elements with an emphasis on a journey/exploration really work in favor of games. And it’s so easy to develop characters over a long journey or adventure, especially with writing as good as the last of us. It really all depends on the story you want to tell, I couldn’t imagine anything by tarkovsky as a game and something like god of war would not work as a film at all.
I know right
"Baby girl" gets me every time.
One thing I love is that you can stay at the ledge with Ellie shown at 19:43 for as long as you want. You can stay there until the giraffes all walk off into the brush. You won’t progress until you as the player move Joel, he will stay leaning on the edge enjoying the view with Ellie
A nice eye of the storm moment. It reminds me of the train scene in Spirited Away.
@Stopped In Time a moment of calmness and peace in a world of chaos and madness
Yeah, great game design to just waste your time watching giraffes instead of questioning how they're still alive and not attacked by the infected or hungry hunters.
I laughed during the Last of Us, I cried during the Last of Us, I was terrified during the Last of Us, I got angry during the Last of Us, I was grossed out during the Last of Us. I experienced every human emotion possible during this game. I've always loved video games, but because of the Last of Us, they are now my passion. Naughty Dog made me realize the potential of video games as a storytelling medium, and I hope to get the opportunity to work in the industry some day.
@@tempsitch5632 I did!
Right now with leaks out everyone is angry and grossed out. Hopefully when the full game is out we’ll laugh and cry and also say “it wasn’t as bad as the leaks made it out to be”
@@H.E.M. nobody should buy the game with this fanfiction storyline beeing out now
Neil Brown how was he a dork ?
and now youll experience all those emotions again except it wont get better
Damn, just flex on us like that, it's fine
I think that he means we were expecting a video essay and then no its actually an interview with the director of the game. Like, thats pretty cool
@@thomassowellaudiobooks6441 flex just means show-off, his comment was just a joke like saying "Why you gotta show off?"
The Flex on Us
@@IvanMosquito LMFAOOOOO
Guy Mor flex is good
Dang, now your grabbing the actual creators of the story to explain! Now that's EXTRA quality content! lol
Hoping to do more of it! Big thanks to Neil for being on board with it!
Tavi Your Neighborhood Artist *you’re
Lessons from the Screenplay if you guys could get Cory Barlog from Sony Santa Monica to talk about God of War 2018, that would be epic!
@@siahhumphrey8493 I second this!
Why this "lol" is at end of sentence?
During the giraffe scene, I waited a bit before opening the door. I wanted to give Ellie a couple of more minutes before moving on
I like how even when you do press the button to open the door, Joel reaches for the door handle but stops and reminds Ellie she doesn't have to go through with it. They can still turn around and live in the settlement. This was Joel recognizing, in that moment with the giraffes, that the innocence in Ellie is still very much alive. She's not lost yet. Gah, this game is so special.
Druckmann: hi, I’m Neil Druckmann...
me: huh, I don’t think I’ve seen the interview this clip is from
Druckmann: and this is Lessons from the Screenplay
me: ...holy SHIT
Seriously, congrats on this incredible opportunity and amazing video! I’ve been watching your videos for over two years now, and your growth has been such a joy to watch. You did a wonderful job with this interview, and I can’t wait to see what your next incredible opportunity will be!
I had the exact same reaction
Neil is a tool and part of the elites dirty secrets hidden in their closets
Thank you so much for the respect you showed the medium- especially its uniqueness in the audience's interaction/agency. Hopefully this can be one more small step to the public understanding video games as a form of art!
Well said.
With the advent of VR, it will easily surpass the failing art of film and Hollywood will look like the set of The Last Of Us
i'm as casual of a gamer as it can get, but it makes me so frustrated how some people still don't think that video games can be a form of art. if anything, video games are every form of art there is because every game has all different aspects of art put into making them, like artists draw and model the characters, actors/voice actors act as the characters, writers write the stories and dialogues, sound engineers make the music and sound effects, and even more. you're right that video games should be a medium taken seriously more.
couldn't have said it better myself! I mean that!
The last of us really isnt the best exemple of a game with a lot of agency. TLOUs gameplay is one corridor after another, yeah sure you can do different things each playtrought, but its pretty straightforward, not even near mass effect level of agency, for exemple.
On the envoriment aspect FROM SOFTWARE blows Naughtydog out of the water.
@@Luclv I'd agree that it isn't a lot of agency compared to other video games, but I it's more agency compared to film. I think the important part is that video games give the player a chance to be more immersed in the story by being a part of the mechanics. I think of God of War when Atreus starts being a little shit and doesn't listen to your button commands anymore... That shit got me just as furious as Kratos must have been in that very moment!
Of course you had to show the "oh baby girl" scene and now I'm sobbing, thanks.
Kari B Haven’t played the game in years and I cried when that scene was showed. God, it still gets us!
Sarah's death still destroys me, each and every time. Naughty Dog are masters of their craft.
The only cut scene I skip every time I replay it.
khimaros lmao😂
Well, not anymore.
Aged like milk
Damn people still bitching about the plot of LOU2?? It was a genius game
I’d love seeing one of these kind of videos from Part II. Specially after hearing what Neil says at the beginning of this video about the concept of “being” a character that Part II takes to exponential levels
I think him saying here he wants you to be the character and not yourself is very crucial. People complain so much about not liking what Ellie is doing during part 2 as if it’s not a linear story game just like the first lol. You don’t get to make a choice if you did everyone would go for the same choices and the story would suck ass
@@connerdearing It already does suck ass, what people didn't like was that the story makes some....questionable choices with the characters people love (Ellie and Joel) for characters, well really just one, that hardly anyone found endearing. If the game genuinely wanted to tell a story with dark themes and a protagonist doing morally repugnant things, then Druckman should've taken a look at Spec Ops: The Line which does damn near everything he tries to do....except, you know, competently. Hell, Spec Ops even plays with gaming conventions to further mess with the player and by extension Cpt. Walker as he slowly loses his mind and is desperate to cope with the horrors he continues to see and commit. The Last of Us is probably one of the best narratively focused games that's been made, it just has a pretty horrible follow up to a story that felt pretty complete by the end even if some threads are left up to interpretation.
@@mrbigglezworth42 complete clown
@@berlinstoli6326 you are
To any who enjoyed this and the game; I highly recommend watching Grounded: The Making of The Last of Us
Will do, thanks 👍
Mads Arvidsson and also watch The Last of Us: one night live
Yeet, that was one of the best things I have ever seen
Just watched it a couple days ago. Probably one of the better documentaries I've watched.
i can't see it any more times, I've exhausted almost every bit of content relating to the last of us, i just need the part II, IT'S BEEN SO FUCKING LONG
I honestly believe the opening to The Last of Us is the best opener there has ever been in a video gamer. It's just a work of art, nothing less
Too bad that after they made such a marketing campaign about the scientifically plausible background of the story, the ending is a completely constructed, pseudoscientific FU to anyone with a pertinent science background.
@@ohauss Umm its a post apocalyptic video game... it not being real is what makes it fun and exciting
Oliver H
May you elaborate on that?
Have you seen the opening to uncharted 2?
I think Bioshock's opening is just a touch more atmospheric, but TLOU is a masterpiece, no doubt.
Finished playing this game today.
Another thing I noticed about the Joel and Ellie fight -
While they were angry with each other, Joel wasn't calling out to Ellie whenever he found a new comic book. I thought that was really cool that the programmers thought of that too.
Video game as a medium for story telling is so young that it’s exciting to think that most of the masters are just about to arise
After playing The Last of Us storytelling became my number one interest instead of gameplay. A good story will never leave your mind that's why The Last of Us is still talked about to this day.
isnt the point of this video that story and gameplay are inherently intertwined and to tell a truly good story in games you need it to work with the gameplay.
@@Cody27 Yes that's the point of the video.
@@madphantom92 if storytelling is your #1 then so is gameplay.
I'm the same way. It has actually almost ruined gaming for me, since so few studios seem to be putting any real effort into it.
@@FlesHBoX I agree. I feel like its one of those things that once you notice its missing it becomes glaring. The new SW Jedi game comes to mind.
There’s a common comment on many RUclips videos saying “Never clicked on a video so fast”.
But today I did that. I made a giant gasp and started the video instantly.
And then I gasped again when Neil Freaking Druckmann shows up!
ME TOO! Exactly!!!!!
love how he talks about what makes the storytelling so great always with a proud grin on his face, like, he knows he made something amazing
great vid- great editing- great game choice
Thanks!
yo
You got Neil for this video? That's awesome! The Last of Us is a masterpiece.
It was really fun getting chatting with him!
Hmmm.......i have to say is the best game ever made for me
Soon as I saw the title I knew it was gonna be a ride.
New life goal: make something so good that LFTS wants to do a video on it.
Same
I'm a parent...and the opening sequence of TLOU could not have been more impactful for me. I was utterly hooked and in almost 40 years of playing video games I've never experienced anything like TLOU before or after. A true masterpiece of the medium.
This was fantastic! So cool to (finally) see you cover a videogame, and how amazing is it that you got Neil on the show, how did that happen?
Lucked out and was able to get in touch with someone at Naughty Dog who knew the channel. We’ve literally been trying to make it happen for years.
Alright, guys, let's make a collab to talk about impactful video games
he ruin things
that flex at the beginning got me im so proud of you
This is my favourite video game of all time. The story is so rich with backstories an lore that it’s a life of its own. When you posted this, I was beyond excited to watch.
I'm currently writing my thesis on how the last of us tells an effective story and what it means for games as a narrative medium. This video came out just at the right time :) it's great to hear this from a developers perspective
So cool that you got Neil to come on the show. He's a storytelling genius
Levi Hawes - Yeah he’s got his stuff together. ... I still think the final chapter is really rushed tho.
@@samwallaceart288 ohhh shut up
@@samwallaceart288 that's the point I think. Everything gets a fast pacing at the end. To make us feel the stress Joel is feeling
As in, Marlene says “we’re gonna’ kill Ellie for dubious reasons.” And Joel, rather than asking reasonable questions about such drastic measures; rather than hunting down a doctor to get a second opinion, rather than finding out if Ellie is even aware of the situation, he just immediately jumps to “kill everyone” as his first option. That scene could have better confirmed and justified the situation beyond just taking Marlene at her word that it is indeed an all-or-nothing situation. It’s a contrivance that Joel makes that jump in the span of 5 minutes. I get why it happened like that for game pacing, but I don’t buy it unfolding and escalating that fast from a story and character pov. All they needed was just one extra scene where Joel corners an actual doctor and gets more concrete facts about Ellie’s situation from someone who knows what they’re talking about. Just to help clarify the absurdity of the situation.
@@samwallaceart288 ohh you didnt play the game properly..there were tapes mentioning how they found similarly people like Ellie in the hospital..abd guess what they didnt survive the test and secondly a father knowing his daughter is on the verge of death! And according to you he should have called 'The Manager' and should have a civil talk😂
Welcome to the dark side. You're a gamer now.
On the real, The Last of Us does a lot of cool things in regards to connecting the player to Joel (and Ellie). The events in the beginning explain his actions at the end, and even though as a player I was like, "yeah, this seems like the wrong thing to do," because I was playing as Joel, I knew that he would do anything to not let the past repeat itself. It gets you to understand a guy who is willing to become a monster instead of losing someone he cares about, which is a pretty wild accomplishment. Good game. Good video. God of War 2018 is calling your name now.
What's the next game your wife is playing? i loved those two first episodes :)
@@pedrohpf1990 Minecraft.
The problem with that ending was that it was complete BS in terms of the need to save Ellie. The rationale was utter nonsense.
Oliver H care to elaborate on that?
@@ohauss How so? How is saving someone you love not rationale?
can't wait to discuss part 2 now that the game is out.
Here we go
there is nothing to discuss. The script and narrative are complete trash.
@@maxk4471 Dont just jump onto the bandwagon and go on mob mentality and cancel culture. You dont know what you're saying
@@rudfilmsstudios I've played the game and it was quite bad
@@leakedtrailersinc.6734 I've played the game and it was quite good.
Great appreciation of video game writing!
Lesson 1: At least one of your central characters shouldn’t be able to swim.
Shamus Quinn - Watched enough game essays to know this refers to more than one property. I feel smart.
Ellie grew up inside a camp without any pools/lakes or anything to learn where to swim. Great writing
Such attention to detail. It’s expertly crafted.
Works for red dead redemption 1 and 2
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, too.
AHHHH FAVORITE CHANNEL DOING A GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ITS MY FAVORITE OF ALL TIME AHHHH
:D
The game aged like fine wine...
This video aged like a fine apple
They're not taking about part II
I can’t wait for last of us 2 vid. I really feel that game shook me emotionally more than any piece of media
I love Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons take on storytelling through game play. Using a side of the controller for each brother was really clever. There's a part in the story where the older brother (left side of the controller) is gone and the younger brother (right side of the controller) must perform a task the older brother normally did. It's a great moment of character development that's felt in both the narrative and is reinforced by the control scheme.
That moment is the absolute pinnacle of meaningful gameplay in my eyes. I was looking for how to get through that area and even when I understood that I had to swim, I did not expect it to happen the way it did. I had to put down the controller for a minute and take in what just happened.
Many games strive to achieve meaningful gameplay moments, but few get there.
The ladder moment in TLoU is as close as their mechanics allowed and it's one of the best moments of the game.
These games are prime examples of when you can proudly say that games can be art. No buts or ifs.
Not all games are (just as not all movies) and not all games have to be, but there are plenty that proudly stand in that category.
No exaggeration: One of the greatest moments in videogames. A condensed thesis statement for its power as a medium.
I'd be interested in your take on Journey. There's no explicit story, but there is a definite overwhelming effect that is built over the experience.
At the end I had an extremely emotional reaction (joyful tears, more or less) but to this day I can't really explain why. Maybe you can!
Journey is the purest type of game in that it's all game. The Last of Us relies pretty heavily on cutscenes and reading to deliver its story. Journey has none of that. Everything is told through the gameplay, fully embracing the medium. It's extremely powerful. I'd love to see a breakdown on how it actually achieves that.
Cried uncontrollably at the end of Journey. Didn't know why. Still dont really know why. I just know it changed me. It helped me move forward and let go of a lot I had been holding on to. Journey cannot be explained. It must be experienced.
Game has jump button 10/10 masterpiece
Seeing this topic for your latest video just made my day. Thanks!
12:45 is probably my favourite part of the game in a story perspective.
"can't deny that view"
Joel smiles for the first time and looks down at his watch.
He's thinking about Sarah after spending little time with Ellie.
It breaks me every time.
I remember in the behind the scenes they mentioned this was something that was added during the rendering of the scene. Him looking at his watch wasn't in the script or performed by the actor. It really shows how much the medium of video games can give artists the chance to play fully with their stories.
The collab i never knew I needed
15:30 "She grabs this Machete and she kills David in the most brutal of ways; just hacks him. And even past the point where he's dead and you're seeing this affect now, this- her being on her own. Fighting all of these people, killing, murdering - it's having a toll on her. // And we leave them just as Joel comes in and pulls her off of David and holds her and embraces her like his own daughter and calls her *Baby, Girl* - same phrase he used for his daughter."
16:01 [The game cuts to a few months later, but the weight of Ellie's experience remains]
"Where Ellie the whole game has been the optimistic one, the peppy one - she tells jokes, she's the one who calls Joel on his bullshit. She's just got all of this energy and you're coming in and she's quiet. And she's distant. She doesn't respond, you get this interactive prompt over the head you've had the the whole game where you can talk to her and you hit it again: "Ellie?" and hit it again "Ellie?" But you can tell something is really off with her. And that was important for us to show that Ellie has an arc. That Ellie starts as this very innocent, naive person, (16:51) *and you can't survive in this world without it corrupting you in some way - without it having some toll on your personality.* "
[Here, the behavior of the NPC you're paired with is once again revealing character]
@Reconsider your position who hurt you
Imagine LFTS flexing even more with an interview with Hideo Kojima
Rated M for Masterpiece
lmao
About that
Harvey Mc Nuggets it is tho
Here’s to another masterpiece
Love that you point out the ladder moment at 17:30 , so understated yet powerful.
In my humble opinion, the best story telling game I've ever played is Papers, Please.
There's a short film based on the game. It has the music, the tone, the atmosphere of the game, but utterly fails to tell the story of the game at all. Comparing the game versus the short film is a stark reminder of exactly how games tell stories differently. There is no montage in the game, for example, as the short film runs through a number of people passing through very quickly, which you can never do in the game. There are also no decisions to be made while watching. You see the nameless main character presented with a choice that he needs to dwell on for a moment, but what's going through his head cannot compared to what's going through your head when presented with the same choice in the game. And the dozens of interwoven narratives in the game are only hinted at in the short film, since they are so complicated and take so long to get through.
Ultimately the feel of the short and the feel of playing the game are vastly different because Papers, Please relies on you, the player, to tell the story. It is a story telling tool. Which is something even the greatest of movies cannot emulate.
Great explanation, hope people read this. Whatever you think of last of us, the story could've been told the exact same way with a movie. It barely uses the medium games provide which makes it a pretty bland example of storytelling through games I think.
Man, TLOU (I + II) were just mind blowing. I felt things I've never felt before or after playing it. It was an experience I'll remember for my entire life.
Thank you for putting into words what I could never explain to everyone whose ever asked me why I love video games
Would you kindly do a video on BioShock?
I see what you did there ;)
Second
@@ragglock he gets it!
The timing of this video was insane. I have watched and admired all of your stuff since years and always have wanted to make video essays of my own. And I finaly made one on this very topic less than a week back. This is such a compelling thing to talk about since the storytelling of videogames and cinema is so different yet derivative in a way that we can't ignore. Just like theatre and cinema have grown into separate mediums.
Dude, honestly, there is something very beautiful in your videos. I really, really enjoy how the focus of what you analyze never looses touch with artistic expression in favor of over-technicalities. it is just the right and sober amount of dissection in order to reveal the techniques behind these amazing scripts and how they accomplish what they do. Again, thanks so much for your videos!
Check out our new video on The Witcher 3 over on our new gaming-focused channel, Story Mode: ruclips.net/video/5gvVp9cP8xc/видео.html
LFTS patrons can now watch extra clips from my interview with Neil Druckmann. Here's 22 minutes of Neil talking about the storytelling of The Last of Us: www.patreon.com/posts/32102950
What are some of your favorite video game storylines? And who's excited for The Last of Us Part 2?
final fantasy 6
something with an actual gameplay, wether it has a story or not.
Lessons from the Screenplay Undertale
Lessons from the Screenplay I love uncharted 4 so much
God of War!!!!
Marvel: The Most Ambitious Crossover Event in History.
LFTS: Hold my beer.
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I finished the last of us this week and have been watching every interview and video I can on it, and this has been my favorite one. thank you for laying out why this video game is so incredible, i tried to explain it to a friend yesterday and now I'm going to send them this because it does a perfect job of explaining :]
Druckmann is a storytelling genius
When Ellie didn't immediately go for the later, I felt that
The Last of Us is, to this day, the greatest story I've ever experienced.
+supersaiyan3985 Yeah me too. It's true that a game CAN immerse you in some ways a movie can't. Even if the opposite is also true, The Last of Us is just pure emotion. That even when the story itself is not that original breakthrough it does move you like anything else. The way I cared for these characters, for their journey and their destination is just unbelievable. If something happened to them it would break my heart more than any movie or series twist ever has. I'm waiting on The Last of Us Part II so much I just had to watch this video.
To me this is the game that truly showed that video game are art and that it showed people who though video games were nothing more then just button mashing can actually show and tell deep and interesting stories
Neil Druckmann: Nope!
This didn't age well
@@thieutran2694 LOL
I’m so glad they went over the cannibal sequence. That was one of my favorite parts of the game bc it changed the story so much.
I hope you do a video for part 2, this was very well done✊🏼
Man who's cutting onions up in here?? 😭😭😭
It's so rare that people appreciate games on the same narrative level as movies! Love it!
Video games have surpassed Hollywood already as a medium. People are just too ignorant.
@@rk_092neo I wouldn't say "surpass", more like "found a unique type of narrative that takes full advantage of the inherent advantages to the medium"
I believe it's impossible for one artistic medium to surpass another as art is subjective.
Also people aren't ignorant, they're just happy with what they have. If they insult video games then they're prejudiced.
@@muffy6519 you bring up true points, but the quality of content in Hollywood movies have declined in the last several years whilst video games have produced stunning and memorable stories like RDR2 and The Last of Us for example.
Why do you think Hollywood are Keen to make movie adaptations of popular video games? Because they don't want to admit that they have nearly run out of original ideas and they want to cash in on what has already been established with the audience.
@@rk_092neo Let me just start off by saying I overall prefer video games for storytelling as I find I'm able to immerse myself in the story better.
Now, let me also say that "Hollywood is running out of ideas" is ridiculous. There are infinitely more ideas then there ever will be reality. The correct statement is "Hollywood is running out of PROFITABLE ideas." Hollywood is first and foremost a business and a business's first priority is always to make money. That's the nature of businesses in a capitalist economy. Minimize costs, Maximize profit. Why bother spending resources coming up with an original movie idea when you can recycle the plot of a critically claimed move from 2 decades ago and simply pressing "RTX on" and have it be one of the highest earning movies ever. Occasionally you'll get a passion project through once you've earned enough trust (money) for the business, but that's rare.
But let me tell you a secret, video games are also made by businesses. Haven't you noticed the recent resurgence of remasters/remake/rerelease? Money. I'm not complaining, I'm glad some of these games got updated for the newest platform, but the truth is that money is the primary motivation for making it.
For every Last of Us, there's 3 FPSs with shiny new guns, every RDR2 10 new EA sports games that somehow get worse over time. The same is true for movies.
The culmination of 11 years of hard work was paid off amazingly in Endgame and it did a way better job at finishing a story told over multiple entries and setting up the next generation then Kingdom Hearts III did for sure. But, by the same token, Alien: Isolation remains the most horrifying piece of media I've ever consumed. There's pros and cons on both sides.
My first video game console was an Atari 2600. I got it in the 70s when I was 10. It’s 2020 and I still play video games and let me tell you; of all the games I’ve played, The Last of Us was the absolute greatest.
Guys, you don't know how important this video is for me. My thesis is to make a script of a videogame, and the main question was always about the story in the videogame, how to incorporate elements from the literature, how to make a good story in videogames. I'm so happy, thank you so much!
If you havent played the last of us, you are honestly doing yourself a disservice. One of the best stories and some of the best emotional storytelling ive ever seen or played
I truly believe LFTS is one of the most inspirational RUclipsrs. Thank you for the work that you put into these videos.
From all of us: Thank you
Absolutely love your channel found it last night and binged everything you had love your delivery very well put together videos
One of the great things about this game is the amount of care that went into the choices of set pieces and the 1000s of little details that go into making the world seem so relatable to us and therefore so interesting to play; you go through an office building and there's a sign asking people to wash their dishes, just like we have at my office, there's photos of the family and kids, there's bongs and high school athletic medals hanging in the college dorms... You really get a sense of a well thought-out, populated world that was interrupted by this virus.
This is my absolute favorite episode of Lessons from the screenplay. Last of us is an amazing experience so it was awesome to see you sit down with Neil and breakdown what made it so great. Bro that Giraffe scene has to be my favorite moment in any video game ever.
I've played this game six times and I've watched damn near all your videos twice. I saw the thumbnail and i swear I've never clicked on a video faster
Amazingly done!
Thanks for making it!
I'm saving this so I can watch it in peace. Never have I even been so excited to watch a RUclips video. Thanks for the quality content and appreciating the potential of story telling through videogames. I haven't watch the video yet, but I can already tell it's gonna be great.
I've got to say, I try to watch every movie before you upload a video essay on it and I've been meaning to get this game for a while. This video might have put me over the top so I'm sure I'll view it in a few weeks once I've finished the game!
God, this channel is perfect. Thank you so much for this.
I’ve just done another play through of this game in anticipation of part 2 coming out soon. And I was able to really appreciate even more of the story details. One thing that struck me was that Joel was unable to talk about his former life, and quickly dismissed any conversation about his daughter. But by the end he opens up more and accepts with appreciation the picture Elle gives him of them, one that he didn’t want even from his brother earlier. But also, by the last scene he’s so comfortable to say Elle and her was alike, and probably could have been friends. Now that’s a journey!
Fantastic, thank you Michael. I would love to see more about storytelling in games on your channel!
So cool to see you branch out!
Thanks Pat! I've wanted to talk about video game writing for awhile. This felt like the absolute perfect place to start.
This is exactly the channel I wanted to see do video game storytelling! Awesome!
Really professional video. I like that you put so much care into these.
I havent played the game but am here because i loved the show….fascinating to see how writing a story works, video game and tv.
Wow, this channel keeps going on up. This is amazing
Thanks Matthew!
Dude, thank you for that little parallel with Children of Men. That was wonderful. Your videos only get better and better.
god the music that accompanies the interview is spot on. props to you not only for the content of the dialogue but also for all the environmental mood setting you do.
How am I not seeing this till now? Great video, amazing incite on the differences between what you usually tackle in films and how that translate and changes through the lens of a videogame.
I’m in my late 20s and played this game after my daughter was born. The scene with Sarah just broke me. I’ve never cried playing a video game before that.
Did anyone else notice that the scene where Sarah dies and the scene where you learn Ellie is immune mirror each other? In both cases the camera is low, looking up to a soldier who is about to execute someone, and then the soldier is killed by a last-second headshot from the left.
My baby loves your voice! I love your content! This is perfect for feeding time.
Gosh... Brilliant interview and video. I still got very emotional when I remember this game and it's story and characters.
Thank you for this amazing work and lecture.
Wonderful episode. One of my units has been writing for interactive narratives and it's given me a whole new appreciation for game narratives. This was fantastic thank you.
You, making a video about The Last of Us? Christmas comes early this year!
TLOU is one of the most meaningful narrative experiences of my life, and Neil Druckmann is a personal hero of mine. He’s the antithesis of most video game creators out there. While others focus on convoluted storytelling, numbing action and sexualization of female characters, with Neil (and Naughty Dog overall) you get tight narrative structures, emotional investment and characters you actually care about. I’ve been feeling pretty depressed over the last few weeks with Death Stranding’s awful story. This video is like a breath of fresh air in comparison. Thank you, Michael. I’ve been meaning to subscribe to your Patreon. This time I’m doing it for sure.
Brilliant. The thing that always stuck with me about The Last of Us, is the amount of little character moments that you never get in cutscenes: Ellie giving Joel a picture of his daughter, Ellie and Sam playing together, Joel giving Bill the note of his deceased partner, etc. The Last of Us is filled with moments like these, that can only be experienced if you play the game.
Which is why while films may have the rule "Show don't tell" I believe videogames have a rule of "Play don't just show".
Amazing analysis and the way tou tell us this, just made me cry a little. Thank you for this video.
The Last of Us is my favorite game of all time. Shame they never made a sequel.
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Absolutely fantastic video, so glad this was made. I've always been so interested in telling stories through videogames, and sadly, storytelling through games isn't that aware or known about to a lot of people. Thank you for spreading this with your video and answering a lot of questions I've had with videogame storytelling. Hopefully this leads to more people in the industry telling us about their journey when it comes to crafting a game. :)
Thank you! I agree...
a testament to just how good this games story telling was, its the first game to ever make me cry, and is still the only game to make me cry. hell i still get choked up when sarah dies and when joel holds ellie after killing the cannibal.
Awesome work done with this video. Congratulations for this wonderfull little piece. Greetings from Spain!
So happy when I saw this, For me the last of us is the best game ever played and to have it analysed is even better.
It's such an amazing game
Now I can't look at Neil dickman the same way or give him the same respect as a game developer.
Did you even play the game?
I am surprised this video doesn’t have more views. It surely deserves them 🌟
Michael, I am so glad you've done this. I hope you get to do more Video game related work. The Last of Us is a fascinating game and story and I love how you got to dive into it with Neil himself. So awesome! Thanks!