The popularity of The Last of Us doesn't seem to want to disappear from the civilization of the entertainment industry. Success with its initial appearance on PS3, now fans are spoiled again with the film series on HBO.
This game is indeed praised, because it is able to bring the storyline of the best single player game concept ever. The story itself is fairly classic, by presenting the threat of scary zombie attacks.
The excitement is covered by the drama of the struggle of the two main characters, Joel, the smuggler, and Ellie, a girl who is immune to the undead virus. Since visiting gamers in mid-2013, this game has successfully won the title of Game of the Year on PS3.
In addition, this game is also able to carve a pretty fantastic sales value. Curious, what are the other facts from The Last of Us?
We've collected a series of facts about The Last of Us from various sources, including the remastered version and Part II. Let's look at the following brief description.
The Last of Us Facts
The Last of Us has sold over 17 copies since its release
The Last of Us sold more than 1.3 million units in its first week of release. Then three weeks later, the number increased to 3.4 million and became one of the fastest selling games in 2013.
The Last of Us won the PS3 Game of the Year award in 2013 beating Grand Theft Auto V, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, and BioShock Infinite
A total of 33 thousand players spent an average of 1.4 hours playing The Last of Us Remastered
Players have spent 728,909 hours on The Last of Us Part II
In just two years, The Last of Us Part II earned more than 10 million sales since its release
The Last of Us franchise has received more than 80 awards, starting from the British Academy Awards, DICE Awards, The Game Awards 2020, Game Critics Awards, Game Developers Choice Awards, and many more.
While airing on Twitch, The Last of Us Part II has a total viewership of 507,556 in 2020
At the start of development, Ellie was actually going to play Joel's daughter. However the team felt that their relationship, would limit his character development
As the writer of The Last of Us story, Neil Druckmann initially wanted to make Tess have a bigger role. Tess would become the game's main antagonist, and continue to chase Ellie and Joel around the country for one year.
Another interesting fact, initially Ellie was rumored to be a mute actor
When he first created the concept for The Last of Us, Druckmann revealed that the inspiration for Joel's character came from Josh Brolin in No Country for Old Men. But ultimately Joel was developed to have much deeper emotions as a father.
More or less, that's a series of facts about The Last of Us. Previously, this game had shocked netizens through the film version on HBO.
The reason is, Jakarta and Indonesia are mentioned in this zombie film series. This was revealed in the first episode of The Last of Us on HBO, during a scene where Joel (Pedro Pascal) and his children Sarah (Nico Parker) and Tommy (Gabriel Luna) are having breakfast while listening to the radio.
As additional information, The Last of Us is set twenty years after the destruction of modern civilization. Joel, a formidable fighter, is hired to smuggle 14-year-old girl Ellie out of a stressful quarantine zone.
The work that was initially considered simple, then became a brutal and heartwarming journey. How not, both of them have to cross the US region and depend on each other to survive.