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‘The Last Of Us’: Differences Between HBO Series & Video Game Across Seasons 1 And 2
Find a list of major differences between 'The Last of Us' videogame and the HBO TV show starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey.
The show spends much more time on Joel’s ( Pedro Pascal) daughter Sarah, who gets his watch repaired and wants to celebrate his birthday, which falls just short of Outbreak Day, or September 26. In the game, spores are a huge threat to players as when ingested, the funges can start to grow inside the body, but the show stresses direct contact as more of the ultimate way people get infected — specifically being bitten. In the game, this flashback is brought about when Ellie is forced to scavenge for supplies to try and heal Joel’s wound in a different mall, but that sequence changes in the show when she finds a needle and thread in the kitchen of an abandoned house where she leaves him.
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