13 Video Game Adaptations Nearly As Good As 'The Last of Us'

HBO’s The Last of Us has been described as a show that breaks the video game adaptation curse, and it’s certainly unique in the way it has almost singlehandedly shifted the dialogue. If a third-person zombie game can be prestige television, can an Oscar for Mario and Luigi be far away?

But that ignores the fact that there have been worthwhile video game adaptations in the past—even if TLoU is arguably the most successful yet. Some thrive by leaning hard into the lore and settings of the game, but the sweet spot seems to be taking cues from the source material while also recognizing that different medias call for different narrative choices (fetch quests, for one, are far less fun when you are only watching someone doing the fetching).

Here are 13 other game-to-film adaptations that work. And, before anyone asks, I will die on the hill that The Witcher is based on the books and not the video games, which is why I left it out.

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