The Last of Us, the latest HBO TV series based
on a video game, aims to attract more players to the streaming platform. The
first full trailer for The Last of Us released on September 26, giving fans of the franchise a first look at the new show, which will debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2023.

Naughty Dog’s flagship game, The Last of Us, released in 2013.
It has been over nine years since the multiplayer game was released, and it has
since earned cult classic status among longtime fans. It also spawned a sequel,
which was largely disliked by fans, and the main version is still available for
purchase in a remastered edition. Read on to find out what The Last of Us is
all about:

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What is the plot of The Last of Us?

The storyline of The Last of Us focuses on Joel and Ellie. The duo
is post-apocalyptic survivors, and gamers first encounter the characters 20
years after a global epidemic wipes out 60% of the planet’s population. In a
nutshell, The Last of Us is a ‘Let’s Survive a Zombie Apocalypse’ scenario. In
2033, players enter into the lives of the main characters of the story, and the
zombie-creating virus is revealed to be fungal in nature. Society’s social and
economic structures have collapsed as a result of the zombie apocalypse. 

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The prologue takes place in 2013, and Joel is seen grieving about
the demise of his 12-year-old daughter Sarah, who is killed after a zombie
invasion isolates them. Joel, on the other hand, meets Ellie, who is purported
to be sneaked to a safe location.

The main plot of the series revolves around Joel and Ellie’s
survival in the face of an advanced fungal outbreak that turns humans into
zombies. But Joel needs to accompany Ellie to a safe location because she has a
potential cure in her blood that can be used to create a vaccine and save
humanity as a whole. Ellie’s feeling of being a messiah of human civilisation
is also evident during the game, but she is quickly chastened by Joel’s serious
shenanigans. Both of the game’s and series’ protagonists can be seen combatting
the Infected, surviving evil humans, and bonding with each other as friends,
which enables Joel to comprehend the significance of hope, love, and healing
after the death of his beloved daughter.