“Issues typically keep fairly shut. It’s humorous to see my dialogue there from the video games in HBO scripts. And typically they deviate enormously to a lot better impact as a result of we’re coping with a unique medium,” he stated.
“For instance, within the recreation, there’s a lot motion you must have to coach the participant about mechanics. It’s a must to have extra violence and extra spectacle to a point than you would wish on a TV present since you don’t want to coach individuals on how one can use a gun. In order that’s one thing that’s been actually totally different, and HBO’s been nice in pushing us to maneuver away from hardcore motion and focus extra on the drama of the character. A few of my favourite episodes to this point have deviated enormously from the story, and I can’t await individuals to see them.”
However past that, Druckmann didn’t wish to spoil the expertise of what’s to come back, solely to say that he “can’t await individuals to see what we noticed within the individuals we’ve introduced collectively,” referring to Pedro Pascal as Joel and Bella Ramsey as Ellie. However he did not too long ago get to see one of many recreation’s predominant threats come to life.
“I simply noticed the primary prosthetic check for the Clicker and it’s superior. It’s so rad to see this factor come to bodily life,” he stated.
Whereas we await a primary take a look at the upcoming HBO adaptation, remember to learn up on Sony’s ambitious plans for non-gaming PlayStation projects, and take a look at IGN’s weekly PlayStation show Podcast Beyond! for extra on all the things on the planet of PlayStation.
Jonathon Dornbush is IGN’s Senior Information Editor, host of Podcast Past!, and PlayStation lead. Discuss to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.
