Arguing what the best narrative-driven video games might be is always tricky. For myself, stuff like Nier: Automata takes top billing, but for you, maybe it’s something by Naughty Dog — If so, a famous duo from Hollywood agrees.
Several weeks ago, IGN did a video interview with none other than Anthony and Joe Russo, the directors of record-breaking hits like Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. They were asked to rate chase scenes from numerous video games, including The Last of Us: Part 2 — specifically, the scene where Abby must run from the infamous rat king boss.
“This is one of the great[est] games ever made, Last of Us,” Joe Russo said. “Really good use of limited point of view. Good sound design — this is a page out of [Steven] Spielberg’s playbook.”
Talk about glowing praise. Check out the full video for yourself below.
It would have been interesting to hear their take on The Last of Us Part 1, which many fans are not feeling.
They also chimed in on other titles like Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, It Takes Two, Crash Bandicoot, and others. My personal favorite reaction is to Resident Evil Village when the main character is bound and fleeing from one nightmare after the other.
“This is really playing into, like, a technique which [limits] the protagonist,” Anthony Russo explains. “making them especially vulnerable.”
This was all part of a promotional tour for The Gray Man, the Russo’s film, which came out on Netflix last month.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
