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Originally Posted by timun

It's not even that I know how the story will generally go that bothers me: it's that I know almost precisely how it'll go, and it's weird watching people do precisely what other people already did.

It's not precisely the same... some things that are different from the game (obviously don't look at this if you don't want to know this stuff from the game) -

Spoiler!

Obviously they changed a lot of pre-pandemic stuff which was most of the episode. In the remainder of the episode, there was a LOT more about FEDRA and how it operates. We had better context for what the Fireflies are up to rather than only ever seeing Marlene. And Joel and Tess's motivation isn't just mercenary - Joel is going after Tommy, who is apparently still working for the Fireflies? In the game, Tommy abandoned them, and Joel would absolutely not be going looking for him as they parted on bad terms years earlier, not just three weeks.

It definitely hasn't strayed very far, but there are differences and there is a lot more colour being offered to the world, which I don't mind. We'll just have to see how closely it sticks to the original plot as things go. I wouldn't actually be shocked if there is more departure after the first episode stays faithful to get over the hump of fans immediately rebelling - I mean there were actually people who were upset by Bella Ramsey being cast because she didn't really look like the character model from the game. That's how stupid this gets.