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Originally Posted by jayswin
Question that's been circulating a bit lately - Would you have preferred watching this series with or without having watched the game?
I've noticed online that viewers started out happy regardless of playing or not, but the last couple of episodes the usual chatter of antsiness and annoyance at details and pacing are starting to see an uptick from some game players around the in internet.
Last week my buddy who played it, saw me react to something and express wonder at what might happen and he flat out stated "Man, I wish I watching this with no knowledge like you, it would be so awesome!".
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Personally, I don’t care. It helps that I don’t have a photographic memory or anything so I remember the gist of a game I played ten years ago but I’m not one of the “OMG they had the same wallpaper in that room that they had in the game!!!” people. I know the rest of the “big beats” that are coming, but I also know there’s literally no merit to opinion that this most recent episode should have been two. They covered every important beat, and as fun as it was moving ladders exploring empty houses for hours looking for ammo only to fall through the floorboards and have to fight your way out of yet another infected-filled basement, it’s better that they’re not bogging the story down with pointless playable moments that only exist in the games to keep you engaged as a player.
I also read a lot of books and enjoy watching movie adaptions of books I’ve read, so I’m conditioned to the idea that different mediums allow for or require different interpretations. I don’t want to see a shot for shot remake for television, I want to see them make a television show that is as good as the game, and they’re doing that.
People still talking about the game (especially critiques or complaints related to the adaptation) are just annoying at this point. If you can’t enjoy the show for the show that’s on you.