顽皮狗：《最后生还者》设想就是生化危机的反面

在2000年代末和2010年代初，当时的娱乐媒体充斥着丧尸题材，游戏也是如此。《最后的生还者》刚公布时，许多人把它误认为是一款普通的丧尸游戏，玩家可以到处打丧尸，而且丧尸永远都打不完。

在最近接受《好莱坞报道》采访时，系列创作者兼总监、顽皮狗联合总裁Neil Druckmann解释道，他认为《最后的生还者》是《生化危机》的反面，他表示《生化危机》是他喜欢的一个系列，但该系列在基调和风格上更加夸张。

他说：“我们想要做与《生化危机》相反的事情，我喜欢生化危机，但它太夸张了，你要与巨大的蜘蛛战斗，还有各种各样的奇怪敌人。”“但如果我们做一个在丧尸背景下关于情感关系的游戏呢，探索父母对孩子无条件的爱，以及从中可能产生的美好事物和真正可怕的事情。”

就结果来看，顽皮狗成功了，工作室最近宣布，《最后的生还者》系列在全球的销量已超过3700万套。另外基于该IP的独立多人游戏也在制作中，另外HBO改编剧也很快将会首映，据传游戏正传第三部也在开发中，这一系列规模正在逐渐壮大。

Back in the late 2000s and early 2010s, entertainment media was saturated with zombies, and that very much applied to games as well. On paper and at first glance, when it was initially unveiled, many could have easily mistaken The Last of Us for being another run-of-the-mill game where you go around killing zombies- of which there’s never been any shortage. Of course, it didn’t take long for it to become clear that The Last of Us was going to be much more, thanks in large part to its much more adult and grounded tone, and how dedicated it is to its story and characters. That, in fact, was very much how the series’ creators originally envisioned it. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, series creator and director and Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann explained that he envisioned The Last of Us as “the opposite of Resident Evil“- which, he says, is a series he loves, but one that’s always been much more over-the-top in its tone and style. “We wanted to do the opposite of Resident Evil — which I love, but it’s so over-the-top and you’re fighting giant spiders and it’s all about enemy variety,” he said. “What if it’s about intimate relationships — an exploration of the unconditional love a parent feels for their child and the beautiful things that could come out of that and the really horrible things that could come out of that?” It’s fair to say that it worked out. Naughty Dog recently announced that The Last of Us series has sold over 37 million units worldwide. With a standalone multiplayer game in the works, the HBO adaptation premiering soon, and a Part 3 rumoured to be in development as well, it’s safe to say that it’s only going to get bigger.