The last of us and resident Evil are meant to be “opposites”. This is according to the co-president of Naughty Dog Neil Druckmanwho said in a recent interview that the 2013 PlayStation exclusive was designed as a game that was more about intimate relationships, unlike Capcom’s popular franchise, which he’s a fan of.

How The Last of Us and Resident Evil Differ

Talk to The Hollywood Reporter, Druckmann said that when designing his horror franchise, he thought about how Resident Evil focused on “over the top” action with a variety of enemies like giant spiders. The Last of Us, meanwhile, is an exploration of relationships in a post-apocalyptic setting, with enemies who were once human.

“What if it was about intimate relationships – an exploration of the unconditional love a parent feels for their child and the beautiful things that could come from that and the truly awful things that could come from it?” Druckmann remembered thinking.

Interestingly, the idea for The Last of Us was born when Druckmann was still a student and had to pitch a zombie story to Night of the Living Dead (1968) director George Romero as part of his computer class. . Romero didn’t like it.

Now the concept forms the basis of one of the greatest PlayStation franchises of all time.