I think there's a gulf between "derivative" and "lifting character and setpieces wholesale" which The Last of Us does quite a bit, especially in the first half(ish, I haven't played it since its release so I can't be too precise) of the game. It has its own character because it's interactive. Strip the interactivity…

I guess the most important question is: how much screen time will be devoted to the construction/upgrading of stabbing weapons that break in one stab until they find the books that give them two or even three stabs?

So will they cast Josh Brolin so he can do Llewelyn Moss for the duration?