People say Curse has been lifted for video game adaptations now with Last of Us but I would say there is no need to jump the gun yet. I don't play video games so I can't compare it to the games so I ll only give my opinions of Last of Us as a tv show.

Well it starts of strong, love the chemistry between Joel and Ellie, visually the show looks amazing finally HDR is done right. BGM, costume, set design everything on point. The story has the heart. Violence is handled very well they don't show you the gruesome stuff but they let you know something bad was done. Episode 7 was at best a filler episode which we dont expect from a high profile HBO show. Finale was bit underwhelming it ends abruptly so there is no cliffhanger except you know there are few seasons coming so yeah what's next. One more thing, how did Joel get the strength to kill 3 people after he was injured ? He didn't eat, drink and just had one dose of penicillin some super human stuff or he got an instant medi pack.

Now we need to compare it to The Walking Dead. The first 3 seasons of TWD were pretty darn awesome after it went down hill. In my opinion first season of TWD was better than the first season of The Last of Us. It had the story, the the thrill, the zombies and the characters that you care for. The last of us fell short on the each of the above a wee bit. Sure Joel and Ellie were awesome but this needs to up it's game a bit. It needs to be better than first 3 seasons of TWD atleast to break the curse. Till then it's an 8.5 for me for season 1.