I've not played the video game that this is based on and this review is based only on the first episode. I don't play video games on rails, nor do I play any games that require hand-eye coordination because I do have some visual issues, making many video games impossible for me. But I have been an avid science fiction reader going back to the Golden age and even some prior to that.

The story here is a riff on Richard Matheson's "I Am Legend", with modern cinematic sensibilities and influences from The Walking Dead and the Fallout games.

So it's not at all an original story. But that doesn't matter, because it's done very well. The cast is wonderful, and the story has a strong emotional core. It's also wonderful to see Anna Torv again in a quality role after such a long time since Fringe. Pedro Pascal is having a beautiful renaissance. And the rest of the cast is great as well.