We’re in a Golden Age of video game adaptations, at least if you can forget that Borderlands happened. In 2023, The Last of Us took one of the most cinematic video games ever and not only adapted it, but expanded it into one of the year’s most moving shows. Then, in 2024, Fallout managed to turn an open-world game into a cohesive series by carefully separating it from the greater canon.
Now, another video game adaptation is using a classic movie trick to replicate the feeling of holding the controller. Will it translate to the big screen, or is it just a gimmick?
