Character-Driven Survival Action Games

The Last of Us directors used to say "nobody" was making "character-driven survival action games" like them – just don't tell that to Resident Evil

The Last of Us directors Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann previously stated that "nobody" was making "character-driven survival action games" like theirs. While Resident Evil existed, Druckmann argued it lacked character focus, being "campy, over-the-top violence." The article notes that the genre has since become more populated with titles like The Plague Tale, Dying Light, and Days Gone, and that even Resident Evil remakes seem to have learned from The Last of Us.