I played both games so know the whole story inside and out. I watched with my wife who knows nothing about the game or plot. She was shocked and upset when Sarah died so the directors did a good job getting the viewers to care about her so quickly.
They said 3 seasons total. Season 1 is all game 1. Seasons 2 and 3 are game 2.I am very excited to see where they go with this. I like the way it is filmed. I was a little concerned about the casting decisions, but so far, ,so good. i just wonder how many seasons they can get from the source material from game one--especially since so many of us know how it ends.
This is where I am. I watched with my youngest who has seen videos of the game and played a bit, so he seemed a little bored. I told him not to spoil anything but it certainly fully grab me yet. I’ll definitely watch as it’s up my alley but it wasn’t great.Never played the game, so have no knowledge. Show was ok, I’ll definitely watch it and see where it goes
Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
"How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
This is 100% for me. I love this part of the zombie, virus, terrorist/war causing the collapse of society genre. How that all plays out, how it all crumbles, how it spreads and as society deals with it."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
"How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
The World War Z book IIRC (it's been a minute since I read it) really got into the specifics of this type of stuff. The guy who wrote it (Mel Brooks' kid) gave it tons of thought and created all these different scenarios. Nothing like the movie really if you saw that."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
Yeah, it always seems like it is totally glossed over. I mostly like the genre (despite how the walking dead totally fell apart in the past few years) but its hard totally suspend disbelief in certain situations just based on the "zombie mechanics". Slow moving zombies that have to bite you and take hours and hours to turn (like in TWD).....I just dont see how society would possibly fall apart. (if they ever massed in numbers, heavy military equipment like tanks and attack choppers could mow down thousands of them in minutes)
But its a goofy show, so whatever.
As for this this show, I liked the first episode. Pascal is really good and all the plot points were new to me (since I never played the game). Looking forward to next week.
The World War Z book IIRC (it's been a minute since I read it) really got into the specifics of this type of stuff. The guy who wrote it (Mel Brooks' kid) gave it tons of thought and created all these different scenarios. Nothing like the movie really if you saw that."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
Yeah, it always seems like it is totally glossed over. I mostly like the genre (despite how the walking dead totally fell apart in the past few years) but its hard totally suspend disbelief in certain situations just based on the "zombie mechanics". Slow moving zombies that have to bite you and take hours and hours to turn (like in TWD).....I just dont see how society would possibly fall apart. (if they ever massed in numbers, heavy military equipment like tanks and attack choppers could mow down thousands of them in minutes)
But its a goofy show, so whatever.
As for this this show, I liked the first episode. Pascal is really good and all the plot points were new to me (since I never played the game). Looking forward to next week.
There was a specific part about the bolded scenario talking about how the military tried to handle millions of zombies in a herd.
They said there are less zombies in the show than the game.Loved the game but is the show very horror genre? Just don't get into shows that are horror based
I think that was supposed to be Fear the Walking Dead, but even there, they spent about 4 episodes on society breaking down and then there were just zombies everywhere."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
Based on the first episode, people fighting zombies doesn't seem to be a big focus of the show. The zombies are around and drive people to do stuff, but it doesn't seem like horror at all.Loved the game but is the show very horror genre? Just don't get into shows that are horror based
Battle of Yonkers might be it. Was thinking it was in the desert somewhere and they knew a herd of millions were coming so they set all the firepower they had an waited for them.The World War Z book IIRC (it's been a minute since I read it) really got into the specifics of this type of stuff. The guy who wrote it (Mel Brooks' kid) gave it tons of thought and created all these different scenarios. Nothing like the movie really if you saw that."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
Yeah, it always seems like it is totally glossed over. I mostly like the genre (despite how the walking dead totally fell apart in the past few years) but its hard totally suspend disbelief in certain situations just based on the "zombie mechanics". Slow moving zombies that have to bite you and take hours and hours to turn (like in TWD).....I just dont see how society would possibly fall apart. (if they ever massed in numbers, heavy military equipment like tanks and attack choppers could mow down thousands of them in minutes)
But its a goofy show, so whatever.
As for this this show, I liked the first episode. Pascal is really good and all the plot points were new to me (since I never played the game). Looking forward to next week.
There was a specific part about the bolded scenario talking about how the military tried to handle millions of zombies in a herd.
I think I actually read some wikipedia (or some other similar site) entry about The Battle of Yonkers from the world war z book. It goes into a lot of detail but still seemed pretty far fetched to me. But at least those were (at least in the movie. I assume the book is the same) fast moving zombies. I could see a possible scenario where a herd of fast moving zombies overwhelms the military under the right circumstances (again, I realize how ridiculous this conversation is).
Slow moving zombies like the walking dead.....the fall of society is absurd.
Battle of Yonkers might be it. Was thinking it was in the desert somewhere and they knew a herd of millions were coming so they set all the firepower they had an waited for them.The World War Z book IIRC (it's been a minute since I read it) really got into the specifics of this type of stuff. The guy who wrote it (Mel Brooks' kid) gave it tons of thought and created all these different scenarios. Nothing like the movie really if you saw that."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
Yeah, it always seems like it is totally glossed over. I mostly like the genre (despite how the walking dead totally fell apart in the past few years) but its hard totally suspend disbelief in certain situations just based on the "zombie mechanics". Slow moving zombies that have to bite you and take hours and hours to turn (like in TWD).....I just dont see how society would possibly fall apart. (if they ever massed in numbers, heavy military equipment like tanks and attack choppers could mow down thousands of them in minutes)
But its a goofy show, so whatever.
As for this this show, I liked the first episode. Pascal is really good and all the plot points were new to me (since I never played the game). Looking forward to next week.
There was a specific part about the bolded scenario talking about how the military tried to handle millions of zombies in a herd.
I think I actually read some wikipedia (or some other similar site) entry about The Battle of Yonkers from the world war z book. It goes into a lot of detail but still seemed pretty far fetched to me. But at least those were (at least in the movie. I assume the book is the same) fast moving zombies. I could see a possible scenario where a herd of fast moving zombies overwhelms the military under the right circumstances (again, I realize how ridiculous this conversation is).
Slow moving zombies like the walking dead.....the fall of society is absurd.
In regards to society falling I don't know. If it was a Walking Dead situation I think even then we'd be pretty screwed. I don't have much faith that people would figure it out in time.
Great topic!
Station 11 kind of jumped over most of that too.This is 100% for me. I love this part of the zombie, virus, terrorist/war causing the collapse of society genre. How that all plays out, how it all crumbles, how it spreads and as society deals with it."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
This portion of these stories has always been my favorite part of this genre.
World War Z the book did this a little with all the stories of people around the world describing their experiences. Always thought taking a handful of those and making a mini-series would have been fantastic.
Yep. I loved the start of this who but then lost interest. Been raved about so I will try to pick back up again.Station 11 kind of jumped over most of that too.This is 100% for me. I love this part of the zombie, virus, terrorist/war causing the collapse of society genre. How that all plays out, how it all crumbles, how it spreads and as society deals with it."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
This portion of these stories has always been my favorite part of this genre.
World War Z the book did this a little with all the stories of people around the world describing their experiences. Always thought taking a handful of those and making a mini-series would have been fantastic.
Station 11 kind of jumped over most of that too.This is 100% for me. I love this part of the zombie, virus, terrorist/war causing the collapse of society genre. How that all plays out, how it all crumbles, how it spreads and as society deals with it."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
This portion of these stories has always been my favorite part of this genre.
World War Z the book did this a little with all the stories of people around the world describing their experiences. Always thought taking a handful of those and making a mini-series would have been fantastic.
Not to get too far off base here, but if I remember the book right, Battle of Yonkers was where the military thought tanks and air power would defeat the Z’s. They ended up just continuing to walk towards the tanks even though they were still on fire and overwhelmed the soldiers. The other battle was later on where they had soldiers lined up (in the desert?) next to each other and they had to perform a certain amount of head shots and take down a number of zombies per minute and if they didn’t, another soldier took their place. The ineffectiveness of regular tactics led to the creation of the sword/shovel hybrid weapon that soldiers used.Battle of Yonkers might be it. Was thinking it was in the desert somewhere and they knew a herd of millions were coming so they set all the firepower they had an waited for them.The World War Z book IIRC (it's been a minute since I read it) really got into the specifics of this type of stuff. The guy who wrote it (Mel Brooks' kid) gave it tons of thought and created all these different scenarios. Nothing like the movie really if you saw that."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
Yeah, it always seems like it is totally glossed over. I mostly like the genre (despite how the walking dead totally fell apart in the past few years) but its hard totally suspend disbelief in certain situations just based on the "zombie mechanics". Slow moving zombies that have to bite you and take hours and hours to turn (like in TWD).....I just dont see how society would possibly fall apart. (if they ever massed in numbers, heavy military equipment like tanks and attack choppers could mow down thousands of them in minutes)
But its a goofy show, so whatever.
As for this this show, I liked the first episode. Pascal is really good and all the plot points were new to me (since I never played the game). Looking forward to next week.
There was a specific part about the bolded scenario talking about how the military tried to handle millions of zombies in a herd.
I think I actually read some wikipedia (or some other similar site) entry about The Battle of Yonkers from the world war z book. It goes into a lot of detail but still seemed pretty far fetched to me. But at least those were (at least in the movie. I assume the book is the same) fast moving zombies. I could see a possible scenario where a herd of fast moving zombies overwhelms the military under the right circumstances (again, I realize how ridiculous this conversation is).
Slow moving zombies like the walking dead.....the fall of society is absurd.
In regards to society falling I don't know. If it was a Walking Dead situation I think even then we'd be pretty screwed. I don't have much faith that people would figure it out in time.
Great topic!
Agreed on The Road. Read this book in about 2 days while on a beach vacation. Could not put it down.Station 11 kind of jumped over most of that too.This is 100% for me. I love this part of the zombie, virus, terrorist/war causing the collapse of society genre. How that all plays out, how it all crumbles, how it spreads and as society deals with it."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
This portion of these stories has always been my favorite part of this genre.
World War Z the book did this a little with all the stories of people around the world describing their experiences. Always thought taking a handful of those and making a mini-series would have been fantastic.
Also The Road. Mccarthy doesn't even mention what the apocalyptic event was - jumps straight into the horror show. The Survivalist (2015 British movie) was the same.
I love the genre but not those that include a zombie/supernatural element. Station 11, The Road, Survivalist - they stayed with me for weeks after watching.
I'll give this one a shot though. Never played the game but am looking forward to seeing what HBO does with it.
Same here. Always in for post-apocalyptic story linesNever played the game, so have no knowledge. Show was ok, I’ll definitely watch it and see where it goes
Same...i'm hoping they go back and look into this with some more detail.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
I’m not so sure about TWD being absurd. A bit more far fetched than the WWZ zombies but assuming 1) no one at the start has any clue how to kill zombies, 2) health care/first responders workers get wiped out/turned early because of scratches/bites, 3) early zombies aren’t all skeletons so muscles should in fact make them not years in worn down, and most importantly 4) no one knows that everyone is infected so every single death is a zombie at the start.The World War Z book IIRC (it's been a minute since I read it) really got into the specifics of this type of stuff. The guy who wrote it (Mel Brooks' kid) gave it tons of thought and created all these different scenarios. Nothing like the movie really if you saw that."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
Yeah, it always seems like it is totally glossed over. I mostly like the genre (despite how the walking dead totally fell apart in the past few years) but its hard totally suspend disbelief in certain situations just based on the "zombie mechanics". Slow moving zombies that have to bite you and take hours and hours to turn (like in TWD).....I just dont see how society would possibly fall apart. (if they ever massed in numbers, heavy military equipment like tanks and attack choppers could mow down thousands of them in minutes)
But its a goofy show, so whatever.
As for this this show, I liked the first episode. Pascal is really good and all the plot points were new to me (since I never played the game). Looking forward to next week.
There was a specific part about the bolded scenario talking about how the military tried to handle millions of zombies in a herd.
I think I actually read some wikipedia (or some other similar site) entry about The Battle of Yonkers from the world war z book. It goes into a lot of detail but still seemed pretty far fetched to me. But at least those were (at least in the movie. I assume the book is the same) fast moving zombies. I could see a possible scenario where a herd of fast moving zombies overwhelms the military under the right circumstances (again, I realize how ridiculous this conversation is).
Slow moving zombies like the walking dead.....the fall of society is absurd.
I doubt they will but that’s the exact thing I wanted to see in Fear the Walking Dead. It seemed like we were going to get it but then they skipped ahead again. TWD almost covered it but again, Rick woke up a while later and people told him about it but Atlanta was already taken over when he got there.Same...i'm hoping they go back and look into this with some more detail.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
Read an article in advance of the show, one of the key differences in the show vs the game is no airborne spores around corpses. The show runners basically conceded that airborne spores like in the game would be too hard to suspend disbelief that humanity could survive at all. Plus Joel tends to put on a big, huge gas mask during the game play segments during the airborne sequences which would be pretty clunky in a show.The World War Z book IIRC (it's been a minute since I read it) really got into the specifics of this type of stuff. The guy who wrote it (Mel Brooks' kid) gave it tons of thought and created all these different scenarios. Nothing like the movie really if you saw that."How exactly did society fall apart?" is an overlooked niche in an otherwise saturated genre. I know one of the Walking Dead spinoffs did this, but nobody remembers those so you could start with a blank slate if somebody wanted to blaze a trail here.I get that they are doing it like the video game. I haven't played it so going in blind and was enjoying the build up, was hoping that would last longer.Thats exactly what happens in the game. The story is not about the fungus. The story is about Joel and Ellie.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.
Yeah, it always seems like it is totally glossed over. I mostly like the genre (despite how the walking dead totally fell apart in the past few years) but its hard totally suspend disbelief in certain situations just based on the "zombie mechanics". Slow moving zombies that have to bite you and take hours and hours to turn (like in TWD).....I just dont see how society would possibly fall apart. (if they ever massed in numbers, heavy military equipment like tanks and attack choppers could mow down thousands of them in minutes)
But its a goofy show, so whatever.
As for this this show, I liked the first episode. Pascal is really good and all the plot points were new to me (since I never played the game). Looking forward to next week.
There was a specific part about the bolded scenario talking about how the military tried to handle millions of zombies in a herd.
I think I actually read some wikipedia (or some other similar site) entry about The Battle of Yonkers from the world war z book. It goes into a lot of detail but still seemed pretty far fetched to me. But at least those were (at least in the movie. I assume the book is the same) fast moving zombies. I could see a possible scenario where a herd of fast moving zombies overwhelms the military under the right circumstances (again, I realize how ridiculous this conversation is).
Slow moving zombies like the walking dead.....the fall of society is absurd.
In the game no but the creators said they've added context in the show that didn't exist in the game so who knows.Yeah, that's why I thought WWZ would have made a great series. They could have focused on the outbreak all around the world and gotten into details about how society learns to cope with it. I was psyched when it sounded like FTWD was going to do that, at least at a particular location but, as others have said, that didn't last long either.
I haven't played the game and didn't really read up on the show, but is it expected to do a lot of flashbacks? I'm assuming not and I'm ok with that. They made a choice to jump ahead and I'd rather they just keep it linear at this point.
There is one small jump-ahead that occurs later in the game (winter) and I would be shocked if they did not include that part in the show. People who have played the game will know exactly what section I'm talking about and why it's important to the story. Otherwise Part 1 is pretty linear. The stuff with his daughter is just backstory that you need to understand Joel's character. In a bad show, that would have been revealed as exposition instead of showing it to you. Nothing that happened in the intervening 20 years matters for the story that they're telling.Yeah, that's why I thought WWZ would have made a great series. They could have focused on the outbreak all around the world and gotten into details about how society learns to cope with it. I was psyched when it sounded like FTWD was going to do that, at least at a particular location but, as others have said, that didn't last long either.
I haven't played the game and didn't really read up on the show, but is it expected to do a lot of flashbacks? I'm assuming not and I'm ok with that. They made a choice to jump ahead and I'd rather they just keep it linear at this point.
There is one small jump-ahead that occurs later in the game (winter) and I would be shocked if they did not include that part in the show. People who have played the game will know exactly what section I'm talking about and why it's important to the story. Otherwise Part 1 is pretty linear. The stuff with his daughter is just backstory that you need to understand Joel's character. In a bad show, that would have been revealed as exposition instead of showing it to you. Nothing that happened in the intervening 20 years matters for the story that they're telling.
The part in winter where you're hunting game with a bow and arrow.There is one small jump-ahead that occurs later in the game (winter) and I would be shocked if they did not include that part in the show. People who have played the game will know exactly what section I'm talking about and why it's important to the story. Otherwise Part 1 is pretty linear. The stuff with his daughter is just backstory that you need to understand Joel's character. In a bad show, that would have been revealed as exposition instead of showing it to you. Nothing that happened in the intervening 20 years matters for the story that they're telling.
I played the game and I have no idea what you're talking about, but I guess that's the advantage of getting old -- I can come to this show brand new because I played the game more than two years ago and, thus, my memory of the plot has been wiped completely clean.
There was a little Easter egg nod into why for the first episode from the second game but I won't spoil whySame...i'm hoping they go back and look into this with some more detail.A pretty good intro. Personally was hoping for more build up when the fungus / disease was taking over and how people survived but it just jumped the 20 years so fast.