The museum encounter
An early encounter with the game’s audibly terrifying “Clickers” takes place in an abandoned museum. It’s an eerie moment. Here you are, surviving amidst the wreckage of modern society, only to be pulled into, for a brief moment, what’s left of society’s previous attempts to preserve the past. It’s one of those segments where the game seems to meditate on what’s worth preserving, what can be preserved, and whether modern society is disposable given how quickly it all fell apart.
As evident from the HBO trailer, this specific sequence of events will be kept intact to some degree. This is more of the series showing off its dedication to specific narrative beats, sets, and even encounters, no matter the medium.
