The Last of Us (Pittsburgh) - Game vs Real Life Comparison

[@Definitely_Not_Sheev_Palpatine]

As a Pittsburgh native, I must say I appreciate the game developers making certain Pittsburgh neighborhoods look less overgrown in the post-apocalypse than they are in real life. Making us look better than we are out here

[@SmooviesTV]

I stopped by Gasoline Street on First Ave and told one of the employees there what I was filming when he was taking my order. He told me "Welcome to Shittsburgh". Weird greeting, but great drinks

[@sussyslurp]

😂😂😂@@SmooviesTV

[@lyonidus3073]

@@SmooviesTVi would visit there everyday

[@srujan00]

Pissburgh, or P-bag

[@tiesthatbind5056]

And what neighborhood are you talking about lol we definitely look better in real life💯🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@xfightmenowx]

Please do this for the rest of the game, holy shit I cannot believe it. I always wondered how honest the game was to the locations. This answers a decades old curiosity. Excellent work.

[@MykonosFan]

It's crazy how much they put into the game from reality. I figured they'd hit on the go-to Pittsburgh iconography (like the bridges), but having so many actual buildings and roads adapted is so neat. It wasn't until watching this that I realized I've driven right by places they'd been.

[@nkk313]

They didn't even need to change anything. Pittsburgh was bad enough as is

[@MurlocBerserker]

Damn the production quality is amazing, I really thought this was a 100k subscribes channel before I checked the subcount. Keep up the great work, you'll make it far!

[@SmooviesTV]

Thank you very much for the kind words! Just tryna do ma best

[@MetroBaltimoreDashcam]

DUDE, this is such a well edited video, you keep this up and you'll become a hit youtube channel easily. please do seattle!

[@rafaelalodio5116]

That’s such a cool concept for a video, I would also enjoy seeing a video like this for the others cities from TLOU or maybe even other games.

[@SmooviesTV]

You're in luck, as I plan to keep doing this for TLOU, Pokemon, and more

[@liamkirkpatrick3073]

Would love to see Seattle since part 2 is more recent I bet they put in a lot more effort on the realistic locations which is saying a lot because this was already very impressive

[@BWhite-qb6wm]

I'll Tell You What... ...As A Cincinnati Native Who Visits Pittsburgh Frequently (Who🐅Dey), This Kid REALLY Did His Homework To Find ALL The Landmarks From The Game... ...This Video DEFINITELY Deserves More Likes & Views! 👍🏾 Keep Up The Good Work Kid! 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾

[@SmooviesTV]

Wow, what a compliment! Tyvm! Shoutout to Merante Bros Market and Gasoline Street coffee. Real nice people who'll treat you right

[@J3llis42]

this video was so well done. I can't believe how small your channel is. Well done dude!

[@Dinyo]

Thank you for this bro! Sorry for being late. Hope you’re doing okay for another TLOU content!

[@Kerrogann]

I've seen some comparison videos before, but these two videos you made are by far the best ones. You name the landmarks, show them, and how they were moved, it's informative. And should I ever go there, at least I have some locations to visit and see thanks to this video! Really wish there will be more for the rest of the game (SLC, Jackson, Lincoln, even if they're probably much different from their real life counterpart). And I hope you'll make a big one (or a series) for Seattle in Part 2, because apart from the obvious comparisons with photos on other channels, no one is comparing the geography like you do, and I really need to understand how Seattle works in the game because when looking at a map, I just don't get how the Seraphites island works and why the Space Needle is on it, especially when you start on the island you can see the city in the distance, and the angle doesn't seem to match. And a smaller one about Santa Barbara would be great too :) You just gained a subscriber!

[@SmooviesTV]

Thank you so much for the encouragement! Yes, I plan to finish showing off the rest of TLOU and TLOU2, and I'm eager to show how they shifted chunks of Seattle around. Stay tuned! I'm currently wrapping up an hour long video showing how the Unova region in Pokemon Balck and White compares to NYC, and then I plan to hop back over to TLOU ✌️

[@VelvetVoice]

Yep, ‘creative licence’ very much in full effect, that! Much like they did (as displayed here) with Pittsburgh’s buildings, Naughty Dog took several liberties with structural locations, not least of all with the Space Needle - I think it’s mentioned either in the ‘Grounded II’ documentary or the developers’ in-game commentary for the Remastered edition of Part II.

[@VelvetVoice]

Great comparison video, man! As a decade-long fan of this game, I found this a fascinating addendum to see the source locations that inspired the game’s playable environs. Lovin’ yer work, dude, keep it up!

[@claudiav6453]

Please make these for the rest of the game! This is awesome! I love how you show where the buildings were moved to!

[@SmooviesTV]

I plan to later this year!

Must be an awesome experience if you live there and seeing your city in game. I'd love it.

[@Comedy_haha]

HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 600 SUBSCRIBERS!? LETS CHANGE THAT BOYS

[@Lasercatss]

Awesome video!!! Thanks for making this. I love exploring the real world locations in games.

[@fattypros82]

Great video, excellent work showing the changes, subbed and looking forward to more in the future!

[@travisbell736]

Awesome videos! Can’t wait to see more TLOS comparisons

[@Mr-Dutchy-Dutch]

Hey new here I think you did a fantastic job on all locations also great video buddy 👌

[@TheAlexTheory]

I saw this was from a year ago and hoped the rest of the videos would be out. Please make the rest of the videos!! 😭

[@SmooviesTV]

Stay tuned! My next video will be out in a few months

[@MESSI2014RIO]

@@SmooviesTVYo I wanna say bro you did an Amazing job on this Video, this look like a video from Gameranx or A Big Channel. Just subscribed bro wish you all the best ❤

[@PepperPengu]

After coming back from pittsburgh and not knowing about this connection, the resemblance is so striking in hindsight. Thank you so much I look forward to more!

[@robdansak108]

Love it! I wish they would have kept Pittsburgh for the HBO series.

[@justojusto1910]

Im from Pittsburgh thank you for making this video They did a great job representing the city

[@AGoodJoe]

Fantastic. Pittsburgh is a bizarre city like no other in the US. The landscape and industrial history make for a truly unique history.

[@Mr.Death101]

Well done! 👍 Are you from Pittsburgh? I've been there many many times and this is a great video.

[@SmooviesTV]

The trip I took there was the first time I've ever been. I visited one other time afterward with friends, but that's it! lol

[@Mr.Death101]

@@SmooviesTV Cool, I have family that lives about 15 minutes north of the city and I know every single spot you pointed out. Very well done and it deserves more recognition than it gets.

[@WyattWinters]

Holy Cow, naughty dog really does their homework eh? I’ve only really seen people doing comparisons between Seattle and the second game, but this is super eye opening. Great video!

[@coldmountain1997]

wow this was exactly the type of video I hoped to find after playing the game just now. Pittsburgh native all my life so it was really cool to be there for a solid 4-6 hours of the game

[@deer224]

9:35 the Allegheny river actually flows west so it makes sense that end up on South Bank of Ohio river

[@SmooviesTV]

Correct, when I said the river flowed East, I was talking about in the game, not IRL

[@AdubsMMA]

Great video man.

[@Achilles_06]

Excellent video. I loved it! It was so cool seeing these comparisons :)

[@ianmitchell5979]

This is a VERY well researched/made video. I would love for you to later look into recreations from other games, like Detroit Become Human for Detroit, Ghostwire Tokyo for Tokyo, and Crysis 2 for New York City(remastered, if you want the higher detail).

[@mathiasbrandon5937]

Thank you so much for making this. we need seattle next!

[@elwduecentonove6080]

This is so beautiful! Thank you for this ❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@gffff68u]

Really awesome work

[@kotterpike714]

Mr. Roger’s would approve.

[@squals4122]

I’m from Pittsburgh and the worst thing that happened to them in this whole video was jumping into that dirty ass river. They definitely came out that water infected with something

[@L3montea]

This is extremely well made!

[@filmradio]

this is so well made

[@emilyjables]

i hope you will eventually make it out to salt lake!!! i've lived here for a couple of years and played part 1 within that time, which was both exciting and hilarious because it's not actually very similar at all besides random mountains and the mormon temple lol. loved this video and the concept, i've always wondered how accurate the other cities are!!!!!

[@SmooviesTV]

Yeah, unfortunately Salt Lake City in the game only has a handful of similarities to the IRL one. I would probably combine WY, CO, and UT into one vid, as each location barely has any substantial representation. Thank you for watching!

[@jjoebus]

Just happened upon this video after wondering how close to PGH the game was. Very well done!

[@jaytdm-101]

Man these are such great videos, when will the next ones release?

[@just_in_key]

This video is so underrated hello?

[@HappyDude1]

Could you put the pictures next to each other all the time ? It's easier to compare 😁

[@АлексейКиселев-я1с]

Very nice idea, thank you!

[@tiesthatbind5056]

I live in Elliot and let me tell you that they certainly swip-swapped the north side and Duquesne heights lol. Looking at a map of Pittsburgh the way we were in the video, north side is across the river above the city, and Duke heights is below the city. Pretty neat they included my neighborhood in the game tho. I wish my street was on it, so close, too! Literally, like 2 blocks behind those big city steps in the video!

[@SmooviesTV]

That's so cool!

[@darkshadowgamingii]

I just finished playing TLOU1 a few days ago and i’m impressed by this video

[@ameliapotter627]

I could definitely be wrong, but I think the triangle building features in the horror film The Changeling, I think it’s used as an office building in the film?

[@overly7997]

PLEASE DO MORE! Would love to see The Division's Midtown Manhattan vs the real one

[@navsidhumebourne2391]

Everybody is talking about game developers. What about this guy who made this video. Kuddos my man.

[@HardFighter9933]

How does this not have more views???

[@userbosco]

Not sure why the YT algorithm didn't send me this content earlier, but better late than never! This is fun! Cheers!

[@liwen_x]

did they change this to kansas city in the show or am i tripping

[@SmooviesTV]

That's right. In the post-interview for that episode, they mention that Kansas City looked more like the city they were shooting in Canada, so they just changed it for the show. However, it also makes sense from a logistics point of view - it's less distance that Joel and Ellie would have to walk

[@ChilianaJones]

Great research!

[@StarCaliburn]

I can't believe The Last of Us is real

[@SmooviesTV]

mustve been born after 2013 😔

[@StarCaliburn]

@@SmooviesTV yeah frfr 😔😔😔

[@shiz_AE]

yo man just a thing i've noticed, while the elliott suburbs look very similar to the one in game, wouldn't they actually end up north of Allegheny river? Like you've said, the Allegheny river flows northeast, and the perspective from the place where joel wakes up after being saved by henry matches up with them being north. If they were south of the ohio river the bridge would be to the left and downtown to the right. So maybe the Elliott suburbs were moved to the north?

[@SmooviesTV]

It's true that if the river flowed to the east in the game, that they'd end up north-east of downtown Pittsburgh. But since the devs got the flow direction of the river wrong in the game, and since Elliot and its nearby radio towers look closer to the game than, say, Troy Hill or East Allegheny, it makes more sense to just ignore this detail. Also, if they were looking at downtown Pittsburgh from the northeast, where are the Roberto Clemente bridge, Andy Warhol bridge, Rachel Carson bridge, etc? You could say they were destroyed for quarantine purposes, but then we'd have to make more assumption or implications, and it gets way messier than just saying "The devs made a mistake with the river's flow". But thanks for the comment! Good observation!

[@mikes5637]

Little late to the pary here, but have you made any progress on visiting Salt Lake or Boulder?

[@SmooviesTV]

My hope is to visit WY, CO, and UT later this year. At the moment, I'm trying to wrap up post-production on an hour-long video that compares every location from Pokemon Black & White to the areas of NYC. Stay tuned, and thanks for watching!

[@eddiezee8339]

I’m excited to see Santa Barbara and Seattle!

[@SmooviesTV]

Me too!

[@manolis5356]

Are you still making a long video? Hope you are keeping well

[@SmooviesTV]

Sure am! It's nearly done. I've also got a shorter one coming out in a couple weeks or so showing off the Wyoming locations from TLOU1

[@ElyorAlvarez]

Find your home in Last of us - Goal added☑️

[@resident856]

Underrated

[@Lasercatss]

Also - could you do part 2 next in Seattle? Maybe you could crowd fund some or all of the costs from people (like me) who would love to see something like that, but live in another country entirely (on the otherwise of the world).

[@SmooviesTV]

I absolutely intend to this! I went through TLOU2 meticulously to pin every location the year it came out. I've seen some other videos do comparisons, but none of them are very detailed unfortunately

[@kashmererhiannon1776]

Thank you

[@TTGSHII]

Y u not posting

[@SmooviesTV]

I have a new comparison video coming out in a few months. It's an hour-long, so it's taking a while to finish animation and audio, so stay tuned!

[@TTGSHII]

@@SmooviesTV oh ok

[@StudioUAC]

615 first ave? that's the old shannon hall!

[@Looping_WaySub]

2013: Try our new game “Last of Us”. 2024: Try our new game “Us”

[@mikewarner5583]

I need the last of us 3 to take place in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

[@shaolinfalls]

2:55 Yeh..

[@SmooviesTV]

yes

[@XGames-94]

Before this game, I used to think Pittsburgh was in germany

[@srujan00]

"burgh" with the h is a British spelling.

[@tomgu2285]

Damn pittsburgh looks beautiful

[@StephaneBergeronPixelyzed]

Great video... but the remake looks so much better than this ;)

[@SmooviesTV]

If only I had a PS5 or a PC capable of running it 😔

[@demisdimensin9061]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@inaciocordeirodeazevedo2820]

😮😅😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@ВиталийВасильев-н3с]

Original (PS3) Face Ellie 👍 👍👍👍 Remastered 🤦🏻‍♂️🤢🤮 Remake 🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@scarface5165]

Almost perfect video . Shame its not all side by side ..

[@SmooviesTV]

You're the second person to mention this. It's a note I will take into consideration for future videos. Thank you for watching!

[@scarface5165]

@@SmooviesTV ♥️♥️♥️

[@fiddler9804]

The series isn't really doing any justice to this game, i swear. Such a masterpiece thrown into the garbage

[@GroundPanzers]

I completely agree with you, the show sucks. They never needed to make a show for the game

[@SmooviesTV]

I think the show brings a lot of new interesting ideas to the series. The game had a limited amount of time to tell a story because it needs to focus on gameplay, but with a show, they have more time to explore and go deeper. However, I do think that a handful of 1:1 cutscene moments were better in the game (I enjoy how Troy says "I'm sure you'll figure it out" more than Pedro, and several others), but that might just be my 10-year bias

[@Adayend90099]

I’m glad my home town was represented in one of the best video games of all time

[@socialllydistanced]

As a Yinzer, I can correctly say the exit they take goes to the Veterans bridge and Downtown, the exit to the left exit loops you onto the Liberty bridge...sorry

[@SmooviesTV]

That's true! Much like the rest of Pittsburgh, that part of the city was changed