The thing with The Last of Us is it had an unusually strong story for a game in the first place - which was on par with prestige TV quality already. Most games, even great ones, do not have that kind of detailed story.

A lot of games, even great ones, the narrative in the game play is much more open to interpretation or there's no specific linear narrative and character development beyond the player's imagination.

Half Life 2 for example, an amazing experience, and the Half Life IP calls for an adaptation due to its setting and lore. An adaptation would require the invention of new characters, conflicts, character arcs etc even if characters from the original made an appearance.

Game series such as Fallout or Bioshock or Metal Gear Solid even - which beg for a series adaptation - their strength is more in the world, lore and setting than specific character stories, and any adaptation would practically require an entirely new story and additional characters created for the medium.

So to me the main lesson is to take the material seriously, be respectful to the game and the setting and the lore. But most future great adaptations of games are going to require a lot more new storytelling, TLoU game was kind of a stand-out exception, as the story lends itself to a very straightforward re-telling.