Summary
- The Last of Us season 2 may introduce scarier Infected types like Shamblers and the Rat King, upping the horror factor significantly.
- New Infected, like Shamblers, are a more visually disturbing version of Bloaters, while the Rat King is unmatched in gruesomeness and power.
- The combination of all types of Infected in The Last of Us season 2 poses an almost insurmountable challenge for the main characters.
The 2 New Infected Types To Expect In The Last Of Us Season 2
The Last of Us season could introduce Shamblers and the Rat King from The Last of Us Part II
Both Bloaters and Shamblers come after the Clicker stage. What they lack in precise echolocation they make up for with heavily armored fungal exteriors. Like Bloaters, Shamblers can also infect healthy humans from a distance, with sacks of pus exploding onto them – which is marginally more disgusting than the toxins released by injured Bloaters. A taste of how difficult a Shambler can be to bring down can be witnessed by one of its dry counterparts coming under attack in The Last of Us season 1, episode 5, “Endure and Survive.”
They look very similar to Bloaters, but Shamblers are the result of spending a long time in a wet environment, whereas Bloaters come from dry surroundings.
The Last of Us season 2 may also focus more on Stalkers, a stage two Infected that only briefly appeared in the first season.
The Last Of Us’ New Infected Are Way More Horrifying Than Season 1’s Monsters
The Last of Us has held back its scariest beasts until the second season
The Shamblers and Rat King would be more than formidable opponents on their own. However, they become even more intimidating when it’s considered that the show’s characters won’t just have to survive these newcomers. The Runners, Clickers, Stalkers, and Bloaters should all still be very present in The Last of Us season 2, so the combination of all the types of Infected together seems like an almost insurmountable challenge.
Scarier Infected Make Sense For Season 2’s Darker Tone
The second The Last of Us game was even darker than the first
The Last of Us Part II did a great job of pushing its world into a new realm of fear and tension, so the show already has the perfect framework to follow during the adaptation process. While it's true The Last of Us season 2 can be different from the games, any changes made are unlikely to include the Infected. Regardless, certain scenes from the second game will undoubtedly stick in the minds of viewers if they’re carried over to the show, but some will be for different reasons than the sequences with The Last Of Us season 2’s new types of Infected.
