History NightmareFuel / TheLastOfUs

** And then there's the mere fact that it's simply a human-adapted version of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomopathogenic_fungus real life]] [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis fungi]]. Now try to [[Literature/HouseOfLeaves picture that. In your dreams]].

[[caption-width-right:350:[[PedoHunt Run, little rabbit, run]].]]

*** And later on in the dark and flooded basement you have to get a generator going to proceed further. Just as Joel's made it start, a loud, jarring sound of something being busted open suddenly echoes through the dark basement, followed by the horrid shrieks of infected, likely giving most players an epic OhCrap moment right along with Joel. You then will be initially left at confused horror at ''the darkness hindering you from see much and not knowing where the infected will come from or even where you should run'', and to make matters even worse, when the infected ''does'' pop up right behind your back, one of them is a freakin' BLOATER! Cue running blindly around in the dark and narrow basement hallways while trying to avoid it long enough to get enough hits towards it as it slowly follows you around ''while'' warding off common infected on the way. It's enough to make the player be genuinely reluctant/scared to start the generator again every time you die. Although, the place is a lot easier to get by if you've learned to use a Molotov Cocktail (or simply outrun the infected to the door).

*** Even worse, this is ''Exactly'' how the real Cordyceps fungus works. According to [[https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/study-zombie-ant-death-grip-comes-from-muscle-contractions-not-the-brain/amp/ A study]] made [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting a few years after the game’s release]], scientists dissecting a Cordyceps-infected ant found that while fungal cels are present in most of the ant’s body, like the muscles and the limbs, the brain is mostly intact, merely cut off from the rest of the body and unable to control it.

** And then there's the mere fact that it's simply a human-adapted version of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomopathogenic_fungus real life]] [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis fungi]]. Now try to [[Literature/HouseOfLeaves picture that, in your dreams]].

** And then there's the mere fact that it's simply a human-adapted version of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomopathogenic_fungus real life]] [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis fungi]].

** The fact that it's simply a human-adapted version of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomopathogenic_fungus real life]] [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis fungi]].

*** The ''Part I'' makes this worse as with the improved graphics; you can see the Bloater nearly pop one of Joel's eyes out of his socket and break all of his teeth while reaching into his mouth.