God of War and Bloodborne Inspired the Horror of the Rat King in The Last of Us Part II

Warning: This article contains spoilers nearly the story details for The Final of Us Office 2.

The Last of United states of america Function 2 allowed its players to experience almost every emotion possible through its immensely circuitous and diverse narrative. There probably isn't a player who has completed the title that wasn't left feeling, at some point throughout the gameplay, angry, confused, happy, or mournful (to name a few). To add to the ever-growing line-up of emotions, being scared was definitely loftier on the listing also, especially when it came to a sure workbench in the game that took a few years of my life and has given many gamers a fearfulness of e'er wanting to stand about 1 without getting palpitations. The other heartstopping moment came from the dreaded scene with the formidable Rat King, but where did Naughty Dog get their ideas to create this monstrosity?

Kurt Margenau, co-game managing director for The Last of Us Part ii, recently spoke to GamesRadar to shed some light on the cosmos of this new breed of infected that acquired many players to wash their eyes with holy water afterward. Kurt states that they took inspiration from Neil Blomkamp's short film,Zygote, a 2022 Sci-Fi Horror short film where 2 survivors of a mining performance in the Arctic Circumvolve fight for their lives against an conflicting brute. Margenau says that "If you await at that video, you lot can see that there's a lot of inspiration in that location." He continues to talk about Playdead'south 2022 title Inside and how that also inspired the Rat King'due south grotesque advent. "Inside is some other 1; the fashion the monster'south arms touch a lot of stuff is just this inherently creepy thing. So we're aware of things like that, but we have to go far our own and do all the extra work that's needed to brand it experience real."

For those who take played God of War, y'all may have already seen how the Rat King'south cleaved off Stalker got some inspiration from the Magni and Modi bossfight which is the terminal part of God of War story mission, The Magic Chisel. The Last of Us 2's other co-game manager Anthony Newman states that the similarity between the huge Rat King and then this smaller Stalker that broke gratuitous from it was like Magni and Modi "where you had these two gratuitous enemies – ane with a fast weapon and ane with a big slow weapon".

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If similar me, you idea that once you killed The Rat Male monarch, it was all over and so yous remembered that Stalker who broke free, you're not alone. Thankfully, it was much easier to impale and not nigh every bit stubborn. Newman goes into some detail on how Eileen the crow from Bloodborne inspired that ending boxing with that very Stalker. "I loved how in a game with bosses that were twenty stories loftier, the most challenging and brutal fight of them all was this person who is the exact same size as yous" Newman continues "Then that was something nosotros were really interested in: how can nosotros make an infected who isn't massive feel just every bit deadly?"

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The discussion "Rat King" actually came about in Germany in the mid-16th century where a big ball of furry rats twisted themselves via their tails into a knot that became so wrapped upwardly in themselves that it was about incommunicable to untangle them, hence the name Rat King – there'southward a nice motion-picture show I've now planted in your heed. This phenomenon isn't solely subjected to rats, squirrels as well have institute themselves tangled up in a huge ball of mess, but that's probably not equally scary sounding as The Rat Rex. Squirrel Male monarch only sounds kinda cute, similar a Disney flick.

On a lighter note and to get the images of tangled rats out of our minds, check out a wholesome video of Cascina Caradonna, who is Dina's confront model from The Last of Us Function 2, reacting to seeing herself in the game, head on over to this article. For more post-apocalyptic news, cheque out thisThe Last of Us Office ii fan art poster showcasing Ellie'south evolution, Ashley Johnson mimicking Joel, or this amazing mural of Abby fromThe Last of The states Office 2 appropriately painted beside a gym. If y'all happened to think you were imagining hearing director/author Neil Druckmann and co-writer Halley Gross chatting over the radio as two WLF members towards the end of the game with Abby, you weren't incorrect every bit patently Druckmann and Gross lent their voices for this particular scene. For something a fiddling different, cheque out this really awesome mashup of scenes fromThe Last of The states Part 2 in Studio Ghibli'south iconic artstyle.

You may as well bask this trigger-happy cosplay of Abby by Nieke or this intense cosplay of Ellie facing off against some Clickers. This particular one of the mighty bearded Joel fromThe Terminal of Usa makes our heartache that niggling chip more.

For those who haven't dove head-on into the franchise all the same and would like to know more than near this iconic game, our Features Editor put together a guide of everything you demand to know mostThe Last of The states.The Last of Usa Part 2is available now exclusively on PS4 (and soon to exist PS5). The game was ane of DualShockers' favorites of 2022; make sure to check out the official DualShockers (generally spoiler-complimentary) review. Also, feel free to grab the game physically on Amazon to aid back up the site.

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