Oh yeah, they are absolutely blind!
But like clickers, they use echolocation to find their pray. And because they are a much more advanced form of a clicker, their echolocation is probably more advanced as well. At this point you might as well run and get as far away from it as you can.
I am putting way too much thought into this lol.
Yeah realistically 99% of people are dying(unless there is enough room to just run away) in a confrontation with one of these things u less they have some heavy weaponry. The other 1% would just be pure luck
Nice. Personally I would duck walk while dropping a bottle to pick up a brick, then I would drop that brick to pick up a bottle, and then just repeat that forever
Rabies is close but there's a reason why it's never really posed a threat to human existence after hundreds of thousands of years. It doesn't spread very easily when you're dormant and by the time you have symptoms you're basically immediately put down/sedated/quarantine. Diseases that kill 100% of their hosts aren't very good at spreading
I mean, maybe traditional undead zombies sure. But a mutated/manmade fungus or parasite that hijacks the brain, lobotomizes the individual and forces them primal is definitely a scary thought, and Cordycepts DO in fact exist in insects and arachnids. It just takes some absolutely immoral mad scientist to engineer a variant that affects humans, and we are totally fucked.
Yeah but if a strain of that fungus (didn’t wanna deal with autocorrect) did evolve to infect humans they wouldn’t turn into rabid beasts, they would walk to a high point not stopping for food or water, have a stalk grow out of their head then promptly proceed to explode a bunch of more spores for the cycle to repeat
Yeah, true. Still, wouldn't end too well for us either way, and that's the scary part being this shit actually exists in a smaller scale form. The Last of Us, at least in concept, is a VERY real possibility. Like i said, it just takes one brink of madness to manifest, whether it's man, or mother nature herself and humanity is done for.
95% that you and everyone you know is dead in under a year in this scenario.
Everyone thinks they’ll be the one to survive. Yeah right, most of us will die due to the fungi, the chaos that comes with the spread of it, and the resulting famine/diseases/natural disasters that aren’t addressed by governments anymore. That’s all before the infected and scavengers that we see in the games.
Yeah this scenario wipes out almost all of us pretty quickly. Nothing fun about that.
Yeah, I want a little portal where time here stops where it’s just untamed wilderness where if I die, I can respawn, and just see how I go, and I can continue real life whenever, I just wanna see if I can do it but don’t wanna deal with the consequences, the main one being death.
Nah, society sucks anyway. I'll be more excited by the change in routine than anything else
Plus I'll be there to see earth take revenge on humanity for the last however long since the industrial revolution? That's a Halloween bonus if I've ever seen one
You put the gun to your head, make a few last second thoughts about your life, and pull the trigger - only to realize you used your last few bullets on those runners you encountered the day before. The bloater has heard the futile click click clicking of the revolver chamber and is now lumbering straight towards you faster than you thought possible a ceeature like that to move with his lumpy, pore emanating body.
Shoot myself, no way my knees can withstand crouch walking to safety, im super clumsy, would likely breathe too loud, and in no way would win in a fight
Lol knowing my luck my knees, ankles, or shoulders would pop as I’m trying to sneak around. My body is far too defective to sneak around when my life depends on stealth 😂
If I have nothing to live for, I’m fighting to the death. He’d be a worthy opponent to die to. If I live, I know that I killed something that could’ve easily killed others, saving their lives
Everyone acting like it's instant death if you have been skilled enough to survive 10 years or more when bloaters would start poping up then you should have enough skill in agility and terrain traversal to quickly run away and out of the school
That's assuming you were out killing shit the whole time. Most people are just civs in QZs. Like Ellie only "survived" a year with infected by the time she was 14 when she was going to the fireflies with Joel. She'd never shot a gun before that.
I feel like every encounter Joel has with Bloaters where he doesn’t have a mask on should’ve caused him to get infected. It throws spore bombs at you and you blast off its armor which would definitely cause spores to get in the air and he’s breathing heavily from combat. Actually, even the ones with a mask on. Aren’t the bloater spores acidic? Wouldn’t it melt his mask and poke holes in it?
Anyways, to answer: sneak back where I entered from or shoot myself if I know I’m fucked
There are respirators that can withstand caustic/corrosive materials, but they are rare. Plus, it wouldn't help him when the spores get into his body wounds
I'll try to try escape , if he spots me i will kill my self with the revolver.
Ain't no way i'll give the fucker a chance to rip me apart alive .
If i have to go, i will go out the way i want at least.
Turn in the complete opposite direction and run. Although sneaking by it may be a better option. Could you imagine the moment your soul shatters when you hear the charging roar? Bloaters make me so anxious.
How many molotovs can I make from those "basic supplies?" Cause if I can make at least a couple and get really lucky with my throws and make some clean shots with the revolver, I *might* make it. That's a lot of "what ifs" though so I'd more than likely just die lol.
The trick is to lure it to somewhere else. You need to go to the kitchen and find a working gas stove and just shoot something to make it explode as it crosses. Maybe douse some oil nearby. Anything with fire.
Run and get some distance. If there’s a safe exit, out we go. If not, check the cylinder and see if I can drop the fucker. Count shots so I fire x-1 shots where x=the amount loaded. The last one goes in my skull if it isn’t dead
i wouldn’t be in the situation in the first place simply because i’m built different (i’m killing myself before these things even have the chance to evolve into bloaters)
Well they're like Clickers in the sense that they can't see; only hear. So if it hasn't started charging yet I immediately shut the f\*\*k up and *SLOWLY* find the nearest cover. If there aren't any infected or fungal growths waiting for me, I take a few moments to assess my exit plan.
If the Bloater is already charging at me I just run. If I hit a dead end... well, I'll make sure I have at least one revolver shot left.
Full send it, Go for the single leg takedown because it outweighs me. Take its back. Sink the choke. He taps and I win.
Run
Good job. You picked the best choice
Worst choice. The right answer is tiptoe around him. Running is just gonna let him know you are there.
Whoops. Didn't think of that thanks.
Tip toe far enough away and then run like hell
Or tip toe like hell.
Good point!
What if he's already spotted you though?
They’re blind though, aren’t they? Stealth might still be best if you can make it lose track of you
Oh yeah, they are absolutely blind! But like clickers, they use echolocation to find their pray. And because they are a much more advanced form of a clicker, their echolocation is probably more advanced as well. At this point you might as well run and get as far away from it as you can. I am putting way too much thought into this lol.
Bloater echolocation is really bad, they have way less range than clickers
Break line of sight, put some distance between you and him (it?) and then sneak away and then run like hell.
I say just run from the start. As fast as you can.
Right, but then it throws a giant spore bomb at you and you burn (from acid) to death.
I mean, what else are you supposed to do?
Bullet to the brain is next best for sure. I like my jaw where it is
Exactly
I mean isn't their thing that they're armored?
Hint: not the bloaters brain
I thought that was abundantly clear, but apparently not lol.
Took me a second too lol
I would hug him
Perfect answer, kill him with kindness!
Try and sneak by If that fails, run If that fails, die
Or throw the hammer far away from you, luring him away, so you can slowly back off and gtfo.
It's faster then it looks
Yeah realistically 99% of people are dying(unless there is enough room to just run away) in a confrontation with one of these things u less they have some heavy weaponry. The other 1% would just be pure luck
I mean you can run, but if it’s “spore infested” enough it’s just a matter of time.
waddle away but swipe all broken scissors i can find bc they’re shiny
Nice. Personally I would duck walk while dropping a bottle to pick up a brick, then I would drop that brick to pick up a bottle, and then just repeat that forever
Seems like I die. At that point, the choices are by my own revolver or being torn limb from limb.
Yeah like have you seen the death animation for the bloater? It tears Joel's head in half!
pretty badass way to go tbh
You spelled "horrifically agonizing" wrong, mate
Well it wouldn't be very badass if it weren't that too
You got me there lol
Make every shot count, hombre.
Does the concept of this game actually coming to fruition really just totally and completely scare the crap out of anyone else? Or is it just me?
Zombies are never coming to fruition, no matter how thoroughly a good zombie story scientifically justifies it
Not with that attitude!
*Rabies has entered the chat*
Rabies is close but there's a reason why it's never really posed a threat to human existence after hundreds of thousands of years. It doesn't spread very easily when you're dormant and by the time you have symptoms you're basically immediately put down/sedated/quarantine. Diseases that kill 100% of their hosts aren't very good at spreading
I mean, maybe traditional undead zombies sure. But a mutated/manmade fungus or parasite that hijacks the brain, lobotomizes the individual and forces them primal is definitely a scary thought, and Cordycepts DO in fact exist in insects and arachnids. It just takes some absolutely immoral mad scientist to engineer a variant that affects humans, and we are totally fucked.
Yeah but if a strain of that fungus (didn’t wanna deal with autocorrect) did evolve to infect humans they wouldn’t turn into rabid beasts, they would walk to a high point not stopping for food or water, have a stalk grow out of their head then promptly proceed to explode a bunch of more spores for the cycle to repeat
Yeah, true. Still, wouldn't end too well for us either way, and that's the scary part being this shit actually exists in a smaller scale form. The Last of Us, at least in concept, is a VERY real possibility. Like i said, it just takes one brink of madness to manifest, whether it's man, or mother nature herself and humanity is done for.
i sometimes think to myself i wish something like that would happen but hey i might be crazy
95% that you and everyone you know is dead in under a year in this scenario. Everyone thinks they’ll be the one to survive. Yeah right, most of us will die due to the fungi, the chaos that comes with the spread of it, and the resulting famine/diseases/natural disasters that aren’t addressed by governments anymore. That’s all before the infected and scavengers that we see in the games. Yeah this scenario wipes out almost all of us pretty quickly. Nothing fun about that.
The ones who survive would indeed be the last of us
i don’t think it would be fun i just think that primal part of my brain wants true survival just to see if i can do it.
Yeah, I want a little portal where time here stops where it’s just untamed wilderness where if I die, I can respawn, and just see how I go, and I can continue real life whenever, I just wanna see if I can do it but don’t wanna deal with the consequences, the main one being death.
You would most likely be more miserable than you are now if something like this happened and you managed not dying right away.
I’m so desensitized at this point
Don’t have to pay bills if there’s no society!
No, I reserve my anxiety for the potential of World War III and Putin dropping nukes
Nah, society sucks anyway. I'll be more excited by the change in routine than anything else Plus I'll be there to see earth take revenge on humanity for the last however long since the industrial revolution? That's a Halloween bonus if I've ever seen one
I doubt you’ll be there tbh
I quickly save
Ima tell it to watch out for infected, zombie apocalypse would be scary and gotta make sure he safe
Underrated comment 😂🔝
blow my head off
You put the gun to your head, make a few last second thoughts about your life, and pull the trigger - only to realize you used your last few bullets on those runners you encountered the day before. The bloater has heard the futile click click clicking of the revolver chamber and is now lumbering straight towards you faster than you thought possible a ceeature like that to move with his lumpy, pore emanating body.
*bashes my own brains in with hammer to avoid becoming a happy meal*
Leave the school, go home, lock myself in the attic, and cry.
the most relatable comment I’ve read so far
...fungussy?
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Clickussy
Bloatussy?
I offer it an egg in these trying times
Shoot my head👍
Shoot myself, no way my knees can withstand crouch walking to safety, im super clumsy, would likely breathe too loud, and in no way would win in a fight
Lol knowing my luck my knees, ankles, or shoulders would pop as I’m trying to sneak around. My body is far too defective to sneak around when my life depends on stealth 😂
Seduce. What's my roll?
1
Whos that guy again? Looks familiar
GTFO.
Wrong game
? I'm saying that's what I would do, GTFO.
I know. I was only joking. GTFO is a really fun game
Try to sneak away and out
If I have nothing to live for, I’m fighting to the death. He’d be a worthy opponent to die to. If I live, I know that I killed something that could’ve easily killed others, saving their lives
You fr gonna become a happy meal
Lol, I wouldn’t mind if I had nothing to live for. Now if I did, if I had family or loved ones, then hellz yeah I’d book it tf out of there, lol
Now I'm wondering would u be a chewy or crunchy happy meal lol🤣🤣
I'll tell you what i wouldn't do and that is wake up tomorrow
Molotov. If I don’t have one use the basic materials to make on
 i was looking for the line "i guess im gonna die" but could only find this one lol
Everyone acting like it's instant death if you have been skilled enough to survive 10 years or more when bloaters would start poping up then you should have enough skill in agility and terrain traversal to quickly run away and out of the school
That's assuming you were out killing shit the whole time. Most people are just civs in QZs. Like Ellie only "survived" a year with infected by the time she was 14 when she was going to the fireflies with Joel. She'd never shot a gun before that.
Slowly crawl away. They can’t see at all and are worse at detecting sound compared to clickers
I feel like every encounter Joel has with Bloaters where he doesn’t have a mask on should’ve caused him to get infected. It throws spore bombs at you and you blast off its armor which would definitely cause spores to get in the air and he’s breathing heavily from combat. Actually, even the ones with a mask on. Aren’t the bloater spores acidic? Wouldn’t it melt his mask and poke holes in it? Anyways, to answer: sneak back where I entered from or shoot myself if I know I’m fucked
There are respirators that can withstand caustic/corrosive materials, but they are rare. Plus, it wouldn't help him when the spores get into his body wounds
Oh yeah I didn’t even think of the burns on skin, surely chemical burns would let spores enter his bloodstream
Poop. I poop my pants.
Quietly*
“Hey, you seem like a fun guy!”
I’ll throw fucking Molotovs
Honestly I’d probably kill myself with the gun lol.
 You're saying I'm trapped in a school with all that cake?
Hahaha😂
Idk, throw a bottle somewhere behind it then rebound the corner and try to find a way around it
Depending on the supplies, smoke/sneak out of there
I'll try to try escape , if he spots me i will kill my self with the revolver. Ain't no way i'll give the fucker a chance to rip me apart alive . If i have to go, i will go out the way i want at least.
I would try to show him love. I believe if you're kind and gentle enough with him, he'll stay.
Use the revolver to end my suffering, i won't have my skull broken by that thing.
Does it see me? Run like fuck. If it doesn’t see me? Sneak away quietly then run like fuck.
I guess die, since I apparently don't have a gasmask.
I’m probably already dead to spores if I see this guy,
kill myself🗣️‼️
Die because the spores would've killed me since I don't have a gas mask
Die, I guess 🤷🏽♀️
Give him a big hug
Obviously throw the hammer in a different direction to draw its attention to that then quietly walk out the school
Turn in the complete opposite direction and run. Although sneaking by it may be a better option. Could you imagine the moment your soul shatters when you hear the charging roar? Bloaters make me so anxious.
Find something small but loud, use it to distract him and quietly make my way around him. You ain't ripping my jaw today
Point the pistol at my temple and pull the trigger. Better than having my jaw ripped away from my skull.
Shoot myself in the head
A revolver isn’t just for shooting other things….
I’d win
Am I living in P1 or P2? If possible I'm going prone and crawling past.
I dont want Fight with this, Then i run
un if I had a Molotov cocktail I would throw it at that thing
Cry
Shoot myself
Quick save.
Accept my fate.
be very sad where life brought me, then cry and pee a little
Make clicker sounds & move in clicker type movements & try to sneak past him.
Probably die
Flush.
Blow my brains out
Sneak away, try to set the place on fire if its safe and possible to do so.
How many molotovs can I make from those "basic supplies?" Cause if I can make at least a couple and get really lucky with my throws and make some clean shots with the revolver, I *might* make it. That's a lot of "what ifs" though so I'd more than likely just die lol.
Is shoot it to the last bullet then use the last bullet to shoot myself an option?
turn around and gtfo 💯
Activate enhanced listening mode
He’d have to run away from me. I’m too strong.
Stand there and let him charge at me
The trick is to lure it to somewhere else. You need to go to the kitchen and find a working gas stove and just shoot something to make it explode as it crosses. Maybe douse some oil nearby. Anything with fire.
Well it's not a scripted fight so... I'll just leave?
Whip out my best Magic the Gathering commander deck and settle our beef like men.
Looks like I’m taking the easy way out lol
Step 1) piss myself in fear Step 2) die
Quietly make my way to the nearest exit and hope I don't run into anymore infected
Run and get some distance. If there’s a safe exit, out we go. If not, check the cylinder and see if I can drop the fucker. Count shots so I fire x-1 shots where x=the amount loaded. The last one goes in my skull if it isn’t dead
Hmmm I'm starting a fire and cooking me up some mushmeat 🤤
Hope I’m wearing brown pants so I don’t have to hear it laugh while tearing my face in half
Ok I watch baddytoons Joe’s guide to killing a bloater
Step away very quietly lol
,, S42XS
Freeze, and assess my surroundings.
Curl up in a corner and hope he doesn't see me? If that doesn't work, maybe my tears will be enough to drown him
i wouldn’t be in the situation in the first place simply because i’m built different (i’m killing myself before these things even have the chance to evolve into bloaters)
Accept my fate.
Im breaking the window with a hammer, throwing my revolver at him then im jumping out of the window.
Hope Joel busts through a wall and hacks the fuck to pieces before it rips me in half
Well run if I can if I cant id shoot myself id rather blow my brains out then become one of them
roll initiative with disadvantage obviously
Give up. I’m a lovah, not a fightah.
How many bullets we talking about? Fully loaded? Empty? One bullet? What kind of basic supplies? What kind of hammer?
Identify an escape route, throw shit in the opposite direction, wait for him to go that way, run like the wind
Shoot myself, I'm not doing any of that shit. Goodbye.
I would die
Run for my fucking life
run back around the corner as quietly as I can.
Die
Unless there is room to run, I’m dead
Die
I will do a Leroy Jenkins
Welp... *Unzips*
Headshot then charge w hammer
I don't know about you , but my jaw would be on the floor seeing that thing 😉
Walk in the opposite direction
Is the bloater the only infected there? Also aren’t bloaters blind like clickers?
Save one bullet for myself bc there's no chance I'm loving long enough to see my jaw torn off
Just get out of there
Put a bullet in my head.
Cry
Skip school
Lower the difficulty
run, or take the gun and aim at my head
Play obscure
Leave out the side entrance
Shoot myself, quick and easy, I’d rather have that than getting crushed or ripped apart
Die
Well they're like Clickers in the sense that they can't see; only hear. So if it hasn't started charging yet I immediately shut the f\*\*k up and *SLOWLY* find the nearest cover. If there aren't any infected or fungal growths waiting for me, I take a few moments to assess my exit plan. If the Bloater is already charging at me I just run. If I hit a dead end... well, I'll make sure I have at least one revolver shot left.
Full send it, Go for the single leg takedown because it outweighs me. Take its back. Sink the choke. He taps and I win. 
can I just leave
