of societal collapse which in its crumbled buildings and desperate scavengers is pretty familiar to enjoyers of postapocalyptic fiction in any mediumthe delicatelybuilt sky bridges of part 2 which connect the highup floors of different skyscrapers together in americas ruined cities feel a lot more apocalyptic concept art than the previous game and certainly stretch our suspension ha of disbelief a little further tooits also worth noting that the last of us part 2 is much more unpleasant if the first game sought to show how people respond in the face of impossible decisions the second focuses instead on cycles of violence and trauma and sees the damaged teenager of the last of us part 1 become a pretty unrelenting revenge heroinefrom what weve seen so far bella ramsey certainly seems up for the task displaying a potent mix of teenage anger and vulnerability in her scenes so far but the last of us season 2 on hbo will have to hit harder while moving away from the more grounded apocalyptic fiction that part 2 and the corresponding tv show sit so comfortably inthe problem of a bigger and better sequel game is that any tv adaptation has to match its energy which includes everything from the emotional stakes to the size and caliber of enemies whether the introduction of floating spores or nightmareinducing rat king monstrositiesthe shows creative team seems up for the challenge but the hurdle is only going to be bigger next time aroundfor more on the last of us check out our breakdown of all of the changes made from the game the last of us ending explained and what the showrunners have said about season 2 so far