User blog comment:WraithOfWaffle/Battle Sixteen: The Fireflies (The Last of Us) vs. The New Marais Militia (inFAMOUS 2)/@comment-5795750-20150903022503

BG1's "Apocalypse Now, Apocalypse Forever" Edges:

Melee: A plank of wood vs an actual shield? Gimme a break...

EDGE: New Marais Militia

Pistol: Easily the P226 since it is double-action (as opposed to the single=action Defender) and it can carry more bullets in its magazine

EDGE: New Marais Militia

Shotgun: Now the tables have turned for once - easily the Fireflies have the superior shotgun since the Mossberg has ammo, rate of fire, range and power in comparison to the puny sawed-off shotty

EDGE: Fireflies

Assault Rifle: Have to give this to the M16A4 since it weighs less than the ACR, has a sustainable rate of fire and a more decent range of fire - I mean c'mon, this is a descendant of the original M16 we are talking about here so it should be just as good as it (heck it has controllable recoil)

EDGE: Fireflies

Explosives: The RPG gets this one over the Fireflies' three somewhat ineffective bombs - the nail bomb requires some degree of set up, the smoke bomb isn't deadly and the Molotov cocktail doesn't kill right away. Yes the RPG-7 has a rocket head that takes a while to reload but seriously it is definitely more direct in its killing capacity and it has a very long range

EDGE: New Marais Militia

Special: Is it still OK if I say the flamethrower wins because it has fire while the other side doesn't even though our DF Lord and Saviour Drayco isn't around? In all seriousness though, both weapons have their advantages and disadvantages - the machine gun may be powerful and may have at least a better chance of killing someone outright than the flamethrower but the flamethrower is more manoeuvrable and it very much is a good weapon for trap creation

EDGE: Even

X-Factors: Average of 67.4 for the Militia; Average of 67.3 for Fireflies

EDGE: Militia (barely)

Overall Winner: The way I see it, the Fireflies are definitely more experienced as an organised crime group fighting against not just zombies but the US government and other potential zombie survivor threats too. However as I see it, and as another battle on this site probably tells me (*cough*Loki vs Gilgamesh*cough*) the Fireflies may be more creative and stealthy but once the battle becomes full blown-out chaos, the New Marais Militia are going to win out since they pack the better logistics and firepower where it counts.