Yeah, but any of these characters going to mean anything in the grand scheme of things? Last of Us was able to make the secondary characters mean something even though their screen time is limited. I wonder how many people in that group photo will mean a thing. Will they all have distinct personalities and motives, or will everything be folding into one central antagonist like most UbiSoft games.
Again, exploring extreme Christian Fundamentalism in a game is a noteworthy subject, but there's so many facets in this movement that I doubt you'd be able to cover the meaningful ones in a single game. Personally, I think the more frightening fundamentalists are the more seemingly benign figures, like the Ralph Reeds and James Dobsons of the world. Here, you only have what looks like the foot soldiers. I think Colorado Springs would have been a more interesting backdrop to explore, with edifices like Focus on the Family providing for some interesting level designs to explore. Have you ever seen that place? It's almost like the Vatican for Evangelicals. Also, imagine taking out checkpoint radio towers owned by televangelists.
Still, I hope that Last of Us part 2 explores what fundamentalist religion is like in that world. With Ellie being revealed to having had some type of relationship with another girl, that could provide a byway into the issue of faith and how it might function in that world. You already saw 3 distinct forms of communities operated in TLOU, but we haven't really seen how religion is tackled by its inhabitants.
Also, the people at Ubisoft are from Montreal, right? I can't help but wonder if they only got the Montana version of what they assume Christian Fundamentalism is in America.