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So, recently I've been on a Zombie kick. I guess it ramped up when I read about "Dead Set" and watched that series. Ever since I've been rewatching some of the Zombie Apocalypse movies and find myself wondering if there was a good Zombie Apocalypse type game out there. I really wasn't able to find a good one. There are several post-apocalyptic games but no real good ones that are totally Zombie based. I read that Undead Labs is working on a Zombie MMO that sounds like what I'd want, but I haven't found any news of this since November of last year. I ran into an article that pretty much summarizes what I'd want in a Zombie game:
http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/08/13/zombie-mmorpg/
I don't want classes. I don't want already determined "factions." I don't want a cure once your infected or resurrection. You should be able to decide if you want to join up with a group or go it alone. Hide out in your house with your family or venture out with a horde and go zombie hunting. Sure, hiding out isn't necessarily action packed, but it's the survival aspect. Could I last longer this way, or that way.
Is there already a game like this out there that I don't know about? Anyone else have ideas on the perfect Zombie game?
http://blog.weflyspitfires.com/2009/08/13/zombie-mmorpg/
Yknow what Id love to see? A zombie MMORPG. Maybe MMORPG is the wrong acronym for it though, maybe its more of a virtual world and not a game. You see, in this MMO the object wouldnt be raiding or roleplaying (well that might fit in at a players discretion), the object of the game would be survival. And there would be permadeath.
Imagine a large virtual world, perhaps only a single server ala EVE Online, thats set in a fictional United States of America, modern time. Its completely overrun with zombies (dozens of different types of them) and in a severe state of dilapidation and the players are the only inhabitants left on the planet, forming together into small groups or large gangs in order to stake claim to territories and eek out a semblance of normal life.
There would be no levels in this zombie MMO, instead players would earn experience simply by surviving. Youd be able to tell how much of a veteran someone is by how many days theyd survived. There would also be no classes, instead everything is skilled based and learnt from studying books, videos etc found in the world or passed on by another player. Players could learn medical skills to help heal others, mechanical skills to repair cars and electrical generators or combat skills like to marksmanship to make them better at killing those pesky zombies.
A zombie MMO would require a lot of freedom of action. Every vehicle should be driveable (so long as its in a state of good repair, has fuel and you have the appropriate skills), every house enterable, every animal, person or thing killable. There would be no auction house or global chat, instead players would need to rely on bartering or in-game phones or walkie-talkies. Oh yes, plus there would be permadeath.
There would need to be some way of letting you transfer some of your skills onto your family members (new characters) but ultimately everyone only has one life. There would be no resurrection spells or spawn points, instead if you die, you die. I think this is absolutely necessary in order to create a real feel of survival and fear. Being killed by a zombie has real impact. Being killed by another person maliciously, even more so.
The most interesting thing about this game would be seeing how events unfold. Would players unite together towards the common threat of zombies or would they bicker and fight between themselves in gangs over territory? Would they create states of laws and order or would they succumb to the anarchy? Id love to known.
I don't want classes. I don't want already determined "factions." I don't want a cure once your infected or resurrection. You should be able to decide if you want to join up with a group or go it alone. Hide out in your house with your family or venture out with a horde and go zombie hunting. Sure, hiding out isn't necessarily action packed, but it's the survival aspect. Could I last longer this way, or that way.
Is there already a game like this out there that I don't know about? Anyone else have ideas on the perfect Zombie game?