Poll: Fast Zombies or Slow Zombies?

[WolfThomas]

Both.

The way I see it the earlier into someones un-life the faster they are. When someones immediately turns they've basically got a human body but with no pain limits, so they're capable of near-superhuman strength (like Meth addicts) and incredible speed as they can't feel any fatigue. But after a while all the damage caused by their activities, muscles torn, bones broken and other factor slows them, because they have no regenerative processes. They become the shambling undead.

That said of course the body before zombiefication plays into it as well. Fat people will of course be slower than say athletic people when they become zombies.

 

[amoamaremetallum]

In a video game and movie, fast zombies just add to the terror. While the slow, shambling corpses terrify you in a sort of Dead Space way, where you just might be able to shoot them before they get to you sort of thing, having a zombie run at you at full pelt is mortifying. So many things factor into your mind when this happens.

"Look! A Zombie! Shootitshootshootshootshoot! Dang I missed! Shoot again! I got him! Yeah! Oh, it was a survivor running from another hoard of zombies..."

 

[Astoria]

I find fast zombies more scary than slow ones but like others have mentioned they aren't really zombies but infected people. However, I do find that slow zombies are more intimidating.

 

[ThatDamnedBadger]

Quick ones
1: They and intensity when fighting them
2: More of a fight
3: Feels more realistic because every animal (even people) go as fast as they can to catch their food.

 

[loc978]

Slow zombies are more traditional, but... honestly, I prefer a variation. Zombies who are capable of sprinting as long as their legs are relatively undamaged make more sense. So I guess I prefer Dawn of the Dead (remake)-type zombies.
A video game featuring them would still be all about survival, avoidance and resource conservation, though. None of those ridiculous, over-the-top Resident Evil or L4D zombies. Just undead humans.

 

[MARKMCMARCUS]

Slow. Although I do not prefer Dead Rising 2 over L4D2. I think that the atmosphere created by being up against hundreds of slow and dimwitted zombies is just much more enjoyable than being rushed and trampled by a bunch of speedy ones. I dunno', just a preference I guess.