Poll: Fast zombies.
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I think zombies being able to run is a good thing, just because when they're the lurching about kind, they seem somewhat unthreatening since you could out-run them by going out for a jog. The 28 Days Later/Left 4 Dead kind seem like more of a threat because they're harder to out-run unless you have a vehicle.
The fast zombies create better action scenes/frantic gameplay. And slow zombies spoil the suspense since the heroes can just walk off.
I don't hate fast zombies.. or "infected". But i prefer the looming doom of ever growing armies of lumbering undead.
It is a different kind of horror-feeling. A better one.
It is a different kind of horror-feeling. A better one.
I don't hate them. Fast and slow zombies each have their place in the world of the zombie apocalypse.
If I had to pick which undead cannibal type I would choose to have chase me around my home whist wearing a halter top, I'd have to say slow. Yes, I hate fast zombies like I hate thugtards with shooting accuracy. Thankfully, neither exist.
I feel that slow zombies get greater acclaim because most zombie hunter types see them as an opportunity to, with no amount of BS or cowardice, actually believe themselves willing to confront such a monster in real life. The idea of casually waltzing up to a festering slouch of death with the confidence of James Bond while deciding which weapon will go with witty-post-kill catch phrase du jour is fun to imagine. However, fast zombies would get calls of "not fair" and "do over" from nine-iron wielding nerd warriors, unless of course one were safely encased in a mall with infinite supplies and Ving Rhames.
I feel that slow zombies get greater acclaim because most zombie hunter types see them as an opportunity to, with no amount of BS or cowardice, actually believe themselves willing to confront such a monster in real life. The idea of casually waltzing up to a festering slouch of death with the confidence of James Bond while deciding which weapon will go with witty-post-kill catch phrase du jour is fun to imagine. However, fast zombies would get calls of "not fair" and "do over" from nine-iron wielding nerd warriors, unless of course one were safely encased in a mall with infinite supplies and Ving Rhames.
This man here gets me.Summerstorm said:
And on that note, alot of you say "Oh, but slow zombies are so slow, I can just jog away from them and I'm fine waah"
I don't know about you, but I'm not an athlete. I also seriously doubt that most of you are. I jog once or twice a week, and at my current ability I can go maybe a maximum of 5-6 km, or 20 minutes, before I start to strain my legs. Think this through peoples!
Let's say that you live in an urban area. A big town. How many peoples live there? 1k? 10k? 50k? When the infection strikes, you can bet your ass on that at least half of the inhabitants will be turned or infected in the first three to four days, due to confusion, fear, lack of information and/or sheer stupidity. Now think about the size of the city. The zombies will be everywhere in the inner city. They will be more sparse in the suburbs and outwards, but they'll always be too close for comfort. I live in the inner parts of stockholm. If the zombies strikes while I am in the city, I am positively fucked. I can make it maybe half way out of the city, at most, before I get exhausted. The zombies don't even GET exhausted. They'll just keep coming.
The roads will be clogged with peoples trying to escape by car, so that's a no-no. I could go by bike, but that only triples my distance if I'm lucky and well rested when I set out.
The monsters from 28 days later did not eat brains, are not animated corpses and do not shamble.
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But they are zombies if you ask me.
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But they are zombies if you ask me.
In films, they provide for more drama and suspense. Take the opening house scene from 28 weeks later. Everyone in that house could of easily survived, as long as they jogged over to the boat and malleted anything that came too close with the crowbar.
But ideally I prefer them slow, much easier to take them down that way. Just stand in the open with a long blunt object (Crowbar FTW!) and cave some skulls in. You wont be able to keep it up for long, but for a small group its doable.
But ideally I prefer them slow, much easier to take them down that way. Just stand in the open with a long blunt object (Crowbar FTW!) and cave some skulls in. You wont be able to keep it up for long, but for a small group its doable.
I prefer the infected to any undead zombie that I could beat out just by jogging by. Zombies aren't scary, If I can outrun the damn thing by walking quickly why should I worry about it? Now if the infected can run after me with the stamina and speed of a damn cheetah, THAT is scary.
fully agreed.Skeleon said:
although I would like zombies that were not all under equiped 1 shot kill mindless beasts, who says that zombies cannot operate fire arms, sure under the undead context it might not work, but parasites taking over their branes, and keeping the memories will probably work.
I prefer slow zombies, don't like being rushed to make a headshot.
That, and fast zombies have an annoying habit of running up behind you and chewing on you when you're busy waiting for a priest to send over a VERY slow moving cart to transport you to a church from which you can escape by going down a deep hole into some mines and eventually return to your grey life in the city where aliens have taken over and you probably don't get paid for overtime at work.
But I digress.
That, and fast zombies have an annoying habit of running up behind you and chewing on you when you're busy waiting for a priest to send over a VERY slow moving cart to transport you to a church from which you can escape by going down a deep hole into some mines and eventually return to your grey life in the city where aliens have taken over and you probably don't get paid for overtime at work.
But I digress.
In a game, fast zombies can be fun. In an apocalypse situation I'll take the shamblers any day. At least you can escape them o.o
I think there is room for both types of zombie or pseudozombie. I myself am a bit more frightened by fast "zombies", mutants, monsters, infected people, anything that come close to zombies in their lack of basic humanity but are more agile. I'm less frightened by a thousand slowly moving corpses that are falling apart than a smaller group that comes after you like a pack of hyenas but are actually humans that only act on hunger or will to frantically tear you apart limb from limb.
True to all,but Dawn of the Dead zombies seam the most logical to me. They have are smart enough to use some of the memories to get through doors and such but are to dumb to open a door. Still though in Deadrising fast zombies would not work at all. And slow zombies in L4D would be farrrrr to easy. SO i mean it all depends......
I hate them...espeacially when they're smart enough to head you off like the ones in Left 4 Dead.