Realistic Zombie Game

[MrDarkling]

Like some have said, this would be pretty awesome as an MMO.
And I do really wish to find a proper gory zombie game with zombies that actually eat you.
In shall we say L4D....I'm not scared...just running screaming random people with a bit of blood flying out of their mouths.

But if i was stranded in the middle of a barricaded house with hundred of slow groaning zombies approaching hungry for my flesh....That would scare me shitless.
I find the dragged out existence of myself knowing my impending PAINFUL doom more scary than anything else.

 

[G1eet]

I would play it, though I imagine it would be fucking hard.

Might <spoiler=this>http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/23/undead-labs-creating-zombie-mmo-for-consoles/ be what you're looking for?

consoles? MMO's are PC games, what the fuck.

You raise a valid point; the only CMMO I can think of is Phantasy Star (correct me if I'm wrong).

And from what other rumors I've heard about it, Undead Labs isn't going more for the massively multiplayer aspect as much as they are the open, continuous world aspect of MMO's.

For example, like when you roll a character, you can pick a "base" almost like servers, but you have to manage those in real-time; round the clock maintenance and whatnot. (This is just conjecture, however)

 

[martin's a madman]

1) It probably wouldn't sell very well.
2) Zombies up to this point in time are fictional and therefore cannot have any amount of "Realism" applied to them.

 

[Chamale]

But if i was stranded in the middle of a barricaded house with hundred of slow groaning zombies approaching hungry for my flesh....That would scare me shitless.
I find the dragged out existence of myself knowing my impending PAINFUL doom more scary than anything else.

I agree. If you want to make a horror game with zombies, the best way would be to make them flesh-eaters. Flesh eaters that are very hard to kill. I hope the upcoming World War Z movie gets a decent video game tie-in.

 

[MrDarkling]

1) It probably wouldn't sell very well.
2) Zombies up to this point in time are fictional and therefore cannot have any amount of "Realism" applied to them.

true but to be honest Zombies are the closest thing to realism as you can get when it comes to horror.
All that vampire/werewolf (etc) bullcrap is impossible lol

 

[MrDarkling]

But if i was stranded in the middle of a barricaded house with hundred of slow groaning zombies approaching hungry for my flesh....That would scare me shitless.
I find the dragged out existence of myself knowing my impending PAINFUL doom more scary than anything else.

I agree. If you want to make a horror game with zombies, the best way would be to make them flesh-eaters. Flesh eaters that are very hard to kill. I hope the upcoming World War Z movie gets a decent video game tie-in.

World War Z?
Will have to look it up :O

 

[Pegghead]

Well we are talking about realism in a medium that is anything but realistic, that being the zombie apocalyspe. I think as long as they didn't over-do it such as in games like Arma then it would be great. There could be a strong emphasis on building barricades (Something I love doing in all zombie games and mods) scavenging for food and ultimately getting rescued.

 

[Death on Trapezoids]

because for most gamers out there it would be nearly impossible

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Probably because 'realistic zombie' is an oxymoron.

 

[feather240]

wouldn't a realistic zombie game have incredibly slow moving enemies and end up getting the city/ares with zombies nuked?

Radiation doesn't hurt zombies, "doh". Didn't you read the guide?

Probably because 'realistic zombie' is an oxymoron.

"Generic Fantasy Setting"

 

[Demoncoly]

1) It probably wouldn't sell very well.
2) Zombies up to this point in time are fictional and therefore cannot have any amount of "Realism" applied to them.

There are games like that and you've probably dismissed them already because they are not "fun", long enough, good graphics, or that kind of thing. There are lots of web browser games that you can get killed in one hit by zombies... but thats odviously isn't what you are looking for.

I simply can't see who such a game would sell well unless it had a very large difficulty selection ranging from normal (easy for wimps) to realistic (or impossible).

But have you considered this, if you pump enough bullets into a zombie to tear a limb off, would that not weaken the zombie (even if its not the head) and eventually you could sever all the limbs off except the head to where the zombie couldn't actually do anything... so shooting in other parts of the body is acceptable. (just not worth the ammo)

Or you could just lower your standards a little... I would prefer Left 4 Dead (and L4D2) more than such a zombie game we speak of anyway.

 

[DJude]

In answer to the title of this thread... because quite frankly, it would not be fun. At ALL. Trying to replicate reality in a videogame defeats the purpose, as we play videogames to get the hell away from life. And what part of life sucks more than a zombie invasion? No matter what sort of invasion the real one would channel, be it the slow zombie or the Olympic sprinter zombie, it would still be about the worst thing that could happen to you.

yeah but, it wouldnt be replicating reality because zombies arent real, so your pretty much contridicting yourself

 

[feather240]

1) It probably wouldn't sell very well.
2) Zombies up to this point in time are fictional and therefore cannot have any amount of "Realism" applied to them.

There are games like that and you've probably dismissed them already because they are not "fun", long enough, good graphics, or that kind of thing. There are lots of web browser games that you can get killed in one hit by zombies... but thats odviously isn't what you are looking for.

I simply can't see who such a game would sell well unless it had a very large difficulty selection ranging from normal (easy for wimps) to realistic (or impossible).

But have you considered this, if you pump enough bullets into a zombie to tear a limb off, would that not weaken the zombie (even if its not the head) and eventually you could sever all the limbs off except the head to where the zombie couldn't actually do anything... so shooting in other parts of the body is acceptable. (just not worth the ammo)

Or you could just lower your standards a little... I would prefer Left 4 Dead (and L4D2) more than such a zombie game we speak of anyway.

The creature lives inside their head, even if you decapitate them it's still alive. The thing is that they would crawl towards you even if you did take out their legs. Sure they're slow, but if there's a lot of them and if you're surrounded you'll need effective shots. It only takes one bite. (One delicious mouth watering *slurp* bite. *drool*)

 

[muckinscavitch]

I love the use of the words Zombie and Realistic together, haha

OT: It would be pretty neat I suppose, but 1 bite kills would be brutal, unless the prefer to beat at you first and the bite is just a killing blow...

Or maybe an MMO where there are some NPC zombies to begin and everyone starts human, then as the game progresses in the server, you turn into a zombie if you are bitten and therefore must fight for the other team.

 

[The Real Sandman]

Nazi Zombies is pretty much that (ray guns and hell hounds excluded).

The whole of the game isn't as run 'n gun oriented as Left 4 Dead, but is instead mainly about conserving ammo and getting more heads shots than torso blows. Also (at Pegghead) you have to keep the building you're held up in fortified by bording up windows and block door ways that the zombies will constantly knock down.

So...yeah.


EDIT: Not to mention that in the end you will inevitably die, and you can only survive so much damage from the zombies.

 

[YuheJi]

There are plenty of mods. I remember playing a decent L4D 1 mod last year. It was headshots only, no special infected, and slow zombies. Rather tense.

 

[MrNixon21]

I've been wondering, how come there aren't any realistic zombie games? Realistic as in only headshots would kill, and one bite is fatal. You would also have to scavenge to get supplies. Could this work, and would you play it?

Edit: To clarify, I'm talking about traditional zombies.

A realistic zombie game might as well be called "Everyone Loses" . . . because that's what would happen. If you make ANY game realistic, it would cease to be fun. Take your favorite first-person shooter . . . one shot anywhere, and you're pretty much done. Even getting hit in the arm or leg would most likely drop you if it didn't eventually kill you from hitting the errant major vein or artery.

Edit: I do know of one game that's very realistic: JFK Reloaded. If you think that game's fun enough to play for hours at a time, there's something very, very wrong with you.

 

[quiet_samurai]

How exactly does on determine what is and is not realistic when bloody zombies are involved?

You know, the zombie apocalypse would probably range from harmless to catastrophic depending on how the disease is transmitted.

Agreed. I also think it would be more like a Shawn of the Dead type of thing, where everyone sees strange things going on yet they ignore it because they don't want to be bothered.... then it's too late. As apposed to Dawn of the Dead where everyone wakes up one day and the world is ended.

 

[crimsonshrouds]

My Idea for a game: Slow moving zzombies that can only be put down by a head shot, caught on fire, decapitated or have its spine destroyed.

The game would be a one player or co-op game with up to ten people. You could either work with people to find supplies or help them to their demise. Your character starts off with nothing but can use melee weapons to knock zombies over. *2x4s pipes crowbars and pretty much anything else*

Guns will be hard to find and when you do they will normally be handguns and ammo will need to be rationed

The setting would be city that was a mix of modern day architecture and european medievel.

Your options would be to try and make it through the open streets that are full of undead or use the back alleyways and houses to make your way across the city.

The objective is simple make it across the city. Explore buildings for medicine and documents explaining the zombie apocalypse. Meet insane characters who have sucumbed to madness.

 

[ffxfriek]

Sounds like a blast.