Is there anyone who isn't a fan of zombies? Apparently not! Zombies in movies, zombies now in TV shows (http://www.amctv.com/originals/The-Walking-Dead/), and of course zombies in our video games?
What is our appeal to zombies? Do humans have an innate attraction to the undead? We've had so many movies and games on the topic, twists, reinventions, and the just plain old updated remakes.
If you've been following games on any gaming platform you must have noticed by now the number of games that offer some flavor of a Zombiefest. Games I've personally played that included zombies are: Left 4 Dead (L4D), Left 4 Dead 2 (L4D2), COD World at War (WAW) Nazi Zombies, Zombie apocalypse, and Halo 3 "infected" playlists. Let's not forget the Dead Rising series and Resident Evil games.
So this fast approaching holiday season 2010 we see an assortment of new options for zombie lovers to get their game on. To Start out, Dead Rising Zero and Dead Rising 2 came out recently. There has been quite a following for Dead Rising since the first game was released a number of years ago. Next up, we have another Left 4 Dead DLC pack coming out that will help tie in the L4D and L4D2 stories. In November, COD Black Ops is said to be including a zombie game mode just like WAW did. I'm still unsure if they are just re-releasing the WAW maps or if they are updating the zombie experience to something totally new. And finally, those of you cowboy lovers will get the chance to take on zombies in a new Red Dead Redemption (RDR) campaign expansion pack.
I thought the Left 4 Dead series was genius, personally, with its director and unleashing mass hordes on you. It turned our normal slow going zombie games where players have the chance to scoot out of the way of slow limb dragging zombies while find new and creative ways to destroy everything in their path. It added an incredible coop experience to the game also. I say this is incredible b/c come on, when the zombie apocalypse happens in real life, nothing is more lonesome than surviving it all on your own. Time to get the band back together for a final show!!
I'm definitely getting "The Sacrifice" DLC coming out shortly for the L4D series. I may look to get the RDR Zombie expansion as well, but I'm not sold on the other games yet. Dead Rising has been an interesting game, but its mild critic reviews and old school graphics aren't appealing to me. Part of this opinion may just come from having such a great time in L4D and also the fact that there are just too many other games to play right now besides getting immersed in something new like this.
It's all about killing Humans with no guilt! Actually for me, I like it because it's the post-pocalyptic feel. What happens when science goes too far and creates a disease that creates zombies, or an already existing disease mutates and causes havoc. It's especially fitting because of the current economy and general state of the world.
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