Has the zombie craze finally died?
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Wrong! They need to up the ante.Silentpony said:
The Tank from the Left 4 Dead series is but the tip of the iceberg. We need escalation people!
Similar opinion. I got bored of zombies by 2012. The last thing I played that involved zombies was Onechanbara Z2: Chaos, and it had more than just zombies to fight. My case does not help in that I watched a ton of zombie movies, old and new, between 2003/04-2010. Burn out happened with me real fast.Smithnikov said:
I prefer walking zombeis, but there is nothing wrong with variety. I generally prefer unique take on zombies.Silentpony said:You beat me to the pun!tippy2k2 said:I feel like it's been "Dying" forever now and yet, they keep....rising from the grave
Which I'm super happy about because I for one still really like zombies.
Although I will say I'm tired of running zombies. Shuffle or bust!
Tell that to Suda 51's Lollipop Chainsaw or Killer Is Dead (called Wires). Some zombies could run or were fast and agile; especially in Killer Is Dead. It worked fine in those games. The only time it didn't work was in Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z, but there were lost of problem in this horrible spin-off.Silentpony said:
This happens with every craze. For a while, it felt like every company wanted to make their own mmorpg to get in on that sweet wow money. Open world was the end all be all for a while, but it seems to slowly die down a little now. Building/crafting survival was huge after minecraft, but there aren't as many new ones coming out now. Same with zombies now.
Crazes come and go. Just make the best of it while it lasts, if one happens that you like.
Crazes come and go. Just make the best of it while it lasts, if one happens that you like.
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I doubt it, zombies are just too useful. I mean they are a horde monster that can be mowed down without any moral conflict and they don't need any real motivation. I mean they are easier to use as enemies than wild animals since even wild animals have self preservation instincts.
Why yes, yes it has.
And now on the the next totally gonna last forever teen romance sensation leading to tons of knockoff books and movies created with no skill whatsoever... drum rolllllll
CYBORGS!!!!
Oh wait, this whole rant pertains to vampires, not zombies, eh, whatever.
And now on the the next totally gonna last forever teen romance sensation leading to tons of knockoff books and movies created with no skill whatsoever... drum rolllllll
CYBORGS!!!!
Oh wait, this whole rant pertains to vampires, not zombies, eh, whatever.
Hard to say? Every time I've thought the Zombie craze was dying it just kept shambling on. That being said, we do seem to be hitting a lull in the craze.
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The heck with that. Give me dancing zombies!Silentpony said:You beat me to the pun!tippy2k2 said:I feel like it's been "Dying" forever now and yet, they keep....rising from the grave
Which I'm super happy about because I for one still really like zombies.
Although I will say I'm tired of running zombies. Shuffle or bust!
Disclaimer: Due to my strong personal convictions, I would like to emphasize that the above gif in no way endorses belief in Michael Jackson.
(For anyone who doesn't get the disclaimer, see here)
Awesome. I loved WWZ and I didn't know they were making a sequel.Johnny Novgorod said:
Yeah, my guess is it's going to be 'intelligent' zombies that appear as normal people that are way off but still able to maintain a societal structure and satiate their appetite through planned organization. I think it would be cool if you had like this harrowing zombie dictatorship with only a few sane survivors left.
Anyways I still like zombies as a thematic device. It's been kind of overdone in the past but it definitely lead to quite a few gems and I think zombies and zombie related stories can still be taken in different directions. Pretty much any social ill can be projected onto them.
When it comes to TV and movies I'm happy with what I have. I don't need more. I can watch Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, World War Z and all those fun little movies over and over without getting bored. As for games, well, I'm happy with Killing Floor. I know they're not zombies but, they're zombies. I'm more than happy to spend an hour or two blasting some brains out with friends in that.
Only seen the first series, it was ok.stroopwafel said:
It's about a woman who works in the morgue, who is secretly a zombie but apart from being pale nobody can spot anything that odd about her. She eats brains and gets memories and personality traits she uses to solve crimes, usually about how the brain donor died.
Has the Star Wars craze finally died yet?
I watched a film recently called 'The girl with all the gifts' which was a different take on the genre. Parts of it almost felt like a 'The Last of Us' reimagining, but was aight. Recommendable.
I watched a film recently called 'The girl with all the gifts' which was a different take on the genre. Parts of it almost felt like a 'The Last of Us' reimagining, but was aight. Recommendable.
Look what horror stories a society tells, and you'll know what society is afraid of.
Vampires: fear of sexuality and of disease.
Werewolf: fear of people being dangerous (not a coincidence they were popular in medieval times, when riots of violence were common).
Zombies: fear of the masses, of not having your living space. The horror of our modern society with millions of people you meet in overcrowded cities.
Vampires: fear of sexuality and of disease.
Werewolf: fear of people being dangerous (not a coincidence they were popular in medieval times, when riots of violence were common).
Zombies: fear of the masses, of not having your living space. The horror of our modern society with millions of people you meet in overcrowded cities.
Zombies? Dead? That's what they want you to think.
...if they had brains...
...which they want from you...
...to nom upon...
*Preps shotgun and crowbar*
...if they had brains...
...which they want from you...
...to nom upon...
*Preps shotgun and crowbar*
There's one last zombie movie I'm waiting on, starring Martin Fucking Freeman, called Cargo [https://teaser-trailer.com/movie/cargo/].
It's based on this amazing short which was posted on YouTube as an entry to a film contest.
It's based on this amazing short which was posted on YouTube as an entry to a film contest.
Tropfest Australia 2013 - Cargo
ive been a fan of zombies since seeing return of the living dead back in the 80's so more the merrier
that said its hard to use them properly as most filmmakers and game makers just use them as the main focus and reduce them to cannon fodder, the best films, etc use them as a background hazard with a theme and concentrate on the survivors
that said its hard to use them properly as most filmmakers and game makers just use them as the main focus and reduce them to cannon fodder, the best films, etc use them as a background hazard with a theme and concentrate on the survivors