Poll: A new Appocalypse plot for gaming.

[bobraj]

How about some surrealism in apocalyptic games?

Imagine a world where a disease turns everyone into a murderous, dynamite juggling, sarin custard pie throwing version of Carrot Top who can kill you with a single bad joke.

Or one where religious extremism turns everyone into killer nuns and priests and the end boss would be a 200ft Mechapope who is intent on bringing the Rapture to Earth.

OK, maybe not Carrot Top (that would just be too terrifying) but you get the picture.

 

[goodman528]

What about an apocalypse game with more realism. Like the world's economy completely collapses as finite resources begins to run out, anarchy and chaos follows. Every man for himselves in a world of chaos.

Or how about a Mars exploration and survival game where you have to manage the first colonists. Survival against hords of doom style martian monsters.

 

[Nivag the Owl]

I think it would still be kind of cool if there was a slightly unique mutant design and the counter-measures were original. Like evacuating Earth. In fact, I just came up with an awesome plot.

Starts off the usual way. An infectious disease befowls some nonce who spreads it until it consumes an alarming amount of the population. It continues for a fairly long portion (but not majority) of the story until an Earth evacuation program is initiated. You have to fight your way and get a place in the program. If you manage to get into a space-ship (or whatever) you start flying off to some planet. The flight is another lengthy portion of the plot as the disease has smuggled its way onboard and you have to take it out. This is getting boring now, I'm abandoning it forever.