Good idea, but SOME zombie encounters would be needed at least. But making those encounters DEADLY and frightening would be the key to making it fun. Have your only means of defense being a gun with only 6 bullets for an entire level, or a moment where you have to escape a group of zombies because you are weaponless and there is almost nowhere to hide. Make combat the hardest or worst option. Make your gun practically useless because of poor aiming, make your weapons do little to no damage with swings. The whole 'Survival' aspect and the suspense would make the game erie and fun at the same time. I think a single moment in a entire level could make it fun, even just wandering around a near pitch-black warehouse with shuffling and things nearby would be creepy, then have that SINGLE moment of sheer horror as a zombie bursts out from a crate or you turn on a light only to get a upclose and sudden corpse staring back into your face.
The idea is a start, and I'm sure if someone wanted to take the time to develope and work out the mechanics for such a game it'd work well. Of course I'm saying that combat isn't really needed, but at least having some way to visually project horror and a constant feeling of fear would be what would make the game work.
The idea is a start, and I'm sure if someone wanted to take the time to develope and work out the mechanics for such a game it'd work well. Of course I'm saying that combat isn't really needed, but at least having some way to visually project horror and a constant feeling of fear would be what would make the game work.
D? Sparse as they are there are still monsters.