Zombie MMORPG in the Works

Warcry has a very short blurb about a just announced Horror-genre Massively Multiplayer game. Titled Exanimus, the game looks to be set in a post-apocalyptic zombie setting. From the piece: "While most of the world is dead, there are small pockets of survivors that exist in barricaded cities across the globe. Players of Exanimus will have the option of playing as a living survivor or as one of the dead roaming the earth. Exanimus will allow players to experience a MMO based in a horror genre by creating a dark and visually "intense" environment. Exanimus is expected to be rated "Mature" and not intended for anyone under the age of 18."

Comments

Urban dead?

[Ligur]

Sounds like a beefed up version of Urban Dead.

Re:MMO + zombie = cognitive dissonance?

[illspirit]

"Let's face it though, Zombies are slow, mindless creatures who are stopped by an injury to the head."

Hmmm, yes, and no. Starting with Day of the Dead, zombies started to learn/remember how to use weapons a little bit, and by Land of.. they were using rudimentary strategy. While they're still not exactly rocket scientists, they're still quite dangerous in packs, seeing as it only takes one bite and all. Besides, with a large enough group, even blind weiner dogs could be deadly.

Granted, this only works if you accept the Romero rules. But I'm not going to argue with the guy as he wrote the proverbial book on zombies.

/loves zombie movies

Re:MMO + zombie = cognitive dissonance?

[sesshomaru]

In many the zombie movies I've seen, the problems come about because two human factions are fighting each other rather than fighting the zombies:

1. Night of the Living Dead: Cooper (and Family) vs. Ben (and Friends)

2. Dawn of the Dead: Ex-SWAT & Reporter group vs. Biker Gang

3. Day of the Dead: Soldiers vs. Scientists (with a third faction, the Civilians, trying to ignore both).

4. Land of the Dead: Kaufman (and Militia) vs. Cholo (and Rogue Militia) vs. Poor of Pittsburgh vs. Smart Zombies (lead by Big Daddy)