Mensch
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| 08-02-2010 05:44 PM |
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| Are fast or slow zombies better? | | Fast (9) |  24% | | Slow (20) | | 53% | | Doesn't matter as long as they eat brains. . . (9) | | 24% |
I have to admit, I despise the whole fast zombie genre. There is something about the slow moving zombie hordes that symbolizes the inexorable approach of death. Fast zombies just seem to be an excuse for bad script writers to get a quick scare without any setup. At least among my friends, however, I am in the minority. I wonder what others think. |
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strik9
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| 09-02-2010 01:01 AM |
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I like the fast zombies but feel that they should get slower as their bodies degenerate. It would only make sense that the undead would slow down as they begin to rot. |
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Seth Myrrh
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| 09-02-2010 11:21 AM |
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I love both. I dont see running zombies as zombies though. I call them a zombie just to keep things simple, but there more like an infected. Like what they call them in 28 days later. I would love to see a movie use both styles. Having a horde of shamblers slowly walking towards you, and behind them are crazy people running at you and knocking into some of the slower zombies. Having these two different kinds could also open up different types of zombies. While I would never go as far as Left 4 Dead did with the crazy special abilities, I would have zombies that had weird, or special traits or quirks. |
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CarlBreder
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| 09-02-2010 11:31 AM |
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i agree with both Seth and Strik ^^ |
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Mensch
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| 11-02-2010 05:24 PM |
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I also love Seth's grand vision (or is it a prophecy)! |
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Zed Rayadon
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| 17-02-2010 05:21 PM |
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Perhaps some zombies have been infected for a longer period of time. The virus has been destroying their brain cells for a longer time, resulting in them becoming slow and sluggish due to lack of balance etc. But, as a positive effect for them, it decreases their sensitivity for pain, as most nerve cells that detect pain have been damaged too.
There could also be different behaviours for different zombies; some may think it's a good straregy to join a crowd, others may think it's better to stalk the wounded and sickly. |
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Aiden
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| 17-02-2010 06:08 PM |
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We need both versions to keep things spicy, I think. Slow moving zombies have always been my favorite, but in a game like this, I feel like we need the widest variety possible when it comes to undead enemies so the gameplay remains fresh. It'd be fun, every once in a while getting a sprinter...you'd have to identify the fast one(s) and dispose of them both before they could reach you -and- before the shufflers manage to get close to you. Sort of like bears. |
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Gamer4life
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| 17-02-2010 09:07 PM |
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I like slow zombies  as it takes them longer to get to me which means i can blow their brains out before they reach me. But when i watch zombie movies i want to see fast ones. |
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Aiden
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| 18-02-2010 01:15 AM |
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Posted By Gamer4life on 17 Feb 2010 09:07 PM
I like slow zombies as it takes them longer to get to me which means i can blow their brains out before they reach me. But when i watch zombie movies i want to see fast ones.
My point exactly. 90% of the time all I have to do is shoot a couple of times and the battle is over before they've even closed the gap halfway. I need a challenge. |
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Phazon
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| 18-02-2010 07:55 AM |
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Fast zombies freak me out more than slow zombies. Their tremendous amount of stamina doesn't give you much time to react. They also seem to be a bit more determined to catch you then slower zombies. Slow zombies on the other hand, are pushovers. You can easily evade and kill them, but if youre not careful they can easily catch you off guard and surround you. |
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CarlBreder
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| 18-02-2010 11:09 AM |
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... and eat you xD |
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Zed Rayadon
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| 18-02-2010 04:23 PM |
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I think we should enable an option to bite back. I mean, they used to be humans, why shouldn't we be able to gnibble their earlobs off?  |
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CarlBreder
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| 18-02-2010 05:00 PM |
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Haha! Brilliant! |
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Aiden
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| 18-02-2010 07:57 PM |
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I dunno about you, but the thought of chewing on decomposing flesh and soft tissue is a bit unsettling lol. I'll pass. |
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alphabetsoup
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| 07-03-2010 10:41 PM |
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To me, if you're surrounded and about to get eaten, it won't really matter if they're fast or slow. It's the strong ones that are scary. And still realistic. Would you be more scared of a couch potato zombie or a bodybuilder zombie? |
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CarlBreder
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| 07-03-2010 11:44 PM |
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its still a zombie... if the big bodybuilder zombie was further away then a normal zombie, but moving "slow" i would not shoot the bodybuilder first :| |
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The Baba Boy
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| 09-03-2010 05:37 PM |
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Definetely Slow ones  As i mentioned (on another thread), those in Resident evil 2 or 3 are scarier to me. In the 70's or either 80's (If i'm right) They came up with some of the first zombie movies (The Night Of the Living Dead FTW  , and those zombies were slow ones. So i guess that the fast zombie/infected is or some sort of Hybrid, or either not a real zombie. Although, the Scientist of these days (Umbrella Corp. or whatever) might have done some experiments and created a new virus which makes the zombies RUN LIKE HELL. We'll propably never know, but like i said, to me the slow,mooaaaning zombie is alot scarier.  |
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Seth Myrrh
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| 10-03-2010 07:54 AM |
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Waaay before that haha. The first Night of the Living Dead film is older than my mother. It was made in 1968. I like both styles though. I nice mix would be great. |
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Shiriru
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| 10-03-2010 06:21 PM |
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Im for the slomo zombies you know when in low numbers they seem drunk & clumsy and easy to avoid BUT as numbers grow larger they will almost alvays preveil. And with these fast moving ones humanity becomes extinct within a week there are almot no means to stop them . And no point in fighting cause eventualy they will win due to their strenght and extreme agility and stamina.
But Hell i truly despise these zombie masterminds "so very cunning type" I hardly tolerate the zed from day of the dead (the remake) (You know the african-american)Of course zeds inteligence capacity may vary but c'mon a zombie creating a siege plan or something or leading the "dumber" masses to victory over humanity? This is to much. |
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Seth Myrrh
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| 11-03-2010 06:28 AM |
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@Shiriru
I agree to the fullist possible level. Its why I cant enjoy movies like Land of the Dead. Because its like, how would that black zombie know how to shoot that gun, lead other zombies...? Whatever... weird. I think the fast ones could have some reasoning skill sometimes. Like you might encounter one rummaging through a drawer of pots and pans like they were looking for something. But never to communicate in a way that makes them seam more human. Or like pointing, or signaling. Zombies just shouldn't have these abilities. |
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CarlBreder
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| 11-03-2010 08:22 AM |
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zombies dont hunt, they shamble, and if they occasionally caught the scent of a human, it shambles in the direction the scent came from, zombies hunting is unfair, seeing how "superior" the zombies already are :S |
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Odigo
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| 08-05-2010 08:39 AM |
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I think zombies in the beginning will be fast, but as time progresses, the muscles of a zombie deteriorate and they become the slow shambling ones. |
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CarlBreder
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| 08-05-2010 01:40 PM |
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Hah! Thats what i said too! on the old forums that is its perfectly logical! and after around 2 years, they decay completely! |
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JJBenson
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| 25-05-2010 10:40 PM |
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Unless like Dead frontier the zombies mutate and become sprinting longarms O.O I had A GAU USAS M60 and XM25 And I was still scared!MotherFuzzers were fast dude! You couldnt shoot a bebe pellet or they would be all over your asshair! Part of me loved the EXP and The little girl part of me wanted to SCREAM! |
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Irus
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| 26-05-2010 01:49 AM |
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Posted By CarlBreder on 08 May 2010 01:40 PM
Hah! Thats what i said too! on the old forums that is
its perfectly logical! and after around 2 years, they decay completely!
Agreed. I don't want any I am Legend Zombies though.  But I'm even fine with unusually fast zombies, But not those things. They climbed up street lamps!  |
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CarlBreder
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| 26-05-2010 11:01 AM |
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and rammed through 3cm steel plates D: |
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Seth Myrrh
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| 26-05-2010 11:21 PM |
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I am Legend didn't really have zombies. Its pretty much official that those were vampires. xD |
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CarlBreder
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| 27-05-2010 12:29 AM |
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Vampires xD
hilarious, but still ugly xP |
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Irus
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| 27-05-2010 06:00 AM |
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Anyway, how much agility do you think should a zombie be able to have? Like the maximum for them. Dogs, Wolves, and Bears don't count. |
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JJBenson
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| 28-05-2010 05:45 PM |
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Somewhere around 50 Back In DF Longarms Had 124 agi They outran me like I was a Fatman My Agi was 60 something THe only thing that saved me ws being quiet Or FIghting and neither lasted long... |
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| When Theres No More Room In Hell The Dead Will Walk The Earth.For That I have My 3 Round Burst. |
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