with zombie elephants, flamingos, seals, giraffes, rhinoceros etc
zombie elephant could be the ultimate challenge, surpassing hordes
and possible achievement, the hunter, for killing every type of zombie animal

I've made a draft of the description of a Zoo but I don't see a need for it now as the Devs are busy with game mechanic developement. Animal Zombies may take a while too as just adding more HP isn't something people would like to see.

My thoughts on the Zoo is kinda like a Proving Ground with Zombie animals having the abilyty to attack more than once, fast to close the distance etc..

Posted By Trance_IX on 07 May 2010 06:48 PM
I've made a draft of the description of a Zoo but I don't see a need for it now as the Devs are busy with game mechanic developement. Animal Zombies may take a while too as just adding more HP isn't something people would like to see.
My thoughts on the Zoo is kinda like a Proving Ground with Zombie animals having the abilyty to attack more than once, fast to close the distance etc..

I'm not sure about the rest of the community, but personally I WOULD like to see faster, higher HP enemies that deal more damage. As is, there's no real challenges for me in the game

What about larger snakes or spiders that can attack and poison you. They might miss afterwards, but with each round you take a little more damage (it increases due to the poisons effect on your system). Maybe you get attacked by multiple enemies and if poisoned over time you could become paralyzed and have no choice but to hobble away.

Lions, Tigers, Bears, oh my!

I personally feel that a zoo of zombie ridden animals/zoo keepers/zoo guests is just plain silly. Though I like it, I think it will lend some definate comedic value to the game. Of course you shouldent find the animals outside of the zoo or anything. Because that would kind of wreck the outside zombie experience.

Eh, getting polar bear blubber for a quest and other such possibly related zoo quests would be enjoyable as well.

Agreed, a zombie zoo would be:
- realistic
- challenging
- and funny
This would much cooler than any weird stuff....
plus : Ice bears, male elephants, hippos and rhinos are very, very dangerous animals. The latters kill more humans than lions do... think about that for a moment.
Oh, and tigers kill hundreds of people in India each year.
Well then, a zoo is a dangerous place indeed.
Furthermore: what about fast and agile zombies version? They'd be very scary...

Well, they don't necessarily have to be zombie animals, I think just plain normal animals might be interesting and challenging on their own. There seem to be bears and wolves in the game already (though whether or not they are zombies has not been specified), but why not cougars and tigers and such? Or normal rhinos and hippos like Ryan mentioned? They're pretty aggressive in real life. There might even be a few prey animals that aren't normally aggressive, like antelope and such. It would be a challenge to shoot them down not because they are aggressive (they aren't, unless they are trying to protect their young or something), but because they run away, and then you have to go find them again. I think it would be interesting to have to hunt your prey, and it would add more to the game mechanics. And when you finally kill them, you get meat or hides instead of money. Then you could use your tech or smarts skill to do stuff with them. *goes to click the beta feedback button*

If there really were a zombie virus in real life that affects humans, I think that the most logical animals that would also be affected would probably be primates: chimps, gorillas, smaller monkeys, etc. Partly because they are related to us so there is a higher likelihood of primates being affected the same way as us (the HIV virus came from the related SIV virus, which came from monkeys). Also, if the zombie virus was the result of some crazy government or corporate experiments, it is likely that the experiments were carried out on chimps and monkeys before being carried out on humans.

Personally though, as ridiculous as it sounds, I want to see a (rare) killer zombie rabbit with ridiculously high agility and close combat stats. When body targeting is implemented, it would be pretty much deadly. Your only chance would be to run away (and as an extra touch, the button could read 'run awaaaaaaay!' instead of the usual). However, it would have a BIG weakness to grenades (I am a huge fan of Monty Python)

I really like the idea of an zoo because you can fight some really tough animals like male elephants, tigers, ice bears, rhinos, hippos, and i thinks about including birds like crows and vultures, i thinks every good zombie game must have crows in my opinion.

Any Ideas for Animal Stats? Im trying to write up a 11 mission zoo quest location I began months ago, and there's some big game hunting involved.

maybe in relation to their weight versus human weight?

Honestly anything like an elephant or rhino should be able to kill you instantly. If I were you I'd make their stats incredibly high. There should also be a zombie Jack Hanna in there.

I like the idea of adding more animals to the game, but the animals probably died in their cages when people stop feeding them so now they should appear as zombies

I'm soo up for your proposal:

"My thoughts on the Zoo is kinda like a Proving Ground with Zombie animals having the abilyty to attack more than once, fast to close the distance etc.."
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"What about larger snakes or spiders that can attack and poison you. They might miss afterwards, but with each round you take a little more damage (it increases due to the poisons effect on your system). Maybe you get attacked by multiple enemies and if poisoned over time you could become paralyzed and have no choice but to hobble away."
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"You would find some of those Infected animals mabey 1 block around the Zoo location.I did factor in that the animals will most likely be freed from their cages."
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".... I think that the most logical animals that would also be affected would probably be primates ...."

Nice work! Would be funny to do zoo missions in a heavy zombie guarded area, with infected primates, pray inbetween and a bunch of hunters looking for their next meal!

Wild animals in small amounts (ZP-Communitiy is able to generate at will!) could be a real variation, if the game steps forward und you got your 50.000 Zed-"Kills"!