Jonathan "Tempest" Phillips

When they were making Resident evil outbreak, a shoddy publication (I shall not name) gave a preview of the game but got the complete and utter wrong idea of how the game would play out. BUT, there screwed up preview, sounded amazing. A long term game instead of the quick in quick out gameplay of L4D or any other zombie games on the market. As such I’ve been waiting for people to realize this and create a Zombie MMO …. ZMMO. Here are a few of the idea me and a group of friends bounced around for such a spectacle.

SLOW Zombies
I know fast, running at you streaming zombies seems good for a game rather than the slow easy to avoid zombies. But for an MMO it needs to be a long term thing. For somebody to survive in a world of fast zombies requires, in my eyes, dumb luck, but for somebody to survive in a world of slow paced but unstoppable zombies requires thought and planning. This is much more MMO territory.

Hardcore Mode
But for the slow zombies to work would need “hardcore mode”. Put simply. when you die, YOU DIE. start again. No respawn. Reroll. New Character. Star wars galaxies did it for the Jedi (before they destroyed the game) which resulted in truly nail biting combat. with a zombie game that would have to be the way to go. Plus you get the “Oh shit” moments when you realize your not going to make it out of the situation you’ve put yourself in. I guess a softcore mode would be required for the faint of heart.

Ammo
Most MMOs don’t deal with it, mainly because they are simply about making sharp things go through soft things that scream and bleed. But in the game, you not only would have to use ammo, but have troubles getting hold of it. Bring the risk reward factor into the MMO. Don’t just let them exchange gold for ammo. Maybe a bartering system?

Not an RPG
Basically. Don’t make it an RPG. MMOs are not restricted to this game type. Even if it was L4D but with slower zombies, Hardcore mode and lots of places to hide out. That would make me happy.
wow. Who’s with me?