With the launch of the fading light 2, the ZOMBIE IP has re-entered our public vision, and everyone is discussing whether zombies will appear in reality and how to face the whimsical problems such as zombies, but also throwing us another interesting question, why zombie theme games, after so many years of change, have been enduring?
Zombies (Zombies) also have the saying of living corpses and living dead, which is a legendary monster that looks like a dead person but can move. Originally, it was described as a Voodoo cult in Haiti poisoned in order to drive corpses into labor. Zombies also appear in modern literary works, similar to vampires, belonging to undead creatures. - Wikipedia
The earliest zombies were actually to describe the black slave trade, because black people always acted under the whipping of slave owners, plus they were skinny, and there was the concept of the so-called slave owners driving living corpses, which is the prototype of the current zombie culture. Throughout the ages, game manufacturers have created many works around the post-apocalyptic cultural background of "zombies", whether for players and audiences or for game manufacturers, there is not much room for the operation of this theme in gameplay and game mechanics. Too many repetitive products wash away the player's love for this subject, just like a wave of waves on the beach repeatedly washed away, but fortunately on the beach will eventually leave some beautiful shells, now let Xiaobian take an inventory of these remaining beautiful shells, to see what kind of game will make Xiaobian so obsessed.
1. House of the Dead 3
Talking about the first zombie theme game in the impression, I have to mention the House of Death 3, Xiaobian is a northerner, as a reward for childhood exam excellence, the game hall occupies an important proportion in childhood, terrifying zombies, weird bosses, incomprehensible dubbing, with the two "huge shotguns" in front of the game table, playing and passing has always been Xiaobian's childhood dream.
But the height of the child is always a little bit worse, only with the help of the father can play, but picking up the "huge shotgun" is already a full complement to the level of aiming at his crotch, always succumbing to the obscenity of the first level of "big strong", at that time the only fun is to watch other big brothers break through the level to kill zombies, remember the game process, wait for the next day to go to school to show off with the friends, these all constitute a happy childhood.
After going to high school and then back to the game hall, the house of death 3 is still there, but next to a more cool 4-generation machine, the 3rd generation of cold and 4th generation of the explosion formed a sharp contrast, I wanted to try the 3th generation first, play only to find that the game hall has long been not repaired to the machine, the machine aging serious feedback is also rotten, after all, as when I was a child, I could not see the true face of the "Wheel of Destiny".
After waiting for a long time, it was changed to the 4th generation, and the submachine gun-style analog controller was lighter, larger and more elaborate screen, and the full screen spark effect did not bring the excitement of playing the House of Death when I was young.
2. Resident Evil
The second one we will talk about may be in the zombie genre, as a well-known IP "Resident Evil".
In the eyes of the editor, the Resident Evil of the 1st generation is undoubtedly the best work in the entire series, although the 1st generation is not as grand as the sequel scene of the series, but the design is more compact, and the design of the house that forced the claustrophobia to die, with the reading setting that caused each room to be loaded because of functional limitations, shows the essence of the horror game.
In the game, no matter how advanced your equipment is, you can never get rid of the deadly threat of zombies, and there will still be zombies running out to scare you in the areas that have been cleared before, and the feeling of anxiety runs throughout. Plus the Resident Evil one of that year, the one who nibbled the head brother in the Western-style pavilion looked back... It's a sight to behold.
3. "Dead Island", "Fading Light 1/2"
This series definitely has an important place in the zombie genre, first of all, the highlight of "Dead Island" is to create a combination of RPG and FPS mechanism, and the environment where zombies are stored is dark, and the prologue of Death Island combines beautiful beaches and zombie killing scenes is really cool. Xiaobian first touched this game when the pirated, because of the unpacking reasons, resulting in has been stuck in the prologue signal tower, but this does not prevent Xiaobian from repeating the play experience.
"Fading Light" is another masterpiece of Techland following the Death Island, integrated into the parkour system, truly achieved the mileage that can run anywhere in the open world of zombies, with the believer dlc players in the game can climb the stairs, drive, build weapons, do missions, etc., so it is xiaobian and good friends spent 100 + h to empty all the tasks and still indulge in hunters and humans PVP.
"Fading Light 2" in the eyes of the editor can actually be seen as the ultimate version of the 1st generation dlc, more parkour action with the groundbreaking Gundam Tower, but also brought a new game experience, although after playing through the level, compared to the promise at the time of release, the game content has obviously been cut a lot, but the editor believes that Techland will use time to successfully finish this story.
4. Zombie Destruction Project
Xiaobian generally calls this game Hypertension Simulator. Why, because the game is real to a harsh state, the gameplay is simple, to survive in this zombie-filled world. There is no need for the player to spend extra time to learn and understand the game's settings, only the player needs to know the corresponding common sense of life to get started.
For example, the game has four seasons, and there are common weather in life: rain, snow, strong winds, thunderstorms, fog. Players need to appropriately increase or decrease clothing to prevent colds and heat stroke, over time, the city will cut off water and electricity, food will gradually rot, players will be hungry, thirsty, tired, frightened, depressed, etc., players never thought that they would be so vulnerable in the game.
Just like when Xiaobian first played, in the face of the opening need to choose a class and characteristics, shocked to find that the original point of vision loss and deafness, really will make the field of vision smaller plus there is really no game sound! However, this does not hinder the quality of the game itself, especially the official recently updated the online system, you are exhausted! initiate!
5. "The Way to Survive 1/2"
Needless to say, the classic game needless to say, the dormitory four-person group plays from freshman year to senior year, and after mastering the mod, players can play countless games in one game... Later added mod, saw the special sense of "mei qingmu show" road can not move...
6. "Rotten Country 1/2"
The small editor of the Rotten Kingdom series calls it, the god of the apocalyptic survival simulation business! The Xbox Live Arcade game, Introduced in 2013, was groundbreaking, abandoning the fast-paced headshots typical of similar games in favor of a focus on survival and construction.
The sequel released in 2018 continues to expand on this basis, adding a four-player co-op model, and allowing the perpetual death mechanism to continue to dominate the player's fears, the developer limits the player through resources and morale, compresses the player's living space, and flexibly controls the difficulty of the game, which seems very groundbreaking today.
Although the Red Claw Agent recruited in the later period can achieve positive growth in resources with the ability to accurately calculate NPCs, it is still the favorite simulation business game in Xiaobian's heart. However, if you play three deadly difficulties... That's when the editor didn't say it.
7. "Billions of Zombies"
Another name of the game, "Meal Simulator", is more out of the loop than its own name, and "Billions of Zombies" is undoubtedly an excellent zombie theme game, which perfectly combines RTS and zombies. Players must build and manage a post-apocalyptic city, while also beingware of hordes of zombies razing the city to the ground. With a strong emphasis on defense, the game perfectly blends the strategicity of city-building with the tension of surviving horror.
Under the premise that the core of the game is survival, the player only needs to stick to the barrier to ensure the operation of the base and the entire defense measures, even in the face of the surging zombie tide, through some of the inherent routines of the tower defense game, such as the scientific layout of the defense tower, the use of terrain, and the combination of different functional classes can be used to resolve the crisis. Although it is simple to say, the game itself is not well guided by novices, plus the zombies are too strong, often a gap appears, and the defense line collapses instantly, all of which make the game itself a sudden increase in difficulty, which perfectly fits the nickname "Cooking Simulator".
Although the texture and model quality of the game itself are relatively general, but in the later stages, there are really "billions of zombies" on the screen, who tries who knows! Netizen classic comment: "My walls and soldiers can withstand the feet of hundreds of millions of zombies!" However, my CPU and graphics card didn't work! ”
8. Zombie Siege Series
The zombie siege series has always been the peerless three kingdoms of the zombie world, but also another kind of zombie game, no need to think about the rationality of the plot, team up and friends drink coke to cut zombies and what is endless fun, a variety of melee combination weapons to choose from, the game plot is also well versed in the setting of conspiracy theory, simple brainless is the tone of the game. The overall feeling is just blindness, blind play and crazy venting, the player only needs a destination, and it is good to refresh countless zombies on the way. Just like the reason for the editor to enter the pit, simply because of the fire-breathing "Tintin" under the crotch of the male protagonist in the trailer of "Zombie Siege 3", the boring afternoon only needs to open the game to open a can of ice beer, and it will be finished!
9. The Walking Dead
If you say that the best zombie theme game in the mind of the editor, perhaps it will be the old game of "The Walking Dead", even if the time is turned back to the year, the game itself does not look outstanding in terms of graphics or gameplay, but it is such a simple game, but it always occupies the psychology of the editor.
The game itself can influence the plot direction through the dialogue options of this exquisite design, the zombie theme has been hot for many years, a rather in-depth discussion, the end of the day we should stick to the human nature of "people"? Or do you follow the survival instinct with the main goal of preserving life, using all means for this?
The plot of the game is very simple, the player controls Lee who escaped from the car accident, meets Clementine hiding in the bookstore waiting for rescue, out of the sense of responsibility and love of adults, the player needs to protect the eight-year-old Ting all the way, and Ting adventures in the end times, and in the process of the game, the player needs to constantly face moral problems and make choices. In order to prevent players from using their brains to blindly choose and other deceitful gameplay, the game developer is even more pioneering to combine all the player's choices with Ting, and all the player's choices will affect Ting's three views.
The production team handed over the proposition of how to shape a person's three views to the player, but also inadvertently enlarged the proposition of human nature, Ting is like a mirror in the game, her three views and everything reflects the player, this setting also allows the player to reflect on what they have done during the game, and explore the true meaning of the word "person". If you live in the last days, abandon the concept of "people", and only care about food and desire, then what is the difference between them and zombies who only know how to eat, only when the player confirms that he still has the concept of "people", is it true to survive the disaster of the end times!
10. Plants vs. Zombies
This game believes that there is no need to say more about it, to rank it to the end is simply to take everyone out of the heavy reflection of the previous article, relaxed humor, relax the pressure, do not need to think so much, click on the corn cannon, a shot to solve all unhappy! If one shot doesn't work out, then two shots! I also wish to see the little friends here happy and happy, and hope that the day when I think about the specific meaning of the proposition of "people" will never come!