How wide can the drama from black comedy to AVG zombies be

Crooked mouths, sluggish eyes, bare internal organs, hordes and aggressiveness can be regarded as common features of zombies in cultural and entertainment works. This group of "brain flower gourmets", relying on the tactics of the sea of people, has impressed the players and viewers in front of the screen for decades, and has become an important part of popular culture. However, compared to the undead "elders" such as werewolves and vampires, zombies are actually very young, and the journey of walking on the red screen also has a clear vein.

Eating soil to eat out of good work

Zombie, or "Zombie" in English, means a corpse that has been blessed with witchcraft or poison and regained mobility. The original origin of the word is a small country that only appears in front of the public during natural disasters and soil eating - Haiti.

As a former "colonial outpost" and today's "back garden of great beauty", Haiti's recent history can be described as the ultimate chaos. Colonists from all sides appeared, and warlord forces and comprador governments took turns in power. Years of unrest have made the Caribbean island nation one of the poorest in the world and forced black slaves who had been converted into "natives" to unite for freedom.

Like the Yellow Turban Army, the White Lotus Sect, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Haitians need a common spiritual backbone to unite internal unity. To resist white plantation owners from the Catholic world, they combined their own customs with native Haitian legends to create Voodoo. He also preached that sectarian sacrifices possessed necromancy magic to resurrect the dead into Zombie, thus becoming the source of all Haitian zombie legends.

The strange things of the reclusive island country naturally quickly attracted the attention of the "people of insight" in the beautiful country next door. In 1929, the American adventurer William landed on Shanghai Island, searched for the local "necromancer magic", and then half-wrote a "documentary literature" - "Magic Island". Although the writing is very poor, this does not prevent the horror and darkness of the story from arousing the reader's interest, and also allows the classic horror element of "zombies" to officially join the pop culture circle.

In 1968, "The Father of Zombies" George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" appeared on the screen, and it grossed 30 million at the box office at a modest $110,000 filming cost. This film officially created the "zombie film" film genre, determined most of the basic settings about zombies, added intentional themes such as "doomsday survival" and "human test", and won the attention of the audience with exaggerated large-scale shots, thus opening the trend of "zombie films".

After "Night of the Living Dead", Romero made five sequel movies in a row and created his own "cinematic universe". Of course, when the master was shooting this series of B-grade films full of plasma, he probably didn't really want to pursue any deep artistic ideas, probably just because this thing is really too profitable.

Zombies are a basket, and everything is packed into it

Nowadays, zombies are no longer the exclusive thing of small-cost B-grade films, and the soft science fiction framework of viruses, fungi, and parasites that cause crises, and the post-apocalyptic state of national functions such as the military and administration have become a basket that can accommodate a variety of ideas, allowing entertainment creators to fill it with various contents.

The director wanted to use postmodern, dystopian themes in the film to do sociological speculation, so he had the American drama "The Walking Dead"; wanted to highlight the personal heroism of the critical moment, so he made "I Am Legend"; wanted to express some oriental feelings of home and country, and then added some human torture, so there was "Busan Trip"; even if it was pure skill, the zombie film also allowed the filmmakers to use documentary techniques to make a "Twenty-Eight Days of Shock"; to "Zombie Shaun", the directors were not even satisfied with the limitations of horror movies. Began to spread a wave of corpses into the realm of black comedy.

In the video game, the zombie theme is also blooming everywhere. The Resident Evil series creates tension with scarce supplies and an abominable BOW. "Color Six Xenomorphs" and "GTFO" take advantage of the huge difference in combat strength between the enemy and us to force players to carry out tactical arrangements and teamwork. Even a game like Zombie Siege can use the shell of the corpse tide to use a variety of weapon systems to complete all kinds of good jobs.

But no matter how many strange things are in the basket of zombies, there is a basic setting that can never be changed, and it is also the most attractive place of this type of entertainment work - if infected, it will change the flag. This setting sets the stage for emotional conflicts and plot reversals, and also tells one of the terrifying natures of zombies - what is more terrifying than death is the inability to die.

When SLG meets the "zombie crisis"

In the new version of "The Coast of the Land", "Restart the Battle of the Three Kingdoms: The Yellow Turban Attack", the game production team took advantage of this design to complete the "Zombie Crisis" on the SLG track.

The new conquest season "Jiazi Wolf Smoke" is set in the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and through the historical events in the game, it brings players three new optional factions - the Eastern Han Dynasty, Qunxiong and the Yellow Turban.

The Eastern Han dynasty needed to defend Tianzi, obtain resource rewards by completing tasks issued by the imperial court, and also obtain fiefdoms through tribute, and tax the fiefs, and the four alliance lords with the highest alliance power could even obtain the official position of "General of the Four Expeditions". And those players who have the ambition to drive away tigers and swallow wolves, after reaching the level of the Eastern Han Alliance at level 20, can also defect from the Great Han, establish themselves as kings, and transform into "heroes" to open a legendary story of their own.

The most interesting thing is the Yellow Turban camp that is in the position of "villain". As the real protagonists of the game's major events, the players of the Yellow Turban camp must play the role of this rogue who intends to take over the "Mandate of Heaven" in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and develop themselves by invading and plundering the territory of the Eastern Han camp. Compared with the Big Han who ruled 6 states at the beginning, the territory and strength of the Yellow Turban camp were much weaker, not only 3 states in hand, but also the money, food, soldiers and horses were also much weaker.

However, this squad born in the cracks has a natural skill- "Zombie Virus", and the regions and other players attacked by the Yellow Turban camp can be "assimilated" by the Yellow Turban Army, and instantly change the flag to add strength to this turbulent current at the end of the Han Dynasty. At the same time, due to the relatively single victory conditions of the Yellow Turban camp, it is more internally cohesive than the undercurrent of the Eastern Han camp, which really makes this weak camp show some characteristics of the "zombie tide".

The new faction relationship system of "Armor Wolf Smoke" breaks the original pattern of "Coast of the Land", adds a new strategic dimension for players, and also makes the game more diverse in the new season. Different factions have their own unique business methods, which also bring richer and deeper strategy gameplay. While bringing more possibilities for the season situation and player experience, it also reflects the continuous exploration of "Coast of the Land" on the advantage track of SLG.

epilogue

The confrontation between survivors and zombies has long been a popular theme in video games. Using the classic design of "if infected, you will change the flag and change the flag", literary and artistic creators have made a variety of good jobs, including the love story between the middle two teenagers and the zombie girl, and there is also the life and death between father and daughter, mother and son. As for what new tricks "Coast of the Land" will put into the basket of "Zombie Crisis", let's explore and feel it on our own in the "Armor Wolf Smoke".