There are many authors working now on transcending the genre,
through zombie stories, young adult literature, and science fiction.
Not exact matches
An English newspaper
story makes its way
through a Spanish website, a French radio station, an Italian television show, then arrives back onto the pages of another English newspaper, and all of a sudden the rumour's back, like some hideous shambling
zombie.
The OSome studio managed to create a very competent survival horror game that builds its atmosphere
through story elements instead of constant battling of
zombies.
Yet at their core, they're simple
stories about good people learning to care for one another while banding together
through their battles with
zombies or cults or aliens.
Once you get
through the
story, the game really opens up because you're not worrying as much about trying to complete the game, and you can concentrate on things like saving all of those oddball survivors, taking out the wonderfully erratic psychos in the game or having a friend drop in to help you cut and shoot your way
through the unbelievable number of
zombies that Blue Castle manage to pack into a single space.
As U.N. investigator Gerry Lane, it is his
story that leads us
through another
zombie apocalypse, starting with the odd happenings during his rush hour in Philadelphia, to his increasingly desperate globe - trotting in an... Read More»
We learn that there's been a full - scale outbreak in Willamette once again, and though Frank fiercely refuses to live
through another
zombie apocalypse, the idea of yet another huge
story eggs him onwards, plus he learns that Vick went into the town earlier and has yet to return.
Dead Island is a global brand first introduced
through a teaser trailer that told the
story of a family on vacation at a tropical resort who is besieged by
zombies.
That's not to say I didn't have fun playing Escape Dead Island; The
story managed to pull me
through each
zombie encounter, but the combat didn't feel fleshed out enough (again, pun totally intended) to be a genre defining game.
One of this was the addition of a timer that was used to give the player a sense of urgency as they attempted to tackle down the horde of
zombies while moving
through the game's
story line.
As the
story goes, not only is Scott Gimple's showrunner role refilled by Angela Kang, but Morgan Jones actor Lennie James (who Payne worked closely with
through Season Eight) won't be back on the
zombie show in favor of a crossover with its Fear sibling series.
He sought to make geography relevant
through engaging scenarios and
stories with a
zombie theme tying it all together.
The
story is simple: after being overrun by brain - crazed
zombies, a small town is rapidly locked down tight by the military and now you are forced to slice, dice and shoot your way
through the hordes of
zombies that stand in your way.
Each one focuses on exploring the
zombie outbreak in Los Perdidos depicted in the main
story,
through the point of view of a different survivor, whom Nick met during the main
story.
While the game has a simple
story mode that walks you
through a variety of mission types and scenarios, there is also the Slaughter mode that challenges you to survive waves of
zombies until your car is destroyed and, probably my personal favorite, the Blood Race mode that changes things into a competitive race with other drivers.
I killed over 25,000 of them by the time I'd played
through the
story, not because I'm particularly efficient at
zombie killing, but because there are just so many of them.
Just like our favorite
zombie TV show took us
through a prequel
story which saw the main characters realize that hell had broken loose around them, we thought it would be cool to put our players
through a similar situation.
Featuring a
story told
through the eyes of four employees of the Atlas corporation and played by a celebrity cast consisting of John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire, RED, Burn After Reading), Bill Paxton (Aliens, Titanic, Edge of Tomorrow), Rose McGowan (Planet Terror, Scream), and Jon Bernthal (Fury, The Wolf of Wall Street), Exo
Zombies ushers in a new breed of zombies and a truly unique experience, all included first in the Havoc DL
Zombies ushers in a new breed of
zombies and a truly unique experience, all included first in the Havoc DL
zombies and a truly unique experience, all included first in the Havoc DLC Pack.
400 Days provides a connecting
story from the perspective of another group of survivors that centres on a truck stop on a Georgia highway with the
story beginning on the first day of the
zombie apocalypse and continuing
through to 400 days after it had all started.
From there, you can basically do whatever you'd like whether that's mulch down
zombies or work
through the
story.
After fighting his way
through underground tunnels,
zombie mountains, and sandlion dens, Cecil renounces the way of dark knightdom and becomes a holy paladin (starting fresh from level 1, in another great example of that
story - gameplay symbiosis that Final Fantasy has mastered over the years).
The
story follows the usual Left 4 Dead survivors (Left 4 Dead 2 survivors in the 2014 update)
through a
zombie infested Nevada Desert setting in an effort to find a rumored fortified safe zone there.
It was a vast improvement over Techland's previous
zombie game, Dead Island, which felt sloppy, had no real
story to speak of, and was presented as a fairly lightweight and brainless (no pun intended) romp
through an island resort.
However, this time around it looks like Sledgehammer has combined the series» staple Nazi
Zombies mode with the co-op campaign to create a brand - new,
story - focused mode to play
through.
I love
zombies and cowboy
zombies is a great idea unfortunately the
story for unread nightmare is really weak and you have to grind
through the game to continue rescuing towns over and over.
With Treyarch chairman Mark Lamia confirming that Black Ops 4 will not have a «traditional campaign,» it opens the door to tell
stories through other modes — in this case
Zombies.
The over-the-top nightmares depict the familial crew rampaging
through one horror
story after another, from blasting
zombies to shying away from the monster under the bed.
Much in the same way World War Z chronicled humanity's war with
zombies through a collection of fictional accounts from the front lines, the
story unfolds from the perspective of several characters in different locations around the world as they watch the world change dramatically — and often horrifically — in front of their eyes.