The zombie craze shows no sign of slowing down, with an open-world zombie game in the works for Xbox Live Arcade. What other genres are left for the undead to infest? We asked our Twitter followers for recommendations.
Despite the saturation of zombie-themed games in the marketplace right now, there's still plenty of untapped potential in terms of new genres for ghouls. After hearing about Undead Labs' XBLA-bound open-world undead title, we posed the following question to our 25,000-plus Twitter followers:
There's an open-world zombie game coming to XBLA. What remaining genres would you like to see filled with the undead? Best answers posted.less than a minute ago via TweetDeck
GamePro
To say you guys came back with some good ideas is an understatement. Here's the best of the best suggestions:
@GamePro Pro Wrestling, of course! WWUndead. Nuff said.less than a minute ago via web
HLLivingLoco
@GamePro I'd like to see a game similar to Sim City. The player would cause outbreaks as well as raise/nurture special types of undead.less than a minute ago via Chromed Bird
Rey_Perez
@GamePro GTA + Walking Dead Story Line.(From the comic, not the show.)=Fantastic Gameless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone
SupremeDDT
@GamePro Zombie RPG. Whenever you kill another survivor off as the zombie, you gain exp. When you level up, you gain new abilities. Simple.less than a minute ago via web
Its_Beaudoin
@GamePro I think a Lego Zombie Apocalypse game would be pretty excellentless than a minute ago via TweetDeck
bookscout
Activision Community Manager Dan Amrich's pick reminded us that some of these great ideas have been conceived but not brought to market--like the following game that blended zombie combat with vehicular manslaughter:
@GamePro Remember Dead Rush? http://bit.ly/ed0Vnx That was absolutely the game I was most stoked for after E3 2004. Then they canned it. :/less than a minute ago via TweetDeck
OneOfSwords
As these tweets have shown, there's still plenty of life left in the zombie game sub-genre. As long as developers have new visions for the undead, it seems like fans will crave the final product. We'll close this article with a zombie-themed game joke. Thanks for making us lol, VofEscaflowne.
@GamePro Braaaaaaaaaaains Ageless than a minute ago via TweetDeck
VofEscaflowne
What do you think of the responses above? Do you have a suggestion you'd like to add to the conversation? Please keep the chatter up by commenting below or by replying to GamePro on Twitter.
Source: Daily News from GamePro.com
Friday, February 4, 2011