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| BY Chris King Apr. 9th, 2008 | More on: |
That’s what the creators of the Dead Wake zombie game have been offering for a few months now. The game just had its Beta 3 version released to the public and all gamers are welcome to participate, as well as give the developers feedback on their forums. This is one of those rare games that has been developed with the cooperation of fans, which is certainly a rarity in the videogame industry, since most publishers would not dream of taking on the financial risk that such a massive undertaking encompasses. Many games that follow this type of development have a hard time getting their feet off the ground, so whether this strategy will work for developer Polycount Productions remains to be seen.
The game is a first-person survival horror game, competing with several other upcoming zombie titles in production such as Left 4 Dead and Dead Island, which will be tough competition to say the least.
For anyone who has ever wanted to be part of a game’s development or for those who simply love any and all things relating to brain-famished zombies, this is definitely something worth checking out. Latest word has Polycount aiming for a June 2008 final release date.
July 8th, 2008
at 12:29 am
Hi I think it is great that you guys are makeing a zombie game back to the point i think that you should be able to make a base when you get alot of money and hire people to help you protect your base also you should make citys that were over ran by the zombies and make it so you have to go in and get food and suppliys for ure base almost like land of the dead.Well i hope you like my idea thsnk you.
August 17th, 2008
at 4:10 am
i agree with za.. let’s ,face it fps genre has pretty muhc been done to death.. (why do you think people still play diablo 2,warcraft 3 ?) sure modern gen fps and team or strategic shooters rock slick grafix etc realistic gore whatever..
but at end of the day the storyline/gameplay suck complete balls… for starters.. dealing with zombies you must realise the total element of survival and specific tactics one would use to survive should be implemented..
say gta san andreas.. larger scale,cel shaded bigger,better 3rd person view/or switch between first and 3rd.. team/co-op/followers/mercernaries for hire etc etc..
all that fsued with an interface such as diablo 2.. eg.menus,backpacks,car boot,bus luggauge compartment,fully customizable vechiles of all kinds,milatary,search and rescue ,police, the works
post apocolyptic landscape.. ala mad max,i am legend/doomsday/28 days etc
non linear story line giving players the option to choose wether they want to follow the missions or free roam and hunt down hidden objects/unlockable missions/side quests etc…
most of all the feeling of complete lonliness for a fair while until the players character has trained up/survived alone long enough to tool up with veichles/pushbikes /skatebard whatever to reach other cites etc and make contact with other players.. say a libary with free net acess for example..
as an online hub (n game) where players could potentially meet in the real game world and make contacts from zombie hunting parties /factions,or train extra and become an elite zombie brigae member (land of the dead) as means of gaining unprecedented acess to a wide variety of technology/weaponry/gadetry and thus gaining them also acess to the much higher levels of the game world…
liek a real world..(complete map of australia /america/england etc..
the primary object being to rid the world of zombies/plauge/evil government dudes/terrorist etc and to eventually find a woman to procreate with .. as the final and end goal.. or is it??
i have shitloads of great plot/story/character development/weapons ideas if anyone wishes to contact me please email and i will do my best to help come up with somthing interesting!
the main goal for me as a zombie/survival horror fan is to ensure these games will be done right..
above all it ha sto be gory!! lots of guts/brains cannibalisim/porn whatever…
no point having hookers etc if u don’t get to see em do theri job right???
no point having zombies if they just wander round in a stupor trying to look scary..
we need fucked up gore ridden maggot filled zombies/gov plot/miliatry conspiarcy whatever.. the entire wrks!!
anyhow thats my 2 cents!
email is serpentofeden666@hotmail.com
p/s i am a mid end pc gamer.. (i only just got a ps2) yes i am a cheapskate…
playability and the ability to run decent game play with decent vid on mid end p4 systems etc is a huge plus for any game maker in my book!!
i work part time.. but i live in australia our pc/gaming market here is a huge rip off.
that is why people download stuff not cos they are thieves becasue most of the time by the time anyone has save dthe 100 plus dollars for said game or 5-600 for an up market console or 2-300 plus for decent hardware etc the games are not supported or have died!
hope some of my info helps
all the best to you guys and i hope i have a pc brutal enough to rock out on it when it comes out of beta!!