Techland Asks Daily Reaction: Do You Prefer Fast Zombies, or Slow Ones?

To end our week of AskDR specials, and celebrate waking up after Halloween, Tymon Smektala, Producer at Techland asked Daily Reaction’s Seb and Dan about zombies.

[Foolsjoker]

That is the most content looking zombie in that picture.

[Crazay]

LOL! Hilarious post man. You're right.

[pixelsword]

Making smart career choices will do that... even for zombies.

[MysticStrummer]

He ate someone who was on ecstasy, and now just wants to make out.

[-Foxtrot]

I'd rather have hundreds and hundreds of slow Zombies then a smaller number of fast ones.

Least then you'll feel like your in the Zombie Apocalypse

[Goro]

Agreed, That would be awesome!

[Irishguy95]

What about hundreds of fast ones? By day they are slow, by night you better watch your ***. Although I suppose Dying light is doing that already.

[pixelsword]

I'd also like some intelligent ones as well as some gullible ones.

Me: Why are you doing this?!
IZ: Man, have you ever ate a brain? It's delicious!

Me: Oh... really?
IZ: Yeah.

Me: Hey survivors, I found a cure for zombieism, but you have to shave your heads and baste it in gravy.
Group: Great!

(one hour later)

Me: Hmmm... that zombie was right!

Or

(cornered on top of a tall building)

GZ: Rawr.
Me: [with a small wave of my hand while survivors are huddled behind me]

You don't need to eat my brains.
GZ: We don't need to eat your brains.

Me: These aren't the heads you're looking for.
GZ: These aren't the heads we're looking for.

Me: We can go about our business.
GZ: You can go about your business.

Me: Move along.
GZ: Move along... move along

Me: now walk off of the side of the building yelling that you love My Little Pony.
GZ: We loooove Myyyyy [flop]

[Timesplitter14]

I dunno... the fast ones have kinda been growing on me lately. Imagine DayZ with slow zombies. It would be pretty boring

[Sayai jin]

Hmmm. i would say a mixture of fast and slow.

[zeal0us]

I prefer a mixture of both. The real question they should be asking is how to make their quest system more interesting.
Honestly never have I dread of doing a quest until I started playing Dead Island.

[Brucis]

Mostly slow with some fast ones occasionally.

[XboxFun]

How about a ton of fast ones. The tension and difficulty will b higher.

Or base the speed off of how long they have been dead for. A fresh Zombie will still have their muscles and tendons in place to move fast. A more decayed zombie won't be able to move as fast because of rigor mortis

[obelix01]

A mixture of both. Left 4 dead is a perfect example.

[DoomeDx]

God I love that game.

[_QQ_]

Dinosaurs, Zombies are way overdone.

[pixelsword]

Yeah, I've been saying that 'saurs will be the new zombies.

[MysticStrummer]

Then zombie dinosaurs will take over...

Land of the Lost Living Dead

[pixelsword]

lol

bubs!

[ChipChipperson]

Old school slow zombies that swarm you like cockroaches. Like in the FMVs you saw in the beginning of Resident Evil 3.

[MysticStrummer]

Yeah I can't stand the idea of running zombies. At best they should be able to stumble along at a slightly faster than walking pace.

[Lord_Sloth]

Difficulty based Speed...

[CocoWolfie]

i suppose we could agree on fast walking? i love resident evil, walking dead, shaun of the dead zombies, but pretty much dawn of the dead, 28 days later, left for dead zombies, are really heart pounding and more of a instant scare than a continuous scare.

[Omegasyde]

Newly infected zombie should be fast like in the Last of us.

If a person has been zombified for a while, they should be slow as their body is decaying.

Not like world war Z where you get bit and all of a sudden, you have super human speed and strength. I guess in that movie they all had rabies.

[obelix01]

A couple years ago Jurassic park came out. It was terrible. Turok was the only decent game with dinosaurs.

[purp13m0nk3y]

I like the old school slow shambling zoms. They should go down with one perfectly placed head shot/stab ect. But be tough as fk if you are a noob and go for body shots.

Zombies are all about numbers and that they are relentless in their pursuit, and quiet enough (they be sneaky fk'ers) to get the jump on you.

The fast ones are messed up scary (aka World War Z spec) but I think they make for a less fun gaming experience.

[Sharingan_no_Kakashi]

Tis a good question. Obviously, fast zombies present more of a threat which adds to the tension, but slow zombies are creepier. In a horror game I say slow. In an action game they gotta be fast.

[Angrymorgan]

Depends on the scenario. ..
If your in a building , no ammo or way of defending yourself, I think being slowly followed through the halls by a slow horde, moaning and snatching at you, and everytime you check behind you theyre there , slowly coming for you...thats creepy. .
But out in the open, running through fields, and a horde is sprinting, spread out and crying thats cool too

[leahcim]

both