OXCGN:
"I lay no claim to bravery; quite the opposite in fact. I'm more than likely to have a yellow belly and a boneless back. I hide when it's stormy, and jump when someone says boo while I'm playing Dead Space with the speakers turned up.
I will say this though; I love me a good zombie.
Whether I'm watching the latest Romero flick, reading poorly written stories of the undead online or kicking back with a shotgun and laying waste to a few choice Hunters in Left 4 Dead, I love a good stumbling, bumbling, and flesh eating ghoulie.
But something has been bothering me about my decrepit friends as of late."
Capcom has just announced its own event where it will showcase some of the upcoming titles it is working on.
"RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard for iPhone/iPad/Mac."
Feels like a deliberate omission from the title.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
An executive of Electronic Arts Japan has criticised the Japanese video game ratings board for allowing upcoming action game Stellar Blade to be released uncensored while EA's own Dead Space was banned in the country.
He’s got a point. If a game is M-Rated, which is the equivalent of an R rating, I don’t get why you need to censor anything. The rating is the indicator of the content and the age appropriate. If it’s appropriate for adults… why treat them like children? 🤷♂️
I don't know if the EA executive is going off the one close up of an arm being cut off in the demo. Maybe it's uncensored because it's the arm of a cyborg or it doesn't happen that often (didn’t see EVE dismemberment when killed in the demo) .
In the states there's a certain amount of swear words allowed to a PG13 movie before it is deemed R. So maybe it's the same in Japan for gore?
MMMMMMM brains....or wipe them out...all of them.
I think it's more about a crazed viral imperative like Resident Evil or work like the RAGE virus where they die off if they run out of human food?
In any case slow or fast they sure are great in games!
I had noticed in Resident Evil 5 early on you do see some dead deer, but they're barely eaten. Maybe zombies are fussy eaters? They only seem to take enough of a bite to kill something then move on.
Haha! Cool article... really dug an explanation I can use for the continous onslaught coming in this year's releases... and next year's (Dead Rising 2!). :D
By the way the photo I found wasn't from the article: It's a garden ornament! Can you believe it! A zombie garden ornament!! LOL.
You have to admit, that zombies in games are fun . . but, the definition of one is somewhat obscure really.
The walking dead would classify as zombies, but those in infected with a virus would not be, as they are not dead per-se.
Plus in Vodo the term relates to those who are not actually dead, but taken over by "something" un-human . . hmmm.
Either way, dead, or alive, some games without zombies would be boring. Then again, sticking zombies in games for the pure fact of attracting some odd attraction (cough COD 5 cough) does not a good game make.