Gork@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoSteam’s Most-Hyped Zombie Game Is Out, And It’s A Dumpster Firekotaku.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down127file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkSteam’s Most-Hyped Zombie Game Is Out, And It’s A Dumpster Firekotaku.comGork@lemm.ee to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
Archived link here: https://archive.ph/3yFEc “Quality content draws eyeballs. So do car crashes.” lol
minus-squarerishado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down17·1 year agoZombie media is trash in general. If you’re a shit writer, zombies are for you. Not surprised when that’s the main selling point.
minus-squareToneswirly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoZombies are just a sauce on top of the storytelling. Something is not bad just because it has tropes you recognize from other bad things. Good Zombie Games are aplenty: Left 4 Dead Project Zomboid 7 Days To Die Plants Vs Zombies Day Z State of Decay (ish)
minus-squareRose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma
minus-squarerishado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoAgreed but zombies make it too easy for shit writing to succeed. Zombies are slow, fast, smart, brainless, loud, quiet, strong, weak, all at the plot’s convenience.
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoThere’s a ton of quality zombie media, the subject has nothing to do with the quality of the authors.
minus-squareChaotic Entropy@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThey seem pretty late to the party.
Zombie media is trash in general. If you’re a shit writer, zombies are for you. Not surprised when that’s the main selling point.
Zombies are just a sauce on top of the storytelling. Something is not bad just because it has tropes you recognize from other bad things.
Good Zombie Games are aplenty: Left 4 Dead Project Zomboid 7 Days To Die Plants Vs Zombies Day Z State of Decay (ish)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma
Agreed but zombies make it too easy for shit writing to succeed. Zombies are slow, fast, smart, brainless, loud, quiet, strong, weak, all at the plot’s convenience.
There’s a ton of quality zombie media, the subject has nothing to do with the quality of the authors.
They seem pretty late to the party.