Slow zombies. I still get nightmares about those red-headed fast zombies from the GC remake of Resident Evil.
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Re: How Do You Like Your Zombies?
Slow zombies. I still get nightmares about those red-headed fast zombies from the GC remake of Resident Evil.
They could break down doors! You couldn't get away!
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Sloooooooooow, much more enjoyable that way
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Wow, I thought there would be more disagreement on the subject. Isn't there anyone who wants to stake out the unpopular position? Do leaping, running zombies have a defender on the board?
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The whole point of zombies is the slow, relentless, mindless horde, where the individual element is easy to beat, but the numbers are what eventually get you. If you want fast undead, go watch a vampire movie.
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Zombies are meant to be shootable. They're supposed to wreak tons of havoc on the human race, but ultimately in the end designed to be shot. To combat this they appear in large numbers.
However, if zombies suddenly get fast that just takes away from the one human advantage- they're much harder to shoot.
Because I like the way things are, I vote slow zombies for the sake of balance.
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Damn right. Zombies have no business speeding up. The terror comes from their inexorable advance. Fast zombies I can go watch at the mall.Originally Posted by drone
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Call me sentimental but fast zombies just don't feel right. They have to be slow and mumble "Braaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiinnnns".
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Played Warlords Battlecry as well ?
Abandon all hope.
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I like them grilled. With a side of mashed potatoes.
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Well they're slow as in speed, but they're slow in thinking capability as well.
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I'd rather they be slow so I can just run away.
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You should be ashamed of yourself...
But I'd prefer them slow. It gives us humans a chance.
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Personally I like "fast zombies" (that is to say, I like the idea, I wouldnt' much fancy being chased by one) but it's worth noting that most "fast zombies" are not technically zombies at all. I suppose the DotD remake is an exception, but the majority of "fast zombies" (28 Days Later, Resident Evil etc.) aren't actually zombies (ie reanimated corpses) but rather people infected with some kind of degenerative virus or something. A semantic point, perhaps, but it might to help overcome rigor mortis objections.
Anyway, while slow zombies are the only real zombies, the iconoclast in me bids me rise up and eschew the tried and tested George Romero tradition in favour of the fast "zombie", a reaction against the rather formulaic image of the Shambling Horde.
EDIT: Just to clarify my point: Slow zombies are much more fun, but they just aren't scary. I want some scary zombies, damnit!
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