make zombies more HORRIFYING

[valtsuh 68]

well it says this is horror game but zombies arent really scary only what i was scared was the people on the armories.
so make zombies more scary somehow like changing sound of them or just making theirs way to act more crazy and if chaging the map little bit more bloody or something.

post your ideas.

[AP_Norris 1018]

Ah, lets take the opportunity to make a healthy idea/ discussion thread here.

I was thinking, having zombies quite loud, fast and roam in big groups.

They are reasonably blind, so you can find yourself in situations where if you don't move they might walk right past you.

However, load a gun, open a can, and they may hear it.

I was hoping when they hear you, they go on the hunt for the source of the noise and are not just automatically alerted to you and your whereabouts.

I wanna be with friends creeping through the streets around buildings, then one of us opens a can or loads a gun.

Suddenly a nearby zombie stops, we stop too shitting ourselves in pure fear, someone pulls a gun as he looks our way (wrong move) the zombie instantly recognises movement through an blurry vision.

The zombie yelps out and the guy tries to silence the zombie with a bayonet strike through the zombies throat, gargled screams erupt as the zombie falls to the ground.

Suddenly, the city lights up with sound. One by one zombies scream and run in the direction the the first zombies screams.

The whole group cuts their losses and take a sprint for the trees across a field.

Most of us break away ahead, one guy (the pack camel) with a couple big guns and mountain backpack falls behind "go ahead comrades" he says as he pulls out his AKM. BrrTrch trch trch! 30 rounds gone in seconds as he becomes completely surrounded, zombies jumping at him from all directions as he crumples under their weight.

You can hear his screams "YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME YOU BASTARDS!" We all watch motionless from the trees, "FOR THE MOTHERLAND! - FOR THE MOTHERLAND! - FOR THE MOTHERLAND!" His shouting stops, but the zombies don't.

Tis my imagination, all the people in the stories were made to be friends just by meeting while looting too.

No TS or Skype involved.

[So Sexy 259]

Zombies are not meant to be scary lol.

[Kipale 78]

U can't make anything with this engine, sorry

[Lady Kyrah 1110]

well it says this is horror game but zombies arent really scary only what i was scared was the people on the armories.

so make zombies more scary somehow like changing sound of them or just making theirs way to act more crazy and if chaging the map little bit more bloody or something.

post your ideas.

I'm gonna say that i don't think that the focus of dayZ is to be scared, it's a survival horror game, yes, but not what you would call a "horror" game.

[Damnyourdeadman 1045]

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The way you described it,was like something out of a movie.

But yeah,bottomline is zombies now,suck.

I was thinking personally of diferent zombie behaviours

when they are in a horde and when they are alone.

A zombie spotting system would be nice,something like dishonored in hard difficulty,

like when they see or hear you first thing they will do is akgnoledge you as a threat.

In order to do this they will stare at the survivor until they are sure.

Then comes the alert mode (taunt).They howl(scream) as an alert for nearby infected and recive

aggresive positions.I don't know what the recomended scream radius for an alerted zombie to call his buddies.

Also,i want them to be like the mod,where they were after you from Cherno to Elektro and never losing track of you

or you just left them behind.

[DemonGroover 8836]

Zombies are not meant to be scary lol.

I am sure that if you are chased by a screaming bunch of psychopathic cannibals intent on ripping your guts out and wearing your intestines as necklaces you would be quite scared of them.

 

Might just be me.

[Damnyourdeadman 1045]

I am sure that if you are chased by a screaming bunch of psychopathic cannibals intent on ripping your guts out and wearing your intestines as necklaces you would be quite scared of them.

 

Might just be me.

I made a topic about bees and beehives once...everyone was geniounelly scared more of the possibility of having aggresive bees

than the zombies ingame.They said that survivor wise you would not mess with them.(lol)

Sometimes it's diffcult to understand people.

[Xynil333 3]

Needs to be more of them, and shooting one should spawn between 5-10 within 100m of the shooter for each shot, the basic idea should be, make noise = get fucked by Z! 

[valtsuh 68]

Zombies are not meant to be scary lol.

what is it then? if this game is "horror game" what else is suppose to be scary?

ps: you are pretty pessimistic 

[Sutinen 635]

Ah, lets take the opportunity to make a healthy idea/ discussion thread here.

I was thinking, having zombies quite loud, fast and roam in big groups.

They are reasonably blind, so you can find yourself in situations where if you don't move they might walk right past you.

However, load a gun, open a can, and they may hear it.

I was hoping when they hear you, they go on the hunt for the source of the noise and are not just automatically alerted to you and your whereabouts.

I wanna be with friends creeping through the streets around buildings, then one of us opens a can or loads a gun.

Suddenly a nearby zombie stops, we stop too shitting ourselves in pure fear, someone pulls a gun as he looks our way (wrong move) the zombie instantly recognises movement through an blurry vision.

The zombie yelps out and the guy tries to silence the zombie with a bayonet strike through the zombies throat, gargled screams erupt as the zombie falls to the ground.

Suddenly, the city lights up with sound. One by one zombies scream and run in the direction the the first zombies screams.

The whole group cuts their losses and take a sprint for the trees across a field.

Most of us break away ahead, one guy (the pack camel) with a couple big guns and mountain backpack falls behind "go ahead comrades" he says as he pulls out his AKM. BrrTrch trch trch! 30 rounds gone in seconds as he becomes completely surrounded, zombies jumping at him from all directions as he crumples under their weight.

You can hear his screams "YOU THINK YOU CAN TAKE ME YOU BASTARDS!" We all watch motionless from the trees, "FOR THE MOTHERLAND! - FOR THE MOTHERLAND! - FOR THE MOTHERLAND!" His shouting stops, but the zombies don't.

Tis my imagination, all the people in the stories were made to be friends just by meeting while looting too.

No TS or Skype involved.

I can imagine a couple of guys with gas maks and a couple of 300 round boxes full of 5.56 ammo per guy sprinting down the street with fire axes equipped, hacking away all the zombies.

[AP_Norris 1018]

I made a topic about bees and beehives once...everyone was geniounelly scared more of the possibility of having aggresive bees

than the zombies ingame.They said that survivor wise you would not mess with them.(lol)

Sometimes it's diffcult to understand people.

Wtf, survivor wise you would put a rag on your face.

And if you're not allergic to beestings like bear Grylls you'll be all good.

[AP_Norris 1018]

I can imagine a couple of guys with gas maks and a couple of 300 round boxes full of 5.56 ammo per guy sprinting down the street with fire axes equipped, hacking away all the zombies.

But the places they had to get that amount of ammo and guns in the first place should be so testing they're about the best players ever, having to hit up an airfield with nothing more than civilian loot.

And, if they get overwhelmed then the 300 rounds, mountain backpack and fireaxe shouldn't help them run.

I would imagine a guy with some armour he found in a castle, running in with a claymore and killing all the zombies.

Or a maybe he could have police riot armour.

[So Sexy 259]

I am sure that if you are chased by a screaming bunch of psychopathic cannibals intent on ripping your guts out and wearing your intestines as necklaces you would be quite scared of them.

Might just be me.

Its just you, Im sure of it.

[PySHD 17]

Zombies are not meant to be scary lol.

Zombies aren't meant to be scary....? What? They're undead people who will eat you alive just because they saw you. You know, not much unlike a bunny. *he said in a sarcastic tone*

[King of kong 1117]

More speed.

Louder, more "crazed" screams.

No more shambling. These are supposed to be violent crazed cannibals not tired out victims of the flue who make a weak jog at you before slowly shambling in a half hearted attempt to grab you

[Mos1ey 6301]

Zombies are a work in progress and nowhere near complete. They should be a lot scarier by the time we get into beta and eventually the final release.

[a_ruttle 199]

YES roving packs in forests etc, hundred of them in each city, make them able to actually catch you if you try to run etc

[1victor2000 1]

I love zombies making love :3