How do you feel about zombies, in general?

edited September 2012 in The Walking Dead
As far as the fiction goes, I feel kind of sad of the idea of a zombie.
Losing everything you are and becoming a mere empty husk that only exists to feed on anything living, until decaying too much to move.

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  • edited September 2012
    They're the only monster that "scares" me - as much as I can be scared.

    Vampires? Big deal.
    Werewolves? Kill it with fire.
    Zombies... yeesh... they're what the Borg from star trek emulates... they're a virus that just keeps multiplying and is hungry for YOU.
  • edited September 2012
    I love zombies but I don't feel like its a very big threat what does scare me about them is just being eaten alive.

    So while I love zombies I feel like there isn't actually a real threat and takes a lot of hand-waves to make it happen
  • edited September 2012
    To me having to face a zombie would be about the scariest thing you can imagine having to face. Having to face something that doesn't get tired, hungry, and never stops coming at you is some scary shit. I highly doubt I could handle seeing and dealing with something like that in real life haha. Good thing its only made up and not real! Or will it happen eventually???:D
  • edited September 2012
    Kelium wrote: »
    To me having to face a zombie would be about the scariest thing you can imagine having to face. Having to face something that doesn't get tired, hungry, and never stops coming at you is some scary shit. I highly doubt I could handle seeing and dealing with something like that in real life haha. Good thing its only made up and not real! Or will it happen eventually???:D

    I feel you, bro. Just imagine one right in front of you, trying to reach and grab you so it can take a bite. Imagine the stench. Geez. I'd probably freeze if one ever got close to me.
  • edited September 2012
    Viser wrote: »
    I feel you, bro. Just imagine one right in front of you, trying to reach and grab you so it can take a bite. Imagine the stench. Geez. I'd probably freeze if one ever got close to me.

    Definitely, the psychological effect will be the worst part, also dealing with people that do what they want no matter what because the society they knew is gone. I think the living would be the biggest concern while trying to survive.
  • edited September 2012
    Zombies do actually exist in real life, they are just not what novels and Hollywood made out of them... ;)

    http://www.zombiehub.com/real-zombies.html
  • edited September 2012
    You get to kill your neighbors in self defense. It's the American dream.

    People can argue, but before zombies people were looking forward to it in the event of nuclear war, and there's a reason the second amendment refuses to die.
  • edited September 2012
    Maybe...just maybe I could take out a zombie. Once I get the first one, I don't think I'll be AS scared of them, but they'll still be pretty terrifying. If that first one was a family member? Forget about it, I'd be doomed.
  • edited September 2012
    Everyone wants a zombie apocalypse, but no one wants to be a zombie :p
  • edited September 2012
    Zombies are the perfect metaphor for the onset of death. A shambling, ever present monster that you can easily outmaneuver but never be rid of. You eventually grow weary and succumb.

    That, to me, holds more weight than most other legends.
  • edited September 2012
    Zombies are the perfect metaphor for the onset of death. A shambling, ever present monster that you can easily outmaneuver but never be rid of. You eventually grow weary and succumb.

    That, to me, holds more weight than most other legends.

    On the nose. To me, what makes zombies scare is that there's a certain sense of inevitability about them. You know that eventually they'll always catch up to you. They're like a force of nature that eats you alive.
  • edited September 2012
    Demons are a WHOLE lot scarier than zombies. They possess your ass. Also, haunted houses? Those are demons, not troubled spirits or that bullshit.
  • edited September 2012
    Noname215 wrote: »
    Demons are a WHOLE lot scarier than zombies. They possess your ass. Also, haunted houses? Those are demons, not troubled spirits or that bullshit.

    Yeah, I prefer demons. But they may be too magical/religious for some people. The best demons were in Silent Hill/Jacob's Ladder.
  • edited September 2012
    I'm sticking with zombies being the embodiment of human paranoia; the faceless masses of "them" versus "us". I think they are the most intriguing of monsters, because they are basically us, we're it.
  • edited September 2012
    Two things:
    1) Unthinking- Truly 'fearless' they will stop at literally nothing to get their teeth into you
    2) Sheer Mass- The truly scary aspect of the ZA. Every single human death is a gain for their side
  • edited September 2012
    I've hated the ideas of zombies ever since I watched a friend of mine's dad play resident Evil 1 on the Playstation. That cut-scene reveal of the first zombie haunted my 8 year old self.

    I've sort of lulled myself into believing they wouldn't be a big of a threat as they seem, mainly because of mainstream media, but if it were ever to happen in real life I don't know how I'd handle it when you look at all the things other people have been posting.
  • edited September 2012
    The whole zombie-area bores me. Same shit over decades. Hundrerds of movies films games etc... never anything clever about it. Thanks that TDW doesn't focus on the zombie apocalypse that much. Sure you see a zombie every now and then but mostly it's about the interaction between people.

    I find the topic zombies rather worn-out and boring.
  • edited September 2012
    dubesor wrote: »
    The whole zombie-area bores me. Same shit over decades. Hundrerds of movies films games etc... never anything clever about it. Thanks that TDW doesn't focus on the zombie apocalypse that much. Sure you see a zombie every now and then but mostly it's about the interaction between people.

    I find the topic zombies rather worn-out and boring.

    That's my take on it. Really, zombies are the un-scariest monster around, simply because of their lack of speed. Like Zombieland said, once you get over the initial shock of dead people walking, its really all about the cardio.
    It was the stories/dark theme going on in the comics that really sparked my interest in them again
  • edited September 2012
    Yeah, zombies are totally the least scary.

    Now, picture a werewolf from the Old World of Darkness setting... heavy as a steamroller, feared even by vampires, immune to all that vampire magic and stuff. Could probably take down at least 100 zombies at once.

    pfft...as soon as I heard of the 1st sighting.../wrists
    wouldnt even bother trying to arm-up, stock-up, nada lol...just check right the hell out
  • edited September 2012
    Zombies? Ah, I like other kinds of monsters. For the genre? I love it, because it's mainly about how the survivors will live, and what they lengths they will go to.
  • edited September 2012
    I would be more scared of a vampire then I would of a zombie. At least you can outrun and overpower a zombie, a vampire has superhuman speed, strength, and BITE.

    But, at least there’s more then one way to kill a vampire. There’s only one way way to kill a zombie: destroy the brain. Simply cutting off it’s head won’t do it.
    Werewolves would almost be as scary, seeing as how they can rip you to shreds in only a few seconds. The only real way to kill a werewolf is with silver bullets. I wouldn’t take the chance with just bashing it over the head with a silver object or stabbing it with a silver knife. Bullets are the only real way.

    So, the real winner in the monster battle would definitely be a tie between werewolves and vampires.
  • edited September 2012
    I rather be in a pit with 10 walkers and a rusty pipe than try my luck landing a wooden stake into one vampire. Within seconds he'd be all over me if he doesnt simply break my arm in mid swing and redirect the stake back into my face.
    Stronger, faster, smarter...they're like the freakin Steve Austin of the Underworld.
  • edited September 2012
    They scare me to crap. I can't play intense zombie games like resident evil or dead island. I can watch movies like shaun of the dead and zombieland. But movies like 28 days later and dawn of the dead freak me out.

    I think with this Walking Dead game the cartoony animation really helps me to be able to tolerate the goryness and spookyness. Which is great because I love the choice system which is the whole reason I'm playing it.
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