OMG: Best idea evar!

(Note: This does not belong in the PC/Games section as it is not a game, it is a concept. Different thing entirely.)

Anyways, I had the idea for a zombie FPS set in medieval times. I mean, Dark Ages armies were perfect for zombie warfare! Pike walls, pit traps, catapults, flaming arrows, abatises, pitch... all perfect anti-zombie weapons. In addition, knights would be able to wade into a sea of zombies, hacking and slashing, and not get bitten, because they wore full-body armor!

This game would involve elements of FPSes, RPGs, and RTSes. You would play as a knight, using a variety of weapons to kill millions of zombies as you make your way towards the citadel of the evil necromancer who created the zombies. Every so often, you would make it to a city, and you would have to defend it from a zombie horde. Given a limited number of people, you could assign some to be pikemen, some as archers, some to dig traps, and some to man siege engines. After setting up the defenses, you would go out and fight with the soldiers to stop the zombies.

The only half-decent name I could think of was "Knights of the Living Dead". Anyone got a better idea?

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Originally Posted by Zenrax

(Note: This does not belong in the PC/Games section as it is not a game, it is a concept. Different thing entirely.)

Anyways, I had the idea for a zombie FPS set in medieval times. I mean, Dark Ages armies were perfect for zombie warfare! Pike walls, pit traps, catapults, flaming arrows, abatises, pitch... all perfect anti-zombie weapons. In addition, knights would be able to wade into a sea of zombies, hacking and slashing, and not get bitten, because they wore full-body armor!

This game would involve elements of FPSes, RPGs, and RTSes. You would play as a knight, using a variety of weapons to kill millions of zombies as you make your way towards the citadel of the evil necromancer who created the zombies. Every so often, you would make it to a city, and you would have to defend it from a zombie horde. Given a limited number of people, you could assign some to be pikemen, some as archers, some to dig traps, and some to man siege engines. After setting up the defenses, you would go out and fight with the soldiers to stop the zombies.

The only half-decent name I could think of was "Knights of the Living Dead". Anyone got a better idea?

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zomby hack-n-slash on a horse and i hope there will be wenches

Eh, I don't like FPS...
How about a third person? I think that would be better IMO

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Originally Posted by joemanf

Eh, I don't like FPS...
How about a third person? I think that would be better IMO

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Make it both.

Zen you need to play "The Witcher" its effin epic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTAfDCth0rg

pretty much medievil killing spree.. your a mutant (specialized bread person for killing evil) and your set out to .. KILL

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Originally Posted by pialpha

Make it both.

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Yeah, yeah! Kinda like Fallout 3!

I like it! And possibly a good RP idea... *Hint, hint* It could well be a great hit...

Or a bad failure.

Zenrax, the common misconception is that medieval knights wore full body plate mail armor for their entire period of existence.

Medieval knights only wore full body plate mail armor beginning in the 16th century or the 1500's during the Great Italian Wars from 1494-1559 C.E. These heavy cavalry units or gendarme were utilized by the Valois and Bourbon dynasties of France so as to charge and break though the tercios or pike and shot formations [composed of halberdiers, pikemen and harquebusiers]. The compagnies d'ordonnance in France were utilized for recruiting heavy cavalry units for a permanent standing army of heavy cavalry.

Cataphract units were first fully integrated to the Roman army by Emperor Gallienus during the 2nd Century C.E due to Eastern influences through the use of such heavy cavalry by the Palmyrenes, Sassanian Persians, etc. Even the kataphractoi/cataphract units of the Byzantine Empire and the clibanaphoroi/clibanarii units of the Sassanian Persians did not wear full body plate mail but chain mail armor, lamellar armor, etc.

i agree that 3rd person would be mcuh better and it should play like devil may cry it with combos and such but rpg elements too and there needs to be cavalry charges and wenches cant forget the wenches

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Originally Posted by Conrad_Jalowski

Zenrax, the common misconception is that medieval knights wore full body plate mail armor for their entire period of existence.

Medieval knights only wore full body plate mail armor beginning in the 16th century or the 1500's during the Great Italian Wars from 1494-1559 C.E. These heavy cavalry units or gendarme were utilized by the Valois and Bourbon dynasties of France so as to charge and break though the tercios or pike and shot formations [composed of halberdiers, pikemen and harquebusiers]. The compagnies d'ordonnance in France were utilized for recruiting heavy cavalry units for a permanent standing army of heavy cavalry.

Cataphract units were first fully integrated to the Roman army by Emperor Gallienus during the 2nd Century C.E due to Eastern influences through the use of such heavy cavalry by the Palmyrenes, Sassanian Persians, etc. Even the kataphractoi/cataphract units of the Byzantine Empire and the clibanaphoroi/clibanarii units of the Sassanian Persians did not wear full body plate mail but chain mail armor, lamellar armor, etc.

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conrad its a game chill man

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Originally Posted by Conrad_Jalowski

Zenrax, the common misconception is that medieval knights wore full body plate mail armor for their entire period of existence.

Medieval knights only wore full body plate mail armor beginning in the 16th century or the 1500's during the Great Italian Wars from 1494-1559 C.E. These heavy cavalry units or gendarme were utilized by the Valois and Bourbon dynasties of France so as to charge and break though the tercios or pike and shot formations [composed of halberdiers, pikemen and harquebusiers]. The compagnies d'ordonnance in France were utilized for recruiting heavy cavalry units for a permanent standing army of heavy cavalry.

Cataphract units were first fully integrated to the Roman army by Emperor Gallienus during the 2nd Century C.E due to Eastern influences through the use of such heavy cavalry by the Palmyrenes, Sassanian Persians, etc. Even the kataphractoi/cataphract units of the Byzantine Empire and the clibanaphoroi/clibanarii units of the Sassanian Persians did not wear full body plate mail but chain mail armor, lamellar armor, etc.

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lol, he's right. My history teacher told me that.
Ok, so he can't go wadding through Zombie hoards, that would be unrealistic.
How bout he fights them like Drizz said he would?

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Originally Posted by Zenrax

(Note: This does not belong in the PC/Games section as it is not a game, it is a concept. Different thing entirely.)

Anyways, I had the idea for a zombie FPS set in medieval times. I mean, Dark Ages armies were perfect for zombie warfare! Pike walls, pit traps, catapults, flaming arrows, abatises, pitch... all perfect anti-zombie weapons. In addition, knights would be able to wade into a sea of zombies, hacking and slashing, and not get bitten, because they wore full-body armor!

This game would involve elements of FPSes, RPGs, and RTSes. You would play as a knight, using a variety of weapons to kill millions of zombies as you make your way towards the citadel of the evil necromancer who created the zombies. Every so often, you would make it to a city, and you would have to defend it from a zombie horde. Given a limited number of people, you could assign some to be pikemen, some as archers, some to dig traps, and some to man siege engines. After setting up the defenses, you would go out and fight with the soldiers to stop the zombies.

The only half-decent name I could think of was "Knights of the Living Dead". Anyone got a better idea?

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Why do I get the idea that you're making a world just to somehow fit the kitana minigun in it. Even if its a medieval version.

Have you watched the movie Army of Darkness?

Anyway I like zombies in practically any game or movie, so I do dig the whole medieval battlers vs. zombies thing. Are you leaning on the side of magic like necromancy?

Anyway how about:

Dark Age of the Dead?

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Originally Posted by Conrad_Jalowski

Zenrax, the common misconception is that medieval knights wore full body plate mail armor for their entire period of existence.

Medieval knights only wore full body plate mail armor beginning in the 16th century or the 1500's during the Great Italian Wars from 1494-1559 C.E. These heavy cavalry units or gendarme were utilized by the Valois and Bourbon dynasties of France so as to charge and break though the tercios or pike and shot formations [composed of halberdiers, pikemen and harquebusiers]. The compagnies d'ordonnance in France were utilized for recruiting heavy cavalry units for a permanent standing army of heavy cavalry.

Cataphract units were first fully integrated to the Roman army by Emperor Gallienus during the 2nd Century C.E due to Eastern influences through the use of such heavy cavalry by the Palmyrenes, Sassanian Persians, etc. Even the kataphractoi/cataphract units of the Byzantine Empire and the clibanaphoroi/clibanarii units of the Sassanian Persians did not wear full body plate mail but chain mail armor, lamellar armor, etc.

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Conrad, I appreciate your slavish adherence to reality, but in the REAL middle ages, they did not FIGHT ZOMBIES. I think that throws off the whole 'accuracy' thing you were aiming for.


Edit: I like the switchable 1st-3rd person perspective, cavalry charges are a necessity, and wenches... well, there have to be wenches. After you save their city from the undead, there are going to be a LOT of grateful wenches...

omg i would get this game because of the wenches and cav charges


srsly i can never find a game with a good cav charge

Ill buy it!

LOL would there be zombie boob ads. Maybe an ad where a zombie boob fell on the floor.

Now, the question remains: Who should develop it? Valve has experience with action/adventure games and zombie games, but it might end up as a medieval L4D clone. Bethesda is great at medieval RPGs, but has a heavier focus on side quests and leveling than a closed-world pure hack-n-slash. Capcom has made a lot of adventure, RPG, and zombie games, but is a massive company and unlikely to pick up a random game idea.

Of course, there are many other development companies, any of which might make a good game.

Edit: Chino.... needless to say, you get to design the advertising. :p

rockstar is branching out maybe they may be a good chioce

Talk to CapCom, suggest as Resident Evil, in medival- catering to 2 niches, in 1 game- medival buffs, and zombie killers.

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rockstar is branching out maybe they may be a good chioce

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Rockstar is the master of sandbox games. I think as long as there is excessive blood and gore, I can see them doing something like this. Especially if there are wenches.

What about Lionhead or iD Software

Lionhead made Fable so it has experience in more open-worldedness

id made Quake series

I choose bethesda.... their latest two games were some of the best open world games ever created....... i think the idea would be good in open world. Explore a city, then ride a horse to the next one making sure to go in daytime.... then at night the zombies roam the plains

Need to level up? Get a wench and at night, go to the feilds! The cries of the wnch then attract hordes of Zombies! UBER PLAN!!

I dislike the idea of an open-world game, because that ruins the plotline. Especially in a zombie game, because then you can't set up elaborate puzzles and obstacles as much, since the player can go anywhere. A certain degree of freedom would be good, so that you could choose to just barrel right through to the necromancer's stronghold or go around, collecting weapons, gathering more soldiers, and, of course, killing zombies.

Edit: Kailrik... that's just a little too off-color. You should act more like chino, and behave properly. :p

this game could take all day if you could buy houses and hire wneches

That isn't the point... This isn't Fable, it's a zombie killing game. Maybe I should just cut out the RPG part, so you guys don't get confuzzled.

but isnt that the reason tom kill zombies?wenches? hamster is about to overheat!

well, a game idea I've had is one that combines a Battlefield game with a command and conquer.

In other words, its a FPS, but the "commander" more or less has a command and conquer type battle screen. Of course some changes would have to be made to the battle systems of both. But yeah it combines two types of games I like.

if you ever played the old lords of the rings games those were really fun and aspects of those would be great in it though more open ended and you can change the camera view

No! To off of the good idea part! We need first person and third person, not multi-person!!! STOP TALKING!!!!!!


Thanks.

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That isn't the point... This isn't Fable, it's a zombie killing game. Maybe I should just cut out the RPG part, so you guys don't get confuzzled.

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NO!
lvling up is the best motivation to kill a zombie!

you still need to play The Witcher

I never got that game. How can you be a Witcher?

Penny Arcade explains it better.

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/z.../20041024h.jpg

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Originally Posted by Zenrax

I never got that game. How can you be a Witcher?

Penny Arcade explains it better.

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/z.../20041024h.jpg

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witchers.. are .. neat :(
and they DO EXIST!

Yes... there are definitely creepy guys who keep men tied up in their bedrooms and drink potions that turn them into monsters so they can hunt monsters.

Makes SO much sense.

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Originally Posted by Zenrax

Yes... there are definitely creepy guys who keep men tied up in their bedrooms and drink potions that turn them into monsters so they can hunt monsters.

Makes SO much sense.

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the tied up dood was BAIT!
and he drank a Blizzard Potion so there!

i'll settle for super awesome magical swords and gianormous fireball spells

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Originally Posted by Knuckles

you didnt catch my movie reference?

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chainsaw for arm :(

you didnt catch mine