OMG: Best idea evar!

[joemanf]

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.

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?

[chinothepony]

(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?

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?

[Zenrax]

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.

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...

[revo of troy]

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

[wpack10]

Ill buy it!

[chinothepony]

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

[Zenrax]

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.

[revo of troy]

rockstar is branching out maybe they may be a good chioce

[bob19991]

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

[chinothepony]

rockstar is branching out maybe they may be a good chioce

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.