Thursday, 13 December 2012

Cross Media Link - Undead Nightmare

In my spare time I have been playing Playstation 3 game - Undead Nightmare. I feel this has really linked in well with my own project, based around a Zombie-Horror genre. The game follows a narrative set in the early 1900's in Western America. It follows around the corner from the story of the original game "Red Dead Redemption". However, this one isn't just a sequel to RDR, but a completely different story line. In UN, main  character John Marston follows clues in which he finds a zombie/undead outbreak along the American border and into Mexico. I like the fact that most Zombie films and games are set in a modern time while UN is set over 100 years ago, in a wild west/cowboy feel environment. The narrative isn't unrealistic like some Zombie films and games. The game requires you to follow clues and enigma codes, unrevealing possible causes of the outbreak. With the zombies being the main villain/threat in the game, Rockstar have had to build their characteristics with a huge amount of choice. Rather than having all the zombies being the classic slow movement based and dragging feet, they have ranged it by having different types of the undead characters. The usual undead move at a normal quick walk pace, while other zombies such as "Retchers" will spit liquid at you. Other variations of characteristics include "Brutes" who are a lot stronger and larger, and some zombies who will crawl in zig-zag lines, making them harder to kill. The characteristics of both characters and zombies have given me more ideas in how I will construct the characteristics of my own. I also like the narrative basis a lot more in comparisson to other Zombie/Horror films I have watched recently.



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