Why do zombies look and act nothing like zombies.

[Mr. Nobody]

What's the point of adding "zombies" into a game if they can shoot guns and look no different than normal stalkers? The zombies seem completely pointless imo.

[bwc153]

Play the original STALKER games to figure out where the zombies came from

[Vovasvelik]

its not "zombies" in normaal meaning here zombies more of the dead in mind with things left like shoot if see someone etc but they will not eat anyone or do some staff like that

[Zeromentor]

These "Zombies" aren't undead, but people with a very reduced mental capacity. Basically, the human mind has been practically erased. No memories, no emotions, only the directive given by the last message left in their minds. Usually, that is the objective to kill. Kill what? Kill Whom? That's about it.

[Mechanique]

They look like normal stalkers because they are normal stalkers

[InternetPeopleSuck]

Every piece of media has there own rendition of "zombies" lol

[Mentally Unstable]

Perhaps it would be more accurate to call them "zombified" instead of zombies. In the stalker universe, they are essentially "mind-controlled" humans.

[InternetPeopleSuck]

Originally posted by voloeb100500:

Do you know what Z in Z-generation means? Zombies. Yeah, that who you kill in a Zone.

Oh no, don't kill me :(

[Foxrun]

They act the same way from the previous games

[InternetPeopleSuck]

Originally posted by voloeb100500:

Originally posted by InternetPeopleSuck:

Oh no, don't kill me :(

Too late, you brainrot at the latest stage already.

Welp, that's the way it is, I suppose

[Darkside99x]

I am honestly kinda disappointed the cut actual zombies from SoC didn't get added this time, no Brain Scorcher but between Emissions, anomalies and mutants there's still plenty of sources.

Also was hoping the Tark and Izlom would show up.

[Mentally Unstable]

To be clear, there are both "zombies" and "zombified humans" in stalker. Zombified is the first stage of the degeneration and they still look normal for the most part and are able to use their weapons even if wildly.

"Zombies" is the final stage when their bodies entirely waste away and they become totally feral. Those zombies look like usual zombies and they don't use guns. However, I have not come across zombies yet in stalker 2.

[Rootbeer Safety Team]

the original term was zombified stalkers. but they aren't the biting bleeding infected type,

its just a term for people's who've suffered near fatal amounts of psi radiation, their brains are destroyed and they're just shambling husks that can barely stand, but still know how to do basic actions like opening doors and using their weapons

based on the old voiceovers in the old games, its possible that the explanation is zombified stalkers are halleucinating whilst having fatal brain damage, they can still speak but its mumbled, they'll say things like "enemy!!!!" and then wildly fire at them.

[Mike]

Do people not bother to understand a games lore before they post things like this? They are not zombies in the traditional sense as in "undead" and there is a reason they have guns and still can shoot them.

Others have already explained that they are more like husks that have no emotion, no memory, and are acting on their most basic instinct, that being to kill anything/anyone they come across.

[InternetPeopleSuck]

Originally posted by Kastrenzo:

the original term was zombified stalkers. but they aren't the biting bleeding infected type,

its just a term for people's who've suffered near fatal amounts of psi radiation, their brains are destroyed and they're just shambling husks that can barely stand, but still know how to do basic actions like opening doors and using their weapons

based on the old voiceovers in the old games, its possible that the explanation is zombified stalkers are halleucinating whilst having fatal brain damage, they can still speak but its mumbled, they'll say things like "enemy!!!!" and then wildly fire at them.

They kind of remind me a lot of Half Life 2 zombies with there mannerisms and the way they both speak even when under influence of something else, I find it cool!

[InternetPeopleSuck]

Originally posted by voloeb100500:

Originally posted by Kastrenzo:

they're just shambling husks that can barely stand, but still know how to do basic actions like opening doors .

Even dogs and rats can open doors in this game,lol.

I saw a rat open a metal door once in an underground area, and it scared the crap out of me lol