Moving Zombies, Hordes and waves, Better and rewarding nighttime

[GANocidal]

Please read this and leave any feedback. Good or bad feedback, doesn't matter.

The game gets kinda boring after a while as the zombies are stationary and only spawn in certain areas. It would be better if the zombies roamed around the map or at least a certain distance around their spawn point (or the place they stopped chasing the player).
This would give the game a bit of momentum, realism and a place for strategy when choosing a stealthy approach (especially in multiplayer).
And make a pair of zombies roam around the forests and rangelands.

It would also be good if there were hordes in cities (at least 25-50 zombies, depending on the city size) or if there was a moving horde which travels around the map in a certain pattern.

I was also thinking about a heat level system (when i say heat i don't mean temperature) which would make the game more challenging and not so boring towards the end.
This would involve a wave-like defense of the players base in two options:

1. [the complex heat system] If you make a lot of noise in a certain area (shooting, explosions and so on) or you chop down trees and a group of zombies sees it, after a while (or the next day/night) a horde would arrive at your base (the size of the horde would depend on the area's current heat level as in the louder the sound, the bigger the horde, multiple shots/explosions - increased horde size. *maximum horde size depending on the difficulty). Maybe only a pair of zombies on easy difficulty. Or:

2. [simple wave system] A timer which spawns a horde heading for the player after it reaches 0 and then resets. The timers length and horde size/density and strength would depend on the difficulty. Each new horde is a bit bigger and dangerous than the previous one.

This would make the game A LOT MORE interesting because, once you fully gear up and build a base, you don't have anything else to do. This would force the players to take shelters and make bases and think about protecting themselves rather than just roam around the map. No more sleeping bags under the night sky!

Not to mention this would also give more purpose to PvE servers as players could build a base and defend it from hordes and waves of zombies.

Talking about the night sky, how about making zombies a bit faster and stronger at night but doubling the XP gained from killing them and make better loot spawn at night (maybe even some night loot exclusives)

Thanks for reading :)

[do not uber]

Lovely ideas.

They can do what L4D2 does, and determines zombie patterns based off how well you're doing or have done. If you haven't been seriously hurt lately, then the zombie count picks up. If you've been hurt a lot lately, zombie pace stays a steady low. Of course, these rules aren't strict and may even produce in opposite effect.

Goal? Produce a more enjoyable but active gameplay.


If there are others in the area, it accounts for their "sense of safety" also.

[GANocidal]

Originally posted by anonymous:

Lovely ideas.

They can do what L4D2 does, and determines zombie patterns based off how well you're doing or have done. If you haven't been seriously hurt lately, then the zombie count picks up. If you've been hurt a lot lately, zombie pace stays a steady low. Of course, these rules aren't strict and may even produce in opposite effect.

Goal? Produce a more enjoyable but active gameplay.


If there are others in the area, it accounts for their "sense of safety" also.

Thank God, someone who understands my pain ^_^

[Crypto]

I totally agree with you! I am so glad that I am not the only one who feels too OP after a while and commits suicide to start over.

Check out my discussion, it covers all the similar things about zombies.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/304930/discussions/2/615085406671741758/

[Depresko]

This is what Unturned Singleplayer and PvE need! Even in PvP it would be so much better!
After 30 minutes of playing i get totally bored cause im too OP and just reset the world. I would love it even if the thing with hordes doesnt exist. Even at hard difficulty it's not a painer to kill 100 zombies with just a knife.