Its really rare I get excited but certain films turn my crank. Word has come from Richard Rubinstein producer of Dawn of the Dead, that yes after much speculation and discussion we WILL BE getting a Dawn of the Dead 2. I am referring to a sequel to Zach Snyders remake of Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. Normally its just WRONG to remake a horror movie much less a master like George Romero’s but I must confess I loved Zachs version of Dawn of the Dead and the sheer thought of a sequel makes me wet in my pants!
Zach stayed true to the principals of the Romero film while adding his own distinct and creepy twists to it! Dawn of the Dead 2… my thoughts? Cant get here soon enough!
Plain and simple, this is the best zombie game to date!
The AI “Director” as it’s called creates a different play experience each and every time. Doesn’t matter if it’s the same level, they’ll throw different amounts of the “infected” (zombies) at you, from different directions, at different times, which completely changes the games replay value. And it not only controls the zombies, it also controls music, weapon placement (so certain weapons aren’t in the same place each and every time you play), and so on.
And you never know how deformable the terrain is until the Director throws a Tank at you (a really HUGE musclebound zombie that will rip you to shreds). For example I had a Tank come bombing at me, rip a whole in a subway car and just destroy everything around me, including myself…
Now one of the main reasons you should buy the game, the split screen and system link play. You can play split screen with a friend, then hookup online with another friend. Then to take it to a whole-nother-level, 8 player versus mode. Up to four players take control of the Survivors and up to four players take control of the unique zombies (such as Tanks and Smokers) along side of the AI controlled zombies.
The other unique feature the game has are voice commands between the survivors, some are even automatic like when you are reloading, so that the other survivors don’t reload at the same time just in case zombies start coming at you. A nice feature that really prevents everyone from reloading at once and getting swarmed.
I would consider this the “must have game of the season” bar none!
Pros:
A completely different gaming experience every time you play.
Play with friends on the same system via split screen, online, or both!
Very tense and suspenseful music and spooky sounds give you the creeps.
TONS of replay value.
Amazing zombie death animations (physics based).
AI survivors will actually heal themselves, heal eachother, heal you, and exchange items!
Never knowing when something really bad is about to come down on you.
Cons:
AI survivors sometimes just stand in the way or don’t help you when you are in trouble.
Dead Air is an upcoming 2008 horror/sci-fi film. Currently filming, Dead Air focuses on a radio station that warns its listeners after an explosion unleashes “zombies” into Los Angeles. Writer Kenny Yakkel explains that the zombies are not actual zombies, “It’s like a PCP zombie movie, that’s my take on it ’cause they’re not really dead.”
Production
Dead Air began filming in March, 2007 on location in Los Angeles and production wrapped on the film in late April 2007.It has been described as 28 Days Later meets Talk Radio, “but this is less about the flesheating-zombie thing and more about the paranoia following 9/11.” It will bring together Bill Moseley and Patricia Tallman as Lucy, Moseley’s character’s wife; the two had previously worked together on Tom Savini’s remake of Night of the Living Dead. The film also marks Tallman’s return to the genre, which the actress claims is her first work of substance since the end of her run on TV’s Babylon 5. Though originally slated for a Winter 2007 theatrical release, Dead Air, according to IMDB, will be a winter 2008 release.
Its really rare I get excited but certain films turn my crank. Word has come from Richard Rubinstein producer of Dawn of the Dead, that yes after much speculation and discussion we WILL BE getting a Dawn of the Dead 2. I am referring to a sequel to Zach Snyders remake of Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. Normally its just WRONG to remake a horror movie much less a master like George Romero’s but I must confess I loved Zachs version of Dawn of the Dead and the sheer thought of a sequel makes me wet in my pants!
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