What RE5 and Left 4 Dead have taught us about the Zombie Apocalypse

The Zombie Apocalypse is something to be taken very seriously. As such, several video games and books have been released to deal with this very topic. I mean, laugh now, but seriously, think about it......

...How will you deal when the zombie apocalypse hits?

What RE5 and Left 4 Dead have shown us is this:

1) Find a gun / surplus store. Load up, son - taking axes and knives is fine, but really, do you wanna get that close to one?

2) Things go downhill relatively quick. I mean, sure, it starts with one person, but then it spreads at a near exponential rate. Best advice here is when you see one, shoot first, ask questions later. And, for Pete's sake, keep moving.

3) Contrary to popular belief, zombies are quick movers. Think about how the virus works: to continuously keep you awake and moving, your metabolism must be through the roof. This, in turn, makes those infected ravenous for flesh, which is full of protein and fats. Fueling the metabolism, you have seemingly endless energy to give chase for what seems like endless amounts of time. Thus, to neutralize the speed, keep a one shot kill handy - shotguns or magnums work best.

4) Zombies come in waves. As I said, when one gets infected, a hoarde gets infected. Thus, when the hoarde starts in on you, the best weapons are crowd sweepers - rocket launchers, grenades, mines etc. Keep a reserve supply handy, just in case.

5) Find the perfect spot. By finding the perfect spot, you have the higher ground, and sometimes a near-impenatrable defensive position. Use this to your advantage - snipers will work well here.

6) Secure an armored vehicle. With this, you not only have protection, but a storage for additional weapons.

7) Have a rally point. When things turn for the worst, have a relatively secure location to fall back and regroup. Usually, back to back tactics covering all doors works best.

8) Don't run in alone. Running in alone ensures death, as a relatively well-known member of this forum can attest.

9) Steer clear of the main road. Take side paths, high ground, etc. Numbers are usually the highest along places of dense population - aka, main roads. Steer clear.

10) Do not be afraid.

These tips are just to get you through the city / away from danger. Later, I'll detail how to fortify a safe position, so you can outlast until help (if any still exists) comes. Also, what to do when you are on the road, and how to find safety.


Disclaimer: The above is a fun, but joking, discussion, so have fun with comments!

Originally Posted by Achilles

The Zombie Apocalypse is something to be taken very seriously. As such, several video games and books have been released to deal with this very topic. I mean, laugh now, but seriously, think about it......

...How will you deal when the zombie apocalypse hits?

What RE5 and Left 4 Dead have shown us is this:

1) Find a gun / surplus store. Load up, son - taking axes and knives is fine, but really, do you wanna get that close to one?

2) Things go downhill relatively quick. I mean, sure, it starts with one person, but then it spreads at a near exponential rate. Best advice here is when you see one, shoot first, ask questions later. And, for Pete's sake, keep moving.

3) Contrary to popular belief, zombies are quick movers. Think about how the virus works: to continuously keep you awake and moving, your metabolism must be through the roof. This, in turn, makes those infected ravenous for flesh, which is full of protein and fats. Fueling the metabolism, you have seemingly endless energy to give chase for what seems like endless amounts of time. Thus, to neutralize the speed, keep a one shot kill handy - shotguns or magnums work best.

4) Zombies come in waves. As I said, when one gets infected, a hoarde gets infected. Thus, when the hoarde starts in on you, the best weapons are crowd sweepers - rocket launchers, grenades, mines etc. Keep a reserve supply handy, just in case.

5) Find the perfect spot. By finding the perfect spot, you have the higher ground, and sometimes a near-impenatrable defensive position. Use this to your advantage - snipers will work well here.

6) Secure an armored vehicle. With this, you not only have protection, but a storage for additional weapons.

7) Have a rally point. When things turn for the worst, have a relatively secure location to fall back and regroup. Usually, back to back tactics covering all doors works best.

8) Don't run in alone. Running in alone ensures death, as a relatively well-known member of this forum can attest.

9) Steer clear of the main road. Take side paths, high ground, etc. Numbers are usually the highest along places of dense population - aka, main roads. Steer clear.

10) Do not be afraid.

These tips are just to get you through the city / away from danger. Later, I'll detail how to fortify a safe position, so you can outlast until help (if any still exists) comes. Also, what to do when you are on the road, and how to find safety.


Disclaimer: The above is a fun, but joking, discussion, so have fun with comments!

Wow...
I'll be sure to remember this if a zombie is about to eat my face.

If there's anything zombie apocalypse movies or horror movies in general have taught me:

Make sure you tell people your name.
Don't take a shower.
Don't have premarital sex.
Don't split up.
Don't say "I'll be right back".
Don't say "How bad can it be?"

My votes on Costco being the best place to hole up for a zombie siege.

That place has everything. A lot of everything.

This is hillarious. My friends and I always talk about if there ever was a Zombie Apocalypse.

Are main solution was to camp out in Wal-Mart

I'd camp out at a pub, but then again I am British.

Originally Posted by Lord Zero

I'd camp out at a pub, but then again I am British.

Take car. Go to Mum's. Kill Phil - "Sorry, Phillip!" - grab Liz, go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over.

I agree with all of that, and would like to add:

For the sake of all that is great:

STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM THE SEWERS

You know who you are *glares at L4D team*

Originally Posted by Notsil

Sounds like a plan.

Originally Posted by Notsil

Get some gunners on each floor in each window.

This goes better in General Gaming. ;3

Originally Posted by Notsil

My votes on Costco being the best place to hole up for a zombie siege.

That place has everything. A lot of everything.

This.

10 Reasons Why Playing Left 4 Dead Won't Prepare You For A Real Infection

10. Fully-stocked tables of guns and ammo are unlikely to be conveniently placed wherever you find yourself at the start of an attack of the infected. I guess the upcoming Left 4 Dead 2 (ooh, scary) is a little more prepared in that sense, seeing how they do incorporate melee weapons into the game more should your gun prove itself worthless. Although really, if a gun isn't doing anything to a zombie running straight for me, a frying pan backed up by my strength probably won't either.

09. What makes a safe room safe? If the infected can break down doors, then I guess you're going to have to find a room with a pretty strong door to serve as your safe room. But once you're in, what are the odds of that room having a second strong door leading out to a new area? Once the infected claw their way through all that metal, you're screwed.

08. Assuming you find yourself a safe room with two strong doors that the infected can't get through (not quickly, anyway), what are the odds of it being a room with the real life equivalent of medpacks, pills, guns and piles of ammunition?

07. Speaking of ammunition, can anyone reload a gun as fast as the survivors need to in order to stay ahead of the horde? I assume any survivors would be pretty shaken up over the whole situation, so I can't imagine that anyone would be reloading their gun all too fast.

06. A teamkill is a teamkill. Once you shoot down whoever happens to jump in front of you, they're gone! None of this "damn it Francis that was mean now help me up" crap. This would screw me over because I am the worst teamkiller ever.

05. Does anyone even know how to use a medpack? What's inside them? Bandages or whatever, I guess. Either way it's probably going to involve sitting down and actually opening the medpack instead of waving your arms around vaguely in front of your injured comrade.

04. Even pistols will eventually run out of ammo.

03. Where are all these bottles of pills coming from? And how come in L4D you apparently take the whole bottle at once? Maybe there's no infected attack and they're all just high off prescription meds. In the event of me being a survivor, I think I'd be staying away from the random bottles of pills strewn about the streets. Just to be on the safe side.

02. Against all odds, let's say you make it to some final area of your zombierun. An abandoned townhouse, or a airport runway, who knows! Once you get there you just better cross all of your fingers and toes that you have some way to contact the military or someone outside of your city or else all that running was for nothing and you really may as well have just collected the pills and got high before the zombies clawed out your eyeballs.

01. NO RESPAWNS IN REAL LIFE.

I wrote it a while ago and I know it's not funny. ;-; But it kinda goes with the topic.

Personally, I'd make friends very quickly with the local helicopter pilot.

remember too have save 1 bullet.
better be dead, then to be one of them!

What I would do


1 - Get all my friends and family

2 - Hightail it to the nearest non-ruined castle

3 - Fortify said castle

4 - Zombies can't claw through stone, and I doubt they can build siege weapons, so we'd really just have to defend the gate. In the event the castle has a portcullis, we're good to go.

5 - Wait for the zombies to starve (28 Days Later asks a very good question: how long DOES it take for a zombie to starve?).

Originally Posted by shaianwillems

remember too have save 1 bullet.
better be dead, then to be one of them!

What if someone develops a cure? You'd feel pretty sill... dead.

Originally Posted by Evilsbane

5 - Wait for the zombies to starve (28 Days Later asks a very good question: how long DOES it take for a zombie to starve?).

According to 28 Weeks Later... yeah.

Although the fact that they should have higher metabolism than humans means that technically they'd starve quicker since they'd need more nourishment faster.

Originally Posted by Evilsbane

What I would do


1 - Get all my friends and family

2 - Hightail it to the nearest non-ruined castle

3 - Fortify said castle

4 - Zombies can't claw through stone, and I doubt they can build siege weapons, so we'd really just have to defend the gate. In the event the castle has a portcullis, we're good to go.

5 - Wait for the zombies to starve (28 Days Later asks a very good question: how long DOES it take for a zombie to starve?).

What if someone develops a cure? You'd feel pretty sill... dead.

dont expect to have to have a cure ready in a month, mate..
and try defending that gate LOL.
you will end up losing your stronged to fight, Ammo , food &Water.
and after that, the zombies break in and eat you alive, while you see your familie members being eaten Alive,
Dats a Sad Dead.

Originally Posted by shaianwillems

dont expect to have to have a cure ready in a month, mate..
and try defending that gate LOL.
you will end up losing your stronged to fight, Ammo , food &Water.
and after that, the zombies break in and eat you alive, while you see your familie members being eaten Alive,
Dats a Sad Dead.

A rhino couldn't bash its way through a solid oak drawbridge gate - not least because a moat wouldn't allow for a run-up.

we will have to wait for a virus ourbreak to find out.
how strong and Smart a Zombie really is. =D