So here is round two of the Zombie concepts. I believe these are a bit more in line with what everyone was saying last time I posted. I would have to agree with most of your comments. Although the Zombie concepts were cool there was a missing element to them. They were just zombies and not part of the PAIN universe so to speak. I think the chief complaint was that they didn’t have enough FLAVA to them. Sure they were dead an all but there was nothing about them that screamed PAIN or Character. It speaks volumes when your user base knows your game as well or better than you do.
So we went back to the drawing board and came up with two next executions.
Haha get it.. dead zombie.. execu—
* Clears Throat * Nevermind.
Anyways… So I have two new Zombie concepts for you guys to look at so you can tell me what you like and what you don’t like. I think we are getting much closer to what we want in a PAIN Character. These two have more personality to them. Or better yet I can see what I can do to make them tragic/funny. I am going to need some help here so tell me what you think. Don’t be shy. Feel free to h8 on them.
Zombie One: I think I will call him “Privates Stinky”
I like this one okay I guess I am just not a civil war fan (go figure). I really do like the hole in his stomach though. That’s extremely cool. I could see that maybe being a problem because he could get caught on those trapeze poles. It would be interesting to see him ooch while being impaled. Nice touch with the boxers. Did they even wear boxers back in the day? I need some help “feeling” this guy tho. He’s not my favorite. Anyone out there seeing anything that I am not?
Zombie Two: I think I will call him “Dead Baren’”
Now this is more like it! I like this concept better than the other ones. There needs to be more color on him though. He still looks a little “Quake Brown” to me. Maybe we can change the color of his scarf and give him blue pants with a stripe down the side. Something. I mean I know the cat is dead and all but he needs some style. Looks like he got his whole uniform at The GAP. Nothing wrong with The GAP mind you. I just never seen any Zombies shopping there the last time I went to one.
Now I need some help from all of you. If these seem to be more to your liking I would like some suggestions on the following items
Quotes: What could both of these Zombies say? Gimme some good launch lines. If I dig em we will use em. You guys seem more creative when I just ask for silliness.
Launch Poses: Anything cool come to mind? I’m leaving this up to you guys. I am busy with the characters you haven’t seen.
Whatever Travis. Where’s your content update?
Yes, I know this is what you were all tuning in for so I will give you the lowdown. I am hoping to get a final candidate for the update this week. We had some people off of the update so they could finish tasks for the new PAIN environment. Now that they are back these few bugs shouldn’t take long to wipe out. When I say final candidate that means the testers will be working on getting this update tested and hopefully passed on to our format staff to make sure there are no issues. The format staff is the last group to look at our code before it goes to you the end users.
Remember, our updates are global so we have to pass muster (Be approved by Quality Assurance) in America, Europe and Asia before the update is released. I will keep everyone up to date as we go through this process. When there is a date I will let everyone know. As soon as I get a thumbs up from our Format department I can tell you an exact date. I know everyone hates it when I say SOON but this is why. If we discover we need to fix something we have to start this process all over again.
This content is our last major game update before the new environment makes its debut. We will start talking about it soon. Stay tuned. I promise we won’t disappoint.