Someone probably said this already but zombies that you find either in the open wandering. or if you can find destroyed citys/towns you can find them there attacking survivors and stumbling around looking for flesh nomnomnom
Definitely hoping to encounter the undead. My planet suggestion actually relies on this occurring, and not only that there are zombies but that they can (to a degree) resemble the players.
It would be cool of when you die your corpse is turned in to a zombie so you have the option to fight a zombie version of your self when you spawn.
im with this idea but arent zombies already sucked out? theyr soo boring almost any game can think of these..why not add something like zombies... like then player dies or human dies instead of zombie his walking shadow apears? i dno anything but not same old zombies
Zombies are a little played. But we're talking space here, sci-fi junk. Allows more creative ways to add zombies, maybe even player recipes for reanimating corpses. Temporary "zombie" allies from fresh corpses maybe? Also, as a larger idea relating to not liking certain creatures/planets. Could probably implement a config file to turn off/on things you don't like. Certain worlds or monster you may think are silly, you could simply not have. Assuming they weren't integral.
Even though it would be a little "Dead space-esque" I would like to find a abandoned space station while flying, and apon entering it you find the entire crew is zombified, and you must initiate the self-destruct of the space station before you can leave. (So the zombies cannot spread).
I posted an idea that involved zombies, but added a new twist. You should check it out, it might inspire some sort of twist you could add to your idea. http://community.playstarbound.com/index.php?threads/lich-worms.3672/
To be perfectly honest, I've never found zombies very entertaining. I find them too predictable and too clichéd. Nevertheless they are an extremely popular type of monster and would definitely have a place in any fantasy or sci-fi game. That said, I don't think that creatures that die a normal death should re-animate as zombies. There would have to be some special event or circumstance which would cause zombification.
IMO zombies are WAY too overused now days. I'd like a different "species" that could replace zombies in some way.
Maybe not like so much Zombies, but more like disfigured creatures that are more unpredictable and complex like the Dead Hand from Ocarina of Time. (Dead Hand: http://i.imgur.com/vaFLl.jpg)
looks like mutant...but hmmm...maby that might do...maby instead of walking boring dead there cud be walking living dead that has mutations like eextra arm or legs and eyes or even turned into liquid
Yeah rather than zombies, something more along the lines of the Flood would be more suited to scifi. Although either way zombies, undead, parasites that mutate the host, or anything like that is a must
