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WHY THE ZOMBIES IN L4D CAN RUN!
nebones | 9:25 PM on 12.01.2008 37 comments


This is for mrIHATERUNNINGZOMBIES.ZOMBIESCANTRUNRAHRAHRAHsadistic and everyone else who thinks that zombies can't run. Their are 2 possible reasons for this:

1. DECOMPOSITION : A freshly bitten zombie, with no limb damage, would have no reason not have the same physical capabilities as a living human. The body hasn't started dying yet etc... It's all true, I saw it on the Dawn of the Dead special features.

2 INFECTED : As Valve kept saying, they're Infected. Not Zombies, infected! So, infected might be completely different from zombies?!

Prove me wrong?

Also, I've been playing Fallout 3, gotten about 15 hours so far. Holy shit that game is amazing, just ask my Twitter.



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F Whipple's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 21:41
F Whipple
A freshly bitten zombie would probably be faster and stronger than their human counterpart. Initially, at least. It'd go away pretty quickly.
Gamer Named Tim's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 21:41
Gamer Named Tim
The zombies in L4D can run because if they couldn't Valve would have one helluva boring game on their hands.
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 21:43
Qraze
its just a game.
ZServ's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 21:47
ZServ
2 doesnt stand up, during commentary they keep saying zombies.
nebones's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 21:54
nebones
@ZServ They're referred to as Infected a lot more then Zombies.
nebones's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 21:55
nebones
@ZServ They're referred to as Infected a lot more then Zombies.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 21:57
MrSadistic
I asked your Twitter when she was over my house earlier tonight.

SNAP

No, but seriously:

shambling, flesh eating zombies > brain eating, fast running zombies
jediyoshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 22:03
jediyoshi
Gabe referred to them as zombies in thee developer commentary.
TheDreadHawk's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 22:12
TheDreadHawk
FARST COMMENT

FORUMZ THAT WAY!! <-----

Anyway, I don't have anything relevant to say. But God damn, your header makes me laugh uncontrollably every time I see it.
Tehmtnlion's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 22:37
Tehmtnlion
In my opinion zombies would not move as fast as that. Considering that a zombie is a UNDEAD creature, It would be safe to say that since it doesn't have feeling in it's body it would not have good balance (sense of touch has a HUGE effect on balance). Also consider the fact that rigormortis would eventually set in, stiffening the joints and muscles, this would support the theory of a shambling, slow Zombie.
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 22:38
MissHinasaki
My friend claims that they are, in fact, not zombies at all, but infected by the rage virus.

I, on the other hand, require a definition of the word "zombie".
MissHinasaki's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 22:40
MissHinasaki
Also, Zoey called zombie bullshit on this already.
ZServ's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 22:50
ZServ
again, nebones, i just played through it again. they were called zombies 90% of the time
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 23:03
MechaMonkey
Suspension of disbelief.

Suck it.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 23:08
Aaron Mxy Yost
They're referred to as zombies several times in the instruction manual. Also, Zoey makes a joke about them running in the elevator during No Mercy, calling "zombie bullshit".

The Prima official game guide also specifically mentions that they're undead. Since we don't see any corpses climbing out of the ground and the zombies clearly don't eat their victims, we can assume that the infection only affects living humans who aren't immune to the disease. The survivors (along with the people leaving messages in safe houses & piloting rescue vehicles) will never become zombies. Some process of the infection kills most of humanity, but keeps them animated as mindless killing machines (and in some cases mutating them into the special infected).
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2008 23:48
RAB
mechamonkey nailed it
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 00:43
Neonie
People arguing over zombie philosophy = beast blog ever. It fills me with pride.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 02:47
Hamza CTZ Aziz
What Neonie said.
hpv's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 03:05
hpv
Dawn of the Dead (2004) is not canon. Zombies don't run.
Aziel13's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 05:47
Aziel13
they used the infected card
like they did in 28 days later and 28 weeks later
so your arguement is valid
RikkuInTheMiddle's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 06:57
RikkuInTheMiddle
The reason is simple: it's more exciting if you really feel fear, and you get more scared with that turbo-zombies than with the classical RE Zombies. It's not so much funny waiting for 10 minutes until the zombie arrives at your position to kill him...

It's the effect of 28 days later movie... or RE4.
AgentMOO's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 07:17
AgentMOO
They can run because it makes for a better game. That's why.

Valve didn't bother with the Resident Evil T-Virus story crap - they just made the most fun zombie game they could.
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 08:09
Char Aznable
A slowly creeping horde of zombies is far more frightening to me. I guess it's the Terminator-esque, "never stop coming until you're dead" kinda thing that gets to me.

But yeah, fast zombies make for a much more fast-paced game. Clearly.
RICHARD BLOCKER's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 09:18
RICHARD BLOCKER
In my personal template, zombies(undead would go through stages.
1.) in this intitial stage they could move fast, because the just became zombies and their bodies are fresh.
2.) They would shamble along, or writh on the ground as rigormortis sets in.
3.) Rigormortis eventually goes away in dead bodies, so naturally, the zombie would regain mobility.
4.) they would start to rot and progressively move more slowly until they became immobile.

I consider the "zombies" in L4D to be infected, so these rules need not apply here. Just because the survivors call them zombies in game does not make it so. I consider this a generic term used for the infected.
lv99ron's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 10:30
lv99ron
It's true, this is more of a rage virus than anything. I don't know if anyone pointed this out but they don't actually bite you. They just beat on you til you die. The only problem is whatever infected them is also changing them, into the special infected you see today.

Also o a side note zombies can run they just don't have the capacity for it. Do to the fact that they are mindless and only driven by hunger running doesn't really factor into things. Slow zombies aren't scary unless headshots don't work, fast zombies are annoying because headshots are a pain in the ass. The infected work out better because shooting them is the same as shooting a person.

ATTACK THE HEART, ATTACK THE HEART or brain, spleen, kidney, lungs, or slimey thing behind the other slimey thing.
Dao2-SKP's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 12:13
Dao2-SKP
why the fuck are there zombie specialists all of a sudden, like they're real and we'ev done scientific fuckign studies on them.

Maybe when they get bitten and their limbs start decomposing they also grow new skeletal frame of cartilage which makes them look retarded but run fast.

Maybe they shit out rainbows and there's gold pots at the end.

MAYBE THEY EAT FUCKIGN PANCAKES FOR BREAKFEAST
Pop-it's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 13:27
Pop-it
XD ur all arguing over why zombies run! lol! zombies run cuz they feel like it!
N9volt's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 15:31
N9volt
Shortblogs: No such thing anymore guise lol!
fetusmilk's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2008 15:44
fetusmilk
why did the zombie cross the road?


cause he was stuck in the grill of my car.
ChronosWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2008 22:24
ChronosWing
This has been said before, their british zombies. Everyone knows british zombies just beat the shit out of you instead of eating you.
nebones's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/06/2008 04:10
nebones
hahah Chronoswing
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