Escape From Zombie Island 0: The Prequel

[Gen. Rommel]

Here's a hero unit for the Authorities: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=4615791#post4615791

Michelle Baptiste: The adoptive daughter of General Louis Baptiste, she was incorporated into military living from a young age. Usually outperforming her male contemporaries many-fold, she has strived all her life to reach higher ranks. Despite her zealous manner, however, her father has never truly accepted her. But on this day of doom, she will prove her worth! Time to get that promotion to Five Star General - in ASSKICKING!

 

[ge0matrix]

Hmmm, would there be room for Plot's Voodoo Doll unit anywhere in this? It seems a shame to not use it and since you are involving Egyptian mythology, would it not be thinkable to use a bit of voodoo here and there. Zombies do stem from voodooism afterall. Sorry for not ellaborating further on this idea, but my creativity is lacking at the moment.

the doll's very nice. And voodoo was the origin of Haitian zombies. But what the heck does voodoo have to do with Egypt? (If you meant that)

Nonetheless, it is a good idea, if there maybe was a crazy old voodoo witch (they are called Mambo) in a specific building with a wonder that spawns these dolls. I think that the old lady should be with the survivors, she's trying to survive the zomb attack, after all but i do think she should be stationary, because she's a crazy old witch and won't leave her voodoo house ^^

 

[Gen. Rommel]

But what the heck does voodoo have to do with Egypt? (If you meant that)

Absolutely nothing...but that's exactly my point! Zombies aren't directly related to Egypt either, yet Egyptian things are being added. What I basically meant with my statement above was, "if mummys are being added, why not also some voodoo stuff". Of course the two are in no way related, but for this project, that's not necassary. But then again, it does have to meet odin's approvement before being considered any further anyways.

 

[ge0matrix]

Absolutely nothing...but that's exactly my point! Zombies aren't directly related to Egypt either, yet Egyptian things are being added. What I basically meant with my statement above was, "if mummys are being added, why not also some voodoo stuff". Of course the two are in no way related, but for this project, that's not necassary. But then again, it does have to meet odin's approvement before being considered any further anyways.

ok no prob

anyway, i found a nice unit for the old voodoo witch: (though she isn't that old anymore ^^) http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=125787

 

[ge0matrix]

Why did he mount it on the side? Looks lovely tho

oh yeah, i share that opinion. If it was mounted on the roof, with a hole up there so the man firing it would still be protected in the car, it would be much more useful.

 

[Gen. Rommel]

Nice find! That unit seems perfect for a voodoo Mambo. This brings back many fond memories from Monkey Island playing days.

 

[Virote_Considon]

I think that the Voodoo witch would fit right in the marketplace.

"I don't care if there are zombies. Zombies never hurt me. Now I gotta do my groceries!"

 

[odintheking]

Lovin the voodoo idea! The witch is in, along with her own Voodoo Shop ("For all your Black Magic Needs!") which spawns Voodoo dolls. I can come up with some good pedia entries. Michelle is in, too.

 

[ge0matrix]

ok some units for the other factions: (note, most units can have their own story here or reassigned to different factions with different backgrounds, im just giving some inspiration )

**************Authorities:
The Police Department organized a great Halloween party. Everyone not in service (more or less the whole company) came dressed as something that expresses his character:

Joe Harley: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=187233
Jack Harley's nuts bro -must be in the family-, ol' manner sheriff of Paradise City. Though he's really nuts, he's actually put into office work, of respect to his military service in WWII. A great fan of western movies, what else could he be dressed as, if not a wild west cowboy sheriff?

Jack Mac Highlander
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showpost.php?p=913270&postcount=45
His Scottish background is not to oversee. The zombie attack is a perfect occasion to air his wiener while practicing his aim. (text may be censored ^^)

The guy who liked the "pact of the wolves" movie (or whatever is it called).
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=116135

The Indiana jones fanguy
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=34441

Some pretty masculine macho units. Ex navy or something, maybe you find a story
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=89196
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=104942


Here's someone who mixed the epochs a little bit
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=74585
And his brother
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=122862

guy dressed to serve Her Majesty
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=147749

Rex, the beloved movie star police dog
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=92569
Can do some nice movie tricks, but isn't really that effective in real combat. Maybe upgrades to something else more useful later.



**********************Rebels

This mexican fellow could be a hero or better a unit of the rebels. I think the Survivors have got enough minority units ^^
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=46431

Some terrorists
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=66640



******************Survivors:

The old china town lady:
Grabbed a gun and tries to protect her precious merchandise (mostly consisting of rice and spicy sauces).
She resides in the China town building which (has got a wonder that) spawns
these chinese fellows (the death animation is freaking hilarious), who are mainly canon fodder (it's just too funny how these guys die) http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=117867

Hamub Jafar: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=192599 (ethiopian swordsman)
To put some more minority flavor in Voodoo witch's husband. Lacks of magical abilities, but is much more willing to go out of his voodoo shop and slice some zombie heads than his really awkward wife.

Kid who dressed as Zorro
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=19338
Another punk dressed as a hero of epic tales. ^^ (think of a story here, but he's another addition to the crazy FF7, Star Wars etc kids... what about making them all brothers and sisters? A crazy family of nerdy geeks )

Kid who's dressed as the Link. Or maybe even the actual Link lost in the wrong the videogame.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=185017

The getaway vehicle for the Survivors (nautilus)
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=124185
After they get to the dock, they stay enough turns (maybe 5) to build their nautilus and get out of the damned island.

Self made bombs
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?postid=282983#post282983
(in the middle of the page, the greek fire pots)

The reverent
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=175667

A guy dressed as lara croft (lol)
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=56021

and his brother dressed as xena
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=71484 (2nd post)




**************Zombies

Horus upgraded
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=153857
After sucking the brain out of a poor museum guard, Horus noticed the mysterious long cane at the floor. He took it it with him and examined it. After accidentally blowing his own foot of, he discovered the use of this mysterious fire rod. Now hes armed and pretty mad at all poor officers out there. Oh yeah, and despise his blown foot he looks quite rejuvenated after some time in the museum.

A licker (from resident evil) unit
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=110093

Another thing for the zombie army
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=165664

Horus' bodyguards
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=110609



***********Company

Some mechs for em
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=190097

Some units
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=4953990#post4953990

Ill find some more units for them...


*********
The holy grail... just to screw the whole concept a little bit ^^ The rebels want to find the holy grail and bring it back to south America (or wherever). It's hidden somewhere in the city, but those guys surely don't know where. But, as fate wants it, it is probably in some very zombie infested area, somewhere pretty far away from the actual starting location.
-ok i know this is pretty silly eve for efzizero but i just got flashed with that idea

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=180124
*********


ok enough with it, now i leave it to you guys to pick out any unit you like and create a nice story about them. I know you can do it

 

[Swargey]

I don't really like the idea of 'magic' being the thing that made all the zombies. A virus seems much more believable, and even though it isn't original (Resident Evil, and the countless other zombie scenario stories) its still my favorite. And what's this about Egyptians?

 

[odintheking]

I don't really like the idea of 'magic' being the thing that made all the zombies. A virus seems much more believable, and even though it isn't original (Resident Evil, and the countless other zombie scenario stories) its still my favorite. And what's this about Egyptians?

Well, it's ancient virus strain from Egypt. Egyptians give us the opportunity to use some Undead Egyptian units, and give us a bit of a good story arc. We have to have something different from EFZI2, and this allows us some originality, .

Some pretty masculine macho units. Ex navy or something, maybe you find a story
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=89196
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=104942

This mexican fellow could be a hero or better a unit of the rebels. I think the Survivors have got enough minority units ^^
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=46431

The old china town lady:
Grabbed a gun and tries to protect her precious merchandise (mostly consisting of rice and spicy sauces).
She resides in the China town building which (has got a wonder that) spawns
these chinese fellows (the death animation is freaking hilarious), who are mainly canon fodder (it's just too funny how these guys die) http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=117867

Hamub Jafar: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=192599 (ethiopian swordsman)
To put some more minority flavor in Voodoo witch's husband. Lacks of magical abilities, but is much more willing to go out of his voodoo shop and slice some zombie heads than his really awkward wife.

A licker (from resident evil) unit
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=110093

Horus' bodyguards
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=110609

Some units
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=4953990#post4953990

Thanks for the ideas, man! A few of them are good, the rest are a bit.. weird, but I like the ones I linked to, . Although the rifleman will be a guy, seeing as he's a rifle*man*.

 

[ge0matrix]

Thanks for the ideas, man! A few of them are good, the rest are a bit.. weird, but I like the ones I linked to, . Although the rifleman will be a guy, seeing as he's a rifle*man*.

Yeah i just went through most of the units at the unit library and picked out the most weird ones ^^

About the old china town lady, i didn't find a unit for her. The Chinese fellows i linked to are the Chinese fellows that spawn from china town. That's because they have this fantastic death animation and it would be really cool to see them dying quite often.

About xena, zorro, james bond, the cowboy etc i just attached them to the previously stated idea of kids dressing up like jedi's and FF7 characters. They could be members of the survivors faction for that matter.


Besides those, i liked the reverent, the terrorist, rex and especially the nautilus getaway vehicle. I mean, how crazy is that submarine for a getaway
vehicle from the island??

 

[Swargey]

Well, it's ancient virus strain from Egypt. Egyptians give us the opportunity to use some Undead Egyptian units, and give us a bit of a good story arc. We have to have something different from EFZI2, and this allows us some originality, .

Oh, well I guess that's ok...so why is there a prequel anyway? Don't get me wrong, when this comes out I will diffidently download it, seeing as it is part of my favorite scenario. Who knows, maybe I will even enjoy it. I'll make sure to stick around to look at all the updates for this.

 

[Virote_Considon]

This is a prequel, because:
a) It messes up any trilogy box sets, because there are already two EFZI's, and an EFZI3 in the works
b) Because that's what I felt like doing when I first started. Prequels are always bad, and when mixed with B-movies, they're extremely bad

 

[Swargey]

This is a prequel, because:
a) It messes up any trilogy box sets, because there are already two EFZI's, and an EFZI3 in the works
b) Because that's what I felt like doing when I first started. Prequels are always bad, and when mixed with B-movies, they're extremely bad

Uh....okay then .

 

[Stormrage]

Well all the weird dressed people can be the survivors that attended the Mayor`s Annual Haloween Party (yes, the Annual part is intentional )..

So you can throw pretty much anything in there..

 

[odintheking]

And I came up with the Haloween 1997 date,

 

[ge0matrix]

Well all the weird dressed people can be the survivors that attended the Mayor`s Annual Haloween Party (yes, the Annual part is intentional )..

So you can throw pretty much anything in there..

exactly. There could be xena, the Link, Indiana, Jedi's and all the other guys above

By the way, is there any proper and working star wars mod out there There are so many SW units in the unit library, it's a shame if they don't have got their own mod.

 

[Stormrage]

Its being worked on.

 

[Swargey]

And while we're at it, why not add the grim reaper ? After all, today is Halloween.