Escape From Zombie Island 2 ready for public consumption

This one could use either Lara Croft or Mara Jade as a model, a best way to use her is to have the company get her in the end but it's not possible to have a single unit appear at a late stage... Might be present from the start, might be popped as a military great leader from a black ops.
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=64195
Helen Blackhill, grade Y company operativ.
"So how does one become the deadliest company assasins, how does one get
his own custom gun and the privilige to answer directly to the director?
It's not worth it man, it's not worth the s**t i've gone trough.
I was involved in the incident when the company tried to take over a small african country of Bamzidra and i was the only one that survived the massacre when the black-ops goons were slaughtered by a the russian secret service. The company could not afford to mess with the whole commie goverment and abandoned that piece of land along with their employees.
I fought my way back trough the jungle and got back home stown away on a ship. Now, when those company bastards got a hold of me they said that i was to be tested on my capabilities and other bulls**t, secret test my a**, i just knew too much of their illegal doings. The offered me a position amongst the most elite 'black' operatives and i know what would happen if i refuse.
While subjecting me to a 'genetic enhacment' program they also made sure that they could make me die with one push of a remote controller so now i'm just a tool in their hands.
Trough all the cr**p i was sent to clean up this 'necro virus' is the sickest thing yet, the company will pay someday but i have no way of breaking free."
I know this unit is more on the sci-fi border, and ***** are already occupying that niche but she is a bit in the resident evil games style, don't you think? Maybe she could break free after losing a battle with the 'techie' guy from the survivors(enslavement rule)? He could just remove a the death chip from her and she could join the good side.
And here is a good jeep unit:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=114377
and a short civilopedia entry:
"When the national guard was mobilised in paradise city they lacked heavy weaponry and had no vehicles save a few jeeps used for patrolling and in city parades. They were used as a mobile machine gun posts and could also crush zombies by just running over them."
I also thought about the 'hawking' company leader to upgrade to a experimental power armour suit at the end but that could be straying too far from the theme. There are a lot of good powered armour graphics available.
And what would you think about a single zombie that retained human thoughts and is fighting on the good side? The Xombie cartoons were awsome, and i thought that such a unit might be fun.
 
Just thinking of the whole unique 'Hero' units thing ... Which is fantastic for the flavour aspect of the game ...

Just thinking that I agree with Goblin Fanatic ... with the addition of the cast ...

Presently:
Company - has control of 5 Buildings with a Cast of 2 characters - Dir. Hawking, Einstein.
Authority - has control of 6 Buildings + Mainland, Cast of 2 - Gen. Bismark, Mayor Abe.
Survivors - has control of 4 Buildings with 3 cast - Our Hero, Mr. Tokugawa, Ms. Tokugawa.
Zombie - have taken 11 Buildings with 5 Zombie Masters

Loved the Granary entry KingArthur :lol:
 
Goblin Fanatic said:
One of the survivor, father Dug Jameson:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=107226
"So, life wasn't sweet for me, i was a mean ganger when young and you know how it was not long ago, when your black and poor you rarely had a chance for a honest life... I had done bad thing and mingled with people you wouldn't want to meet, but i've found god and did my best to redeem myself as a priest. Never again to do violence, that's what i've sworn. But now it seems all the hell broke loose here and i'll have to protect everybody."
Or alternatively the same guy could be:
Mike Rush, the garage owner:
"Yeah, i can drive anything that moves and repair anything that is not reduced to dust... Used to work as a military engineer, now i run the garage in good ol' paradise city. Was just doin' a custom job on the mayors limo when those smelly types came here. Don't know what they are but they tasted my shotgun."
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Actually this unit could work as the bartender of the Tavern,what we were talking about...
 
The bartender? A sinlge one or a new unit type?
"Like every night we were sitting at the "Remington", you know that place...
It was called like that because old Josh had that Remington rifle hanging above the bar, we thought it was a fake...
Anyway, we were just listening to the records, getting drunk and discussing how the Paradise City Devils beaten those Ridgetown guys when we heard Josh screaming obscenities at someone. Now, Josh was known for keeping a cool head, but he served in the marines once and he could get mean as hell
if somebody offed him. Some awfully smelling bum walked to our table and started grabbing Al by the neck, everybody accept Al thought it was funny until that guy ate Al's head! We backed away from the table and saw Josh running in trough the back door. He took the shotgun from above the bar and took a snap-shot at the blood-covered fellow, flawlessly blowing his head off.
"Hey, barricade the doors, they are everywhere on the streets and they want to make snacks out of us!"
Josh 'remington' Wheeler was all pale and nervous, but when Al stood up behind us with empty eyes he got a slug in the head too. We barricaded ourselves and got ready to fight for our lives.

That could be a civilopedia entry either for the lone bartender or a survivor from the bar. A whole band of shotgun guys would require something else, let me know if you have ideas.
 
Hey Lizardman ... Play the Icon game with these ...
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/Zombie.zip
*Just above your zip :lol:

Zip File containing the following jpegs
>burn - cleansing fire
>bodybag - a number of clearish body bags ... before or after the time of emergency ... think it would be cool with the actual outbreak ... which is everyone's free starting tech I believe ... can be used to intro story
>Bloody Bits - I think for Zombie Goo
>The Dead Shall Inherit the earth ... Victory for Zombies?
>Bio Hazard - Red Bio Hazard Level 4 Containmnet
>Bio Virus - Hazard Sign and 2 Electron viral photos - Antidote?

Cheers :goodjob:

EDIT:
I would actually like some vehicles that are only used for transport ... very low minimal attack and defence ... To be used as utilities and not weapons ... This would add to the stratergy element ... escaping the zombie hoards as it speeds a group, weaves around the horrors to safety ... but where is safe :eek:

Maybe the CarPark could build them ...

I'm also starting to think that specific building abilities should not necessarily be transferable ... eg Dog Kennels only location to produce dogs ...

EDIT 2 : Maybe Lizardman's body guard unit could be Mr. Smith, the Head of Company Security ... http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=117775 ... It is based on the Bond unit ... however if this is the standard Company Security then get Bond unit as the Mr. Smith :crazyeye:
 
Additional Units for Heros

The Eccentric Retired Writer ... Survivors
or
The irritating expert/advisor/sceptic that the authorities always send in with the calvary ...Sherlock

Other options
Sailor - http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=22289&page=14&pp=20
There is a terrorist - http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=22289&page=9&pp=20


Also list of modern vehicles
Moving Van - http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=22289&page=22&pp=20
Jeep - on same page

I havn't DLed but there maybe something usefull

EDIT - Have found a sort of Bio Hazard Suited figure Riot Police ... maybe another hero?
 
Wow, so many new characters, great that's what make this game so fun. I think company really should get some unique characters because they only have two, and the mayor and scientist realy doesn't count as "useful units"

Also would it be possible to add in paratroopers? It is possible for government to airdrop soldiers in to help soildiers taht were cut off.


Love your story Goblin Fanatics they are really good.

KingArthur did you update the map?? because you said youwere going to update it today, but I am not sure if you update it or not.

Yeah more vehicles!!!!!
aside from that would it be possible to have more building? I haven't got any ideas though. :) good jobs guys
 
Sorry i know my last post didnt make much sence, thanks to a certain four-legged animal.

Basically what i ment was this.
The Zombies already have the research advantage over everyone else by 50-150%. By the time your 30turns in this advantage has at least doubled, and in the case of the Authorities, gone as high as 700% making it impossible for them to make a comeback at all. Only the Survivors (if human controlled) stand a chance of winning, otherwise its a garanteed Zombie victory.
And this isn't just in research times, in everything the Zombies have an unfair advantage over everyone else, again unless your playing as the Survivors. All the above wouldnt really be a problem if the Survivors were the only playable civ, but since you can play as all four, it is.

(Why do my cats love sitting on my keyboard?)
 
Phant said:
Sorry i know my last post didnt make much sence, thanks to a certain four-legged animal.

Basically what i ment was this.
The Zombies already have the research advantage over everyone else by 50-150%. By the time your 30turns in this advantage has at least doubled, and in the case of the Authorities, gone as high as 700% making it impossible for them to make a comeback at all. Only the Survivors (if human controlled) stand a chance of winning, otherwise its a garanteed Zombie victory.
And this isn't just in research times, in everything the Zombies have an unfair advantage over everyone else, again unless your playing as the Survivors. All the above wouldnt really be a problem if the Survivors were the only playable civ, but since you can play as all four, it is.

(Why do my cats love sitting on my keyboard?)

I see your point. It would be nice, too, to have more conflict with the other humans on the island.

But I'm not sure that's doable without greatly reducing the Zombie threat to whichiver group of humans the player is leading.

Indeed, for a three-player multiplayer game, if we ever do one, it would probably be necessary to strengthen the Zombies somehow.
 
how about this as the 'test ZV-69 antidote' spaceship part? i've done some more resource icons too (ammo, machinery, bats, dogs, files, fuel)
 

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Very Sexy Lizard ... The zombie looks fantastic ... nice one ... :lol:

In regards to the pbem testing ... KingArthur will be releasing Version X (not sure what nomenclature the King uses) and once released I will open a thread on the pbem section and we will test it out, (while hopefully having fun :D )

Keep up with the ideas, game crits and comments ...
 
Yeah looks good ... (I was thinking more of a stylised logo though ... the sort of thing you can see on letterhead) ...

I thought about this when i was looking at your fantastic spin doctor working his magic at a press conference ... I just thought that something was missing with your picture ... add your icon to the podium and see if it looks ok ... remember to keep 'the Company' written as well or maybe just 'Company' ...

ultimately it is the King's perogative what he uses anyway ... just though it would improve your already great image ...

OT - don't forget Doctor Who on tonight at 7.30 my time on ABC
 
I'm on holiday and won't be contactable for the next 8 days. This means I won't be releasing an update till I get back. This is a good thing tho' because you guys are coming up with a lot of good suggestions so keep them coming. LizardmenRule, I love your artwork so keep it coming too. I'm not here to comment on them but just go with your gut instinct it's been spot on so far.

Definitely I'll put in some more hero characters for the other factions (I'll pick a few from Goblin Fanatics juicy descriptions), and mix up the stats of the zombie king units. I like the idea of The Car Park auto-producing vehicles it could require fuel as a resource - I'd need a good generic vehicle type unit of course.

@Cloner -National Guardsmen can be paradropped. Black Ops can too.

I've added two new buildings already (the first one is a preplaced wonder, the second is buildable):

^What better way to wait out this nightmare than watching the latest Blockbusters at Paradise City's premier [Movie Theatre].
^
^The Movie Theatre creates 2 happy faces. The Movie Theatre also has a few old reels of zombie movies and watching these increases your research rate.


A soothing voice is on the other end of the line at [The Call Centre], there to offer advice in the best way to despatch a zombie or just to be with you in your final moments before you are ripped to shreds by a zombie mob. The call centre needs $LINK<good bull****ters=GOOD_Spin> to man the phones.
^
^The Call Centre reduces war weariness and makes 1 person happy in all buildings on the island (the phone network does not extend to the mainland).
 
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