Zombie MMOs are sort of a hot topic these days, and lots of companies seem to want in on the action. Today, we're presenting a novel take on the genre, URDead Online. Being billed as a "small scale online role-playing horror game" or SSORPHG, URDead has quite a few interesting design ideas that seek to set it apart from the throng of zombie shooters out there.

URDEAD Online (UDO) is something we’re half-jokingly calling a SMORPHS: Small-Scale Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Horror Survival (the “Game” is silent.) As our tidy acronym implies, UDO won’t release with the scale of bigger MMOs. We just don’t have the manpower to create dozens of areas; instead, we’ll release new areas as we polish them and feel they are ready for players to be eaten in. Second, UDO is a survival game.  When out in the world, players will want to stay aware of their character. They’ll need to eat and drink whatever they can find to stay effective, scouring for weapons, ammo, crafting materials, and other necessities – while fighting to stay alive. Banding together will have big advantages in certain situations.

Read the rest of our Interview with URDead Online's Greg Breault.

U R DEAD

Sounds like,

WAR Z

In other words.. we want to make an MMO and release it early, before it's an MMO.. open the cash shop, take your money and gradually update it until it can be called an MMO. Which is basically what War Z did.. except they didn't tell us.

True.. they are making this blatently obvious from the start but, still, it's a pretty terrible way to promote your game imo. Hero engine 'might' shine with this type of game though.

Lows like a zombie themepark that will be releasing one zone at a time. 

Despite that is still looks interesting.

I am always open to this idea of zombie games. I just think WarZ took most, if not all the zombie-mmo hype and took a dump on it so people are still stinking after that whole fiasco which I can understand.

I don't care what approach is taken, as long as it is done well and thourough.

For all those who didn't take the time to actually read the whole interview. This will be differfent from WarZ and DayZ. Seriously, read people! It sounds promising.

Originally posted by ikarrian
It looks like War Z, smells like War Z, pretty much played as War Z....Very original

except the only thing in common with War Z is that you have to survive and there are zombies?

For a starts this is a tab target game from reading this interview.. not an fps like War Z and DayZ.

Still i think there are now enough Zombie survival games out there and with DayZ out this year i cant see there being room for any more..

Originally posted by marz.at.play

For all those who didn't take the time to actually read the whole interview. This will be differfent from WarZ and DayZ. Seriously, read people! It sounds promising.

What Marz said. It really does sound promising, and Greg's pretty up front about their small scale to start, big plans if it works.