Today marks the debut of a brand new column here at MMORPG.com. Penned by our own 'Scary Booster', today's column takes a look at The Secret World specifically and the whole zombie phenomenon in general. Check it out!

With the launch of The Secret World this week, I’m feeling a bit paranoid. It’s not only the fact that we are all being watched by secret societies we don’t know about, it’s all the weird zombie mutations I’ve never thought possible. The days of slow stupid zombies are over. Nowadays, we have crazy zombie that take vacations and long baths in bath salts. They get out of the bath all naked and chew your face off under a bridge smelling like rose petals.

At least their skin is silky smooth.

Read more of Scary Booster's Very Scary: The Secret Paranoia.

I just realized that Jeff Strain from Undead Labs already looks lik Tommy Lee Jones. Maybe he is developing lap dancing zombies for private needs?! Regarding the Zombies in The Secret World I wonder how many adjectives a Zombie must have to get even more menacing.

lol nice read :)

WTF does this article have to do with MMO's?

team up with some guy called Tallahassee

zombie kill of the week?

good stuff :)

Zombies?  No problem.  After going through ex-wife and mother in law, anything else is cake.

What's all this obsession with zombies anyway? I don't get it :|

the walking dead came out on television and now everyone wants to be a zombie fan and a cowboy. No one respects or pays tribute to the old really scary zombies from george remero anymore. Where poltics bigitry and racism were also part of the orginal plot and the zombie was just the third faction. Those movies taught you the real evils in the world were not the zombies but everyone else. now its all about some fast running zombies in an all out action movie or game instead of making an actual plot.

Originally posted by cronius77

the walking dead came out on television and now everyone wants to be a zombie fan and a cowboy. No one respects or pays tribute to the old really scary zombies from george remero anymore. Where poltics bigitry and racism were also part of the orginal plot and the zombie was just the third faction. Those movies taught you the real evils in the world were not the zombies but everyone else. now its all about some fast running zombies in an all out action movie or game instead of making an actual plot.

Well games r meant to relax and entertain, not to solve eternal puzzle of life.

Good luck with this column.  I liked the cameo of zombie Tommy from the beaches of Kingsmouth, and the Katie Holmes stalking but not much else.  Too many references and not enough MMO for my tastes.

Originally posted by vtannahill

WTF does this article have to do with MMO's?

zombies invanding MMO market !

OMFG they  incoming...omfg

Especially secret world where everybody looks the god damn same so they can make money off of their cash shop built into the game..

What the hell is the point of this..

i feel like playing a 1/2 game or a beta....... dont think this game gonna pass the 6month. almost 1month released and everyone are alrdy in end game content ( 16hrs cd on instance bye bye close the game and be back after cd)

First rule in fighting zombies: Always bring a friend.

That way if things go wrong you don't have to outrun the zombies, you just have to outrun your friend.

Also now that zombies have gone mainstream, any bets on how log it will be before we see angst ridden, sthparkly zombies who like to have tea with frigid young women and discuss their "feewings"?

Originally posted by zellmer

Especially secret world where everybody looks the god damn same so they can make money off of their cash shop built into the game..

What the hell is the point of this..

 

No one looks the same, theres tons of clothing options available ingame and for rewards from missions and completing achivements ingame and next month the new character customisation will be coming with a barber shop and plastic surgeon in the main city hubs. The start of this can be already seen with building work going on in new york for the plastic surgeon clinic and the barber shop in london.

kingsatanas point about reaching endgame in a month, players have been in closed beta for close to a year now and with that inside information can quite easily rush straight to endgame and not enjoy all the content the game has to offer. For an average gamer starting the game from fresh it would probly take 2-3 months to complete the skillwheel and get epic quality level gear from nightmare dungeons not even including the epic signets from outdoor lairs which are a mammoth task to get.

With the game adding new zones within 2-3 months of launch I can't see how they can go wrong including the fact of monthly mission packs on top of that. Also the addition of new auxillary weapons are coming with these new zones adding more depth to the combat and most people won't have even finished the skill wheel and gathered the top level of gear in the game before this content addition.

Good fun read, TSW is great!

If I kicked a Zombie in the nuts would it hurt?

Originally posted by TheeRiver

If I kicked a Zombie in the nuts would it hurt?

If you're bare foot and he's wearing a studded chastity belt...maybe.