What game is this? - General Discussion

#1 Edited by Syphous (165 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

Okay, so my girlfriend told me of a game that she used to play and I was hoping to track down a copy of it for her birthday. However, she can't remember the name of it, when it came out, or even what console it was on. So, let me break down her description of it to you fine folks on Giant Bomb and lets see if we can't figure this out...

1. It's overhead perspective.

2. It's co-op (shared screen).

3. It involves zombies.

4. It's wave based, almost like each round is a puzzle (as she put it).

5. You have to funnel the zombies through certain gates and doors, in order to thin the herd so you can actually survive.

6. It's at least 6 years old by her calculations. It's most likely PS2/Xbox era (but I wouldn't rule out EARLY 360/PS3).

So, does anyone have any guesses? I am personally stumped. It's not anything I ever played.

#2 Posted by johncallahan (266 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

Gah, so many games initially jump to mind but then they don't fit all the criteria. This'll be driving me crazy all day.

#3 Posted by Syphous (165 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

@jonny126: Yeah it's been driving me crazy too. I keep trying to dig through the GB wiki but so far nothing jumps out at me.

#4 Posted by alternate (2383 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

http://Www.giantbomb.com/zombies-ate-my-neighbours/62-935/

although might be too old

#5 Posted by Pie (6440 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

Burn zombie burn?

#6 Posted by Hippie_Genocide (280 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

Could it be Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia? It came out in 2007 for the xbox 360, so it roughly fits that timeframe. I never played it so I don't know if it exactly fits your description, but its the first game that came to mind.

#7 Posted by Syphous (165 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

@alternate said:

http://Www.giantbomb.com/zombies-ate-my-neighbours/62-935/
although might be too old

Although I love ZamN, it is not that game. I showed the game to her before months ago, and she didn't react to it.

@Hippie_Genocide said:

Could it be Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia? It came out in 2007 for the xbox 360, so it roughly fits that timeframe. I never played it so I don't know if it exactly fits your description, but its the first game that came to mind.

I have played this game, and I don't think it's this. I don't remember having to funnel zombies through gates and I don't believe it's wave based.

#8 Posted by Syphous (165 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

@Pie said:

Burn zombie burn?

I believe this game is too new. But I've never played it. Do you funnel zombies through hallways and stuff?

#9 Posted by johncallahan (266 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

Wait. Was it Dead Nation?

#10 Posted by fox01313 (4741 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

Too new but could have inspired All Zombies Must Die.

Probably not accurate but a good list to look through outside of giantbomb, too many ps2/xbox games to go through to try to find it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cooperative_video_games

#11 Posted by Syphous (165 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

@jonny126 said:

Wait. Was it Dead Nation?

Nah, I think that's too recent.

#12 Posted by Hizang (8536 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

@Syphous: May I direct you to this page?

http://www.giantbomb.com/zombie/92-79/

#13 Edited by Syphous (165 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

I wonder now if it's http://www.giantbomb.com/obscure/61-3726/

Has anyone played this?

#14 Posted by kre8havoc (155 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

It sounds kind of like Zombie Apocalypse

#15 Posted by IIGrayFoxII (103 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

@Syphous: Is it Zombie Wranglers? Came out in 2009 for XBLA.

#16 Posted by fox01313 (4741 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

@Syphous: Remember playing Obscure & it was sort of a mix between early Resident Evil/Silent Hill mixed with Sunnydale High from Buffy tv series. Probably not it but wasn't that bad from what I recall, wasn't great either.

#17 Posted by EarlessShrimp (1132 posts) - 4 months, 9 days ago

@Syphous: I've played that and it's 3rd person survival horror. I believe they were demons. But it's a good game!