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<blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 797080" data-attributes="member: 3987">The less game is to do with battling zombies, survival, investigation and being isolated &amp; alone, the less the game has in common with the themes of Resident Evil.To have thoses themes, you have to isolate the characters from other living people early on. Giving them the virus in their home town creates problems.For example, guy comes into the coffee bar with a vial, lights go out and the players help protect the guy from attackers.End of fight the players are alive with the vial, lab coat guy is dead or alive and the villans have either fled or died. First thing the characters do is call the police and hand everything over to them. The responsiblity and the clues immediately goes away from the characters.If they don't contact the police, not only are they acting pretty much out of character they are now fugatives and the campaign is no longer about the virus and zombies but about the characters avoiding being arrested.On the other hand if you have the characters come into a strange town, after the out break and cut them off from communication and transport then (like in the game) then the players are forced to take responsibility for their own survival.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bagpuss, post: 797080, member: 3987"] The less game is to do with battling zombies, survival, investigation and being isolated & alone, the less the game has in common with the themes of Resident Evil. To have thoses themes, you have to isolate the characters from other living people early on. Giving them the virus in their home town creates problems. For example, guy comes into the coffee bar with a vial, lights go out and the players help protect the guy from attackers. End of fight the players are alive with the vial, lab coat guy is dead or alive and the villans have either fled or died. First thing the characters do is call the police and hand everything over to them. The responsiblity and the clues immediately goes away from the characters. If they don't contact the police, not only are they acting pretty much out of character they are now fugatives and the campaign is no longer about the virus and zombies but about the characters avoiding being arrested. On the other hand if you have the characters come into a strange town, after the out break and cut them off from communication and transport then (like in the game) then the players are forced to take responsibility for their own survival. [/QUOTE]

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