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    Nether [video game] - Another post apocalypse survival game

    http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/08...ptic-survival/

    It's some time after the apocalypse, and you're one of the final survivors scrounging about for parts and gear to carve out a niche of safety. While that might sound like every zombie survival game that's come out in the wake of DayZ, Nether is eschewing zombies for something more insidious -- and interesting. The titular creatures are mutants that hunt by sound and teleport around, requiring players to adopt new strategies as they try to make it.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrZbv5F6rp0
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    There's a new longer video (8min) at Gamespot:

    http://uk.gamespot.com/nether/videos...c-mmo-6414397/

    I'm getting a Last of Us vibe from this, seems promising.

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    Why can't someone make an "apocalypse" game that doesn't include some stupid monster?

    'The Last of Us' showed very clearly that you don't actually need zombies, or "zombies", to make a successful post-apocalypse game. The human enemies were much more interesting than the lackluster monsters in that game.

    Surely there's a game out there to be made where the biggest antagonists are other people who have totally given in to their more base instincts, because they've realised they have nothing to lose.
    I'm runnin' this monkey farm now Frankenstein.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by shootemindehead View Post
    Surely there's a game out there to be made where the biggest antagonists are other people who have totally given in to their more base instincts..
    That'll be Call of Duty multiplayer!

    Actually I don't mind the monster/alien/human/mutant thing - I'm just relieved they're not passing them off as some sort of super-zombie.

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