Andrespetmonkey said:
Historically, Dayz Mod is massive (2m unique players for a mod), and State of Decay broke sales records on XBLA. Dead Island sold 5 million and that was considered a disappointment by players. Zombies are a massive theme, and open world RPGs can be very popular, just look at elder scrolls or fallout 3/NV. And my criteria isn't narrow lol. There's a ton of similar games and games attempting exactly that, it's usually just the "survival" part that goes wrong, or the game is... well just read op again. |
By "this particular type of game", I meant "open-world zombie survival RPG". And by "hasn't been very popular", I meant in terms of the frequency that they have been attempted by a developer with at least a modest budget. I can think of two or three games that fit this criteria. When you limit it even further to games that fit those criteria and don't have a light-hearted tone, it gets even worse.
Open-world, zombie, survivial, non-lighthearted RPG may or may not be inherently narrow; but it's narrow enough - in terms of attempts - that you cannot find a good game that fits the category, which was my point.
