They are Billions - The Dark Souls of RTS

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caffeinade said:

Zombie hate is pretty interesting.

Zombies are everywhere, it is true.
So are humans.
How do you feel about games featuring humans?
Are games any less great if they rely on humans to tell a story, or to convey game mechanics.

Would you like the game more if instead of zombies, they used: insects, or slimes, or bears?

It's not zombie hate, it's the reliance on zombies as the go-to foe.

As for your zombie/human comparison. Zombies don't have a history, they don't have culture, they can't encompass as much as humans can. They're an empty vessel serving as a now typical and familiar threat.

For variability's sake, yes, I'd like it more if the enemies were something else. Let's take Heroes of Might and Magic for example. Is the game more interesting, due to the different types of castle/dominion one can use and therefore employ the services of different monsters? Certainly more than if the only possibilities were different types of zombie. Especially because of the prevalence of said zombie in recent (well, since Resident Evil) gaming releases.

All being said, zombies can be very effective enemies, be it in shooters or story driven adventure games, and whatever Dead Rising is. But as an RTS opponent, they seem off to me. Just my personal opinion, though.