Monday, January 10, 2011

Literature Turned Videogame: Romeo and Juliet (Zombies!)

 
Author: Amy Pistone

The star-crossed lovers have died. The Capulets and Montagues are in mourning. As their children are laid to rest, something sinister is going on… The bodies of Romeo and Juliet twitch. They slowly rise, with muffled groans accompanying each movement. Soon, they are walking. At their funeral, unsuspecting people are gathered around in mourning, when Juliet takes a bite of a guest. Panic has arisen, and by then the zombified couple has taken another five. The mourners flee, and as the parents run, they turn to see their lost children starting the zombie apocalypse.
            The player will play as the Apothecary, the one who sold Romeo the poison that started all this trouble, not knowing that Romeo would end up infecting the world with the virus. He will soon figure out an antidote, but as he goes to duplicate it the zombies overtake his home. He must flee and find the materials elsewhere, which turn out to be in 5 different countries – Italy, France, England, Spain, and India. While he goes on his journey to collect the ingredients he must fight off zombies, and eventually encounters Romeo and Juliet. Knowing he must kill them, as only the infected can be saved, not the undead, he must kill the two to effectively abolish the virus. This game of culture, exotic lands, and zombies would be a traditional zombie game except with a twist of having to use the now-ancient weapons in Shakespeare’s novel.

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