Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven Part 4 Content poll

The mutant mix seems interesting. I'm also waiting to see if there will be more exodus groups of zombies running around. Right now the encounters seem like small amounts except for on the hilltop before the junkyard. An odd mutant thrown into the mix could be interesting or even animals starting to mutate as the infection starts running low on human hosts.

I remember when Madison Reilly and the main character went scavenging on someplace and got locked up by a scientist (forgot his name) there was mutant zombies mentioned there with a long claw and spike on their elbow

I like the idea of evolution zombies. Nothing stays static forever and will eventually evolve to suit the environment they live in so zombies evolving to adapt to their surroundings and become efficient predators adds some spice to the story.

Unfortunately slow zombies are losing badly. This is just for Safe Haven though. Hopefully Exodus stays true to the genre.

Please keep the zombies slow. Fast zombies miss the point of zombies. Making them fast, spit acid, etc will completely ruin the story for me. Zombies are meant to be like a natural disaster. Something that can be dealt with if prepared but one mistake will kill you. They represent human fears of disease, death, siege warfare. In a good zombie story other humans are the real threat. If you turn zombies into slasher monsters why use zombies in the first place. There are plenty of other monsters that could have been used. One of my pet peeves are books, movies, games, etc that try to make zombies "better". Having an occasional smarter zombie stays true to the genre but nothing beyond that.

Unpredictability would make the story more fun and interesting.

I love the idea of mixed random mutations, and the varying degrees of risk that come with it. But my favorite type of special infected is the rare smart zombies that are able to lead entire hordes or even equip them with weapons or armor like football pads and helmets. Also, going in the opposite direction, a pacifist zombie can also be really interesting. Even if it’s just a zombie mom pushing an empty stroller and ignoring everything else, just to mess with the survivors mentally.

I feel like having them become smarter and faster would be a definite wake up call to the survivors, and also be pretty terrifying.

I’m in favor of a mutant mix or spread. The classic numberless horde of zombies inspires a certain horror and realism to it. But then add mutant infected, infected animals with unique abilities, or Zeta developing different strains with varying effects, and it keeps the reader on their toes with new terror. In any event, I’m sure the final product will be awesome.

Mutant mix seems like the most balanced and realistic.

Love your work Jim!

Mutant mix, I think that would be for the best. A rare occurrence, that happens in certain individuals or conditions. We have threats from humans, nature and normal zombies. I don't want the DNA of the game to change too much, which made me fall in love with ZE. Make the mutants variants rare, so each encounter will increase the risk, when engaging normal Zombies. As we won't know, if a mutant is mixed in or watching.

I was going to pick Mutant Mix but went for the Evolving Threat. Because usually in Zombie Apocalypse that has evolving zombies, the more they evolve, the stronger humanity becomes since it usually leads to developing Superpowers somehow and I would hope that becomes a thing. Then it can makes things really interesting.

I would like to see some mutations, but something about a lot of zombie games is that they overdo the mutations maybe like two or three at most but whatever you decide on will not stop me from enjoying this game

Kind of torn with all of these options, imagining all the possible situations and all.

Gimme the special left 4 dead zombies haha