Location, location: The Farm

Way, way back in the dawns of this blog I did a quick run through on one of Zogma’s locations; the hospital. As we are point blank before release I thought now might be a good time to touch on another – The Farm. Here is the in original game description I whipped up:

Nothing much used to rise around here, other than the corn that is…

The spill at the local Plant change all that though. The dead are up and about and are more rowdy than a bunch of good ole boys after the rodeo. Pitty they also seem hungrier than a spring hog.

The Clayton brothers have headed out to Aunt Maud’s. They’ve boarded the place up and mean to do their best to stay out of the food chain.

For this level we pictured a typical, even clichéd part of small town USA overrun by the risen dead. You know the type of town. It’s the one where the quarterback’s father died at Khe Sanh and now he juggles his college ball aspirations (though he secretly wants to be a poet), his cheerleader girlfriend and his part time job that pays to keep Dad’s Mustang on the road.

The level itself is set out on a farm (hence the name strangely), where a bunch of survivors have holed up awaiting help that just aint coming.  As they desperately wait for the welcome thump of a gunship’s rotors they begin to notice their recently dead friends and relatives shambling towards them across the mown cornfield…

So grab your shotgun, chuck Wichita Lineman on the record player and put those undead down like you would a mad dog!

Thursday, January 28th, 2010