Dont you just hate when someone calls someone something they are not?

Well I do, and Im most certainly really angry because theres a lot of people in the gaming world (not only in gamespot) who LOVE calling anything that looks human or monstrous but at the same time harmfull a ZOMBIE.

First of all, let's see the definition of ZOMBIE in the gaming industry:

A zombie is an unlucky person who got KILLED and then, by X reason, he was returned to life...without humanity...

zombies love eating brains, they have, most of the times, open wounds and they are completly blood stained.

Now I will mention some creatures here, from games, which are NOT ZOMBIES, but however, are confused with them a lot in the gaming world.

First:

"STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl" zombies

These guys are quite easy to take down, you first see them in the mission where you go rescue a scientist, they are pretty stupid and slow, but they can carry weapons.

The actual name of these creatures in the game is "Zombies" but this is merely a name given by the stalkers, the guys are not actually zombies, they are victims of the brain scorcher (a machine in the game which was used to brainwash the people who attempted to pass a certain forbidden place)

The guys are not actually dead, they have just been brainwashed and as a result, they are no longer rational, but still they never died and therefore they cant be zombies.

Trivia: The guys from GSC Game world (the ones which created the game) were actually planning to include undead creatures in the game, but they were removed in the last version before release along with other stuff, however with certain mods, you can see the removed undead creatures in the game (their code exist but is not used).

"Uncharted: Drakes fortune" Mutants

The sudden apparition of monsters in U: DF was certainly one of the crazyiest plot twist in the videogame history ever.

A lot of people think they are zombies because they look like undead creatures, however they are NOT, its true that the means in which they becamed mutants were quite paranormal (by the curse of el dorado) but once again, these unlucky guys never died, they just mutated for taking a piece of cursed gold with them and becamed hostile, a clear proof to this is when THAT guy (not gonna tell names for the ones who have not finished the game) opens El dorado he can be seen breathing some toxic air, after that the guy pupils turn black and he begins to mutate.

Trivia: They are also called "demons" by many players because Nate can read on the journal of Sir Francis Drake that there was a "demon infestation in the island" however, the people from 500 years ago called any thing that moved and was different from them a "demon", so dont be fooled, they are not demons.

"Doom 3" Demons

What is worst than facing a demonic invasion? facing a demonic invasion on mars of course! Doom 3 was a huge step for the franchise with the great graphics and gameplay and a couple of scares.

Like any other DOOM game, the enemys are demons, however, ZOMBIES DO APPEAR IN THIS GAME, and this is the reason why most of the people believe that every single enemy in the game is a zombie, but the zombies are only the dead humans, the rest of the monsters in the game are demons.

Trivia: Doom 3 is one of the games with most "easter eggs" in the videogame history ever.

and finally... *drums sounding* the last game in the list!

"Resident Evil 4" GANADOS

It is understandable that most of the people believe the enemys in RE4 are zombies, mainly because the saga was well-known of having zombies as the main antagonists...

However, once again, RE4 significated a huge plot twist in the RE saga, you played as the special government agent Leon S. Kennedy and went to an unknown location in Spain to rescue the kidnapped president daughter.

The enemys in RE4 are called "Ganados", they were once normal persons, who lived a normal life, but however they got inffected by a parasite called "Las plagas" which turned them into "Ganados": Intelligent and rational beings with inhuman capacities.

However once again, the hosts never died and once again, they are not zombies because of that!

Trivia: At the beginning of the game, when you finish killing the FIRST GANADO, if you take some 5 seconds and go examine his corpse, Leon will say "HE IS NOT A ZOMBIE" which should be enough to know that the guys there are NOT zombies.

Bet you thought I was lying right?

And with that, I close this entry, hope you guys enjoyed! more blogs comming, goodbye!