I really want a full game with a setting similar to the city in the Black Ops 3 Zombies Map: "Shadows of Evil" (Screenshots Warning)

[Kalentan]

Obviously, there is stuff you can find that is similar (say Arkham City / Knight and very obviously, Bioshock 1 and 2), but I want a game that is like... on the ground floor so to speak and also be like an RPG lol

I took these screenshots, the art direction of the map still holds up well to this day:

I think while not exactly the same, something like Shadows of Doubt does give off similar vibes as well, though obviously a very different art style overall.

I think another thing is that due to the story it's a lot more on the "mystical" side of things, which I think also helps add to the atmosphere. I'd love for a game to also keep the very "tightly packed" nature of it with tons of alleyways and such rather than big open streets.

 

[Kalentan]

It also had a totally rad PS4 theme that I wish I could use on my PS5. :(


View: https://youtu.be/PWzaAmg1N-0?si=6ouPj-ycjAyQ25ma

God, I need a proper sequel to Thief that looks like this.

 

[Ninhead]

Is this the one that has Goldblum? That was great.

 

[Kalentan]

Is this the one that has Goldblum? That was great.

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It is indeed that one.


View: https://youtu.be/RDfcyxJT_ZA?si=C06BbtSpnWeXR9gd

 

[GulfCoastZilla]

Treyarch COD this year and I wouldn't doubt if the following year is a "best of black ops " and we get a zombie chronicles 2, modern shadow of evils will be there.

 

[DestinyArrives]

I miss Shadows of Evil, I hope they bring it back in a future game. I'd love a non-Call of Duty FPS that took place in a near identical setting.

 

[Beelzebufo]

"i want zombies to be a full game" has been such a common request since i was a teenager that i'm somewhat shocked it still hasn't happened and likely never will

 

[Tidalwaves]

Looks a lot like BioShock infinite

 

[Kalentan]

Looks a lot like BioShock infinite

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There is some crossover in aesthetics (though I'd say closer to Bioshock 1 and 2).

 

[Rhaknar]

NGL that Is pretty fucking dope.

like a darker Bioshock Infinite.

 

[NightmaresHunter]

Treyarch they've always been an ACE while designing the zombies maps

Unfortunately, this is the last good zombies map, afterwards it was mess, and CW killed the zombies with changes that happened

 

[Sargerus]

Treyarch they've always been an ACE while designing the zombies maps

Unfortunately, this is the last good zombies map, afterwards it was mess, and CW killed the zombies with changes that happened

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NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. Der Eisendrache, Dead of the Night and Ancient Evil are god-tier maps.

 

[PlanetSmasher]

Art deco is a very fun style to work with, for sure. A detective game with full exploration set in an art deco noir cityscape would be great.

 

[Kalentan]

Art deco is a very fun style to work with, for sure. A detective game with full exploration set in an art deco noir cityscape would be great.

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Yeah, and have it be sort of Immersive Sim style and it would just be perfect.

Honestly, as I said above, if we could get a game in the style of Thief in a setting like this would honestly make too much sense imho.

Doubly so if they go for Large but dense but not like... Massively Large and sparse. Being very interconnected would be very cool.

 

[Vic20]

Unfortunately, this is the last good zombies map,

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lol, that's the first and the only time i will see someone say this about SoE

 

[Kalentan]

lol, that's the first and the only time i will see someone say this about SoE

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After going back to it after years, I do think the map is good, but it does have the big issue that the Pack-a-Punch is annoying to get to. Imho, you can have a complicated map, but the Pack-a-Punch should always be easy to get to for pure Survival runs.

That being said, I do think SoE is probably the best map on a purely aesthetic / atmosphere level, rivaled by stuff like Dead of the Night.

 

[Vic20]

After going back to it after years, I do think the map is good, but it does have the big issue that the Pack-a-Punch is annoying to get to. Imho, you can have a complicated map, but the Pack-a-Punch should always be easy to get to for pure Survival runs.

That being said, I do think SoE is probably the best map on a purely aesthetic / atmosphere level.

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I like the map, it was probably a bit of a shock for some players as a launch map.

 

[thetrin]

Looks a lot like BioShock infinite

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They both use art deco architecture. That is likely why.

 

[Kalentan]

I like the map, it was probably a bit of a shock for some players as a launch map.

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Bruh, even me as someone who put hundreds of hours of Zombies before BO3 launched, I still got massively confused by Shadows of Evil and maybe played it only a hand full of times and just stuck to The Giant until the DLC arrived.

Going back to it now, I do understand it a bit better now as there has been maps of similar-ish complexity that I think make going back to SoE much easier.

 

[NeonGhost120]

I miss set characters in zombies I hate the operators. With the introduction of operators in zombies all life has been sucked out of the mode story is so bland because of it.

 

[The_Cresta_Man]

I really get you, BO3 Zombies was the last time I actively played zombies. And shadows of evil with its aesthetic is so unique. I need Xbox to revive that zombie compilation game activison was working on, a a next gen cross platform zombie portal.

 

[Vic20]

a next gen cross platform zombie portal.

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that's just black ops 3 on PC with custom maps.

 

[Kalentan]

that's just black ops 3 on PC with custom maps.

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Honestly folks need to check out the custom Zombies scene, there is a lot of crazy good stuff in there and some mods straight up even make it have features if not play like later games. Like I've just started using the AAE mod that let's you basically make it function like a mix of BO4 and BOCW.

I actually used said mod to open up all the doors and turn on the power to take the screenshots in the OP lol

 

[Vic20]

Honestly folks need to check out the custom Zombies scene, there is a lot of crazy good stuff in there and some mods straight up even make it have features if not play like later games. Like I've just started using the AAE mod that let's you basically make it function like a mix of BO4 and BOCW.

I actually used said mod to open up all the doors and turn on the power to take the screenshots in the OP lol

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the quality of the maps is also insane, I played this map called shoot Haus, if you told me it was made by Treyarch I would've believed you