Line #34 VideoGame/ZombieExodus


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome to the Cathedral.]]
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4	''Zombie Exodus'' is an independently produced InteractiveFiction game written by Jim Dattilo. It is hosted by Creator/ChoiceOfGames' user-submitted label ''Hosted Games''.
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6	The game begins as the player character wakes up in their apartment at the beginning of the Zeta virus epidemic. From there, you must make your way across town to reach your sister, Emma, then find refuge with a group of survivors living in a cathedral on the outskirts of the city. Tensions rise as you must find a way to deal with the ever-present zombie threat, as well as the moral ambiguities you and your fellow survivors face in the following months after the initial outbreak.
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8	The main site for the game is [[http://zombieexodus.com here]]. A sequel[=/=]spinoff called VideoGame/ZombieExodusSafeHaven has also been [[https://www.choiceofgames.com/user-contributed/zombie-exodus-safe-haven/redirect.php?src=tvtropes released]].
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10	A CharacterSheet is under construction [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/ZombieExodus here]].
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13	!!This series contains the following tropes:
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15	* AbandonedPlayGround: One of the areas where you find Cassie is in an abandoned playground.
16	* ActionSurvivor: Almost all of the Cathedral's occupants are this from having been thrown into the ZombieApocalypse from relatively normal lives.
17	%% * AfterTheEnd: [[spoiler:The "Settle in Temperance" ending.]]
18	%% * ApocalypseAnarchy The ZombieApocalypse is the cause of this.
19	%% * AnyoneCanDie: Not surprising given the setting and genre.
20	* BatterUp: A spiked bat is one of the weapons you can take on missions.
21	%% * BitterSweetEnding: Basically any ending that isn't a [[DownerEnding downer]], with sliding scales of bitter and sweet.
22	* BlameGame: The survivors engage in this while discussing [[spoiler:who could have helped Carl escape the Cathedral. Or who killed him, as the case may be.]]
23	* BloodstainedGlassWindows: The battle against the Zombie Exodus happens in the Cathedral.
24	* BoomHeadshot: One of the few ways to put a zombie down for good.
25	* CockFight: Carl and Candace are in a relationship, but Carl suspects (correctly) that Jason is seeing her behind his back. The two men eventually come to blows over it.
26	* CrapsackWorld: Of course any world with a zombie apocalypse in it is usually one.
27	* CrazyPrepared: Encouraged, as you usually don't know what could come in handy in the course of the mission you're on.
28	* DisposingOfABody: [[spoiler:If the Protagonist kills Carl, he/she and Emma can get rid of the body before anyone else finds out what happened.]]
29	* DrivenToSuicide: Par for the course in the ZombieApocalypse.
30	* DysfunctionJunction: The survivors generally work well together at first, but increasing tensions, suspicions, and stress eventually takes its toll.
31	* EveryoneIsArmed: The survivors you encounter are this.
32	* GayOption: A Creator/ChoiceOfGames staple.
33	* GunsInChurch: Justified. Tom and Carl bought the Cathedral prior to the Zombie Apocalypse and turned it into a safehouse.
34	* HauntedHouse: Tom and Carl originally bought the Cathedral so that they could turn it into a "haunted" tourist attraction. [[spoiler:Weirdly enough, it becomes an actual haunted house with the addition of [[CuteGhostGirl Cassie]]]].
35	* HumansAreBastards: You can encounter a group of bandits who are this.
36	* IncongruouslyDressedZombie: You can happen upon zombies dressed in beachwear and cheerleading outfits.
37	* InMediasRes: Technically, the entire game is a flashback the Protagonist is experiencing while bleeding on the ground in a shack.
38	** Though it's an odd case, as the shack scene is entirely skippable. WordOfGod says the intro scene is [[http://www.choiceofgames.com/forum/discussion/comment/81015#Comment_81015 simply there to hook the reader.]]
39	* InteractiveFiction: This game is one of these.
40	* TheLoad: Any of the [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Guys]] like Uncle Lou, Candace, Jason, and Eugene.
41	** Though Candace eventually subverts this and becomes a top-notch ActionGirl.
42	* LoveTriangle: Between Carl, Candace, and Jason. It's also possible for the PC to lead both Heather and Mindy on for a time.
43	* TheManyDeathsOfYou: See NonStandardGameOver.
44	* MeaningfulFuneral: Can be held in Part V.
45	* MercyKill: The Protagonist or Mindy can shoot Dave instead of letting him suffer a drawn out, painful death.
46	* NightmareSequence: A few of these separate some of the game's chapters.
47	* NonStandardGameOver: It's possible for the PlayerCharacter to die many, many times.
48	* NotUsingTheZWord: Averted entirely.
49	* OnlyOneName: Nearly all of the named characters in the game. The PlayerCharacter, Emma, and Crone are the only characters with a given last name.
50	* OptionalStealth: Encouraged in the Military Depot and Fuel Ship missions, particularly for [=PCs=] with low strength and dexterity, but not enforced.
51	* PantsPositiveSafety: Multiple characters, but Devlin is the prime offender.
52	* PlagueZombie: All victims were infected with Virus Zeta and turned.
53	* RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain: Ways to kill the zombies.
54	* RomanceSidequest: There are four people that you have the option of pursuing.
55	* SecondPersonNarration: This is the style of telling the story.
56	* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: [[spoiler:Interestingly enough, the player character begins to see Cassie and even interacts with her around Chapter IV.]] This overlaps with MaybeMagicMaybeMundane at some points.
57	** It's possible for Dave and Candace to see her as well.
58	* TimedMission: The fuel run.
59	* TimeSkip: This happens several times in parts of the game.
60	* TitleDrop: Zombie Exodus is an InUniverse theory stating that as non-infected food sources within heavily populated areas deplete, zombie hordes will migrate to other areas in search of food. It's a source of concern for the Cathedral survivors, so it's mentioned more than once.
61	* VirusVictimSymptoms: When an infectee turns, their skin turns yellow and develops small green blotches all over their body.
62	* WhamLine:
63	-->[[spoiler: '''PlayerCharacter:''' "I thought this van was in working condition."]]
64	-->[[spoiler:'''Uncle Lou:''' "It was... Tom fixed it up before we left."]]
65	* WhamEpisode: The third chapter of Part V.
66	* WorldOfBadass: Several characters are this.
67	* YouCantThwartStageOne [[spoiler:Even if the PC opposes Uncle Lou's plan to leave the Cathedral, even though they're the official leader of the group at this point, even if they helped Carl escape and learned that Tom was out to get them, even if they know from River and Starr that bandits are holed up in the truck depot, even if they have a terrible relationship with Tom or Uncle Lou, even if they came to blows with Tom (and almost killed him) earlier, even if they rudely decline Tom's repeated requests, they'll end up going on Uncle Lou's mission to steal a big rig. The PC can't even tell Tom to do it himself.]]
68	* ZombieApocalypse: The premise of the game.
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