The man who created the modern zombie movie has never gotten a fair shake when it comes to videogames. Yes, there are some great zombie games out there (Resident Evil, Left 4 Dead), but none of these are part of the Romero universe, and none of them are MMORPGs. When I watch a zombie movie, I don’t just watch a zombie movie, I want to be in that world. I think I can speak for everyone else that a zombie MMO could potentially be the most brilliant thing on the market.

The zombie world’s outbreak steps would make for perfect level progression. From Night Of The Living Dead‘s farmhouse to Land Of The Dead‘s Fiddler’s Green, there’s a fairly reasonable increase in scope and danger. There’s also a whole lot of potential settings, from isolated farm communities for early leveling areas, to massive, sprawling underground bunkers, which groups of survivors could raid (as a raiding group) for supplies and special weapons.

There’s the little issue of zombies surrounding said cities, but that’s why you have periodic zombie waves that get beaten back by the city defenses. For the raid instances, there’s no better way to ensure a group’s ready for raiding than to have them wade through rooms of zombies.

Even Romero’s theory of increasing zombie intelligence could explain why some zombies are mindless corpses, and why some are more dangerous and advanced (y’know, boss zombies). Plus, there’s always the military to deal with if you want a real challenge. Granted, there’s no PvP, but that didn’t stop Lord Of The Rings Online from making a special setting for PvP only. Just take their idea, but make it humans versus zombies.

Mad Max