🧟 Rockstar Once Prototyped a Zombie Survival Game Back in 2002… and It Was Dark.
Long before zombie survival games became mainstream, Rockstar quietly experimented with its own take on the genre.
Former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij revealed that shortly after Grand Theft Auto: Vice City launched, the team built a prototype called Project Z.
🌫️ The concept was radically different from GTA.
It was set on a bleak, fog covered Scottish island where players were constantly pursued by zombies.
🚗 Survival revolved around vehicles and fuel.
Petrol was scarce, and every journey outside a safe area was a high risk decision. No chaotic crime sandbox. Just tension, isolation and resource management.
😔 So why was it cancelled?
After around a month of development, the team felt the tone was too grim and emotionally draining. At the same time, early ideas for what became Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas were taking shape, and the brighter California setting ultimately won out.
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Long before zombie survival games became mainstream, Rockstar quietly experimented with its own take on the genre.
Former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij revealed that shortly after Grand Theft Auto: Vice City launched, the team built a prototype called Project Z.
🌫️ The concept was radically different from GTA.
It was set on a bleak, fog covered Scottish island where players were constantly pursued by zombies.
🚗 Survival revolved around vehicles and fuel.
Petrol was scarce, and every journey outside a safe area was a high risk decision. No chaotic crime sandbox. Just tension, isolation and resource management.
😔 So why was it cancelled?
After around a month of development, the team felt the tone was too grim and emotionally draining. At the same time, early ideas for what became Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas were taking shape, and the brighter California setting ultimately won out.
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