Letters from the Field - Photos & Videos from Pre-Origins

[BriggzyJ97]

I can't see any skin on this "zombie" Just armor... is it possible he isn't a zombie at all? could he be a robot or something from the middle ages?

There is no way he is a robot... He's a zombie, but most of his flesh is gone, due to the fact that he is from the middle ages.

Agreed, there is definately skin there but has shrank as old skin does, it is like a mummy. Also due to muscle mass eroding away the arm Is very thin .

[MixMasterNut]

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definitely looks middle ages era to me. the chainmail, the helmet. I'm quite hoping it ties into the Knights of the Templar, Freemasonry, and Illuminati.

Looks like a Templar knight to me too. Glad to see we're on the same page. I love medieval zombies!!!

Also, that pillar in the back with the circles on it, reminds me of the unrevealed Origins logo.

Excited for what tomorrow brings,

- Mix

[LiamFTWinter]

If anyone is interested, you can listen to the song that will be in the intro video right now by streaming the new Avenged Sevenfold album on iTunes.

Even better, here's Shepherd of Fire

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[Jeager1999]

Oh yeah, that song is "Zombie Killing" Acceptable.

[ZombieOfTheDead]

Oh yeah, that song is "Zombie Killing" Acceptable.

Indeed. Glad it isn't screamo, and has a feeling of invincibility of sorts.

[feedthemachine94]

I honestly just think it's a boss zombie and the bodies that have been there for centuries became zombies by 115.

[Flammenwerfer]

I honestly just think it's a boss zombie and the bodies that have been there for centuries became zombies by 115.

I don't know about being a boss zombie, but I do agree with the latter half of your idea.

[ETEl2NAL407]

The box/crate in the background has a logo on it. I tried to zoom in and paint around the markings and just confused myself.

There is definitely an open circle (like the power symbol) and inside the top are markings. Due to resolution restraints, I couldn't uncover whether these markings are writing or features. I thought the logo almost looked like snake head and the markings were eyes/eye sockets, but they could just be lettering. Still, I think the logo on that box is a clue.

Logo can't really be anything else except a 935 logo that's faded...935 logo stamped on a crate and faded by 1918? How in the hell?

As for the purple eyes... What if this knight was placed here in this tomb centuries ago and empowered with Vril-ya strength and longevity. He may have been a Templar, charged with guarding an entrance to Agartha. To make his post stand the test of time, the Vril-ya infused him with Ethereal energy or something.

Taking the Vril-ya out of the picture, he could just be guarding the "ancient evil" we're uncovering here. Perhaps zombies were discovered once before, but mankind decided to keep them sealed and this knight is the warden of their prison...

Taking from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, a Templar was protecting the Holy Grail deep within an isolated mountain cave, in The Fountain there is a Mayan warrior protecting the Tree of Life...It makes sense that this Knight is protecting something, why else would he be dressed in medieval armor during the 1900's? Obviously he's been there a long time on guard.

[Dahniska]

That new picture looks so much like Skyrim, if I didn't know it was from Origins I'd think it was from Skyrim. Looks like a Draugr Deathlord from that game.

On a more serious note, I agree, looks like a buried knight. This map looks like it's going to be very epic, the more I see.

Edit: Can anyone else see the sword handle at his waist? Definitely seems to support the knight idea.

[Stop Mocking Me0]

Uh... It's MORNING everyone! TODAY's THE DAY! THE SUN IS SHINING THE TANK IS CLEAN AND WE ARE GETTING Ou...

(Gasp)

THE TANK IS CLEAN.....

The TANK IS CLLLLLLEEEEEEAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!

-Peach, Finding Nemo

[LiamFTWinter]

3 hours...

[GRILL]

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[LiamFTWinter]

Holy

Crap

[perfectlemonade]

There is too much going on for me to even begin to grasp its amazingness.

[ZombieOfTheDead]

While badass.... WHY COULD THEY NOT HAVE SPOKEN!? Seriously, with Dempsey and Nikolai you really expect badass quotes, but Tak was cool with just the katana.

[The Clay Bird]

holy shit the end. holy shit.

holy shit

[GRILL]

"my name's Samantha, I'm going to tell you how all this really began..."

mind blown.

[The Clay Bird]

so this may be way off, but perhaps Samantha is someone/something that Maxis was in contact with early on here and was such an influence on him and his actions that he named his daughter after it?

[xFierce_Fighterx]

He...Hel-llo Sam.... *Faints with my jaw hitting the floor*

[Jeager1999]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT! HOLY FUCKING SHIT! HOLY FUCKING SHIT!

Did you notice Richtofen, he looked kinda shocked at what he was doing or something.

Alien Robots, It has to be.

[Flaquito90]

Samatha is in control i m very excited for this map

[Stop Mocking Me0]

MY FAVORITE KIND OF ROBOTS!

[xFierce_Fighterx]

This map looks to be HUGE (as previously speculated by others on the forums), and this trailer pretty much confirms it. I would imagine we would be able to play in the mines, no man's land (area between the trenches), of course the trenches and maybe a few sprawled out laboratories like the one Richtofen is in.

Now I have to wait another full month :cry:

[RdJokr]

Now why is it that Maxis looks WAAAAAAAAAAY FUCKING OLD? Like, he must be 10 years older than Richtofen.

[Jeager1999]

So the "Knight" is actually Knights. Their eye's are blue, but those they killed change and their eye's are yellow. So there will be two kinds of Zombies in the map?

Also I don't think Samantha is in control....I don't think she's be conceived yet.