If anyone has played Left 4 Dead, they'll immediately remember the humble Boomer. All 300 pounds of him shambling towards you, mouth full of vomit ready to spew all over you. When you shot him, he would explode and get vomit all over you, which in turn attracted all the nearby zombies to you. Given that we already have morbidly obese zombies in Diablo III (see the gameplay video), and that they explode into a mass of worms when killed, it doesn't seem a stretch to assume that they've gotten a vomit attack.
However, we have no idea what said vomit will actually do in game. Hell, we don't even know which zombie it's confined to. It may even turn out to be an ability shared by all zombies, though how this attack would differ from their normal physical attack is still up for debate. Personally, I would like to think that it will be a small armor debuff, think corrosive vomit. Though, if they do make it so the vomit attracts all nearby zombies, I'll be a happy camper, that's definitely a mechanic I'd like to see in Diablo III.
Now, if that wasn't enough to get you on the Left 4 Diablo bandwagon...
Official Blizzard Quote:
Diablo: High-priority task for our modelers this month: We have a critical shortage of demon corpses.
Think back to Diablo I and II, the three classes of monster were demon, undead, and animal. If they've got too few demon corpses, then surely they've been focusing on hordes of zombie corpses!
I don't know about you, but I think we've solved the fifth class debate with this as well.
It's totally going to be Francis.
I'd love to see the throw up attack attracting other zombies, would really keep you on your toes.
Yar, they had some really interesting mechanics in that game, gonna go play it again later tonight...
Not only that, but if EVERY zombie had it, it would really become a boring and overused mechanic. So yeah... it's probably going to be confined to one specific type of zombie.
I dunno about it being a unique, I'd definitely envision that kind of mechanic being reserved for a boss fight. Just it reel back in preparation, give you time to run off, then it spew vomit all over the ground.
Hell, the vomit could even function as a movement impediment. Could slow you down when you're on top of the pool, and attract zombies to you if it actually hits you. Would make multiplayer battles REALLY interesting.
This in-depth analysis convinced me puking shouldn't be a skill....even for zombies.
They'll probably get demons to fart on you next.
Now that I think of it, that could be a wicked skill...
honestly, i wouldnt want to play a game where a bunch of zombies shoot projectile green vomit at me. its fun to smash a zombies brain in and watch guts fly everywhere, but its never fun to get thrown up on.
... cows should.