They are tremendously over-used and are usually poorly made and generic. There are so many great RPG ideas, medieval themed, space themed, ocean explorer themed, yet, just because they take little to no effort and are conviently made, people make them, here's a list of all of the DayZ clones/Infected Bitch Tycoons out there. Not to mention they are flooding General Discussion.
For clarification, this thread revolves around the idea of an infection and or a resource frequent collecting styled RPG.Here is a list of all of the current zombie/survival RPGs in progress:
Xolerate's Mini-map Zombie RPG:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=216682.0Furdle's SPO:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=226734.0Xolerate's ZomB:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=226721.0DayB:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=219318.0 (Is actually decent)
Wafflez's RPG:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=226452.0North RPG:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=226716.0 (I approved of this one, is still not as original)
JayZ made by J_Master: (No topic available)
Bravo's Swords of the North (SOTN):
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=206152.0 (I approved of this one)
Ike's Winterbite:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=215040.0Gunny's Overhead View Styled RPG (No topic available)
Dark Secret's Roleplay:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=226114.msg6415024#msg6415024 (Survival related)
Here's the thing, these aren't bad, but they are unoriginal and easily made, there was little to no designing effort on the plot, with the same idea of survival every time and running away from some infected starfish.
The verdict: Please establish new original ideas, there are many, many potential RPG ideas, you just have to think of them.
Thanks for reading.