Plague Inc. Custom Scenarios - Semi-Realistic Zombie Plague

[@timothymclean]

Bio major here. The "evolutionary progression" stage relies pretty heavily on the Great Chain of Being hypothesis proposed back in ancient Greece, which has been debunked ever since people understood that evolution is a thing. Also, the plausibility of a fungus making the jump from controlling insects to controlling mammals is...questionable. Their nervous systems, biochemistry, etc are significantly different. Also also, the mutations seem to be inspired more by The Last of Us, Left 4 Dead, and maybe Resident Evil than anything fungus can actually do. I'm not inclined to believe the author did much actual research. At the very least, he didn't let the research get in the way of how he thought zombies should work.

[@Boomrainbownuke9608]

such a fungus being able to control none insects is not about how its about when. nature is terrifying so if the fungus does evolve to be able to control none insects then shit is gonna start hitting the fan.

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

@@Boomrainbownuke9608 whilst the fungus would cause a bit of a problem if it could control other Insects (the fungus can naturally infect and consume most insects it comes in contact with, but not force them to (temporarily) move around like the ants) because of the ald polinaters and such being adversely affected, it's unlikely as insects self regulate infected individuals (throwing them away from the hive so the fungus won't infect other insects). If it could mind control humans it could be bothersome, but only if the chances of you getting infected via insect bite is quite good, and a vaccine can't be developed, as without giant hordes of zombies, machine guns will be enough to murder them all, and flamethrowers can destroy the remains.

[@Captain_FAIL]

Latest studies said that cordiceps(i dont know how to write it,also english is my second language,sorry if there are some misspelled stuff)which i think that scenario is all about,does not take the brain/nervous system control,but rather developes in muscles,making its victim out of control of their own moves,later making the victim unstable and aggressive by the fevers,extreme stress of you being out of control of your own body and etc. But no matter what this is all about,my guess is that if anything like that happens,were fucked,big time.

[@vampyremisa]

can I also point out he called the necroa virus a fungus too many times?

[@ChrisSucks]

it's semi realistic for a reason

[@ieatpaper]

Glad you didn't send the Mongols to invade Japan, that wouldn't work.

[@starrybeam7874]

Paperclippy they would die in a tornado

[@AlexR-ATG]

(actually a typhoon)

[@starrybeam7874]

True but i was following the bill wurtz meem

[@starrybeam7874]

*meme

[@AlexR-ATG]

So was I...

[@mkreis1598]

zombie monkeys you say, huh? wouldnt be something new to me _looks at _*_Clint Eastwood_*

[@PhoenixPalmer88]

M Kreis THEY'RE BACK!

[@hudsoncrawfish2384]

Zombie Harambe confirmed

[@knightsoftarot6794]

Sunshine In a Bag should be a transmission option

[@cozyapustaja8249]

M Kreis omg

[@agatlingpea2232]

M Kreis YESSSS

[@vibingwiththewind2889]

This scenario would probably be much better if it had far lower infectivity pre the infection into humans... because the majority of the early infected are ants.

[@dr.arielfinch4316]

Cordyceps. Also known as the 'The Last of Us zombie plague thing' to the uninitiated. Known to others as the mind-controlling fungus. It doesn't just affect ants, either, so be wary of it jumping the species barrier.

[@original3981]

Christian Plante I was wondering if anyone would know that

[@Tatortots-d7h]

Christian Plante that's the shit I think about before going to bed when I'm just laying there just wondering that it can mutate at any moment at any time and then we all wouldn't noticed shit until it became very clear there's a problem but by then it's already too late

[@CheakyBreaky]

If Cordyceps were to cross the species barrier it wouldn't affect humans in any way current diseases don't. Prions are way scarier than cordyceps, and hell, toxoplasmondii gondii cause obsessive behavior and risk seeking behavior, and people get that from cats way easier than we would get cordyceps from ants. Cordyceps seems scary, but parasites and prions are scarier than any fungus, and can modify behavior significantly more.

[@dr.arielfinch4316]

That's why I'll be blasting Dare/The Touch/etc from my apartment while I mow down zombies. Make my last stand memorable.

[@DifficultyTweak]

until, you know, you attract somebody with your gunfire and get shot

[@akoxya]

i want this to happen in a vs Shadow Plague VS Necroa Virus

[@LEOPARTE10CONFIDENCE]

I choose shadow plague because the shadow plague can manipulate thousands

[@StarFoth]

"Oh? You gone, dis!" "Oh, Ugandis! :D" "_~Oooooohhhhh Ugaaaandiiiiiiis~_" *singing to the tune of an anthem* Any more possibilities?

[@dukeradwardthe5th843]

"Global Warming: Cold Countries getting Colder." ...wait what?

[@DifficultyTweak]

thats one of the things global warming does its either that or climate change, one of them

[@wis7604]

Brix Zigelstein I think they meant global cooling

[@MrRingworld]

Brix Zigelstein the term global warming is really more of a misnomer , it should be called global weirding , it's basically just a term for weird as f*** weather

[@dukeradwardthe5th843]

Mr.Ring, you know, It's like feminism, the 'feminists' heard the term and ran with it, normal feminists are more like human rights activists. Global warming / Climate Change is (almost) the same, with desertification, floods and all that shit, but the Antarctic got colder, weirdly enough, with it's southern ozone hole. See, I purposefully missinterpereted that quoute. It's very pleasant to see your honest comment, but please don't school me. Do it with someone who needs it. ;)

[@junehollybell5977]

global warming dose not "cool" it only heats

[@vargakristof3555]

So basically, You have created the Mushroom Kingdom.. only with bloodthirsty zombies... hmm. this would make a really interesting Mario game

[@Fredebade]

O.Yugandis maybe means O you got this?

[@ShahjahanMasood]

Fredebade It bigens in Uganda

[@darkfoxvora3254]

do u know da wae

[@austinnichols3721]

MateB30 normie

[@slaylordgaming7918]

MateB30 he doesn't

[@slaylordgaming7918]

MateB30 he doesn't

[@krebsfish5035]

"Primate reanimation"..... ZOMBIE HARAMBE CONFIRMED

[@ErikTheCleric]

Harombie

[@giorgoschatzinikolaou8285]

@@ErikTheCleric zarambe

[@Eliza-hb1nc]

@@giorgoschatzinikolaou8285 zarombie

[@lsswappedcessna]

O. Yugandis is a reference to O. unilateralis, the same parasite you mentioned was the mind controller of insects. O. unilateralis is often shortened to just "Cordyceps," from "Ophiocordyceps."

[@Gameguy602]

Extreme Zoonosis is amazing. Country transmission means you can randomly infect a country for no reason, even if they have closed their borders, ports, everything.

[@jonathanambray5142]

Are we gonna ignore the fact that the zombie from the thumbnail is from one of our childhood games plants vs zombies?

[@mitchellhall8089]

Holy shit you played my Scenario. It's my first attempt at a mod for the game. Thanks for playing it though! (Only just found this video lmao) Oh also I don't know why there are so many spelling mistakes, I think there was some kind of error in the upload. Sadly I lost the files to that scenario shortly after initially publishing it, I did make a second one though. Second and hopefully less poorly made scenario: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=929451943 On a somewhat unrelated and self-promoting note, I am currently trying to write a novel around a similar (but more realistic, less crazy shenanigans) concept.

[@justinhamilton8647]

What did the Strain Precursor do?

[@furriouswarrior295]

The memes in this world is a real evolving plague that a small amount of people*Including me* and a lot of KZbinrs, are immune to.

[@speedybp5950]

And? KZbinrs are people to

[@deadshotdaiquiri8210]

Memes will take over humanity lol

[@int3rdm3nson4l7]

“Crazy Dave convicted of garden center robbery” Lol

[@Pancakes_Master]

Pravus: *misspells zombie* Me: oh, the irony

[@goldenirets8930]

I love how when you are in the evolve screen, the human on the bottom right corner never actually turns into a zombie even tho you have cryopathic Reanimation and tons of other zombie combat advantages

[@2gupsy4me]

Watching this video exactly 3 years later.

[@amberphylaxis7314]

The special strains are basically the special infected from L4D2. The smoker, hunter, tank, etc

[@emmah1408]

Make Your own plague

[@ethansweeting7787]

Drage dk he did

[@snipaxtra8773]

Ethan Sweeting What was it

[@masonwieman2518]

these zombies are a lot like clickers from the last of us

[@heho7953]

im not trying to sound rude but there based on the same REAL fungus

[@geekw.4758]

The Green Space Dorito they're*

[@Nyghtking]

LUcIO MaIN - same with the zombies in the last of us, the story behind them I believe is that the fungus that mind controls insects crossed the species barrier and began to effect humans. This scenario is basically the same as the last of us, give or take a few things, I don't know the specifics of the game beyond what the fungus is since I haven't played it.

[@NathanWubs]

it's because it's a direct copy paste from the last of us. Science the shit out of it, nah just played the last of us.

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

@@NathanWubs actually, in the last of us, the fungus starts out in South America, and reaches humans through Infected crops (which were recalled, but not after the damage had been done) leading to a massive proportion of humanity being infected within a few days/weeks. It was this bulk infection that led to the infected taking over the US, and presumably the rest of the world, as opposed to this scenario where it's just insects slowly (ish) infecting everyone from Central Africa.

[@neron0va]

7:50 harambae, you’re back!

[@villa7624]

Did someone get nostalgia from the thumbnail?

[@gutsigank]

There's a zombie on your lawn

[@psalm91rdwlkfpgrl]

that's such a good song

[@SilentDragonite149]

Am I the only one who thinks a picture of Parasect would've been a very fitting pic for the thumbnail?

[@unknownunknownseries2098]

"When the plants is not here, the zombies dances!"

[@Foinzor]

I'm sure it's another awesome video of yours. I just had to write something. Right in 2:50 or so, when talking about mosquitoes, some kind of mosquito - bug - thing spawned from my cellphone right next to the mosquito icon in the video. Scary as hell.

[@dominykassimonis2180]

zombie harambe WILL RISE FROM THE DEAD!

[@fredricknoe3114]

I was about to comment that

[@thesmurfs3247]

jac of harts i was too😂😂😂

[@my_cellium]

Rottenn meme

[@jordanglass5996]

Haha

[@SHALOMIEDAHOMMIE]

Throw your zombified Dicks in the air for Harambe!

[@captainrandom7563]

"Semi realistic zombi plague" in the thumbnail...

[@kenny6772]

The "O." stands for ophiocordycep

[@franciscocampos9303]

Was I the only one that thought:" THIS IS FUCKING LAST OF US!!!"

[@SkyeArteM]

The O in the name "O. Yugandis" is the common abbreviation for ophiocordyceps :)

[@epicgamerman1015]

The fungus has evolved to take over larger creatures like smal birds

[@Scufix1]

It's zombi in the thumbnail! I like it

[@Anchitsu13]

I have to say Pravus has an awesome voice! :D I love to wach his videos pretty much only because of what and how he talks, not very because of content (I'm not a gaming person). Still - I have a lot of fun watching Plague Inc. videos.

[@tysonmcconnell7112]

14:26 I will love you forever also "Assistance Required"

[@poptartguy245]

people: exist some mushroom: z o m b i e

[@deepdark4738]

Dont think i didn't see the misstype in the title Prav

[@cloudunknown]

YOU MISSED A SYMPTOM

[@Mrjemkins]

NOW WE CAN REANIMATE HARAMBE :DDDD

[@jakerr11]

Been loving these Plague Inc games man!

[@minebrandon95264]

imagine clicking the video for the title/video concept and not the jpeg in the thumbnail

[@gamingdoggo9724]

"Hey there is a fungus that mind controls insects and rats" "O Shit close the borders and the airports no get in with the bugs"

[@Pisces8Gemini]

In case you didn't notice yet, the precursor strain unlock the farthest two mutations on the right which let you climb up and down on the complete right side.

[@christophersolares7998]

Was that a Jager R6 reference? "I'm an engineer, not a medic"

[@ion7662]

"A semi realistic zombi plague"

[@Yomesto]

semi-realistic zombies still can swim bruh

[@lukkassus]

I think about that Start of something big you need Extreme zoonosis, by me it kinda makes sense.

[@zfollowell]

"Oh you got this" "O. Yogondus"

[@davidanttila9305]

There was a study based on a real world Zombie out break. The study did show a Zombie out break would devastate the world. So based on that study this Scenario is fairly accurate.

[@splupto]

Primate reanimation you say? HARAMBE WILL COME

[@runethefluf3529]

harambae is back

[@storm3299]

Yes thats how the science of zombies work

[@danek2417]

O. Yugandis? Starts in central Africa? Yuganda? 😂🤔

[@cadeprutzman9771]

Danish 55 it’s spelled Uganda

[@greenmachine9]

Danish 55 UGANDA IS IN SOUTH AMERICA

[@repatriatedtv]

Gr33N1nj4 :D What, no it’s in Africa.

[@calamitousenigma9052]

Uganda is in Africa......

[@ov2380]

Brenda McCoy ITS A JOKE

[@josetomasnoriega3776]

Harambe is coming back

[@agatlingpea2232]

"coneheadz rule plantz drool"

[@theultranoob150]

O.yugandis means you got this

[@TheWarwolf102]

Yeah, a fungus evolving from infecting insects to infecting primates, while retaining the s same symptoms for each, in the span of a few years, is unrealistic. The disease is super cool tho

[@KJRiotGaming]

Sounds like the game "The Last of Us", probably where he got the idea and science.

[@dragonbeast59]

Human harambe, this is too real!!!!!!!!

[@MrKbonez]

The ant fungus is the Cordyceps that you know from the game "The Last of Us".

[@Tiogar60]

Is it just me or is Pravus sick in all Plauge inc episode?

[@lilddm8558]

Makes sense - he has a sickness while playing a game about spreading sickness. Not saying that's a good thing... :P

[@wis7604]

GarryTheCat I always get sick in December. That's during the holidays. Makes life worse.

[@crystalsnivy1849]

(looks at thumbnail) me: *ATTACK OF THE ZOMBIS*

[@Z_F-P_22]

Central Africa because there was a poison used by voodoos that made it seem the person died, then a while after they'd "wake up" and be almost completely under the voodoos control, they'd also take on a zombie-like state

[@Z_F-P_22]

Or just...yknow... insects and stuff in Africa...

[@SeszerCaesar]

12:21 many zombies & one blue bobble

[@camcarmichael8996]

japan the tables have turned

[@adriangonzalez7983]

I like the cut of your chip.

[@SilentDragonite149]

Oh god...Get the Charizard. Pravus is creating an army of Parasect.

[@anonymous-ov5wg]

roses are red this is true violets are violet not frickin blue

[@comedymask5340]

Roses are red Violets are Red Trees are red The world is on fire

[@alexwang982]

roses are red my name is fred i like to eat bread get out of my head

[@ardaemir9637]

anonymous manoyumous manoyum

[@okok8663]

did you mean to write frick bc of the memes (relating frick to minecraft) or was it just a coincidence?

[@alligatoraidan]

anonymous Actually, back when the rainbow was first viewed through a prism, the "violet" we know today was the "blue" we have in our rainbow today. That means our rainbow is wrong. It should be "red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue".

[@SullySadface]

I feel like this was made for a difficulty somewhat higher than just normal

[@Nikolai18A]

Cordyceps are a possible culprit, but what he describes sounds more to me like the Lancet Fluke, which is a parasite rather than a fungus, but in much the same way, burrows into the brains of insects and basically makes them want to climb to the top of things; ideally, blades of grass, as they are aiming for the digestive tracts of livestock for the next phase of their life cycles.

[@rowanash5378]

I think this scenario may have been one big reference to The Last of Us.

[@zoltannosurname82]

7:55 Harambe is back

[@PlayfulPancham]

So this scenario is just The Last of Us...

[@PolishRaxa]

I waited for that scenario for sooooooo long.

[@glitzyx4x852]

O-Yugandis means oh you got this

[@ionutblaj128]

Me : *sees thumbnail* We will need more Peashooters (also where's Crazy Dave with Penny ?)

[@massineben7198]

the man is eating his taco.

[@rowandaly2826]

5:55 the first mind controlling is brought onto ants, and 8:28 is when people can turn into zombies, if you are looking for the thumbnail or the interesting part. Hope it helps :)

[@abandonedaccount6886]

everybody gangsta until the big brain zombie builds a machine to attack a farm of vegetables

[@thadamasterisepic]

WE CAN REVIVE HARAMBE :D

[@MichaelGarcia-pl8ro]

on this custom scenario, after getting cytopathic reanimation,it basically goes forward 2-3 stages(on the mobile version) more than the original necora virus because of all the transmissions you add with the reanimation of the apes and other ones. other than those,total brain death turns them mindless even before they die.basically walking mindless apes. scary as frick,but also cool. and it does spread more than the normal necora virus..

[@thecouchwarmers7274]

I wish this was real so harambe would come back

[@massineben7198]

The zomies varient reminds me of zombies in L4D.

[@Demortixx]

Goliath online! I'm going to binge all your vids

[@Dreamheart101]

The funny part is, the issue with the scenario where you didn't even need the zombies is realistic in itself... The thing that kills off everyone is the disease, not the zombies lol Pretty accurate there

[@VeryEpicPotato]

(I Think that) O. Yugandis is based on an fungus that takeing over ants brain. But there are more funguses that takeing over ant Brains, like Cordyceps. But I Think that O. Yugandis was based on (probably wrong) Ophiocordyceps unilateralis. But I did probably Think that because they are in the O. unilateralis species class. I thinked that people would spam this in the comments, but I were wrong.

[@VeryEpicPotato]

Ye, you were totally wrong about the last part.

[@123youbia]

12:16 DATS HIGH ESCALATED Let's revive Harambe.

[@thesllenderwoman4360]

The mushroom you are thinking of are called Cordyceps

[@adyingbottleofjuice3090]

I mean like the only unrealistic part about the scenario is a human is controlling the fungus making it a human level intelligence.

[@ray_1053]

cordyceps..! The last of us was based around that fungus

[@dr.insanity431]

The something big was in transmission ffs

[@Humobo]

Looks like an last of us reference

[@coffeecart7749]

I think this scenario is based on the cordyceps fungus, this fungus will take over the minds of ants in order to spread

[@TheDiamondInvader]

If I was in that situation I would just try to be a zombie and not deal with the task of surviving a large horde.

[@karii2145]

5:56 Don't Think I Didn't Get That Richtofen Impression

[@taipopo8247]

Looking at the title, I thought is was PvZ Zombies To Could Be Upgraded To Cone-Head Zombies, And Bucketheads And Footballs Etc...

[@locuscorvuswed336]

P L A N T S V I R U S

[@wolfking7316]

Yugandis = " You got This " Read it fast