User blog comment:FromDvToZombies/Zetsubou no Shima pre-release interview revealing a few details about Jason Blundell's thought proccess with DLC 3 and DLC 4's Zombies map./@comment-1187559-20160516165012/@comment-3967954-20160516204246

I think Blundell tries a bit too hard. I spent a lot of my free time earlier this year trying to decipher Black Ops III's campaign mode, which he co-wrote, and while the payoff was very satisfying for myself personally, it was too convoluted and unhinged for most of the playerbase. It's the same with zombies. Except for a small minority of dedicated fans, everybody has lost interest. A lot of my friends who liked zombies in the earlier games find BOIII's zombies completely inaccessible.

Blundell's alright, I like some of his writing, but he really should stop trying to one-up himself when it comes to narrative complexity (or should that be absurdity?). It's so painfully obvious that he's trying to confuse people, which isn't the right way to go about it. It's almost spiteful, in a way.

Regarding the guy on the poster; I maintain that it was the artist's intent to depict Richtofen. Personally I think the facial features are pretty bang-on (he's a little chunkier, but otherwise it's a close match), and it's not exactly like the artist nailed down Nikolai's face, so I don't think you can pull up minor facial differences as evidence.

There's also the question of why the hell Richtofen would be excluded from the promo poster in the first place. All signs point to Blundell lying, whether intentionally or not. In the context of the video, he did laugh after giving the "no" answer, so I'd question his sincerity. It seems like a big wind-up.