Maybe add an event intro/storyline before entering?Like a pixelated person running to your house and saying"They're coming!They're coming!" then we ask who? They say,"The ZOMBIES!" then run away. You go into your closet and grab guns,melees,etc. for the fight and it freezes when you reload your gun.Then you start the game.
I know it says guns in there it sounds way better than bows.
I mean c'mon it's Era not Classic.