At the very beginning of the game, Romero appears in the water in front of the starting point in a flash of lightning, and emerges from the icy water carrying a giant electrified stagelight as his weapon. Initially, he appears in a calm state where he still looks mostly human except for an otherworldly blue aura, and although he deliberately moves toward the players to attack them even in this state, he does so very slowly and is easy to avoid. Once George enters direct combat with a player, though, he roars and goes berserk, running towards the players aggressively and swinging his stagelight at them. In this more hostile state, Romero looks much more like a zombie, with large glowing eyes and rotting flesh. If you run away far enough he will eventually return to "normal".