Have played a few hours of this now. Not played with any friends at all so far but intend to soon so will write a follow up later on. This is just too good not to have a write up right now though.
Essentially this is The Walking Dead : The videogame. But not like the actual walking dead videogame. This one is a simulation.
The games takes place on a 225 square kilometre map of a fictional island called Chernerus (I think). I'll take you through my first few hours. I played at about 9pm and chose a UK server. After several minutes of waiting for some server or other to spawn me I found myself on a beach, at night, alone. A quick look at my gear sees I have a pistol with about 6 x 8 round clips, some flares, a bit of food, water, some bandages and painkillers. It's pitch black so I lit and threw a flare so I could see what was going on. I walked along the beach for a bit before until I spotted another 'survivor'. He had his pistol pointed at me. I pointed mine at him and for a minute we just stood there. Then I asked him if he wanted to team up. He agreed and off we went inland, providing some kind of cover for each other. We reached what looked like some kind of quarry mining facility. I climbed to the top of a building while he wondered around below. I got too close to the edge, fell off and died. That's it game over. Death is permanent here. I quit that server and managed to get onto a US server. This time I spawned in daylight (because 9:30pm our time is still daylight in Virginia - that's how day and night works in this game).
This time I was on my own and headed inland, searched a few buildings, found some food and a new windscreen for a Jeep (more on this later). Night began to draw in so I headed for some light I could see. I was an abandoned... something. Warehouse, car park? I dunno. There was a crane there too. Then, behind me I heard frantic groaning, I turned round and saw a zombie RUNNING at me. We're talking 28 days later speed zombies. I sped up the ladder to the top of the crane. All the while the sheer terror in my character's voice could be heard as well as that of the frantic, hungry zombie behind me. I emerged from the ladder, ran round the back and trained my pistol at the top of the ladder and pulled the trigger when the zombie's head appeared. This was one of the greatest moments of my gaming career. This is something a bit special. I threw a flare to the ground to see if my gunshot had alerted any other zombies. After a few minutes I ventured back down and entered the building opposite. The light from the building was coming from a burning oil drum. The place was abandoned and there was nothing useful there but I suddenly saw another survivor. I hid in the shadows (some players will kill you on sight, there's no real way to know if another player wants to team up or kill you for your gear). After he'd left I went back down myself and started walking toward what looked like a small town. I heard a zombie behind me; it hadn't spotted me so I carried on but then I walked right into a pack of about 6. My character began to panic as I ran off into the darkness, followed by an ever growing herd of Zs. I spotted a ladder, climbed it, ran along a walkway and span round. No zombies. They hadn't climbed up after me. I chucked a flare down and started to headshot them. Until I ran out of ammo...
My character is currently on a walkway with half a dozen undead below him, no ammo, no more bandages and with severe blood loss. He has less equipment than when he spawned and is in much worse shape. Respawning would seem the sensible thing to do but I don't want to do that. I want to survive.
I urge anyone who has the means to try this out. It's an experience like no other.
Essentially this is The Walking Dead : The videogame. But not like the actual walking dead videogame. This one is a simulation.
The games takes place on a 225 square kilometre map of a fictional island called Chernerus (I think). I'll take you through my first few hours. I played at about 9pm and chose a UK server. After several minutes of waiting for some server or other to spawn me I found myself on a beach, at night, alone. A quick look at my gear sees I have a pistol with about 6 x 8 round clips, some flares, a bit of food, water, some bandages and painkillers. It's pitch black so I lit and threw a flare so I could see what was going on. I walked along the beach for a bit before until I spotted another 'survivor'. He had his pistol pointed at me. I pointed mine at him and for a minute we just stood there. Then I asked him if he wanted to team up. He agreed and off we went inland, providing some kind of cover for each other. We reached what looked like some kind of quarry mining facility. I climbed to the top of a building while he wondered around below. I got too close to the edge, fell off and died. That's it game over. Death is permanent here. I quit that server and managed to get onto a US server. This time I spawned in daylight (because 9:30pm our time is still daylight in Virginia - that's how day and night works in this game).
This time I was on my own and headed inland, searched a few buildings, found some food and a new windscreen for a Jeep (more on this later). Night began to draw in so I headed for some light I could see. I was an abandoned... something. Warehouse, car park? I dunno. There was a crane there too. Then, behind me I heard frantic groaning, I turned round and saw a zombie RUNNING at me. We're talking 28 days later speed zombies. I sped up the ladder to the top of the crane. All the while the sheer terror in my character's voice could be heard as well as that of the frantic, hungry zombie behind me. I emerged from the ladder, ran round the back and trained my pistol at the top of the ladder and pulled the trigger when the zombie's head appeared. This was one of the greatest moments of my gaming career. This is something a bit special. I threw a flare to the ground to see if my gunshot had alerted any other zombies. After a few minutes I ventured back down and entered the building opposite. The light from the building was coming from a burning oil drum. The place was abandoned and there was nothing useful there but I suddenly saw another survivor. I hid in the shadows (some players will kill you on sight, there's no real way to know if another player wants to team up or kill you for your gear). After he'd left I went back down myself and started walking toward what looked like a small town. I heard a zombie behind me; it hadn't spotted me so I carried on but then I walked right into a pack of about 6. My character began to panic as I ran off into the darkness, followed by an ever growing herd of Zs. I spotted a ladder, climbed it, ran along a walkway and span round. No zombies. They hadn't climbed up after me. I chucked a flare down and started to headshot them. Until I ran out of ammo...
My character is currently on a walkway with half a dozen undead below him, no ammo, no more bandages and with severe blood loss. He has less equipment than when he spawned and is in much worse shape. Respawning would seem the sensible thing to do but I don't want to do that. I want to survive.
I urge anyone who has the means to try this out. It's an experience like no other.
Brilliant!
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