Someone explain the "logic" behind a crawler at walking speed knocking down an adult male?

[Ben Dover]

[saurce]

Grabs ankle and pulls, tripping you.

[Animalman]

Hey the pistol whip is like 3 times faster now but you’ve still got a slow recovery from ankle grabbers.
I had a zombie bite me while walking on a table the was placed next to a window after jumping through the window

[ProtecTron]

Don't forget bites to the groin...

[Greb]

Well it's a zombie using the full strength without any thought of self preservation, it's not like some dude playfighting with his mate or two drunks brawling in a car park, being careful not to break their arm or something, it's a zombie willing to turn itself into paste trying to claw and bite you etc, unfeeling unthinking animated cadaver style.

The game doesn't do a tip top job of demonstrating how zombies do things with the animations, I.E you can be grabbed and bitten on the neck but actually you've been bitten on the leg etc.

So while you see a crawling zombie do a limp wristed palm slap at you, imagine instead it's grabbing you with all its strength and yanking your trouser leg or ankle, I guess.

Suspension of disbelief or something, I dunno. It's needed for games like this.

[Animalman]

It could be worse. Because imagined if it actually grabbed your foot and ball and chained you. Lucky you fall back and have a moment to get back up. Though it is a very long moment the alternative could be something far worse. I played with zombies near fence earlier but it’s obvious that it’s something that is considered very very dangerous something you should never really do.


Hey I did it on a fence earlier though and I had the Garden Hoe as a weapon and I sworn than it was one shotting zombies that were on the ground consistently. I repaired it 6 times. I like those light long range blunts. The metal rakes aswell.


I been running a strat where I just wear the one piece neglige or a one piece dress using fear of blood and the rakes and garden hoes along with explosive craft. Makes for a pretty easy time. And you only gotta wash 3 things shoes dress and body. You’ve got better range than a spear on that garden ho

Long range blunts. I believe it should be the pole arm. The pole arm weapon roster is pretty nice to hit zombies with albeit somewhat flimsy. A few rolls of duct tape can do some wonders on that garden Ho. A rake is probably not worth the effort as much.

[Ben Dover]

Originally posted by ProtecTron:

Don't forget bites to the groin...

Sus

[Ben Dover]

So your telling me that my in-game dude with 85 Kg weight, carrying a full backpack and all just gets knocked down from some limb ass zombie grabbing it?
Nah I don't get it

[ONE SWANKY ASS CAT]

When the isometric zombie game set in the mountain town of Muldraugh with a population of 115 people isn't exactly like real life

[Ben Dover]

Originally posted by ONE SWANKY ASS CAT:

When the isometric zombie game set in the mountain town of Muldraugh with a population of 115 people isn't exactly like real life

Don't you just love pseudo-realism?

[Puppers]

Originally posted by Ben Dover:

So your telling me that my in-game dude with 85 Kg weight, carrying a full backpack and all just gets knocked down from some limb ass zombie grabbing it?
Nah I don't get it

Realism; If it was "realistic" similar to our world we wouldn't even be able to carry half the items we can in-game and I doubt any off us would like the game very much if it was as realistic as in real life. Have to have balance in games and what fits the environment

Seems logical tradeoff to be knocked down by some snack hungry zombie with near the same weight and zombie push force bites per muffin. Unless fighting a hoarde, theyre not much of a threat once you get comfortable in combats.

[Kaldrak]

Think of it this way, these things can rip apart metal doors with their bare hands given enough time. Knocking over a human is pretty easy, comparatively.

[twzsmasher]

Originally posted by ProtecTron:

Don't forget bites to the groin...

Honestly, yeah. I hate that groin bites can occur with standing zombies. I feel like it'd make a lot more sense with crawling zombies.

[Lost Latios]

Originally posted by Ben Dover:

So your telling me that my in-game dude with 85 Kg weight, carrying a full backpack and all just gets knocked down from some limb ass zombie grabbing it?
Nah I don't get it

A full backpack would shift your center of mass quite a bit. I feel that would be a detriment to resisting a trip attempt.

In any case, we're dealing with zombies that can grasp your foot/legs. That's a whole body's worth of weight attempting to drag you down with no regard for its own well being.

Typical reaction would be to try and move your leg up and back away from it...which would disrupt your 85kg character's support to one leg. Unless you'd like to be stuck there for a good few seconds trying to get it off, which is deadly in its own right, I personally don't see it as a major logic flaw.

[Doom]

Originally posted by Ben Dover:

So your telling me that my in-game dude with 85 Kg weight, carrying a full backpack and all just gets knocked down from some limb ass zombie grabbing it?
Nah I don't get it

If the dude weighs only 85 kg and is carrying a backpack on top of that then a single zombie will be able to easily trip him. The zombie will simply need to grab both legs.

If you're talking about lack of realism, remember that in this game a character with backpack can vault over tall walls, jump over fences, climb ropes. It is also possible to pick up a fridge or a tv, sit in a car while holding it, and drive the car. With a TV in your lap. Then there are magic bags that weigh less if you carry them in your hands.

[Grizzly]

Originally posted by Ben Dover:

So your telling me that my in-game dude with 85 Kg weight, carrying a full backpack and all just gets knocked down from some limb ass zombie grabbing it?
Nah I don't get it

your guys gets grabbed, tries to not get bitten, loses balance, falls down.