Can't go back to base

[LaQueenDumbGamer]

More of a question : do we have to go all the way to the end of the map to be able to go back to the base?
Or is it because of the demo?

[Lucceri]

The characters you play are never meant to return to base. The only way back is to die and play as another character.
Besides, you can't reach the end of the map in the demo. It ends about halfway in.

[LaQueenDumbGamer]

I see.. thanks for the answer

[derp12332112]

There is sort of a loop-hole you can do.

If you suicide your character on the special "detour" level, you will start another character back at base with all the progress you've made.

I've taken advantage of this loophole and I've seriously enjoyed what's already implemented.

So far, it's only akin to a mobile-game with 3 levels + suicide level, but I'm looking forwards to the harder difficulties and content.

[Ambush]

You are infected and on a suicide mission to help the base. Your mission is to get as far as you can in order to give the next Character a better chance to get farther than your first one. I am assuming that the end game is to find the cure.

[LaQueenDumbGamer]

Originally posted by Ambush:

You are infected and on a suicide mission to help the base. Your mission is to get as far as you can in order to give the next Character a better chance to get farther than your first one. I am assuming that the end game is to find the cure.

Seeing that the end of the map is the HERC hq, I assume so too.

But, this may be from my misunderstanding (please correct me if I'm wrong)... how are we helping the next character when we drop everything at death?
At least from the demo, I just ended in a death loop where I couldn't find any fuel and I was stuck in a small town with nothing...

Do we get better characters each time we die?

[Lama051]

Originally posted by LaQueenDumbGamer:

Originally posted by Ambush:

You are infected and on a suicide mission to help the base. Your mission is to get as far as you can in order to give the next Character a better chance to get farther than your first one. I am assuming that the end game is to find the cure.

Seeing that the end of the map is the HERC hq, I assume so too.

But, this may be from my misunderstanding (please correct me if I'm wrong)... how are we helping the next character when we drop everything at death?
At least from the demo, I just ended in a death loop where I couldn't find any fuel and I was stuck in a small town with nothing...

Do we get better characters each time we die?

You have not bothered to read any of the dialogue in base, have you?

[LaQueenDumbGamer]

I read, and that's why I said "I may have misunderstood so please correct me if I'm wrong"

[Graved]

You pass on the knowledge you find (blue points found from encyclopedias, hard drives, books, etc.) with a radio. It gives your current and next characters a stat increase/new utility item/ recipe.
You also collect something akin to gym bags (i only found them looking like this) full of resources that will help people back at base. When you're in the base you can use those resources to unlock/buy more features for your characters, like a weapon drop giving your armory 4 Glocks, or an ammo cache. You can also buy insurance, so you'll get some of the stuff your last character had back when they die. There'll probably be more of this features in the full realease.
And i think that's it ? At least for now/that's what i found

[Graved]

> Seeing that the end of the map is the HERC hq, I assume so too.

Also that's just HERCs blockade, and as the leader (?), the woman that sends you off/is behind your car, said, you HAVE to get behind the barrier, so my best guess is that the barrier might only be a part of the journey, like half or maybe even a one third/fourth of the whole game.
(Maybe you'll be able to reinforce it as an outpost and it'll act as a shortcut ?)