How Much Content/How Long?

[TomasaurusREKT]

Hi guys, just bought the game. Really like the videos I've seen. Just wondering though, how much content can I look forward to enjoying? Or is it ever-ending?

[astrumluxlucis]

Since the game is Early Access (ie unfinished), there's no real answer to 'how much', because the Dev is adding things all the time. In its current state, there is a lot of 'making your own fun', and less 'the game holding your hand'.

The core Narrative is unfinished, but there are pieces of it spread across The Valley. There are plenty of PoI to clear, lots of Loot to get, and adversaries across the Map.

You can take over existing buildings for your Base, build from scratch wherever you want, or combine the two approaches. Vehicles are plentiful...or not depending on your Settings and RNG, plus the upcoming Vehicle Mods Update is going to expand that whole side of things.

However, it *is* a Survival Crafting game, not a Run-and-Gun FPS, so if you try to play fast and hard, you're likely to end up dead...a lot. Play smart, like they're really trying to eat your face, and you'll live a lot longer.

The Settings menu makes the game incredibly tailorable to whatever type of Zombpocalypse you want to play, and there's a Debug menu for Spawning in things if you lose something to a glitch/etc, or just want to test something out.

I might be biased, but I have ~1400hrs in game so far.

[Duneman]

To add to that, there are different types of tasks to do: explore a larger town, tackle military checkpoints, collect keycards to specific places and go for loot there. The game also has a secondary currency to purchase top end gear from specific traders.

In the early game you'll be worried about securing food, water, and basic materials/gear. Depending on your spawn location(it is random) you may get wrecked by wandering bandit groups. If you don't though you should be able to build yourself up, and then turn the tables and assault bandit camps.

[Exsilium Games]

I have 57.5 hours in the game so far. Im very close to the end of what I can squeeze out of it I think. Im loaded with top of the line gear, ive built out a bunker base and have completed the vast majority of POI's and dungeons. Ive cleared out infestations a bunch and taken on tons of Coyotes.

I have restarted twice. This time I disabled bag-in-bag and removed loot respawn on load to make it more challenging. I think I would have quit ages ago if I didnt make these two changes because it would have been tediously boring.

Loot is almost pointless now. I think I have all but one of the legendary weapons and primary the only loot I pick up is ammo. Im at a point where I just dont need anything anymore.

This will stay at the top of my list for a long time and Ill revisit it after major feature updates. I really enjoyed this game.

[Exsilium Games]

Ill add that even in its current state the game is worth more $$$ than is being charged for it. I think the dev could ask for 50% more and still get the same number of sales.

[Shini]

I'm 25 hours through my first playthrough I've still got around 30% of the map left to explore. I've been going through at a pretty fast pace though so you could easily get double the hours of whatever I end up with once I've hit 100%

The game is a steal for the price it's at, once I've 100% completed this run and got all the achievements I'll be going back through for a 100% nightmare mode run.

[wolfsmile1966]

323.8 hrs here.....its highly possible im addicted lol

[Undefined]

Originally posted by TomasaurusREKT:

Hi guys, just bought the game. Really like the videos I've seen. Just wondering though, how much content can I look forward to enjoying? Or is it ever-ending?

I played the game until I felt I had seen everything it had to offer and it was around 70hrs in total.

The only reason to keep playing after that was to just find better guns/armor, but I don't care for that.

I would note that, if you're expecting a survival/crafting/base building game, this isn't it. Survival is really easy, crafting is pretty limited and not even necessary for most things (also, the costs for some things are often not worth the time), and base building isn't fun or even necessary unless you activate the Horde Beacon (a wave-based minigame a la Killing Floor).

I should note that the dev plans to expand the game in the future to address a lot of the aforementioned.

Another thing is, the map is static and not exactly huge (for its genre). Again, the dev will work to make it bigger, but I do think it'll become stale over time if it's not Project Zomboid huge, or lacks procedural generation, or there aren't multiple maps (preferably with biomes).

In its current state, this game is worth buying if you enjoy a game where you go on adventures to loot for better weapons/armor or if you can pick it up for cheap, since it will be a lot better in the future.

[wolfsmile1966]

i never get tired of building my dream citidel....or killing things.

[Undefined]

Originally posted by wolfsmile1966:

i never get tired of building my dream citidel....or killing things.

I'm guessing you're responding to me since I posted right after you and your post wouldn't make sense otherwise.

If you enjoy base building, I recommend you give 7D2D or Project Zomboid a try, especially in 7D2D, where there's some neat stuff you can do, like a sky base or underwater base.

Regardless of which game you try, building a base is a lot more fun and there's a lot more you can do. If you want to see examples, there's plenty of videos on YT of people showcasing some pretty amazing bases.

[wolfsmile1966]

thanx i will look into those.