Dead State

Dead State

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henrywiddas Jun 20, 2015 @ 4:43pm
Iron Man Mode, PC Infection, Hardcore, Blind
I'm about to start playing this game going in blind (not reading the instructions or looking at forums etc for advice) and selecting the settings of Hardcore, PC Infection and, not least, Iron Man Mode.

I don't want any advice or tips but messages of support will be appreciated and if anyone wants to join me, then I'd love to hear your experiences too.

I'm currently using this same method of play for the Pillars of Eternity and Wasteland 2. It is, in my humble opinion, the best way to experience RPGs of this nature i.e. maximum fun and maximum frustration/angst/fear. And maximum time wasted lol

UPDATE: Just started and it seemed to offer a tutorial that you can dismiss so in the spirit of adventure I've dismissed it :)

THE FINAL UPDATE:

I am about to start my mission properly now: Iron Man Mode, PC Infection, Hardcore, Blind (no forums or reading the rules) and playing only while under the influence of narcotics/stimulants/ hallucinogens.

Ok, maybe not the last one :)

All future reports for anyone-who-cares-to-read's amusent will be written in the form of fan fiction and I will only write something when I get the 'game over' screen.

I'm hoping to get the right balance between sad and funny at the ridiculousness of attempting to play this game in such a fashion.

To any naysayers I say this: if we really were to face a zombie outbreak then there would be no rule book, no save points, no hints on the web. What I'm about to experience is most likely what would happen to us all if these events truly happened...

UPDATE AND DISCLOSURE: I have given in after four playthroughs and have now enabled the tutorial - and I'm going to read the rules too lol. May as well not make things too difficult :)
Last edited by henrywiddas; Aug 12, 2015 @ 6:29am
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speaker2 Jun 20, 2015 @ 8:13pm 
Good luck, it gonna be hard specialy that you know nothing
Brutal Deluxe Jun 21, 2015 @ 1:17am 
Close to impossible I should think. Good hunting
henrywiddas Jul 10, 2015 @ 4:51pm 
ok, i'm stuck, anyone know how to get out of the school at the start? I've been told to find items to fix the fence but have explored everywhere (I think) and it's not moved the game on. I'm trapped in a high school but at least I'm safe...
ShadowSkill Jul 10, 2015 @ 5:10pm 
yeah -its one of annoying part of the game: tutorial suck
You need to go to school entrance -green marked titles and then hit Globe (map) button to open Travel Map. Then you need to go to some location and collect "Parts".
btw it is sugested to return before 20:00 or your party gets tired (its later fixable, just bit annoying) and before 3:00 at night -where you get masive morale hit (and get teleported back to shelter)
henrywiddas Jul 13, 2015 @ 5:27pm 
Death one: Caroline

Caroline is in shock and hyperventilating as she stares at her new-found - but now dead - friend, Renee.

Renee is lying in an expanding pool of her own blood that slides across the black and white tiled floor.

Behind Caroline is Joel, also from the survivors' base at the school, who has guided the three to this hardware store to look for supplies.

He whispers to Caroline, "We need to go. Now."

Caroline continues hyperventilating, showing no signs of hearing him.

Joel is standing a few yards back in the same aisle, containing an assortment of power tools, and whispers to Caroline again, pleading for them to leave.

He spots a small chainsaw on an upper shelf and wishes it were petrol-driven and ready to go rather than the useless electrical device that it was.

Renee, who was motionless on the floor, coughs and jerks as if coming to, as if she is still alive. As if she has survived her throat being ripped out moments before.

Caroline moves towards her, unaware Renee is beyond saving.

Joel abandons hope of rescuing the school's new recruit. But as he turns to flee he is greeted by another animated corpse.

Caroline's unspeakable screams are the last thing he hears before blackness descends.
Last edited by henrywiddas; Jul 15, 2015 @ 1:29pm
Enfernuz Jul 14, 2015 @ 12:30am 
Please, continue. *popcorn*
henrywiddas Jul 21, 2015 @ 11:53am 
Death two: Henry

Joel is half-dead, being eaten alive on the street, while Anita struggles with another of the decaying monsters outside the hardware store.

Henry, without a weapon to protect himself, is frozen, unable to decide what to do next.

Anita begins screaming and her cries of terror become chillingly shrill and uncontrolled. It spurs Henry into action. He runs, faster than he ever knew he could.

He tries to block out what is going on behind him as he races back the way they had come.

Adrenaline helps him cover several hundred yards with ease. He is too terrified to feel tired but eventually slows down and realises he is lost.

As he comes to a stop in the middle of the road, he spots three men ahead.

Gasping for breath, he calls to them for help before realising they are armed and hostile. The closest of the three, carrying a metal bar, sprints towards him.

Henry turns to run again but is halted by a crack to the head. He looks up from the floor and feels blood pouring down the side of his face but exeriences no sense of pain.

Another of the men walks up and points his gun at Henry's face.

"Please ... don't," Henry struggles to say.

"You ain't no survivor now, you ♥♥♥♥," says the man, pulling the trigger to punctuate the end of his sentence.
henrywiddas Jul 21, 2015 @ 5:46pm 
ok this is probably me being dozy but how do i update the jobs board to let everyone know i'm in the scavenger party? i think i've fixed the fence but not sure how to move the game along... joel is dead too, i had to kill him as a zombie.
to think i thought the series walking dead was brutal before this :)
DadTheNoob Jul 21, 2015 @ 7:14pm 
Hahhaha! There should be an "in party" job on the job board. Rough start, man, I hope you make it!
Mimir Jul 22, 2015 @ 7:19am 
Well written, and good luck.

I almost started playing on Iron Man. Good thing I didn't, considering how frequent the game crashes for me.
Liro Raériyo Jul 23, 2015 @ 8:39pm 
The adventures of henry widdas in the apocalyptic ailes of a hardware store.

*Grabs Popcorn and Soda*
DadTheNoob Jul 24, 2015 @ 4:06am 
This is my new favorite t.v. show...
henrywiddas Jul 24, 2015 @ 4:58pm 
Still alive: Adam (day 2)

<Adam walks back through the school gates, followed by Renee, after a mission looking for supplies>

Adam (a family man with a dead wife and dead kid): Honey, I'm home.

Anita (a big rig driver and Renee's mother who has been waiting at the gates): Ha ha. ♥♥♥♥ you. You take my daughter out again, you'll have me to deal with.

Adam: We've checked out Bison's and got some stuff, and some rats.

Anita: You get any cigarettes? Or chocolate?

Adam: No.

Anita: Well get the ♥♥♥♥ back out there you ♥♥♥♥. Not you Renee, just him.

Adam: Not likely, I've seen what the dead do. And, more importantly, I've seen what the living are doing. I'm not going back out there again. At least not tonight.

Antia: Ok, well when you get up tomorrow, we need medical supplies. We got dying here.

Adam: Yeah? Dying for a cigatette?

Anita: Ha ha. ♥♥♥♥ you.

Adam: Oh, I also got some toilet roll. But why don't you wipe your ass on this?

<Adam holds up his middle finger>
Last edited by henrywiddas; Jul 24, 2015 @ 5:00pm
Liro Raériyo Jul 24, 2015 @ 5:01pm 
Oh my god, that is amazing.
henrywiddas Jul 27, 2015 @ 4:34pm 
Still alive: Adam (day 3)

A ginger beard is falling away from rotting flesh on the undead's cheek, although a baseball cap remains firmly in place on his head.

Adam, standing around three yards back, raises what was once Joel's gun and pulls the trigger, wincing a little in expectation of the bang and recoil.

Just a small click escapes the weapon but it's enough to alert the corpse who turns and stumbles towards Adam before lunging forward.

Anita steps in, striking the undead father-of-four on the side of his head with her wrench, knocking him to the ground.

After a second and third strike to the head, Anita turns to Adam and says: "Bring bullets next time, doofus."

Adam lifts a hand up to his neck, where it meets his left shoulder, and feels dampness.

Pulling his fingers away, he sees they are covered in blood.

He turns to Renee and says: "Oh Christ, I'm bit. What am I going to do? How long have I got?"

Renee examines the bite mark and gets some bandaging from her backpack which she wraps around Adam's neck in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

"You need antibiotics. Come on, the pharmacy is round front, we can treat you there," she says.

"Like hell we are. Who knows what's in there," Anita snaps. "We gotta go now."

"Mom, he's going to die if we don't do something quick."
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