Lore and what we know about it

[Waine]

I think plenty of ppl are looking forward to find out what happend to humanity in this game.Cuz there are plenty of places which look rly interesting in terms of lore:Higashi farmacy,construction site,busines tower,estate with the big ass lab and a mine below it, (dunno how its called,i think ul get what i m talking about),factrories,military bases with bunkers,tier 5 hospital,etc and there a lot to find about what rly happend to humanity after it fell apart

[jynx]

1. We're already seeing "superbugs" IRL so a naturally occurring or engineered virus that got loose or was released intentionally isn't much of a stretch. Plenty of hints in the game that the military/government was researching or fighting it.
2. There are oddball items in console like "blessed metal" and hints of organized religion at some POI's so a nod towards good vs. evil isn't a stretch.
3. A world war has or is already happening, so units deployed on home soil would be a normal thing,. For keeping order, restricting travel, protecting and enforcing rationing, treating refugees, etc. It also covers the irradiated areas that are on vanilla maps.
4. Societal collapse doesn't need any examples, plenty of that on the news lately. If you need examples you're on your own. Raiders are a soon to be added feature, and probably represent some of the Dukes enforcement, while others are just opportunistic thugs like some recent local examples IRL.
5. The Dukes some petty warlord with human thugs for enforcement and probably some means of influencing zombie behavior as a "big stick" hence Horde night. I get a Negan type vibe when I really wonder about it.

[The_Pastmaster]

Higashi Pharmaceutical tells a really nice non-verbal story about how they tried to treat and research the zombies. Tried and failed.

[Waine]

Originally posted by The_Pastmaster:

Higashi Pharmaceutical tells a really nice non-verbal story about how they tried to treat and research the zombies. Tried and failed.

seems rly interesting to me unfortunately theres no notes in the game and character is silent

[The_Pastmaster]

Originally posted by Tunnel=Gay:

Originally posted by The_Pastmaster:

Higashi Pharmaceutical tells a really nice non-verbal story about how they tried to treat and research the zombies. Tried and failed.

seems rly interesting to me unfortunately theres no notes in the game and character is silent

Yeah, you have to piece it together yourself.

[Shot of Depresso]

Originally posted by Tunnel=Gay:

I think plenty of ppl are looking forward to find out what happend to humanity in this game.Cuz there are plenty of places which look rly interesting in terms of lore:Higashi farmacy,construction site,busines tower,estate with the big ass lab and a mine below it, (dunno how its called,i think ul get what i m talking about),factrories,military bases with bunkers,tier 5 hospital,etc and there a lot to find about what rly happend to humanity after it fell apart

The fact that there's a weather altering storm every 7 days (blood moons) it's safe to say that this might be some lovecraftian apocalyptic event.

[Waine]

Originally posted by Handsome Arrow:

Originally posted by Tunnel=Gay:

I think plenty of ppl are looking forward to find out what happend to humanity in this game.Cuz there are plenty of places which look rly interesting in terms of lore:Higashi farmacy,construction site,busines tower,estate with the big ass lab and a mine below it, (dunno how its called,i think ul get what i m talking about),factrories,military bases with bunkers,tier 5 hospital,etc and there a lot to find about what rly happend to humanity after it fell apart

The fact that there's a weather altering storm every 7 days (blood moons) it's safe to say that this might be some lovecraftian apocalyptic event.

that doesnt rly tell much to me

[davidsflooringco]

it should be that atomic bombs went off which despite backup systems, made the higashi tower to leak a 'zombie' virus to escape which took over the remaining nuke attack survivors.