Tell me if I'm crazy

[Rirey]

Just my opinion, I'm sure I'll get flamed by NMRIH purists, but I feel there are a fair amount of things in this game that are just not that great
To start off, the game has a problem with how things feel and physically connect. This may be a network issue and may change, but at the moment, there are times when zombies are staggered by my attacks/shove and other times when they just power through. This wouldn't really be a problem if the enemies were visually or otherwise hinted at having ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hyper armor. I don't like getting into a flow with my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pipe, staying alive and then suddenly 2 or 3 zombies just tank a shove and down me.
Speaking of downs, why in the ♥♥♥♥ does falling from a high enough elevation just instantly zombify me. How the hell does that even make sense? The controls and how your character moves within the game world sucks ♥♥♥♥ anyway, so it shouldn't be a surprise to me, I suppose, that the earth would just give way for no reason and send me plummeting to my death. Also, I'd like some sort of indication that I'm on borrowed time after I get downed once, or a timer to tell me when it's safe to get my ♥♥♥♥ rocked again. I had a character with 3 syringes and I was quickly downed a second time having no idea I would just DIE. Hour and half wasted because apparently the devs think being obtuse as ♥♥♥♥ with your game design is a feature. Another thing I think is a waste of time is giving your weapons descriptions when, in fact, nothing is described. Yes, thank you for adding the description to Pipe: "This is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pipe" bravo. It'd be nice to give me a vague idea on how much damage I do or how far the reach is. Which brings me to my final point (because I don't think many people will read my blog post much longer) the melee feels terrible. That is a BAD thing to have when the MAJORITY OF YOUR GAME IS MELEE. I really have no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idea when I can hit a zombie, with the poorly shown ranges of the weapons. Sometimes my pipe hits a zombie from two zipcodes away and sometimes I completely whiff a zombie trying to run my pockets. To end, yes, I understand it is early access and yes, I understand this game is (presumably) made for people who liked the first one. The idea to spawn the PCs in separate zones and have them meet up is cool, but there's so much ♥♥♥♥ in between. I would like this game to succeed and see more iterations of this formula by other devs, but I don't think that will happen if you make a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game on purpose for 15 guys who play it religiously for over a decade. I do not want this game to end up on life support within a year because the devs refuse to innovate or update their mechanics to appeal to more people. Making the game a little more accessible will not ruin the vision.

[Turahk]

you be crazy

[Tenoshii]

I saw quite a few of the things you've observed while I was watching 5+ hours of streams of this yesterday.

Even if this game launched with zero game client/server stability issues, I doubt it would have made it past Mixed rating because of this kind of stuff.

[Babydoll]

april 2025 and the zombies still hit you through stag sometimes without even any animation

[Conquest]

game looks great dont get me wrong but dam all those issues mention. i totally agree. was playing it with a friend but i just cant with all the bugs and no controller support.. my double joined fingers hurt on keyboard & mouse

[Not Quite Dead]

Had plenty of heavy hits not stun on normal zombies heavy attacking. About half of them.
I think the shoves may have been consistent.

[Ministry Of Wrath]

100% valid OP.

[djvirus]

If you have a weapon with bad stagger then the zombies wont always stagger. there is also a skill that increases stagger. I recommend you kick instead of shoving becouse kicking gives you invulnerability.

[KopHuLLloH]

Originally posted by Babydoll:

april 2025 and the zombies still hit you through stag sometimes without even any animation

this