New Player Here: Game is actually le good?!?!

[uncleflagzz]

I do understand the frustration of the people who hate on this game, my first time playing it with my friend we got absolutely ♥♥♥♥ on by zombies and we died in the first objective with no clue about anything and we were actually pretty salty because we thought we were doing well, the second day we actually adapted and came up with strategies like jumping on top of cars to regroup and not engage every zombie, so I must say in most cases dying is due to skill issue and not properly adapting to the situation and also not using the melee system properly, press F to shove/kick them on the ground while they're attacking then run or finish them off if there's only a few of them (of course, we exclude the scenarios where you're completely overrun)
The game is pretty fun especially when you get a group that coordinates well together,

!!!HOWEVER!!!
The constant oppressive respawn mechanic that the zombies have is just ridiculous, these ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ respawn in rooms/small areas I cleared 20 seconds ago as soon as I turn my back, and sometimes they're just never ending despite not making any loud noise(gunshot, explosive, objective etc) you can sit on a car and mow them all down without you dying, but then 30 more show up and you have to repeat the process all over again so you don't get overrun in the objective, and this just gets boring and just annoying, and let's not forget about certain cases where they spawn 3 meters BEHIND YOU, I get what the devs were trying to do by adding constant pressure and urgency, but it's just not working in practice, it's downright annoying, if there's one problem that needs fixed ASAP as a top priority, it's this one, I would like to have a breather every once in a while after me and the team clears out a big horde and need to regroup and manage our resources and not have the entire horde respawn behind us in a building that was already cleared

Now on the topic of the infection mechanic I say it's fine, just watch your health meter and if it's below 50% just be more careful around zombies and find a bandage, and pills are literally scattered everywhere it's not that hard to manage the infection, and to be honest, skill issue for those who managed to get infected 5 minutes into the run by attempting to take down a horde with a small pipe and not running or heading for the nearest car to look for escape routes, even then it's manageable by timing the pill consumption right, so for me personally or any of my friends we never had an issue with this mechanic

Overall, game is good, it's very fun for me, I'm enjoying it a lot, even as a new player with no experience and no prior experience of playing Hardcore titles, some people just give up after the first runs and go on to complain how the game is unplayable when they didn't even gave it a proper chance and actually learn how to approach objectives

I'm definitely buying this game if and when they fix the horrendous zombie respawn mechanic, and I do hope they will add a player respawn with a new character mechanic for private lobbies at least, it's kinda annoying when my friend dies halfway into the run and he either spectates me for the rest of the run or we just restart, I get it's supposed to be permadeath but when you're playing on a private lobby with friends I think there should be an option to respawn as someone else when you die so you don't get stuck spectating for 40 minutes (in public lobbies this is a non-issue as you can just find another match)


This is the take on this game from someone completely new to the genre overall, some nit picks here and there but pretty good in general and please fix that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ zombie spawning mechanic, it's neither fun nor hard, it's just annoying and buII$hit

(fyi, at the time of me writing this, I have yet to extract once, I did get pretty close a couple of times at the final objective and even with a literal 0% win rate as of now I still had tons of fun playing even if those runs ended in my demise, I loved doing K+Fire in front of my friend as we got overran by zombies in an alley)

[Ninefinger]

I am liking the respawns, people are dying and its difficult, I am getting close to being able to solo missions since I know to not take damage and know how to avoid it and I can clear a horde and there is no more spawns, at least once im last one alive or in the area.

[uncleflagzz]

Originally posted by Ninefinger:

I am liking the respawns, people are dying and its difficult, I am getting close to being able to solo missions since I know to not take damage and know how to avoid it and I can clear a horde and there is no more spawns, at least once im last one alive or in the area.

yea that's true, I'm not saying it's impossible with the current respawn rates for zombies, it's definitely doable but it's mostly annoying to me than anything else: clear a horde in front of the objective -> enter the objective -> 5 seconds later entire horde respawns right outside of the objective, sometimes even inside -> go back to the top of the car/run away and kill the horde -> repeat
or if you're good enough, try and speedrun the objective with the horde on your tail but that's a high risk of getting surrounded fast

[Ninefinger]

Yeah I take my time and it takes a while but I plan to finish and have to do all the puzzles and stuff solo and if I can save others great but definitely the amount of time given to pick someone up is way to short, Unless it happens right beside me and I have an explosive or radio then its not happening.

[Hauptmann]

Why the hell does it take so long to level up? It shouldn't be this hard. Can't buy it in this state.