So…. I apparently completed the game, by mistake!

[Avalanche]

I’ve been playing this with two set of groups. One session is with a close friend and one session is with my brother and his friends. Since my brother haven’t been able to play as much me and my friend have advanced a bit further. I was under the impression that we had discover about 2/5 of the map. Only 3 bunkers were cleared and we took our time to explore and level our characters.

Today my friend was not able to play but my brother was. Thinking that the bunkers was part of the main quest we did quests that I thought was side missions.

I have about 50 hours of game play (lvl 19 – I like to explore everything) and my brother had like 10-ish hours (lvl 8). So we started this mission Science of deduction and followed down that path of quest line. The quest chain started in one of the first mayor bunker that I was able to complete after the starting area so I thought that this was just another detour.

The questline did involve a lot of walking and that made it take some time but never during these missions did we face any tough resistance. After a while the quest line told us to go back to where we had started this mission and I was sure this would complete current objectives.

I did notice that it was a bit more dialog then usual and there were some new assets that I hadn’t run in to before but there was no real threat to us. In fact, I truly believe that the whole quest line is possible to complete without firing a single bullet. We attacked things because we wanted action, not because it was forced upon us.

I then just when we said, hey we’re done with this quest, credits start to roll stating that we had completing the game and a short epilog occurred. Wait, what?!?!

Not a single time during these missions did I get a sense of accomplishment. In fact, it was a really dull mission with lots of walking and guessing. I have had more fun trying to take over a random ruin or trying to sneak into the airbase then these last missions.

This was just such an anti-climax for me. Me being lvl 20 was not helping the possibility to complete the last missions. My lvl 8 brother wouldn’t have any problem soloing it.
I am 100% convinced that you can complete this game with a no-gun lvl 1 character within just a couple of hours and that’s a real downer for me. The only problem is the ticks found in the bunker.

Another let down is that it gave me no sense of accomplishment or even hinted that I was about to completing the game. I knew this game wasn’t a real sandbox with infinite quests, that was something that I was actually looking forward to experience.

For those of you that want to keep the explore the world with a sense of reason save the mission Behind the curtains to last.

Why isn’t there a final boss fight or at least a huge standoff. Give me a reason to level up and find better gear. If your main goal is to complete this game none of that matter, just run to the bunker, pick up the quest and run over the whole map to gather intel and then hand in.
And yes, you can continue to play the game after you have completed it. I will probably still do since I am a completionist.


BTW. I am not in any way assosiated the developer. I have been using this nickname since before the age of internet :)

[Pig Mac]

They said there wouldn't be a 'real ending' and they have plans for the future of the game.
(They actually said there wouldn't be any credits rolling in the end.. but that happened at least)

I stumbled into that mission too, by playing with a co-pp mate, that had gotten it from another co-op mate.. We both thought it sounded a lot like the way to the 'final mission', but went ahead and did it anyway.

I thought the ending was quite good, and suited the plot, the time and the voice acting etc etc.

Why you should continue to play? I don't know, why did you play? I enjoy it a bit too much I guess, but I have no immediate plans to stop playing, as I haven't finished the game on my own game.. as I can't even get into the 'Minken' bunker, I can't complete the entire game as it is.

I'm just sneaking around, looting and trying to find every little town, safe house or overall interesting place. ..while waiting for a patch.

[Avalanche]

Thank you Pig Mac for taking your time to reply to my post.

I agree that the story in the quest did lead to a closure. But I still think that the whole quest hade the feeling of a side quest more than the final piece of the puzzle.

What I am a bit let down by is the fact that my level or gear did not provide any advantage during this whole last quest chain. I felt that I was preparing for a showdown but in the end none of that matter.

I am actually playing the game right now. And I am still looking for better gear and hunting down robots for xp and fun. But I guess that my reason for doing this have changed. The game have become more of a sandbox then a quest and I think I preferred it when it had a purpose.

[Pig Mac]

As I haven't finished it on mt own, and have 3 bunkers left, there still is a bit of a purpose for me to continue.
They overall story in the game is a little like the Swedish voice acting.. At times brilliant for the time setting and genre, but still no Oscars awarded, as it was sent straight to the TV , as part of it didn't really make any real impact as a whole, and the reviewers hated it, as it wasn't what they thought it would be.

I'm the kind of player that usually like the lack of story, and a blank custom char that do whatever I (or my char) would like to do in that world, withing the games limits.

While I hated Far Cry 5, i still have 300+ hours in it. Ghost Recon Wildlands 300+ hours.
Just gimmie a sandbox and I'll try to keep myself entertained. ;)

The robots do a quite good job at keeping you on your toes.. if playing solo, and at least pretend you care if you die. Those damn hunters are mean!

The bots on the other hand don't give the satisfaction, as doing a perfect sneak kill of a human or a monster.
A few times I thought 'Damn that shot really looked like it hurt .. it's ... hmm ..fuse-box?' Only no not feel any satisfaction anyway no matter how good of a shot it was..as it just were in the .. fuse-box. spreading pieces of ... metal junk around.

I understand it must feel a bit weird to stumble into the ending mid-game, if the main goal is being taken on a ride in a Swedish 80's robocalypse story.