First off, did anyone else get irrationally pissed off when the zombie just walks on up to the door and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ OPENS the thing like he owns the damn place? Never in my life have I wanted to ♥♥♥♥♥ slap something so badly, until Gerald.
Gerald started out in the front right side of the property, walking around like a little zombie grazing. Never bothered me, I never bothered him. I'd leave him a wolf corpse every now and then as an offering. It was a wonderful time, really! Well, one day, I was upstairs sawing more planks of wood, because I have a building obsession. It was a wonderful day outside, the sun shining in through the windows, sound of the water trickling downstream nearby. Ahh, but what do I hear all of the sudden? Something ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ with my ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ garden. ♥♥♥♥♥ don't TOUCH my pumpkins. So I figure it's a wolf or something, and walk over to the window to see. What do my eyes fall upon? G E R A L D . Just WALKING through the plants, drooling his zombie mouth juices all over them...infecting them...
Now, I didn't want to scare Gerald or offend my neighbour, but a ♥♥♥♥♥ was stepping all over everything. I opened the front door and crept around the side, but he was already heading back to his part of the land. Perfect. No big deal. So I went back to sawing my life away.
I'm very particular irl and in games about keeping the doors shut, etc., so I made sure all the doors were shut, then went up to the bedroom to sleep and regen the fatigue stat. Ahhh yes, a lovely sleep! Wait, what was that weird ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scream? Awe, is Gerald being the neighbourhood rooster? Great.
Making my way downstairs, keeping my spear out and ready (obviously it wasn't a zombie impersonating a rooster, it was a a zombie screaming) I walked down to the kitchen area, where there'd be all three doors in sight. Door 1, nothing. Door 2, GERALDS FACE PRESSED AGAINST THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GLASS. What happens next? He just SWINGS that beautifully handcrafted wood door wide open, damn near shattering the glass window on it, and walks the ♥♥♥♥ inside like it's his home, and I'm the one trespassing.
R.I.P. Gerald, but ♥♥♥♥ you bro.
This game is outstanding, and I've been able to get a lot of my friends interested in it as well, as they can turn off the zombies and predators. I personally love the zombies and predator animals, so thank you for those, but a lot of people love to have the option to just chill and build. It's amazing that the developer(s) implemented that for those who don't want to be attacked at all times. They went as far as to allow you to customize the details of the zombies and animals. HP, Damage, where they spawn, etc.
The building is great. A little finicky, but it's very enjoyable. I need more decorationsssssssssss because I'm a build freak lmao. The props they have are well done and fit the game well. While there's limited decoration props, you can make your base look pretty much however you want it to. There's a little something for everyone, really.
Love the looting and vehicles. Love the mining and ore processing. Thank you so much for making rocks turn into iron.
They did say that there will not be a multiplayer/co-op, which is sad but we have enough of those already, let's be honest. HOWEVER, I wanted to get that out there in case someone actually reads this review, and doesn't purchase hoping for it to be added in the future.
I did run into a bug where I've put 4-8 hours a time into building, but when I open the game later, it reverts to my original save. This happened twice today, so I've started a new save to see if there's just an issue with that save specifically. Idk, probably somehow user error. THIS ERROR WAS FIXED WITH A FRESH INSTALL OF THE GAME!!
So, if you're hesitant about buying this one, I highly recommend it. It can be your dream zombie survival, or your ideal forest survival.
