FullAuto Posted April 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 @Thorondor. It's not really withdrawal, although that would certainly be a factor with essentially playing one game in five parts over five months, when the whole thing is only about 12 hours long (disregarding replay value). It's my feeling that episodic gaming doesn't really work. You cannot, for instance, buy episode 1, see the reviews for episode 2 are bad, and skip it, buying episode 3. Or rather, you can, but you won't have a clue what's going on. I suppose you could look the plot up on Wikipedia or YouTube but I prefer to believe human beings are slightly better than that. To my way of thinking, if you buy episode 1, you're buying the entire game, or it's just a waste of money. For starters, the pricing nudges you towards buying the whole season (£20.99 on Steam or £16 on PSN, which is almost as low as the North American price. Thanks for stinging Europe again guys!), instead of paying £3.99 per episode on the PSN. You can't buy episode 1 and be satisfied, it's not that episodic. It is, essentially, five chapters of one game. If you sat down and played the first 20% of any other game and it ended there, you wouldn't be happy. This is no different. If I'm going to buy it, I have to know it's worth it. But seeing as I don't know if every episode is any good, I have to wait. I'm sure TellTale want people to be early adopters, to snap up the full season, but for all I know the first episode is good and the rest are shit. So, in four months, I'll have seen reviews of all the episodes and will buy it or not, and the price will probably be lower then too. How does this work in TellTale's favour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted April 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Tactical Soldier: Undead Rising may have the most generic name ever, but it looks like the game I've been dying to play for years. A TBT game with zombies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted May 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Day Z, a mod for Arma II, looks amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflash Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Looks interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Day Z, a mod for Arma II, looks amazing. You'd think that guy had never played a zombie game before. I like the realistic graphics, but someone tell him it's not real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Hmm, those graphics look really strange, look at the puffs of smoke when they shoot... Anyhow, that is an interesting idea, most zombie games are lone survival games, you're mostly on your own, would be nice for a change to be with a bunch of survivors (a la L4D, but less arcade-y) and fight with them. One of the things I'm looking forwards to in Aliens Colonial Marines, even if it's not zombies it's the same idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted May 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 You'd think that guy had never played a zombie game before. I like the realistic graphics, but someone tell him it's not real It's better acting than you see in The Walking Dead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted May 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflash Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Sooo I have decided that DayZ itself is, in fact, a zombie virus. That thing is awesome and amazing. Just throwin that out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daredevil Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Sooo I have decided that DayZ itself is, in fact, a zombie virus. That thing is awesome and amazing. Just throwin that out there. I have to agree, the infection is hard to fight. Great mod for a cool game (I always loved the original Operation Flashpoint). Brings out the irrational fear in everyone. In other news, Kickstarter has an awesome looking zombie game, that's about survival, not just killing zombies. It's a turn-based tactical game with major RPG elements called Dead State. Check out https://www.kickstart...ie-survival-rpg and promptly empty your wallets like I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daredevil Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I hate to double post, but this Dead State: The Zombie Survival RPG is getting down to the final 48 hours for backing, and they're $18K from the next goal which includes more character customization. So the run down: turn based tactical combat; base building; dealing with NPCs and Allies; RPG character development with skills and perks; slow moving zombies; all for $15. So check it out on Kickstarter. There's a nice vid that shows what they're aiming for. And now back to your regularly schedule program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Funny enough, this seems like a copy of Kerberos' Fort Zombie with turn based combat. May just be a better solution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I believe it predates it, it was stuck in development hell for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daredevil Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Funny enough, this seems like a copy of Kerberos' Fort Zombie with turn based combat. May just be a better solution! Heh heh, I was drumming up interest on another site, and called it "Fort Zombie done right". $270K at present, so more character customization, more zombies, and more game options. Just $30K from a whole new city environment. I'm excited to see this one gather some momemtum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflash Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 Update on DayZ: Apparently the only reasonable option when dealing with other players is to adopt a 'shoot-on-sight' mentalitly. Since, ya know, everyone ELSE does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflash Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 WOuld like to correct my eariler post. Apparently there ARE some people that don't shoot on sight. Instead, they will take their top-end equipment(assault rifles+giant packs and etc); then go rob a pair of new characters for a single can of food. Love DayZ, but until the devs put in a mechanism to help limit PKing(there is currently no penatly whatsoever), its going to be in the 'C+ to B' range of games. Good, but don't go buy the base game for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azrael Strife Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 I hate to double post, but this Dead State: The Zombie Survival RPG is getting down to the final 48 hours for backing, and they're $18K from the next goal which includes more character customization. So the run down: turn based tactical combat; base building; dealing with NPCs and Allies; RPG character development with skills and perks; slow moving zombies; all for $15. So check it out on Kickstarter. There's a nice vid that shows what they're aiming for. And now back to your regularly schedule program. Backed, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted July 5, 2012 Report Share Posted July 5, 2012 When I look at this Trapped Dead comes in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 No More Room in Hell refuses to compromise. https://i.imgur.com/VLbw3Qc.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Looks like the first trailer for Dead Island paved the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 You need HL2 for this, right? It is a modification, not a game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Free mod, yep. Edit: Beg your pardon, SV, it was a mod, but is now a stand-alone mod, you don't need HL2 or anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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