Howdy, new player that just purchased the game after the free weekend. Overall I really enjoyed playing the game over the weekend and hope they continue to update it. Anyways just wanted to share my thoughts and give some feedback for the dev team:
Things I liked (and hope they continue to improve):
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The machines are really cool and seeing (and hearing) some of the larger ones for the first time is pretty intense. I love the sound design for them as well, especially hearing them stomping around in the distance and the sound effects they make when they hear/see you.
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Enjoy the looter/shooter aspect of it and especially the experimental weapons (even if there are only a handful). This is one area that they should def focus on and adding new variants.
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The atmosphere is absolutely fantastic and map overall looks really great. There’s a couple negatives here though (detailed below).
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Gunplay is really well done too, most of the weapons feel/sound powerful and shooting robots is fun. I like all the sparks/effects/explosions and it’s enjoyable to take robots down.
So IMO the game has a lot going for it and does the core mechanics of the game well!
That said, there are rough spots and things I think would greatly improve the game:
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The game needs more variety, in it’s current state not sure I’m going to play more than 10-15 more hours. Just to be clear, I paid $20 which I think a total of 30hrs is a great value, but the foundation is so good that the game could easily be so much more.
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Inventory stinks, needs sorting functionality.
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Storage is even worse and desperately needs sorting and filters.
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Overall the game was stable and ran fine, I did have 1 crash and got stuck a couple time. This wasn’t a big deal for me but a lot of players these days get really pissed off about that and this most certainly effects who buys the game.
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Areas with poison gas is a great idea, it’s execution is lacking though. A gas mask only give you 10% resistance which is silly. Gas should be deadly without a mask, and putting on a mask should either make you immune or at least reduce damage by like 98%
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Fire doesn’t seem to do anything, you can stand on a burning wreckage like it’s nothing. Minor issue but somewhat breaks immersion.
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MP could use a server browser. I realize no a lot of people play anyways, but I’d like to see what open games are join-able instead.
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Voice chat would be great.
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If not voice chat, what would be cool would be able to ‘mark’ enemies and call outs to your team.
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Binoculars and gas mask should be hotkey-able.
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Ammo should stack better in storage, like stacks to 1000+ in one slot, then you take some you drag normal stacks in your inventory.
The biggest things (aside from bugs/polish) I’d love to see for the game moving forward:
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Bunkers with distinct look/style and more challenges inside
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New and larger machines
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More experimental weapons (these are awesome)
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I get a big part of the game is the 80’s theme/outfits, but I personally think it’s kind of silly for survivors to be running around without body armor/flak vest/etc. I would love to see actual protective gear added to the game.
