this game sinks project bunkoid(zomboid) by a long shot, better game play, better graphics, better zombies, you can even have a pet dog, this game is ACTUALLY ENJOYABLE.

for the moment its not a game I would say is worth as much as project zomboid even with the multiplayer. it lacks an identity. similar to scum, it gives the appearance of flexibility but the gameplay loop is more survival than exploration and action which really makes it feel like it falls short of what it could be. I do think this game desperately needs its own modding community and no cosmetics wont save this one as you will find yourself repeating steps over and over, running to the same places over and over for resources as they replenish killing the same groups over and over. this can be disabled but there in lies the problem also. the land is so barren of character that you feel as though you are simply watching the same tuft of grass move past the screen with the odd road or tree. as far as I'm concerned the idea of a good zombie game is essentially following maslow's hierarchy of human needs; up to and and including companionship and security of which this game skirts around unlike other games. choosing to take in NPC's and cohabitating with others to build a community should be more of a focus as trying to survive alone in a world that is trying to eat you is simply an exercise in madness without the madness. can it be done, sure, but with the base unable to be automated you feel as though you are entirely on your own as the online community is reduced to passworded servers and public servers with 1 or 2 rando people that usually hop in an out of servers rather than that exciting group of players this game was obviously banking on having in every server. its a bit silly but if your looking for a rogue like top down action game with multiplayer mode it may be worth while to wait until the game is complete or to wait for something new to come along that does it better.
the camera is awful, more specifically in both settings its bad as you on one setting it follows your character but its not smooth to transition. its jerky but has a delay so not only is it jerky but its late jerky. ooor, you turn off camera follow and instead of your blind spot being behind you which almost made sense, now you can have your guy run in any which direction but you have blinded your character in both the path your going and the side your turned away from. the weapons are find. they work, sure but I would expect to be able to make more primative weapons or improvised weapons. the bad guys in the game. they only want to kill you, thats all they do. I would hope that some game devs explored just how bad people cope when society crumbles, a reality check is people start acting like opportunistic animals than people when they loose all sense of a structured society and I would rather fight that than this disney depiction of a zombiepocalypse. for the moment. I wouldn't recommend this game for those reasons.

Post World Zombie Sandbox like game that has potential.
Great fun running around with friends and to explore, even with its downsides.

-Pros-
Massive Map To Travel around
Places to build bases
Weapons to find.
Alot of opportunity to build stories with friends.

-Cons-
Lack of actual variety in loot, and any of it around the map.
Zombies pool around the roads and just re-spawn in place (no "roaming" zombies that come from other areas like other zombie games)
Simplistic job roles (example just small buffs on doing things, which you can change before starting into your save)
Found the ai of zombies that spawn to attack your base are very easy to break. Example a wall has made a horde spawn in front of our base that just sits there without attacking like they did before we built a wall.
Alot of "broken" cars just cant be scrapped or parts found on them.

So on and son.

But this isa early access game, and the devs have been doing alot of work for the past few months. Our group honestly looks forward to alot of mentioned items being worked on and hopefully there are more plans after that. Would be really cool to see this over take a certain 2D "zombie" game in terms of mechanics, Items, and more.

Thanks devs for a game thats already brought alot of funny moments of car flipping, friend friendly fire and so on.