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Recommended
11.7 hrs last two weeks / 99.7 hrs on record (82.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 1 Nov, 2024 @ 4:17pm

Early Access Review
Probably the best Zombie game out there right now.

Honestly, it does not matter what kind of zombies you like and which you find stupid - be it slow, stupid and tanky zombies, zombies who are weak but run at you at super speed and open doors and climb fences. Blind but good hearing, terrible hearing but eagle eyed zombies. Have people turn into zombies when they die regardless, people getting infected when bitten, or never turn at all - this game has it all, and you get to customise everything exactly to your liking.

Project Zomboid is what I would call a more hardcore game, although there's definitely room to abuse things of course. Regardless, you will die a lot, be it bad luck, your own stupidity or the tiniest mistake at the wrong time and the game makes sure to remind you of that from the tutorial.
You will see INCREDIBLE amounts of zombies on screen at the same time, each of them unique and fully lootable. But there's more to Project Zomboid than just killing and looting - there's learning a whole bunch of skills from different sources, some of the bigger things you can do is build and farm, and there's some really solid depth to this. Even with cars - you essentially swap out everything in a vehicle.

This is a huge sandbox with a gigantic map and the possibilities are endless! Your character can shake if they're too anxious, they can sweat which can cause them to get ill easier, your clothes offer protection from bites, scratches, bullets, heat and cold, they can also get dirty or get holes in them, all fully visible on your character. This goes so hard in depth you can choose which finger you want to wear your fu****g ring on, and it will also be fully visible, you can wear a bandana over your neck, or over your face and switch between them, your hat can be worn normally or backwards.
Eating food with utensils in your inventory plays a different animation from when you just eat barehanded, and speaking of ingesting things - drinking alcohol can offer some bonuses, like pain resistance, but mixing it with medication can prove fatal.

Did I mention the game offers workshop support? Yup, there are tons of mods. Just imagine what kind of things are out there with a foundation like this.

One big issue however - it's a bit of a meme in the community, but the pace at which this game is getting updated is borderline laughable, if only it was not so sad :(
Still - a game absolutely worth checking if you're into that sorta thing, no questions asked! A must, I would say.
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