Save your money.

I know that this game is old and not particularly noteworthy. I'm sure, at the time it was released, it was interesting and possibly somewhat innovative. What wasn't clear back then was that this is a very poor console port.

From memory, the keyboard and mouse input was atrocious and the graphics always rendered in this 'horrid-for-modern-PC' blur that would probably have gone unnoticed were it the era of CRT monitors. But it wasn't.

Several years have passed since I bought, and first played, this game. I had high hopes for it. Zombie survival with base building elements and working within a community; not just some lone ranger Godhero nonsense. Unfortunately, having reinstalled the game, I had to really work to try and enjoy it.

There's so many minor things riddled through the game that make it not worth your money. Not even on sale. Just don't.

Zombie 'hordes' that consist of about 8 zombies, 2 of which which will always find a way to cling to your car. If you reverse and try to drive forward, over the top of a zombie, your car will perform a slow and physics-bending backflip (catapulting you from the driver's side in the process), AI path-finding that doesn't quite find paths and inconsistent crashes that follow no rhyme or reason.

Not to mention the fact that, as a member of a community of survivors, I can get tired, hurt, or even die but still have the option to switch out to another playable survivor so long as I have a suitable level of rapport built up with them. However... no matter who I decide to play as I will invariably be thrust into the fore to "help find a friend in trouble" or "go search for a feral zed" or "help one of our runners in a jam". It doesn't matter how much effort you put in to swat these tasks down - NOBODY ELSE WILL PICK 'EM UP!

The straw that broke the camel's back was being invited to "Walk with me" as the AI froze in place.

I'm sure the game was a combination of a teams' hopes and dreams and that the developers had high hopes for their product, but the more I tried to work through the issues the more I realised that game I was playing is broken. It apparently has a broken sequel with, as of writing, a third broken instalment in the works. The damage is done.

Just save your money.

Save your money. I know that this game is old and not particularly noteworthy. I'm sure, at the time it was released, it was interesting and possibly somewhat innovative. What wasn't clear back then was that this is a very poor console port. From memory, the keyboard and mouse input was atrocious and the graphics always rendered in this 'horrid-for-modern-PC' blur that would probably have gone unnoticed were it the era of CRT monitors. But it wasn't. Several years have passed since I bought, and first played, this game. I had high hopes for it. Zombie survival with base building elements and working within a community; not just some lone ranger Godhero nonsense. Unfortunately, having reinstalled the game, I had to really work to try and enjoy it. There's so many minor things riddled through the game that make it not worth your money. Not even on sale. Just don't. Zombie 'hordes' that consist of about 8 zombies, 2 of which which will always find a way to cling to your car. If you reverse and try to drive forward, over the top of a zombie, your car will perform a slow and physics-bending backflip (catapulting you from the driver's side in the process), AI path-finding that doesn't quite find paths and inconsistent crashes that follow no rhyme or reason. Not to mention the fact that, as a member of a community of survivors, I can get tired, hurt, or even die but still have the option to switch out to another playable survivor so long as I have a suitable level of rapport built up with them. However... no matter who I decide to play as I will invariably be thrust into the fore to "help find a friend in trouble" or "go search for a feral zed" or "help one of our runners in a jam". It doesn't matter how much effort you put in to swat these tasks down - NOBODY ELSE WILL PICK 'EM UP! The straw that broke the camel's back was being invited to "Walk with me" as the AI froze in place. I'm sure the game was a combination of a teams' hopes and dreams and that the developers had high hopes for their product, but the more I tried to work through the issues the more I realised that game I was playing is broken. It apparently has a broken sequel with, as of writing, a third broken instalment in the works. The damage is done. Just save your money.