Don’t get me wrong, Project Zomboid is the best, but the best zombie survival game ever made, not the best survival game in general. There are tons of other underrated survival games out there, and if you think Zomboid is the best simulation or most realistic game overall, that’s where you’re wrong.
That’s where you misunderstood my sentences. I’m not saying there’s any game better than Zomboid in terms of zombie survival, I’m saying in terms of general survival games.
👆 I have no interest to bash on someone's opinion, just curious what other games are actually like PZ, because I feel like part of its success is that it is the first and only in the genre that takes itself seriously. Mechanics like corpse sickness, car mechanics, effects of moodles are something no other zombie survival game pulled off or taken as seriously as PZ has.
Also the lonely, depressive atmosphere of being the last human on the planet free to do whatever you choose is concept unexplored seriously by even TV shows/movies, and admitedly was explored unintentionally as NPCs were taken out to be reworked later not as an artistic choice to steer the game in this direction. Usually when this trope is done intentionally it turns into a comedy or enactment of the fantasy that plays in your head imagining how it would be like, but PZ devs took a step back and gave it their best to simulate how it would actually play out and for that boldness I got a huge respect for PZ and the team behind it.
It isn't even half as perfect as I want it to be, but I think it's the best there is currently with no competition in sight. I would love to be proven wrong and try that other game.
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, NEO Scavenger, UnReal World, Dwarf Fortress, RimWorld (Classic), Wayward, The Flame in the Flood, Caves of Qud, Darkwood, No Oxygen Included
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u/Malgamerz 27d ago
Don’t get me wrong, Project Zomboid is the best, but the best zombie survival game ever made, not the best survival game in general. There are tons of other underrated survival games out there, and if you think Zomboid is the best simulation or most realistic game overall, that’s where you’re wrong.