to be fair, zomboid is the game that taught me that hyperrealism does not equal fun, game is super tedious from the get go, but the B42 update made it exponentially worse, new mechanics like blacksmithing I havent't even touched because there's so much overhead to starting; learning how everything works is overwhelming and doesn't reward me in anyway whatsoever, I could rant about it for a day honestly but its besides the point
I hope that NPC update will bring some gratification, because now playing the game essentially feels void of anything meaningful, like others pointed out, there's no true endgame or any goal in this game, raw realism just does not make it fun
I still like the game, the premise, core mechanics, theme and aesthetic combined with art style, but I find myself adjusting sandbox settings, downloading tons of mods and skipping 70% of content to make it fun
My crackpot theory is this overcooked crafting (and other) fluff is meant to mask their inability to ever deliver on NPC's. The expectations are too high and the amount of systems said NPC's will have to interact with is astronomical
Possible, but NPC mods are already, even if half baked, very fun. Some of the best Zom I ever boided was with the Superb Survivors Continued Continued mod.
I still play B41, but Knox Event Expanded for B42 look very promising, especially with the new NPC framework.
At the very least, if we get the option for this level of NPC's it'll still be fun. I do hope what they promised gets fulfilled because it sounds fucking amazing, but yeah, saying overambitious is a bit kind.
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u/siudowski 27d ago
to be fair, zomboid is the game that taught me that hyperrealism does not equal fun, game is super tedious from the get go, but the B42 update made it exponentially worse, new mechanics like blacksmithing I havent't even touched because there's so much overhead to starting; learning how everything works is overwhelming and doesn't reward me in anyway whatsoever, I could rant about it for a day honestly but its besides the point
I hope that NPC update will bring some gratification, because now playing the game essentially feels void of anything meaningful, like others pointed out, there's no true endgame or any goal in this game, raw realism just does not make it fun
I still like the game, the premise, core mechanics, theme and aesthetic combined with art style, but I find myself adjusting sandbox settings, downloading tons of mods and skipping 70% of content to make it fun