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[Lukewarm]

I can't think of a game that's less fun in the early game. It's not just hard, it's obtuse and if you find tools (the gateway to the rest of the game) is entirely to chance. Maybe it gets better later, but every time I think of it and try it again, I get disappointed.

[Mephisto]

I'm hooked.

Started off in a tiny house. Secured the area, scavenged the surrounding tiny houses, then found a car with gas and a key and took off. Fucked around in a school for a while marveling at all of the loot. Got lost.

Ended up taking over a two-story brick house. It turned out to only be three houses from my original but it's better so I live here now. Grind up carpentry to door level, find a survival axe and saw, and set about fortifying this new safehouse.

Explore a bit more. In quick succession I locate a firehouse with loads of loot (I may be changing my home base again...) and a police station. There's an evidence room. I've got a hammer but I lack a screwdriver.

Go on a merry adventure and finally find one in a truck's glove compartment. Head back. Turns out you can't deconstruct locked doors. Well shit.

Head out into the hallway. The absolute first zombie I check has the key. Swat equipment, more guns and ammo than I can carry, and loads of other crap. I had to quit the game so I can process my next move. The police station is only one floor and has loads of nooks and crannies to be ambushed from so I've got to hoof all of this stuff to one of my other spots.

The best part, everything is within a few blocks.

[nenjin]

Sounds like a different experience than the last time I played (which admittedly was 4 years ago.) I remember going days and days scavenging for meager scraps and only slow fortifying a house. Eventually I'd get a horde during the night that'd force me to flee. Maybe I'd get a new house, maybe I'd circle back around to the old one once the horde had moved on. I've always liked Zomboid but I felt it was less a zombie survival simulator and more a depression/boredom/despair simulator at times. You using any mods Mephisto?

[Mephisto]

I'm using Hydrocraft, which apparently adds a bunch of stuff.

I also upped loot amounts in my game config.