My first game started with my dude in bed, and like four skeletons started in my house, surrounding me. I tried to punch one, but it didn't work so hot, so instead I hit "r" and dashed past them. THEN I noticed a handgun on a table across the room (previously out of sight), so I picked it up and blew 'em away. Then I noticed a baseball bat on another table on the other side of the room, which probably would've worked just as well. :\
That character died horribly not too long later. I'd gotten a level and had leadership, so I got this one guy to follow me around. We transitioned to another map, where we entered a park. We headed south, but we ran into a ZOMBIE MASTER. My follower decided to stick it out and shoot at him; I decided to run like a non-idiot.
So, while the monster's clambering over the fence, I duck behind tree cover and go east, into unexplored territory. But, the master saw me and gave chase. I kept running into zombies, and eventually got too tired to run, with only my baseball bat. I tried to fight one off, but in the end it turned out zombies are kinda deadly.
My current character ran into another zombie master, exploring a shop. As I entered the place, I noticed all the shelves had been smashed into planks. I head down, and I see this huuuuge horde of zombies. Looking at them gave me their status as "following zombie master". None of them noticed me, so I got the hell out of that store.
There was a hardware store just north of that, and a gunshop just north of that. I've shoved a buncha shelves against the entrances. I dragged a bed into the gun store, but I haven't managed to find a source of food yet, and every time I try to go to the map to the East I run into monsters right next to the map's edge - like a zombie master with at least two redzeds
And yes, I would love the ability to carry ammo around. I would also love for those other survivor idiots to not immediately jump on my barricade planks after I smash something and then try to sell me it, and the ability to target and kill them. Choosing a name and sprite would be a nice, but not a priority for me.