BETTER THAN ZOMBOID? I Honestly Cannot Believe How Detailed this FREE Open-World Zombie Game Is...

[@BlackEagleUSA]

Project Zomboid is in a class of it's own.

[@sicorange3]

It sort of is - like the Sims meets the Walking Dead +static isometric camera only

[@Raptoria]

@@sicorange3 sooooooooooo true!

[@scottyspliffen7421]

@@BlackEagleUSA def! Most unique and by far the hardest game I’ve ever played

[@leearthcolonel4311]

@@scottyspliffen7421 Try cdda, for me personally it was way harder than project zomboid, but it is however a turn-based sandbox apocalypse game, but if you dont care about that, then it's a really good and challenging game.

[@Midhaven]

@@scottyspliffen7421 Go try Cataclysm DDA 😉

[@realtorchris614]

State of decay would be literally perfect if it had details like this and Zomboid

[@danstwocents4539]

new game is coming soon stay tuned! (state of decay 3)

[@Mike0193Azul]

Hype for State of Decay 3

[@wartoaster3908]

@@Mike0193Azul frfr

[@Fxrrxt2x]

I do love the community management aspects of SOD.

[@jakobkogutz5978]

@@Mike0193Azul hype for a copy and paste. I was so excited for sod 2 and was let down tremendously. Still played it and and still play now.

[@wickerwork_wesley]

it still lacks the fear factor you get in zomboid. getting chased by hordes, being stuck in a room with a zombie banging on the door. going into a bathroom only to be attacked by a group of zombies that were stuck inside. etc.

[@TheHorzabora]

Yes, but Zomboid has a ridiculous number of OP zombies from the get-go, to get a remotely realistic scenario where you’ve not just woken up from a coma to find everyone turned is… … well, you have to play with the settings a lot. That game had an easy intro, with only outdoor runners. I mean, you kill more zombies in your first pack in Zomboid than in that entire game!

[@rayum486]

The fast ones in this game are killer though.

[@BrydTempest]

​@@TheHorzaborai died in 5 mins my first time playing zomboid

[@denisucuuu]

@@TheHorzabora You have to play a lot with the settings to set the zombie population to 0.1?

[@CrizzyEyes]

@@denisucuuu I think they are referring to the fact that the standard Zomboid start where you wake up randomly in a house makes absolutely no sense. How did your character not notice that they are completely surrounded by zombies before then?

[@SOULEATERHILLS]

cant forget the fact that these guys were working on dead matter originally before the director of dead matter was scheming money, so these guys started their own game and company, Ramjet and vein

[@jamesmkhb]

@@SOULEATERHILLS ha knew it. Played the closed nda of that game. 3 different total games I played of it.

[@elgringofeo9348]

@@jamesmkhb the game felt good but they never added things like more buildings to loot no mechanics in survival, they just never continued adding things, i gave up on that game long ago too

[@jamesmkhb]

@@elgringofeo9348 yeah I had much hope

[@sachiekat1238]

@@SOULEATERHILLS makes sense, when I saw the thumbnail I thought it was Dead Matter but I knew that it was scrapped

[@pipebombmailer22]

sick profile picture dude

[@tylerjames8836]

Man I’m almost 28 years old and I’ve been playing video games for over 20 of them. Never in my life, did I ever, and I mean EVER think there would be a game based on my area. Showing some love to St. Lawrence County, I’m shocked, I love it.

[@anthonyweston5588]

@@tylerjames8836 hello neighbor from oneida county

[@Aragon9th]

haha I turned 50 recently and i play video games for around 40 years of them, i.e. i never stopped. :)

[@Prodigalfur]

@tylerjames8836 you can play games til whenever you like no matter how old you are

[@JohnnyWishBonzai]

@@Aragon9th what do you play?

[@Aragon9th]

@@JohnnyWishBonzai 7days to die (stopped now i dont like the new version), zomboid, the isle. I was big in bf42, cod ,avp and avp2, even EU leagues and stuff but thats almost 20 years ago.

[@YumLemmingKebabs]

Night of the Living Dead is actually public domain, which is probably why they put it in the game.

[@liquidplague9763]

There can’t be a DMCA strike as he feared. I wonder which version they got for the game?

[@lordcthulhu627]

Some background, George Romero forgot to trademark it. Meaning they made very little money...

[@MrMoralHighground]

@@lordcthulhu627 thats not accurate. the initial distributor did not put the copyright notice on their release. it was not romeros fault but the distributors

[@razieltalos]

its mind boggling that ppl still dont know about that

[@TheGrimWave]

Zomboid Is a vibe that can't be matched.

[@coatrahd3594]

Same goes for ur mom

[@Swampty]

@@coatrahd3594 i bet that when somebody beats the shit out of you, it reminds you of your dad

@@coatrahd3594 Lmaooooo +1

[@qreepyQT]

I tried vein like 2 months ago and it i didnt make it 15 minutes through, it was really bad

[@jasondwimes8612]

Zomboid is overrated

[@quasarix]

Very nice, but there is no way this is like project zomboid considering too little zombies, on zomboid if you shoot or fart a bit lounder, instantly you can get 15-50 zombies on you.

[@hendrikovic_3706]

i played both (vein 33.2 hrs, Zomboid 345.4 hrs) and in my opinion its literally the first/third person version of zomboid but zomboid is way much more developed

[@Jinkypigs]

It depends on your setting. But yes usually people would want to play with more zombies. Hopefully they will put in a setting as detailed as project zomboid

[@astrowerm]

If it sandbox then that won't matter

[@benbaker4198]

The zombies are easier too kill and there are zero bandits or other humans which isn't realistic that only one person would survive

[@freespeech3817]

The only downside that zomboid have - ridiculous hearing since sneezing on high population in town is death sentence even when zombies have bad hearing turned on. Obviously staying behind lots of doors and walls does nothing and zombie hearing works on radius ignoring any obstacles.

[@joeydigrado382]

Its gonna take a lot of resources to get enough zombies on screen to come close to PZ.

[@dynamichunter843]

Yeah games like 7 Days to Die lag inanely bad with big hordes of Zombies, possibly cause of bad optimizations and with pathing in a voxel game. Other games like Days Gone have much better optimizations for their hordes of like a hundred zombies.

[@MrKingH8sYouTube]

@@dynamichunter843 Sounds like a hardware issue to me

[@giligamesh]

Tops down games run different than first person, y'all are stupid for comparing them

[@RagicaltheUnhallowedKnight]

@@joeydigrado382 Left 4 Dead managed temporary horde attacks fine way back in the day

[@deacon6221]

@@MrKingH8sKZbin Honestly if a game is optimized well mediocre to bad systems should be able to run it decently. L4D and all valve games tbh are great examples of this. They look well have tons of on screen assets yet run good due to optimization.

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

I hope this doesn't end up like many other games, comes out as a demo and never gets any further

[@INFJ-ThaneTr]

It will

[@banana_bread_at_work]

RIP PT

[@gigachadgaming1551]

From the moment I saw the thumbnail I knew this was gonna be a dead DayZ clone

[@nullpointer1755]

it probably already is

[@Mephitinae]

It looks like a loot hoarding simulator, and the zombies are clearly an afterthought. If a "game" sounds like the inventory of a department store, then it's probably not a game.

[@Coloradem87]

Politician and thief is the same thing, must be a bug that just change the name

[@JasonLihani]

Gottem

[@r9nx714]

That sounds pretty accurate to me

[@cherrydragon3120]

Pretty sure that was no mistake 😂

[@psionic420]

They're the same thing in real life too

[@myacidninjatheamazing1025]

if liar was an option, itwould be changed to politician.

[@dumplings769]

If they ever make a fps version of project zomboid I wonder if people would like it. I honestly want a zombie game that takes place in a suburban / city area and fps

[@Mr.Dr.87]

7 days to die is goated if you havnt played that

[@Schatten2712]

I love how in every zombie game you just have to compare it to zomboid, the game is becoming at classic at this rate, one of the greatests.

[@JohnDoe-lx3dt]

@@Schatten2712 and hasnt even be released yet

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

zomboid is terrible. I have no clue how anyone who plays Z games even puts it in top 3. You clearly haven't played 7 days to die. 7 days is THE standard.

[@voteZDLR]

There will never be a game on the same par as Zomboid, in terms of just overall like... tweakability of the experience. Even with mods, like honestly I feel like they could add a 1st person/3rd person mod (somehow, probably not honestly considering the engine but IF THEY COULD) and it would blow this other game out of the water. Zomboid is that perfect.

[@SkyR1987]

​@@aa1bb2cc3dd4 are you serious? i played both games and for me Zomboid is outstanding. 7 days is good too but in my opinion just a graphicly polished Minecraft.

[@khloeychunli]

@@aa1bb2cc3dd4 7 days to die better to Project zomboid? Seriously? LMAO, its a good game for like 6 months, Project Zomboid its a good game for like 16 years ?

[@RichardG.Obbler]

In a zombie apocalypse, im making a beeline for the nearest amazon fulfillment center. You will literally have like 98% of what you need inside.

[@kohga1374]

@@RichardG.Obbler keep in mind you ain’t the only one who’s gonna think of that 👀

[@rubsome]

Until the bezos sentry bots take you out

[@mazcatza]

Yes the killer robots 🤖

[@daethe]

so you're heading for where everyone is heading in a situation where people are dying and will be fighting over resources? you speed running being a casualty on day one.

[@TobyCatVA]

I'll meet you there, you and I can share, or not, your choice, but either way I'm stay'n.

[@jinx724]

This for me would be the perfect game, it wasn't tried but I hope that if you actually sit quietly that the zombie blocking the door would just go away. I love that you can be trapped like that

[@Aurora655]

Played this for 2 hours last night and liked the crafting, salvage, inventory system of it.

[@ocksahlnestreves6139]

@@Aurora655 but was it good? Cuz if someone who has just gotten project zomboid like a few days ago I don't think any zombie game can beat that

[@joshuamccarroll2188]

@@ocksahlnestreves6139 Zomboid is bloody great. first five mins - whats with these graphics ??... First Hour - I don't know about this, what was that ?, how do i do this ? dead.... Two hours plus - this has so much depth its unbelievable. Dead. Ten hours later - ive never played anything like this , more depth, more death. 100 hours later - how does one game have everything and more ?

[@joshuamccarroll2188]

@@ocksahlnestreves6139 remember to close your door when you get in the car 🤣

[@ocksahlnestreves6139]

@@joshuamccarroll2188 i know also sad that my friend got only to the first hour before uninstalling and refunding

[@ocksahlnestreves6139]

@@joshuamccarroll2188 irl or in game? cuz i'm not dumb

[@d3str0i3r]

realistically for zombie survival bases, you don't want any of your first or second thoughts, the best places to go are going to be easily fortified locations that don't actually have any supplies, so a library for example, as long as it's not a fancy one with lots of windows the idea is to avoid anything that people are going to flock to, where there's people there's either zombies or raiders, so obviously nothing commercial, grocery stores, malls, markets, etc, no warehouses and no home improvement stores, no restaraunts

[@commisaryarreck3974]

If raiders are not a concern I actually recommend Warehouses and certain restaraunts depending on if the Zombies can climb

[@CrizzyEyes]

Zombie survival bases should be far away from any pre-existing commercial centers. It should be somewhere rural, with lots of fertile land to farm, ideally with defensible terrain. If you could somehow set up the logistics for it, an offshore oil rig would be the best position

[@Wimpiethe3]

Top floor of the highest skyrise. Yay penthouse survival!

[@gericon2855]

Oh shoot! And here I am barricading myself in the lost & found

[@alexanderrahl7034]

@@Wimpiethe3 you'd starve lol

[@xLoxLoLex]

I've played this game for +100 hours since it launched as a demo and I must say I love it and every update makes it much much better. I can't wait until this game fully releases. Only thing I haven't tried yet is the multiplayer aspect of it

[@fboest]

Yeah we need good server first

[@jjthejetplane9414]

Is the performance optimization good? i know its early beta but im just curious

[@fboest]

@@jjthejetplane9414 def better than 6 years “early access” game Scum have

[@gigachadgaming1551]

You’re gonna be dissapointed, this type of shit never released 😂

[@phlebiacbrothers717]

70% of games are never fully released take tarkov for example. It's just patch upon patch

[@Erkaz]

the Night of the Living Dead is in public domain if I'm not mistaken, so you should be fine.

[@nnytk4875]

It is.

[@rhyspatterson679]

It is because of a simple mistake yeah so I am betting there are more public domain movies like attack of the eye people that can be found and played lol

[@quarreneverett4767]

@@Erkaz the issue is more of the flaws with the system false flagging. So from my pov its understandable

[@ElderonAnalas]

the magazines work as skill books. That JUGS magazine gives you +2 throwing skill for instance

[@Galm2Pixy]

I just noticed the 1911 fires with the safety engaged, not to mention the slide doesn't move when firing

[@addisonpage1]

@@Galm2Pixy leave that on a steam review so devs can fix that

[@gigachadgaming1551]

This is what happens with these shitty asset flips

[@tiredlocke]

​@@gigachadgaming1551Because you can do it all?

[@gigachadgaming1551]

@@tiredlocke I dont need to be a dung beetle to know what shit looks like

[@lokoo_]

Its a free to play game, the devs only work on it on their free time. Dont think its their first priority that every gun has a 100 percent accurate model

[@sinnison23]

Holy shit, I haven't heard "Oh my god. Shoes." in like what, two decades? More amazing to me is that I actually caught the reference. That memory was buried deep somewhere.

[@snak_yak7366]

@@sinnison23 fucking shoes betch

[@snak_yak7366]

Fucking shoes betch.

[@Giantkiller130-t]

had an inkling of like where it could be from, guessed, googled and was right LOL

[@Alien25181]

an OG video. I like shoes.

[@bobbyarthurs4121]

Moment he said fishing rod 10/10 game of the year

[@Chronic_Urb]

So strange how I read this the moment he said fishing rod lol this happens a lot on KZbin I always see comments like I'm writing 😂

[@nono-eg3jx]

@@Chronic_Urb has happened to me to. very very strange lol

[@sibassius7674]

Things i want in a zombie apocalypse survival game: 1. Good base building ( not limited to buildables and can fortify a building) 2. Can horde and display stuff 3. Can pick up random stuff and display it at the base. 4. All furniture and stuff can be picked up I just want to satisfy my hoarder mentality in games. 😂😂😂

[@gigachadgaming1551]

Dude that’s project zomboid (with mods, but even then you can do all that with vanilla)

[@sibassius7674]

@@gigachadgaming1551 yeah but I like 3rd or 1st person.

[@zaksta]

@@sibassius7674 7 days to die?

[@KGSco]

Mist Survival checks all those points.

[@74kross]

7dtd perma death

[@PartyWolf36790]

I love how the vehicles are base on the s-10 pick up and a jeep Cherokee 90s model

[@SimpleTakes0]

I hope the game gets steam workshop in the future

[@Egobyte83]

Zombies seem real chill, like "yeah, I see you there. I wanna eat your brain, but there's like no rush or anything"

[@AndyWalsh]

Sunny, no weather effects, evergreen trees - literally every single zombie survival game ever created.

[@tozmcgoz8405]

It's way early in development you schmuck.

[@Dwolfe656]

OMG thanks for giving this game the coverage it needs I can see so much actual potential in this and with the devs

[@severalwolves]

I’d really like to see a zombie game where, if you’re bitten/infected and you “turn,” you then get to play AS a zombie. I design board games, and back ~15 years ago I made a zombie survival style game. It was probably my favorite game that I made (but I only ever distributed it to a handful of friends). At its core it was a simple move around the board/ find shelter/ fight zombies/ get to extraction point game… but if people wanted they could get more involved in deeper, RPG-levels of detail, with tons of choice available to the players - especially in regards to deciding whether to work together cooperatively, or get competitive, or even blend the two and betray/turn on one another, etc. But I made sure to include the ability to stay on the board after you got infected, and then you chase around the remaining players, because I felt that was an important thing to bring to the genre.

[@MastaDRD]

Remake it on Tabletop Simulator, if you have it. You could end up with a wide audience that way, as people spread the game via word of mouth. I'd be down to try it, certainly.

[@licktherock]

Reminds me of No Rolls Barred's Zombie Monopoly

[@holgerwittmann8419]

I like that its a little more filled and not as boring and empty like day z, and also that stuff is more logical arranged

[@combatfox7009]

They should add door kicking like state of decay so you don't get stuck like that 😂

[@markysspotlight2472]

37:21 "HEY" that zombie clearly startled you I couldn't stop laughing 😂😂😂 The hairstyles look like hair plugs or a really bad wig 😂😂😂 love the video gonna give it a try! Personally, I've been playing PZ for a minute now and ready for something new.

[@nexal6928]

I was thinking of something like a 3D project zomboid, but what i liked most about project zomboid is the art style, or even maybe the body animations. theres something cool and unique about seeing your character move and rummage through trash to find something to me. I dont mind the vulnerability problem, and it might even be fixed with this proposition. as project zomboid did, it was really bad at the start, still good enough to be enjoyable but compared to now, now is miles better. If there was a 3D PZ game, that had some sort of VR functionality in some way, a little like saints of the dead, but better, like building, etc. it would solve the body animation issue as you'd be the one animating, having to go down to trash piles or opening boxes to 'search' you'd not need a vision cone, as you'd have one naturally you can do actual first-aid on yourself, checking your wounds. the only thing i'd imagine being hard is things like mechanics and driving.

[@Shralla]

I'm so glad you said "oh my god, shoes" because I did the exact same thing. Great video, game looks pretty cool. Like a slightly more accessible DayZ which would be fantastic.

[@TheDougliestDoug]

Just downloaded this now because of your video. Props!

[@minepro2929]

this is my first time here, and your intro makes me feel like the pilot is doing his speech about stuff before takeoff.

[@Manterok]

I hope it gets better. I tried it out a couple weeks ago, and I couldn't stand it. It has potential, but I'm sticking with Zomboid. Zomboid for life

[@Kung_Fu_Junkie]

@@Manterok zomboid and DayZ for me

[@JohnSmith-jg5qd]

I wouldn't be surprised if this was inspired by not only Project Zomboid but also Cataclysm DDA.

[@OlorhStudio]

No kill for 22 minutes is insane

[@DiegoSynth]

Yes. Adding a delay to each and every action (progress bar) was not the greatest idea. I know in real life it takes 1 second to open a cupboard's door, but it wasn't necessary to reflect it in the game... Also the reviewer is extremely slow and quite... "confused". Took him forever to drive a car among other things. Apart from that, the game seems to have potential, but I would say it needs extra work.

[@MrKingH8sYouTube]

So you're only interested in the killing part? Have you considered psych meds?

[@omegadroidzero]

Maybe Call of Duty is more your mentality.

[@vicc6790]

@@MrKingH8sKZbin it's a video game, who cares?

[@SorryImSam]

@@MrKingH8sKZbin That comment is a deeper insight into your shadow self than it is for us. A strange level of projection is involved. I hope you're taking your meds and managing well.

[@AddiUppi]

10:55 "in there bathroom" the pause of centuries 😭

[@entombedmachine]

So this game takes place in N.Y. State. All counties listed on the television station are localized there.

[@heyimgoingtoplaysomegames]

I had an absolute blast discovering I could just drive and drive and drive!! One of my favorite game moments ever was the original Mafia, discovering you could drive out into the country for miles!! The developers didn’t have to put all of that content into the game, but they did!

[@Rugrat]

I've been jumping into this every few months for a couple years now it feels like and it improves every time 😁👍

[@Jazzybreaks]

If polished up, optimized and regularly updated, this could be "The day before" that we never got.

[@kylesimpson6729]

Dang bro i love project zomboid but im more of a first person player so this game is perfect for me.

[@aa1bb2cc3dd4]

Can confirm that is ACTUALLY the entire movie for Night of the Living Dead, and that's INSANE for a game to have the ability to watch it. This game has SERIOUS potential, and the fact it's free is WILD....

[@Road_Work_Ahead]

If they keep improving the game, they might really have something here. Love ya raptor

[@JeeTinator]

First 10 mins in and this game already seems pretty promising. I can’t wait to play it myself actually!

[@DungEater007]

Ah I forgot about this game! This was made by devs from one of the failed/scam ones if I remember who left due to that game and its owner and made this so I can give them some patience with this tbh.

[@rtorbs]

Failed and Scam are wildly different imo......its not illegal to bail on a dog, doesnt mean everything a studio does is with ill intent

[@DungEater007]

@@rtorbs Feel like I should clarify, this is being made by former devs of Dead Matter in their spare time, when I said patience I meant more to give them a chance, they have already done more than dead matter in that time and also not had any funding or backing so they are worth a watch to see what happens.

[@rtorbs]

@@DungEater007 No that's cool, I just see a lot of posts aimed at indie Devs that seem to only allow one chance at something and then they're all branded scammers

[@andybanov4319]

@@rtorbs Yeah but is a copy of dead matter menu and graphics

[@hendrikovic_3706]

@@DungEater007 i played it first at 0.002 or 0.001 and since then i need to say its developing further and further, the communication is pretty good and overall u get like weekly news on what theyre working on imo it has potential

[@emulovxam]

Iam new 🙋🏻‍♂️ really pumped for this game vein! and i saw some manor lords on your channel will watch that after this one🤙🏼

[@n8dawg727]

Picks peanut allergy and yet he leaves the canned corn behind lol

[@ArchieStormcloudOfficial]

Me sitting here on the toilet shaving carrots into my bathroom trash can for sink soup.

[@romansmith239]

Games like PZ are absolutely perfect. Im so sick of them putting ao much into the graphics that every other factor is lacking. Games are supposed to look animated they arent suppose to look real idgaf about how real the game looks. But when you gotta go thru a house and dig thru the cabinets for supplies, thats top notch detailing to me. I miss when games were games. Not cinematic playable cut scenes. Thats what a lot of games are today unfortunately.

[@bob_mikhail]

37:36 bro casually shooting at a gas station 💀

[@Craulback]

OMG, shoes.. That brings me back 😂

[@otakuholly8885]

This has beaten The Day Before moment you began. Its all up from here!

[@user-xd5vu3ds3g]

Shoes omg! lol that lives rent free in my head too.

[@Jupaerian]

this looks really cool!! but i'll come back to this game in a year or something, looks like still need things to improve

[@Neyenn]

2:07 The mods for hair in Cyberpunk are something unbelievable, the level of detail that some modders get is outstanding.

[@dubtalion]

@@Neyenn thats what i thought, best so far. Clancys breakpoint is does it well too...

[@bostjanradovan1800]

Looks nice. Everything that Dead Matter should be ;)

[@DreadedGrim]

Looks like an awesome open world survival game

[@AgressivePigeon]

4:52 Ah yes, the souless stare of the store assets... Not hating on it, I'm just getting too old to throw in the "this has potential", good luck to the devs keeping on pushing this game further.

[@gigachadgaming1551]

Don’t be a coward, hate on it

[@Ak-qv7hj]

Joe raptor, you're finally adult and out of puberty, I like the change of voice🎉

[@garulia17]

Wait- are you able to watch the entire movie? Lmao that's wild

[@triggeredpurplepill]

THIS is great, been playing for a little, if they continue it will be good

[@MausTanker]

TAKE THE CANNABIS YOU SQUARE

[@havoknkhaos91]

Exactly if it's the apocalypse I'm doing every drug under the sun🤣

[@bigboi9856]

@@havoknkhaos91 right? like, if you're safe, what else are you gonna do? watch youtube?

[@macdaddymario]

​​@@bigboi9856Check the perimeter. Reinforce fortifications. Check and clear your sanitation trench, as you local water system isn't going to work for much longer, and without that trench, you'll be sitting in your own shit sooner than you think. Anyone that thinks there's nothing to do, when you're living in a situation with no modern amenities, needs to turn off their phone and go volunteer at a farm. Up by 5am, working till 7pm. ALWAYS something you should be doing.

[@grimstrife4338]

Nah I'm keeping my head straight. Potheads would definitely die.

[@MausTanker]

@@grimstrife4338 You couldn't afford to be a pothead unless you were in some kind of safe haven or well established community. I don't think anyones toking joints between juking gangs of rotters lol

[@MarkusAnthony88]

Rummage through cabinets simulator. Looks so fun

[@skellula9923]

I currently play zomboid and wished it was 1st person. Hope this game does good.

[@Dr.Slaughter]

This game looks like it has so much potential!

[@Fxrrxt2x]

I don't mean to compare and put down another game, but just out of value proposition reasons, this already looks a lot better than 'Mist Survival'. I'll definitely be keeping my eyes on the further development of this game. Thanks for bringing this game to my attention. I think I'll be doing a Jill Valentine build in this game 😅

[@beermaninc.511]

This is based 40 minutes from where I live. Pretty cool!

[@eddb0i]

looks and plays like a jankier 7Days2Die (which is janky itself) without the heavy emphasis on build/craft survival

[@Glare108]

@@eddb0i Well, these are Devs who worked on Dead Matter, which was a majorly ambitious idea, but the team or lead (or both) were far too incompetent to pull it off. So this is pretty close to that game, may have a few differences here and there, but same idea. Whether these guys are actually competent enough to pull this off is kinda beyond me, because I don't really know who was at fault for that last projects failure. But this is free, so no one's getting scammed out of any money here.

[@TrvphouseMike]

“Strange place for a bathroom” it’s a strange place for an electrical box too lol

[@CapnRetro]

They need to add Male and Female option. Make the Male faces more masculine. Chest hair, muscles, height, sliders, PETS maybe?

[@BackpackComics]

Gonna have to try this one out for myself! I definitely see the comparison. Think project Zomboid is in a league of its own

[@m.a6416]

Satisfactory failed to overthrow Factorio but you never know.

[@Warsteel55]

Dude Satisfactory is goated!

[@KaiisTied]

Just downloaded the demo I always gotta give these zombie survival games a chance

[@Zilican]

People are trying to compare this directly to PZ and talking about how more advanced PZ is, PZ has been available on steam for 11 years, this game about a month or so, and that's not including development time pre-steam. It's very impressive where they are now, just imagine where this game could be in 11 years.

[@gigachadgaming1551]

This game will be abandoned by 5 years 😂 this game is not unique in the slightest and would not have the loyal fan base zomboid has (plus the realism approach to graphics means this will look outdated. It already looks outdated) this game has nothing at its core. Working on it would be like trying to polish a turd

[@jacobboernet5287]

@@gigachadgaming1551 yeah people don’t just care about the graphics in games anymore that’s such a brain dead take lmao stfu and go play cod

[@DinosaurNick]

"So how did you die?" "A jerk trapped me in a truck."

[@davidquezada50]

everything seems to better then zomboid on youtube haha i can see the zomboid inspiration thats cool

[@butwhytho4858]

Admittedly I’m a sucker for these uploads comparing them to project zomboid. I bought the game years ago and have never been able to get a grip on the UI and controls. I’m a console and mobile game player because of a busy life with kids. I do play a few pc games, but the learning curve was just infuriating 😭 Ever since though, I’ve been looking for a similar game in any form that’s easier to “pick up and play”.

[@MrMegamike2k]

They seem better until you see it in action and then rather play zomboid.

[@Jinkypigs]

​@@butwhytho4858... why on earth will you pay zomboid on console ... is it even on console that has no early access option?

[@AppalachiaHillBilly]

I’m kinda shocked you made your character look like me lmao and I also have a peanut allergy 😂

[@justinleeadams]

"OH, we have cannabis..." hahaha I'M IN!

[@delboy6699]

You have cannabis in SCUM, you can plant it, smoke it, sell it. Also Day Z has it too. This game looks really desperate. Very ugly graphics, the animations are really dull, the sounds are lame. No wonder this game is free.

[@jacksonguppy2983]

@justinleeadams I heard that too and had the same reaction. Green fire enabled 😂

[@PeterBee911]

Sad.

[@poseiduntv]

right before he said "we got the hank hill truck" i was thinking of hank hill because i saw beavis and butthead.. literally seconds before!!

[@GoogleIsNotYourFriend]

The answer is no... it is not even close to zomboid. It might be good with several years of development...

[@Bandit_of_ISOs]

14:19 as soon as he was talking about sleeping and closing the windows i was like check those doors.. and he left the side door unlocked 😅

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

"Corporate needs to find the difference between these two occupations" "Doctor" "Drug dealer" They are the same.

[@gtaocinematics]

The free element really shows. Looks like a typical free asset game design.

[@XFauni]

If it's literally just First Person PZ then yes... it's going to be better... My one gripe with PZ was the top down, only reason I don't actually play it

[@joeydigrado382]

@@XFauni I use to be like that. But I gave it a shot and I haven't put it down since I bought it. It's amazing I love it it's my new favorite thing to play everyday.

[@Texas240]

I found the combat controls to be infuriating. I couldn't get the character to do what I wanted because the control for movement and attack was so wonky.

[@XFauni]

@@joeydigrado382 Oh no I own the game lol just don't play it

[@MalcomHeavy]

@XFauni You're missing out on one of the greatest experiences in survival-horror due to your close mindedness. Give it a fair shot, and it may surprise you how much more immersive Zomboid is than 99.9% of its first-person counterparts.

[@Camishere2040]

He's not being close minded, some people genuinely dont like that style of game and thats ok.​@MalcomHeavy

[@ZevesG]

this game has potencial. looking forwards to trying it in 3 years and one rework later.

[@grimwell6300]

I watched the video. But before I even watched it I already answered the video title question in my name.... NO it's not better than PZ... that game is insanely detailed and polished

[@willzstone]

Fun fact: Night of the Living Dead actually became public domain by accident due to an error by the distributor.

[@gigachadgaming1551]

“Is this f2p, early access, dayZ clone, asset flippped shovel ware, open world survival that’s like 10 years too late to the trend, better than project zomboid?” No, no it is not

[@Ghazlawl]

Don't think we didn't notice that politician and religious leader had the same icon! 😆

[@speedyspeeds]

"Marked as a demo" *interest instantly evaporates*

[@Zebrastripegum-m2j]

Did you not grow up playing demos before the games actually came out??

[@iasonakamimosa2574]

So was 7 days to die technically. Any game marked "Early release" style is technically in demo mode.

[@justamgames6197]

i played this game in early development like 2 years ago or so and it was fire but it feels like a co op only game, I need homies to play it.

[@thedryparn1279]

The game is blurry and lacks contrast as heck while the UI is super sharp and contrast rich. They need to fix that game graphics.

[@scottyspliffen7421]

It’s just a demo so chill ur tits 😂😂😂😂 shits not even in early access yet so there could be many changes along the way ffs 🤦‍♂️ 😂😂😂😂

[@RHaenJarr]

This looks like a bow to anyone to whom the decade-long early access of 7 Days To Die wasn't enough

[@football07jh]

Seems more like a low res version of Scum

[@phoenixdzk]

Oh nice. Gameranx name drops this in their 'coming soon' lists every now & then