Why Project Zomboid Is So Awesome

Project Zomboid is the best survival game I have EVER played..
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Project Zomboid is a super-realistic isometric zombie survival game made by a small team with a ton of passion and thought put into every aspect of the game. It is one of my favorite survival games of all time and it has the potential to be one of the best ever made!
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[@VeritasEtAequitas]

The negative tropes about Kentucky, the south, or rural areas are pretty lame. You might be surprised by how much they know that urbanites have lost the ingenuity to grasp.

[@ch0rizoburrito]

I was doing a nomad run, never settling in one place for longer than I needed to. It was just me and whatever I could fit in my car. One day while I was playing, my buddy irl texted me, and I was on a long stretch of highway, so I put my car on cruise control and started texting my buddy back not really paying attention to the game. Then I hear a crash and look up. My character hit a tree while I was texting and broke several bones and was bleeding pretty badly. The noise attracted zombies and my car wasn't starting. I got out and immediately tripped bc of my character's broken leg, and my character was swarmed and eaten. You can imagine my disappointment when my month-long character died getting into a car accident texting while driving.

[@AaronS11979]

When art imitates life.

[@vcommandarv5916]

You can't pause the Game? Srry I don't own it yet

[@ch0rizoburrito]

@@vcommandarv5916 oh you can, I was just being lazy and trying to kill time while my character drove from one town to the next. Got way too comfortable, and most people agree that's the #1 killer in this game. Complacency, every time smh

[@TheJimmyDonut]

Lol! Reminds of the time I was up late into the morning playing Saints Row 2 (when it was new). While talking to a friend in party, I woke up to him asking if I was sleeping. Realizing I WAS just sleeping, I found that I gently crashed up against an electrical pole with the radio still going. Good times :)

[@MrJC1]

@@vcommandarv5916 you tend to die in zomboid by being careless. you try your hardest not to be, but it is so easy to end up in a state of feeling like you are in total control, only to make a silly mistake and die. lmao. its part of the "fun". i wouldn't have it any other way. when you get frustrated, its good to take a break, but you'll be back. you just know that you can do better, if you can only keep that patience and self control topped up. ahahahaha. EDIT: Then again... I say patience... you need to be patience, but there is always something clawing at you to go faster... and it aint just the zombies. lol! its a tug of war of pure hell and i love it!

[@camg6400]

I spent days DAYS clearing out the entire prison outside rosewood. I went up a watch tower to survey my new kingdom. Accidentally fell to my death from the tower. Excellent.

[@Meever]

OMG bro

[@solarenoi]

oh my goodness

[@trickbaitman]

fallen kingdom💀

[@witchking008]

same there was this building i thought connected at each other in Ravencreek...i fell to my death

[@whitedevil5252]

Lmao

[@gmakscorner6940]

So one time on an rp server I made a cook character, gained the trust of some rebels who captured me and they forced me to cook for them. Well this lasted a while and I managed to get my cook and foraging skills pretty high, high enough to find white poison berries and ended up poisoning a rebel group of about 12 ppl. Greatest end to an rp game I've had

[@JohnBrownsBody]

that’s fucking awesome

[@kriskater]

Wicked 😄

[@qwertyaskwhy]

nah but, that's so fucking awesome dude hahaha

[@darkoriginemoni3626]

that's hilarious !!!!

[@Crackheadcentral2188]

Solid plan, feed em death, run before they start dropping

[@JayantVermaYT]

Also the fact that you could see your old character zombiefied is just amazing

[@Overthinking-rain]

Not many games have features like this

[@aleciabrimer6200]

Having to chase down my own bitch ass to get my gear back is always fun

[@BaileyNUFC]

ZombiU did this exact same thing and was always a cool feature, so glad PZ has it

[@Goofygooberston]

The most frustrating run-end for me was when I spent an actual real life week fortifying and supplying a cabin in the woods, only to crash my car in the middle of nowhere while on my way to do a supply run, get cut up bad, realize I didn't have medical supplies, tore up my clothing to bandage it, while in the middle of winter. Bobby Pistoletto died a lonely cold and bloody death there on the side of the road.

[@tighoster]

Legendary last name... A true survivor.

[@ignajara]

BOBBY PISTOLETTO

[@ignajara]

ill make a grave in my base, in memory of Bobby Pistoletto XDD

[@TheRealHungryJoe]

@@ignajara “translation is hilarious 😂

[@davidburnett5049]

Did you crash because of the isometric perspective?

[@danzilthard.7248]

I was 4 months in, had thousands of zombie kills under my belt. I was a competent Mechanic, Carpenter, Tailor and Master Combatant with both Long Blades and Long Blunt. I had literal decades worth of both food and fuel in my base on the top floor of an apartment building in Raven Creek. I had built a bridge from the fire escape over the alley to the building next to me so I could easily set up a farm on the neighboring rooftop. I had carried dozens of sacks of dirt to the roof, had dozens of every type of seed, hundreds of pounds of fertilizer and dozens of rain collectors with which to keep them watered. I had multiple generators and the parts to keep them running indefinitely. I had turned the apartment across the hall into a kitchen, mega-freezer and library and I was literally set to live out the rest of my days comfy and happy in my sky high fortress to which no undead could ever hope to encroach. While on the way to my freezer after collecting my very first harvest from my massive garden, I took an uncareful step crossing my bridge and plunged 10 stories, shattering every bone in my body and dying a quick but agonizing death, helpless on the pavement.

[@dallascota8105]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

[@lilgreenghoul2832]

Shoulda built a guard rail .

[@vcommandarv5916]

Ouch, did u return to the base with a new survivor?

[@danzilthard.7248]

@@vcommandarv5916 I did not. I restrict myself to ONE survivor per save and never play more than one character in the same space. The risk of losing it all is what keeps the game fresh for me. If something weird happened and I lost a character to something beyond my control, I'd consider making a new survivor, but never if it was by my own mistakes.

[@vcommandarv5916]

@@danzilthard.7248 oh amazing, I wouldn't be able to do it, maybe in the first ingame month ill restart like you

[@hellraiserward]

I played a character named Agatha. she was an old chain smoking woman that hated everything and was glad that zombies had taken over. Agatha killed nearly 600 zombies in the apocalypse and got to being a master carpenter. one day Agatha decided to build a stair case up to roof of her base and in the process of making the landing fell from one story up but with a large amount of boards, nails, and tools on her and died immediately.

[@tetraxis3011]

…..why is this funny? Why did I chicle at this? The wording? The buildup?

[@emmaward5618]

@@tetraxis3011that it’s too real and you get it 😂

[@tetraxis3011]

@@emmaward5618 I definitely do. Dying to moronic crap like this is something I experience somewhat often.

[@uomedievo8325]

Cringe

[@randiedington7396]

The first time my bf and I played PZ we got really into it, we loved how detailed it was and just kept marveling at all the little nuances like needing to wear gloves or cloth around our hands to remove glass from a window, the fact that you needed a pencil And an eraser in your inventory to write on the map and remove the marks, etc. Anyway during our early days playing we experienced everyone's "favorite" Helicopter event while we were out exploring/gathering supplies. We couldn't figure out why so many Zeds were being attracted to us until we realized they were following the sound of the helicopter.....so we made eeeevery rookie's first mistake and fled back to our main base to try and cover the windows and lay low until the Helicopter passed, not yet realizing that the damn thing was Following Us the Whole Way. We got home, hid inside, covered the windows and started reading. At some point we heard banging at the door....then the window...then another window. We threw open the curtains and were horrified by the huge mob of Zeds that had gathered outside our house. We were completely surrounded. Panicked I started gathering all the curtains/sheets I could get in the house and started trying to make a sheet rope to escape from the second story window. My bf died trying to hold off the horde at the top of the stairs, I made it outside and got about 20 feet away from the building before I was overwhelmed. Needless to say....we absolutely hate that helicopter event lol

[@RRaveRB]

I tried to live in the wilderness run and it was fun, I farmed and built a roofless house because making a roof requires a stair, I basically fish and farmed all day, everyday, and the moment I left for a supply run to get more seeds, a zombie sneaked behind me while I was fighting 2 zombies in the front and I got bit, so I did a last stand and shouted to my heart's content and died bravely like a maniac.

[@TV-lk5ld]

Main character energy

[@TheIdiotPlays]

If you have a machete create a fuckton of spears and with books it won't take long to get carpentry 6. After that you can built stairs and make the roof with floor tiles. Edit: Ah, didn't read the whole comment at first but i'll leave it if someone benefits from it.

[@TV-lk5ld]

@@TheIdiotPlays thanks for the tip

[@RRaveRB]

@@TheIdiotPlays I'm an Illiterate, fast learner and focus my stats on foraging, farming and carpentry, I only loot seeds, a good amount of nails, and tarp, I almost never leave the forest until I'm out of seeds or nails, but I should try your tip next time.

[@TheIdiotPlays]

@@RRaveRB It could be a bug since I tried this with other knives and they break, but the machete seems to have infinite durability when creating spears :D Also the other common way is to go and disassemble double beds but that's a bit hard in the woods if you don't want to leave.

[@L4ZY2137]

I love the fact, that in the last update they added, that if you try to microwave canned food (or anything with metal) it will explode and light your house on fire.

[@witchking008]

im gonna try that to burn zombies

[@shanedude8540]

Definitely gonna try that out

[@mclovin2408]

The small details is why I have failed to leave the game behind.

[@cazzadeathgirl]

This is a thing now? Good to know, I haven't tried it but I did have an accident of forgetting to remove a teaspoon from a mug IRL. Pretty sparkles but I learned my mistake. This game is super accurate on small details

[@Erick-bl3vh]

Good to know, didn't see that change.

[@wafflezmp4]

The moment that made me fall in love with this game is the down time between all the fighting and scavenging when I joined my friends server. We sat down in the middle of the road at night on our way to Louisville, used the head lights of our vehicle to light up the road and sat. we talked about real life stories until the in game sun started rising and it was one of my favorite experiences

[@mp-og7ly]

On my friend's first day playing this, I assured him that he couldn't break or ruin the game with traits. I went in blind and learning all the little details was a great experience for me, so I wanted to give that to him as well. My friend spawns in and we set about looting houses and looking for a car. He gets pretty competent killing zombies, so to save some time I send him down one street and I go down another. All of a sudden he starts yelling for help so I run over and find the entire block full of smashed windows and a horde of 50+ zombies surrounding him. This is when I learned he took deaf and had been smashing every window not realizing it made noise. We have melee weapons only so I start herding the zombies and fighting them; we back into a nice looking truck, I tell him to hop in and see if it drives. Lo and behold, small miracle, there's a key in it. He starts the car. And then he speeds down the highway. Away from me. And directly into a three car pileup. The car is ruined but he's okay despite some minor injuries, so I tell him to wait in the car and I'll be there in a second. At this point we're both laughing our asses off, I'm still backing up towards him fighting off the rest of the horde, and I hear the sound of a car horn going off. He's been pressing the horn nonstop without thinking about it while sitting in the car. I turn around just in time to see another horde coming from the opposite direction, summoned by the car horn. You can guess how this ended

[@domsli3764]

That's the funniest thing i have ever heard 😅🤣😂🤣🤣

[@GangstaPeppa969]

Favorite moment. I survived 16 days on one character. This character had survived 3 trips to Louisville, falling off a 2 story building, almost getting bitten, killed over 800 zombies only to die to me ODing because he had schizophrenia and he had an episode so I took too many pills cuz I am stupid and this was my first character with schizophrenia. 11/10 experience still play on that server.

[@azizyakan1345]

I’m really confused, when you say days do you mean IRL?

[@GangstaPeppa969]

@@azizyakan1345 no i survived 16 days in game or spent 16 irl hours on that character

[@alexbraswell5021]

Bro i LOLED when i read he had schizophrenia

[@loppyhero7196]

That's a W in my book. Dying of an overdose in a world filled with zombies might just be the best way to go

[@AussieBoyLloyd]

i nearly killed a several month character the same way took pain killers so they could sleep and they still didnt want to so took sleeping tablets on top and washed them down with beer... somehow got lucky going to sleep and waking up alive

[@TheAwesomeAlan]

One of my favorite Project Zomboid moments ever: In the base game, broken down or deteriorating cars can spawn in random locations, sometimes acting as roadblocks that you need to remove. I used a mod to add in NPC's, which added in bandits that attack randomly. These two systems would then intertwine in a unexpected and brutal way. I was traveling to a new town, scouting out supplies, when a police roadblock stood in my path. I got out of my car, equipped some gas so I can fuel the police cars and move them, only to be completely surprised when I was ambushed and sniped IMMEDIATELY by the bandits. The whole thing was a set up, and it was like the bandits had set up the roadblock to lure unsuspecting survivors. It was hilarious and completely demoralizing, but that's Project Zomboid!

[@oxered6791]

Damn what mod is that

[@ludwig6050]

what's the name of the mod?

[@TheAwesomeAlan]

@@ludwig6050 Superb Survivors!

[@TheAwesomeAlan]

@@oxered6791 Superb Survivors!

[@jimmp6005]

@@TheAwesomeAlan Thankyou so much

[@Mandred85]

I love on Zomboid that you never die because it's unfair. You always die because you make mistakes and mistakes are deadly in zomboid. After every death I asked myself "WHY TF DID I DO THAT!?" And as you say, the deadliest thing in zomboid is overconfidence. ^^

[@sgtjohnson49]

"Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer"

[@Overthinking-rain]

After each death I take a minute or two to analyze why I ended up in that situation, it is always a series of events triggered by a mistake

[@badxradxandy]

Play a CDDA run

[@radosam8415]

If you've never played this game with a few friends, you definitely should. This game will create stories for you and your friends for years to come. We still talk about some of our older play throughs 5-6 years later

[@badxradxandy]

touch grass

[@websiteusage518]

@@badxradxandy are u upset u dont have any friends to play with?

[@penisinlargementpills2511]

@@badxradxandy someones a wittle bit gwumpy

[@Uncle-Ruckus.]

@@badxradxandy bozo liked his own comment cuz hes lonely 😂

[@Overthinking-rain]

I don't have any friends

[@ilikespagett1514]

9:55 "It takes a lot of thinking about what you're doing to survive in this world" Robokast says whilst doing donuts on zombies and wrecking his car

[@ambrosesutter8972]

donuts prevent hood damage and subsequent engine damage

[@ilikespagett1514]

@@ambrosesutter8972 can't tell if you're serious but 1. Robokast hit them w the hood 2. You can prevent vehicle damage by driving slower than 15mph

[@SpiffoGaming]

@@ilikespagett1514 This is why you need to do forward donuts. Contrary to what you would assume, if you do forwards donuts your hood wont get hit

[@triggerffs4003]

Yeah but forward donuts are so slow so with a larger horde a zombie or two will bring you to a stop and you get swarmed. Reverse donuts are OP

[@LexYeen]

Technically, any car in Zomboid is your car if you're determined enough.

[@yaboycpg1102]

I remember my one run I was a chef. His name was Dougie FuFu. I survived 8 months and 16 days. had guns galore, plenty of ammo for them, food to last me months without having to do any supply runs, plenty of medicine if I needed it, etc. The crazy thing about this game is all it takes is one wrong move and you’re done and that’s exactly what happened. There were a couple zombies (that I knew of at the time) banging on my door so I was going to go out the window to sneak around and kill them. Well my dumbass clicks break window instead of climb through and the noise attracted this giant ass horde of zombies I didn’t know was there. So I grabbed as much of my stuff as I could and put it in my truck then made them follow me away from my home. I get back to my home after leading them away and grab the rest of my stuff and decide to relocate. I found a house that seemed suitable to live in and moved in. I was going through the house to make sure it was clear. Well it indeed wasn’t clear. I opened the bathroom door and FIVE zombies came running at me and I jump scared super bad so my mouse shook and I missed the swing then got bit and I tried running away but my characters dumbass tripped and then the zombies got me and killed me. I was super upset cuz he was one of my longest runs. What was even more sad was when I started my next run I spawned a block away from the house Dougie FuFu died in so I headed over and sure enough I found the zombified body of Dougie and I didn’t wanna kill him due to the fun memories so I made him follow me all the way to where I had set up base and I trapped him and barricaded him in the bathroom. To this day I still have Dougie in the bathroom on that run

[@diegovillafane6313]

What about your stuff? I guess you had a lot to spare lol dude, sorry for the lost

[@EZUP92]

Best thing I've ever read 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Nathdood]

best story in the comments by far haha

[@yaboycpg1102]

update: dougie is still in the bathroom 😂 zombies broke in the house he’s in though so i had to move a few houses down but i go back and check on him every now and then 😂 fufu will never die. and i vow to never relocate far from him. and if the character i’m using right now dies he too will be trapped in the bathroom with fufu.

[@zombielols1895]

Great story

[@Zeek3]

Best story I got is kinda similar to yours. Me and my friends had searched the entire country club and cleared out both the buildings and surrouding area planning to use it as our main base. By the time we secured the area, all the corpses were starting to make us sick so we started to pile them in order to burn them. However, the guy we left in charge of burning the corpses apparently didn't know you could use a gas can and a lighter to easily start burning corpses. So what did he decide to use to burn the corpses? He made molotov cocktails and tried to burn them that way. That went about as well as you think it did, and within minutes, the entire country club became an inferno. And the best part? The same guy that was burning the corpses knew that he saw an extinguisher in the club somewhere, but couldn't remember where it was and he couldn't go and look for it cause he instantly caught fire and died. Now none of us ever start any fires without having an extinguisher nearby and ready.

[@NewtzT-V]

You can simply right click yourself and select "Extinguish fire" even without a fire extinguisher device.

[@justdillan23]

The thing I love about Project Zomboid is how much the game hammers into your brain that you are no one. You could have plenty of great armour equipped, but you'll end up like the zombies you robbed them off. You could have a big, fortified base, but not strong enough evidenced by zombies breaking down anything in seconds if there's enough of them. No matter how much loot you own, no matter how many traits you have, no matter how many skills you've gained. This is the story of how you died. And man, does it make the game feel miserable, when you don't have any distractions at least.

[@saggyshaggy5681]

Currently got my longest living survivor, it's October going on November, I live somewhere in eerie County holed up in a mechanic shop next to a gas station. Both have been joined together by wooden walls. I got my farms going as well as 12 rain barrels for plumbing. The small city I live has been almost entirely cleared, I see one straggler maybe once a week, I have disassembled every car wreck in the town. Edit: Nvm

[@hcastro35]

🤣🤣🤣

[@printrovert6276]

Oh noooo :D how did you die?

[@saggyshaggy5681]

@@printrovert6276 you know where a bunch of zombies spawn in one room and create a lot of noise. I went to clear it and ended up getting grabbed.

[@MonstaTrapz]

@@saggyshaggy5681 Damn!

[@semregob3363]

stragglr?

[@flammifer451]

The stories in Zomboid aren't always about misery, sometimes they're about you smoking a cigarette, grabbing your shotgun and heroically sacrificing yourself to the horde so that your friends could escape

[@jasperLove]

its lit

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Shaun of the dead type shit

[@connormckibben5986]

Been there.

[@womogman9009]

this game is sad. i had a lot of stuff and me and my buddy were livin in our house, and occasionally a zombie would attack us. i was queasy for a bit, and i slowly became more and more sick. i hid it from him while also showing signs of infection but he didn’t mind it. on my final day i wrote the last entry acknowledging my doom in my personal diary and chugged a bottle of bleach while my friend walked in and saw me doing it. i spent my last few minutes sitting with him reminiscing on what we went through to get there before i became zombified and died

[@parkerandrileyvlogs7169]

What's actually really cool, is that the cigarette wouldn't be just for looking cool. It would keep your stress down so that you can be more accurate with the shotgun

[@ShottingStart08]

Visibility is an interesting feature because you can't tell what's coming towards you from behind if you keep focusing on hitting the Zombie in front.

[@FizCap]

You can see behind you if you have the keen hearing trait I believe

[@simbaensolo3466]

@@FizCapYou can see further from behind but it’s not as good as directly looking at it, it give you more time to react though

[@MrTigerlore]

I survived for an extremely long time through countless zombie attacks. I finally decided to leave the city and settle down in the woods. My first night in the woods, I drank a bad pot of water, contracted dysentery and died the next day.

[@shturminator3976]

I survived for nearly six months (my goal), I did not notice that my shoes were broken, so i slowly walked myself to death, while panicin not knowing why i was getting hurt..... so yeah new players, even your shoes are out to get you.

[@MidtWinterRose]

Thanks for the heads up 👌🏻

[@jedbex7070]

That sounds incredibly annoying. How does this game not just make people so mad they don’t want to play?

[@soup7683]

@@jedbex7070 It's just that good

[@jimster1111]

thats ridiculously unimmersive

[@fernandocamacho5088]

That's some stupid shit because unless your are walking on glass or spikes. There is no problem walking without shoes in real life. Your feet are going to eventually adapt to the ground and it's going to grown a thicker skin on the soil

[@fiddleman22]

At first I didn't realize how much of a time warp you go into while playing this game. For me it's not a "I have a free hour I guess I'll play PZ." It's more like "I have carved out the afternoon and have an empty bladder. See you all in 6 hours when I finally realize what time it is." There's always something to do and you just get lost. That's why I love this game.

[@razurio2768]

I've been playing with some friends and suddenly it's 4 AM...

[@RawJah]

Ah, gotta love that hyperfocus kicking in. :D

[@kazmine6831]

Me too, I fucking make time to binge play this game

[@MADPAOFFICIAL]

I played last night.... I started at 7 and was like OK imma make dinner at 8, next thing ik it's 1pm and I have to go to bed

[@Deamos8294]

It’s honestly not even that bad looking, you get used to it pretty quick

[@Hero.S]

the graphics has a charm to it

[@lenaramoon4617]

it's just sims 1 graphics, idk what the problem is

[@VeritasEtAequitas]

Yeah, it's fine. Millennials...

[@MTLGSE]

​@@VeritasEtAequitasyou realize millenials grew up on the SNES and PSone right ?

[@Neo-Ghoul]

My most frustrating run end was when I wasn’t paying attention when I tried clearing Muldraugh with Molotovs. I was clearing the highway and things were going well, then I tried to clear another part of the street and I threw a molotov at a horde, but I wasn’t paying attention to a group right next to me. I got swarmed and heard my character scream in agony due to my unawareness.

[@slushisimcambi2521]

This game has been a hidden gem for a long time. Glad it has been getting mainstream traction!

[@darklink9922]

Yea I remember seeing a content creator playing this game pretty regularly when I was younger and the map was super small

[@moviecentral7422]

@@darklink9922 maybe that's amphibious amphibian?

[@marinewillis1202]

I just cant do the controls. The game has immense potential for me but the damn controls ruin it for me. The moment more than 1 zombie shows up I get bit lol

[@pakaru1638]

@@marinewillis1202 You're just bad at the game then. I never fight more than 2 zombies at the time, because that's super dumb and risky.

[@lillooseleaf9292]

@@pakaru1638 nice way to gatekeep the game from newer players...

[@elrondhubbard7059]

The first run I ever had where I felt like I was making progress, I had a character who had survived for a week in West Point. I'd managed to clear out the zombies along a residential street and I had barricaded the doors and windows of a big two story house which I was using as a base. I'd found a crowbar for smashing zombie skulls in, had a bunch of hand tools so I could disassemble furniture, I ransacked every house on the street for food and medical supplies and I had a working crapbox of a car for the first time. I felt like a king. Then as I was driving down the street for the first time I was playing with the car options, turning the AC on and rolling the windows up and down, and that's when I saw a lone zombie shuffling around at the end of the street. I'll just get out and bop it on the head and drive on, I thought. I got out of the car and I snuck up, and as I got within range I swung the crowbar and _CLUNG_ the condition of the crowbar had reached zero and it broke! Panicked, I ran back to the car and scrambled into the door. I turned the key and the engine wouldn't turn over. I turned it again, and still, the car wouldn't start. The zombie was right outside my door now. I turned the key again an _finally_ the car engine lets out a roar and starts. But wait! As I pressed the accelerator and the car started moving I thought 'Why am I bleeding?' Turns out the zombie was able to scratch me because I had left the goddamn window down and it got its arms through while I was starting the car. Scratches have a 10% chance of zombification as I would come to learn, and I guess I was unlucky. My character started getting nauseous and sick over the next few days and eventually he died. Ever since then, whenever I park my car somewhere and get out, I _always_ roll the windows up.

[@The-Enclave]

Honestly there is no reason to roll down windows other then shooting

[@elrondhubbard7059]

@@The-Enclave Nah, if you got the window down you can hold the right mouse button to look further ahead than you can with the window up. Good for scouting ahead and such.

[@jasperLove]

travi

[@jasperLove]

tavis

[@aquaberry6296]

I got scratched while on a supply run with my brothers and we had no idea why my health was going down. We didnt know at the time that scratches could kill you loll. For a solid day in game we tried everything we could to heal me but my health slowly just went down and when i died and my character turned it was the funniest thing ever cause they started to freak out and ran to get their weapons 😂 We ended up burying my body in the backyard and had a funeral service

[@RawJah]

First of all, I get so immensely happy about every one of these "PZ is the best Zombie/Survival-Game ever" Videos that drop every now and then. I started playing PZ back when there were no cars or a map and I never got ouside of Muldraugh where I decided to spawn every time, because I slowly got some kind of idea of where I was at most times (I have very bad orientation in video games, I literally once got lost in a Skyrim-Dungeon, imagine that lol). So I could give you so many stories about how I died stupidly (back in the day, fire was my arch-enemy, so bad, that I till this day am afraid of fire in PZ lol). But the story I am about to tell you, is not about how I died, but how I survived. Me and my best friends, in the days before B41 was released for MP, decided to no longer wait, but to play one last run on B40. We built our base outside of West Point (everyone knows the spot, the 3 houses a little west outside of West Point - btw it took me weeks to get a hang of finding back to that base, in the end its left, right, straight forward lol). We barricaded it off to each side, felt safe, got a farm, got supplies, had electricity (thanks to Hydrocraft), had fresh water (thanks to Hydrocraft), we had everything. We even made it through winter. Winter felt endless and because of many of the storms that reduce your sight (btw. by now its 10 times worse with weather effects being as amazing as they are) we were kept inside our base, but that was fine, although it became somewhat boring. So when it became spring, we decided to do something fun, I dont remember what it was, but while I got my gear, my buddy said "uhm, hurry and get outside". So I did and when I came out I saw something like a horde of 1000 zombies coming up the road to our base. I kid you not. So I ran and checked the other side and from 1 and later another side they were coming too, not in the numbers from the main gate though. And although we were kinda overhwelmed, first because of the sheer number of zombies at once, and them even breaking down our defenses, we survived, we killed them with guns (thanks to silencers). After that we decided that this savegame has peaked and that we, as in the players, needed vacation because we feared for our personal health and nerves lol. A few days later B41 for multiplayer dropped. Neither me or my buddy will EVER forget this. In our latest savegame we had a similar situation with a crazy snowstorm hitting us in the night of Halloween 94 (yes, more than a year after the start of the savegame in July 93) with a sheer endless number of zombies attacking us, but due to the weather conditions making it look like shadows in the snow-storm-fog, we fought for 4 hours while they coudlnt break our defenses for some reason. All of that in the night of fucking halloween. The devs say there are no scripted events in the game, but since then I'm tempted to not believe them about it lol. For obvious reasons. All of that being said. The game is phenomenal. Easily my most favorite game of all time. It will never stop to amaze me. Devs and Modders make it a never ending bundle of joy, that me and my best friend love equally.

[@Dave_Albright]

That graphic style isn't ugly. I like the style

[@hush6149]

Damn dude, after 100s of hours in Project Zomboid I never thought that taking your shoes off made you quieter… This game never gets old

[@xyrkzes]

I skimmed through this and I thought you said "After 100 seconds of Project Zomboid", lmao.

[@ownade]

Just dont walk on broken glass lol

[@alexfrance8864]

@Weedknight no

[@VotingChipmunk]

@@ownade I did that once. Of course, there were two things to cause that. 1) I didn't realize I didn't have Shoes on; 2) I forgot that a zombie had broken a window inward, so when I went to stomp their head, it cut up both my feet pretty badly. I managed to survive for twenty real world minutes after that happened, but only because I managed to not bleed out XD

[@goobersongoofy]

@@xyrkzesyou skimmed through a comment thats only a few sentences? whats the point?

[@ShepardDrake]

It's older than 9 years, I bought it back in 2012 when it was sold on Desura, before it hit Steam. The Devs were kind enough to give me and everyone else who bought it on Desura free Steam keys. I actually didn't even know it was released on Steam until 2017, and after emailing them they promptly just gave me a Steam key. It's great to see all the support they get.

[@jksonblkson]

Once people heard of the steam key offer, they started emailing them trying to get a free key, pretending to be returning players. I bought the game on Desura in 2012, too, but I was too young and didn't know how to play. The email I bought it with is LONG gone. Because of all the emails begging for a steam key, I can't get one myself because they started requiring a desura receipt email. So sad 😢

[@teufelhund53]

@@jksonblkson still considered "early access" on steam and it came out in 2013 lol. I'm bored and considering buy it

[@mkaleborn]

Just stumbled on to this game tonight, watching a lot of plays from different channels. Looks completely off the rails in its depth and challenge. Great write-up!

[@Cptmarko]

one thing i love about this game, is the small details and stories that are everywhere in the world, for example i broke in to a barricaded house in the middle of the living room (ironic much) were two people laying on the floor one face down and the other behind her with a gun on the floor there were two bullets missing from the clip

[@unifieddynasty]

The low-end graphics are a blessing. It means the game can have much more mechanics and much more modded mechanics.

[@jasperLove]

idk why lie but

[@Rabbit-o-witz]

You should have talked about the customization on difficulty. In this game you can shape the rules to fit your view on how a zombie apocalipse should be. Slow zombies/fast zombies. Day and night lenght. How long until water/enectricity stops working. How long until you turn into a zombie after getting bitten (also, its not 100% of the time, like you said). How many hordes, how common are locked houses/houses with alarms... Anyway, this just adds to the replayability of the game

[@runescapefreak034]

Bites are always lethal by default. The rumour that they aren't comes from a bug from years ago that would let people survive bites in extremely rare circumstances. However, bite lethality can be disabled in sandbox options.

[@SpiffoGaming]

@@runescapefreak034 scratches and lacerations are the non guaranteed infections

[@MyLiverismyEnemy]

Bite: 100% chance of Knox infection Laceration: 25% chance Scratch: 7% chance

[@dueydeebs5848]

This customization and mods is the only reason I keep playing the game. Some features are overbearing and ridiculous, like boredom for example.

[@solarenoi]

ive only recently tried fiddling with the settings for my games(so far 2) and its been really nice!! it looked very intimidating at the start, but slowly going through everything made it a lot more easy to understand everything. I definitely recommend people try fiddling with their settings for their games!! and the best part is that you can make presets, so you dont have to worry about restarting over again with changing so many settings once again :)

[@clumsyturtle8544]

I started a new run, managed to find a shotgun in an abandoned police car, I decided to scout the school near by after quietly taking out a few zombies out front and getting ready to head inside I was jumped by a zombie from behind. (This game has a perception cone so you only see what you character sees, don't have eyes int eh back of my head so didn't see the zombie). I got bit, in a panic I climbed the chain fence to get away from the zombie, knowing I was going to die I sat down next to the fence with the zombie trying to claw at me from the other side. Thinking about how to end it I lit up a cigarette and stared at the zombie. I decided to start making use of the shotgun and go out in a blaze of glory, the sound drew zombies from miles around and I embraced the horde scream until the very end. I made no progress but man was it fun playing that out.

[@americankitsune8259]

This game is also great inspiration for out of game things. I’ve been planning a comic based on an original character of mine about being stuck in a zombie apocalypse but I didn’t know how to go about it. Project zomboid and it’s mods helped me simulate what the arctic fox superhero from a different universe would feel in rural Kentucky during a zombie apocalypse and now I’m currently working on the script.

[@nerd_world8919]

You forgot to mention the passive and environmental story telling this game has which helps add to the atmosphere. The story isn’t shoved into your face, you stumble upon it through occasional radio transmissions, television broadcast, the just the environment. Things such as the implication two people were having sex before becoming zombies (two naked zombies in a room). Or someone committing suicide (a body with a loaded gun beside it). Or that some people were having a party when the apocalypse started (many many zombies in one house, red solo cups everywhere along with beer & snacks). There are maps with annotations on them from other survivors & so much more. One experience I had was my friend and I driving back from a looting run, we turn on the radio only to catch the end of a broadcast message along the lines of “Knox news is tapping out. This is it, we want to spend this time with our families. Goodluck & stay safe” only for it to then go to static and make my friend and I depressed.

[@Overthinking-rain]

Exactly, the game gives you clues and you draw conclusions about what happened

[@valx7586]

I remember finding a house at night, following a thick red trail of blood that ended in a pool at the end of a child's bed, genuinely freaked me out a little, especially using a lighter to see

[@webe3228]

You can even hear these events happening and the meta game tells a story. This is how the npcs in the new update are supposed to work too

[@justsimplycallmeevan5977]

Getting comfortable in your zomboid run is the biggest mistake you could ever make, i once had a character who survived 2 years and almost maxed out all his skills. I'm playing with a friend and one day on a loot run, he was caught surrounded by bunch of zombies and his ammo ran out. I drove towards his location to save him. I was shooting through zombies like your typical action movie characters and thinking i was invincible and all that. I managed to save him and clear out all the zombies in the vicinity, or atleast that's what i thought, because a zombie suddenly went around a corner and bit me in the neck while i was looking away. And that's how my character died. It wasn't an immediate death, because the zombie managed to infect me and i had to wait for my inevitable death, i felt that was such a huge insult to my character for being overly confident and comfortable. And to add salt to my injury, my friend left and survived without a single scratch on his character.

[@youtubewatcher4955]

I woulda put my friend up for that lol. I go we all go 😂.

[@blaire9524]

Ahh i am legend happened

[@SlightEcho]

Would definitely suggest one of the zombification vaccine mods, there's a few out there with varying degrees of difficulty to make/find them and it's totally worth it

[@justsimplycallmeevan5977]

@@SlightEcho i remember trying out one called "They knew" or something along the lines and it wasn't challenging because you can just find a specific zombie to get it from,so i'd probably search for another one that are less easy to obtain and require more effort.

[@AirLancer]

@@SlightEcho That'd kinda take away from the entire feel of the game wouldn't it? "You messed up? Oh well here's a get out of jail free card."

[@RicardoJunqueira]

Great video! Very well written and illustrated. Thank you!

[@holden6104]

This is one of the best review videos I've seen. Totally sold me on the game, and was entertaining in its own right without relying on the usual video gimmicks. Top notch stuff, you deserve a lot more subs.

[@gorgeouszan]

Project Zomboid is the best survival game on the market. Purely for it's depth and rewarding logical thinking (highlight for me I got an infection on a wound and wanted medicine...knew where a school was and thought schools have a nurses office right? Went there and sure enough they accounted for this and built a nurses office in the school that had medical supplies.) and more importantly because the Survival aspect is ever present. Every other survival game treats the survival part as a temporary checkbox until you become the dominate predator on the planet. In Zomboid you could survive for years, have maxed out tailored clothing and weapon skills, have discovered all the best weapons in the game...and a single stray zombie walking up behind you when you get reckless will kill you. On top of that not everything is producible (Gas, water is dependent on random rainfall, etc) So you actually HAVE to leave your base to scavenge. Can't just hide behind your walls feeling invincible forever. This is how you make a real Survival game. My favorite death so far...I had turned the Rosewood Firehouse into a secure walled base (Best base in the game imo!) had lived for months on end, was trapping animals, caught rabbits. I wanted to make Rabbit Burgers but didn't have the salt for making bread. I knew where a restaurant was in Muldraugh so decided I was going to drive over there to look for salt. In my hubris I climbed in through a window into the kitchen and despite hearing zombies banging on a door I went about searching. Found the salt but as soon as I did they broke through the door and about a dozen zombies streamed into the little kitchen blocking the window I had used to enter. Impossible to fight that many in such a cramped space I made a run for it into the dining area....and it was FULL of zombies...I made it to the front door and struggling to get out I was completely swarmed....mauled to death in this little restaurant trying to get out all because I wanted to make Hamburgers...I love this game.

[@MK_Samson]

That’s the best story yet for me! How accurate too!? lol realistically this how I would die if I survived long it would be trying to make something yummy and go somewhere I shouldn’t just to get some stupid ingredients

[@boopbop6717]

trying to burn a pile of zombies and setting your whole house on fire is the kind of shenanigans you’d see in the first couple seasons of twd like when the zombie rips in half and falls down the watering well

[@lynx2]

When you are always running from hordes you get cocky with smaller risks, forgetting that they still have consequences. The writer for the first couple seasons knew that very well, unfortunately he left and the show turned into a more classic action series. It was cool to have a series that took itself seriously and had great world building, unfortunately, it's pretty much impossible keep up with those standards after so many seasons

[@ttundra7812]

I used to watch your unturned vids like 5 years back and it’s nice to see how far you’ve come

[@saltythegreat3549]

we actually had a really good base going in zomboid. there's a farm house and a cabin next to each other in muldraugh, and while I initially found it on a solo world, my friends ended up fortifying it. we had a ton of food and weapons. our newest base is set up in louisville at an AutoZone lmao

[@TheAwesomeAlan]

Been playing since 2014 and it's hands down the best zombie game I've ever played. It checks every single box of mixing elaborate and in-depth survival with extreme moments of horror and dread. It's difficult, but rewarding, and there are so many different kinds of playthroughs you can have with unique, customizable characters, adventures, and a meaningful horror experiences. It got extremely popular during 2021 after the Build 41 update and I couldn't be happier seeing it go mainstream. NPC's, quests, animals, and other late-game content are the focus for the next updates, Build 42-48, and it's so exciting!

[@helldronez]

i want those animal update ao much🐔🐶🐷, wanna make a farm

[@williamgregg6339]

Was the name of this game changed? I read a story about a game like this years ago in PCgamer but it had a different name.

[@TheAwesomeAlan]

@@williamgregg6339 Nope, it's been Project Zomboid since the beginning.

[@williamgregg6339]

@@TheAwesomeAlan I'm buying it regardless but was just curious. Your comment got me really excited for it.

[@TheAwesomeAlan]

@@williamgregg6339 I hope you enjoy!

[@Mordraneth]

I've been playing this gem since launch week when it was back being distributed on Desura. Love the game. I've sunk thousands of hours into it, and every update makes it that much better. IndieStone are amazing devs with a great vision for the game. EDIT: Just a minor correction: The game is only 9 years old on Steam, but it is actually 11 years old. I purchased it on the now defunct Desura distribution platform in 2011. EDIT: 12 years old now.

[@Graham2777]

Hey, Veteran PZ Buddy! It's rare to find someone else who's given Kate a pillow.

[@Mordraneth]

@@Graham2777 RIP Kate and Baldspot. 🥲

[@willfoster7210]

With the RV mods, my friend and I play nomad style, which is a great approach to take to change your whole experience up. Highly recommend it to players who just build bases looking to shake things up. Never stay more than a few days, max a week at one spot. Limited space so you always need something, and theres always something to do. You can get a bus and pimp it out to be the ultimate zombie time war vehicle 😎

[@justindoss1375]

love how you make videos and to the point you make it very blunt and simply on topic! earned my sub of that alone on just this one video

[@bobiboulon]

Can we talk about the "Oh, you think you're doing fine?" helicopter? :'D In the first game where I managed to survive long enough to have that helicopter "rite of passage", I didn't know what that event was. I had built a small cabin in the wood, near a river, and was thinking "Yeah, this time I got it, I think I'll make it to the winter". Then, the helicopter flew over my base. I was hearing it, turning around and around in the sky. You would think that its loud sound attracted a horde of Zeds that ate me alive or at least destroyed my base, throwing me on the road with nothing but what I was wearing... but no, that's not what happend. In fact, the Zeds didn't have the time to come, because my end was quicker and much more dumb: You see, I was pretty naive: when I heard an helicopter, I thought "OMG, help is coming? I can't believe it!" So I made a fire to be sure that "help" would see me from up there. Help did not come, of course. And while I was walking around the fire, waiting to be rescued or something, I accidentally walked into the fire. Not knowing how to extinguish myself, I died, burning alive near a river, while the damn 'copter was still flying over me, the pilot probably enjoying the view of my smouldering corpse...

[@DB-sd3cw]

That never happened. This isn't reddit bro you don't have to lie for clout

[@ilyaanon8066]

@@DB-sd3cw ye, imagine finding place and bulding cabin in the woods before your first helicopter event my first helicopter event was when I didnt have a clue how to play this fcking game, was running from house to house (in process of this getting even more zombies on my back), scraping what I could put in my school backpack, trying to get zombie of my back while getting sleep in this "temporary" shelters. When I had my first heli event I didnt think "OH RESCUE" I only thought that I am fucked even more :D

[@hcastro35]

@@DB-sd3cw it’s true though…. I was the helicopter

[@matthewjones39]

Trust me guys this happened

[@bobiboulon]

Damn, that's so sad to witness people who can't believe something so trivial.

[@Lexyvil]

Not only is Project Zomboid my favourite Zombie survival game, but also my favourite overall survival game. I always play with Obese, Unfit, and Weak traits, since it helps me be more cautious in my playthrough by how it teaches me to be resourceful with my limited endurance. Those traits are basically free points for how they vanish after playing long enough without dying. It's high risk, high reward, where the hardships are really only during early game, if you can survive it.

[@TheFatAmericans1]

One of the best games I've ever played but definitely takes some time to learn the ropes and appreciate why it's so good

[@thegutterpunk00]

PZ was one of the first games I got on steam back in like 2013/2014. It never really clicked with me until b.41 multiplayer was released. In the past year or so, my friend group has collectively put in several hundred hours. The game is an absolute gem and the community is incredible. I’m beyond excited for b.42 and to see where they go afterwards. Thanks for making this vid and spreading the word about Project Zomboid. The devs have certainly had ups and downs (with the whole stolen laptop controversy) but they still deserve so much credit for making such an awesome experience.

[@shooterrick1]

The thing that this game does so well, is that no matter how good your character gets, you can still die in an instant if you make even the tiniest mistake. One time I lost my 6 month old character due to my truck getting stuck in the mud, while a zombie horde surrounded me. Two of my friends were consumed by zombies when the engine in their car gave out at the wrong time. Once I lost a character simply because I got a little bit too close to my friend while we were fighting a horde. His attack accidentally hit me, and I was pushed toward the zombies, who then bit me.

[@captainszasz5836]

Why did you have pvp on?

[@shooterrick1]

@@captainszasz5836 Because I consider it cheating to not have it on so its always enabled on my server.

[@irjiiu1041]

@@captainszasz5836 because stabbing other people is fun

[@JourneysEnding]

No game has scared me as badly as this one. On my first ever playthrough of the game I spawned in Rosewood and slowly started exploring and clearing the town. One day I made my way into a Denny's-like restaurant and cleared it as usual, thankfully there were just a couple zombies in the dining area and kitchen which I dealt with easily. I went upstairs and whispered at the doors, a tactic I used to try and lure possible zombies into banging on the door so I know one's in there so it doesn't get the jump on me. So I get to the last door, whisper, and there's the telltale banging of a zombie on the other side. I readied my axe and opened the door, only to be met with *12 fucking zombies* in a tiny ass bathroom. I shoved the first one off of me and ran screaming all the way back downstairs, slamming the stairwell door behind me. I just sat there on the dining area floor for like a solid 30 seconds because 1. My character was losing his shit with panic and 2. *I* was losing my shit with panic. I didn't know that was a thing that could happen and now I'm always scared as hell when opening zombie doors, shit was scarring lmao

[@SolidusScott87]

I’ve been looking for a game just like this for almost 25 years now and thanks to the KZbin algorithm for loading this video up in my recommendations I’m about to pick it up later tonight. I honestly can’t believe I haven’t heard of this game until now considering how long this game has been around. I can’t wait to dive into this game,

[@vladimirtoma9035]

i have been looking for this game my whole life! getting it right now! thx for the review

[@federic01ita]

one of my first attempts at surviving the apocalypse (a while back, when they just added vehicles to the game and when I didn't knew much about how the game worked). Managed to "barricade" a small home with a few planks, that house had a high fence around it so I felt pretty safe. Decided to search for supplies so I started walking, after a while I found a small industrial building by the road, far away from everything. Opened a window and triggered the alarm. Being new to the game I was confused and I didn't though about it much, but after a few seconds 20+ zombies appeared and started following me. I ran and managed to get to a main road... where a lot more zombies were waiting for me. I ran on that road until I've managed to lose most of them, but now I was lost. I died from hunger a few days later, unable to return home. To this day I don't remember where I lived.

[@_skud]

the reason the game has impact on you is because you are just one mistake away from dying at all times. This puts you in the mindset of a survivor. In other games a small group of unexpected zombies is but fodder for your shotgun lust. In PZ, it is a test of your preparation and adaptivity. Like the zombies that inhabit the world, problems you encounter in PZ are usually not too daunting by themselves. However, they have a knack for compounding into huge issues. You may have the ability to kite a horde of zeds for hours, but do you have the water and food to keep you going strong? Are you rested enough or will you get drowsy and start doing pathetic damage like the sleepy time baby you are?

[@static825]

What I love is that shooting a gun in this game very well can spell your death. It's the last thing you want to do unless it's part of your larger plan to draw zombies out. Because, every zombie in sound radius is now heading your way. And always, ALWAYS watch your back. I've been killed far too many times because I wasn't watching my back enough.

[@_skud]

@@static825 yep! Only time I even carry a gun is if I'm planning on clearing out a large area quickly

[@vcommandarv5916]

@@static825 is there a mod that has a GoPro attached to your shoulder but is facing the opposite way you're facing? With a small screen somewhere visible near your face so you won't need to turn to see whats behind you, am thinking that they will be barely visible like transparent ghosts, and the system will need batteries or charging inside a house

[@static825]

@@vcommandarv5916 I haven't heard of it. But it would be a cool mod, nonetheless. I don't know how old you are but when I was younger I remember a commercial that advertised sunglasses that had a reflective surface on the inside outer part of the glasses. IT was appealing to joggers and "spies". You could look at the outer edges of the glasses and you could see the reflection of what's behind you. That would be an interesting mod. This was in the early 90s so it would fit with the game time line.,,,,

[@vcommandarv5916]

@@static825 yes and since you aren't always looking and even when looking it's kinda hard to makeout what's behind you, so the zombies will be a little transparent, like how they are when they are just about to fade after leaving your fov, and yes the glasses seem much easier and more simple than my abomination 😂 In fact I have those glasses in a toy detective kit they are pretty cool, with other cool gadgets

[@eientakara]

Started looking up Project Zomboid recently and from what you said in the intro of the video, this gives me huge The Binding of Isaac vibes by virtue of how difficult and frustrating it can be XD

[@powcod7455]

Im only 45 hours into this game and i have to say it has grabbed my attention in a way no other game has done since i was a little kid. Truly a magnificent game

[@jagers-diabetes524]

Story time : After surviving 2 months in the end times we had a new buddy join our group. New to the game and being swarmed by zeds we drover over to where he had spawned. New guy hadn't quite informed us of how many zeds he pulled. We hopped out of our truck and I ran off to try and pull them away. IN short, two hoards game together, I got pinned against an APC and torn limb for limb. Two months in game and so many maxed out skills, thrown down the drain.

[@chariotboi5061]

Sounds like it sucks if that's all the game is

[@pizzaneapolitanXD]

​@@chariotboi5061 its not, its just an unfortumate death

[@teddyfresh9605]

@@chariotboi5061 That's all this game is

[@dariusgreysun]

Hordes*

[@MonstaTrapz]

Moral of the story?... ...let the noob die 😂

[@sneek24]

Awesome game. Gets even more fun when you start mod'ing it. So me and like 4 buddies had been fortifying this area for like a month. Well me and a buddy were outside next to the generator, then out of nowhere the Generator explodes (we had NO idea that was a thing) and caught us and the house on fire. Well he runs inside to try to find water and grab the Journals (Journal mod) and ends up dying whilst I ran outside to try to find a bucket and water. I run inside only to get bitten by a FLAMING ZOMBIE. Come to find out he'd been bitten and didn't tell me. A game has never made me laugh so hard in my entire life. It was put comedic chaos. Although me describing it doesn't do it justice. :P Phenomenal game to play with friends.

[@BluBluest]

I played this for the first time with friends. One of them was experienced in the game and had a lot of skills n such. In my first playthrough, we were in our safe house just vibing as I learn more about the game. Our experienced friend decided to cook something. Whilst cooking, he unknowingly added bleach into the food and ate it. As he was dying slowly, all of us decided to have a dance party until he eventually died. An amazing first game experience if you ask me

[@NooBDad84]

I really gotta try this game. been reading through the comments, and from what I've gathered, this would be virtually perfect for me since I love modding, playing with friends, and survival games. thank you all for this insight, and I hope to one day have a story of my own to add to this collection.

[@andromidius]

Every new game poses new challenges. Right now my character has survived about three weeks, not ever leaving the neighbourhood, watching tv, reading books, clearing out local zombies, getting supplies, cooking fresh food as much as possible to save canned food, working out every day until I was exhausted to increase fitness and trying to keep a good sleep schedule.. Problem was I knew the power and water would turn off at some stage. I needed a generator. Well, I found one. But no manual in how to use it. Check the school library (which is really near by), clear it out, no problem - but no manual. Okay, I need to go further and find a car. Eventually I do - a beat up old taxi that makes a tonne of noise and is leaking fuel. Fine, I'll make do, let's check out the high street book store. But wait, there's about a hundred zombies here - and they've all heard me coming. Sure, I've played this game before, let's lead them away. But every direction (except towards my home) I find more zombies, and I'm running out of fuel. Fine, fine, I'll lose them, go home and come back later on foot to try and either sneak past or fight myself a gap quietly. Oh wait the power turned off and the rest of my fully stocked freezer is now melted and will rot soon - and I hate wasting so much good meat. That's where I am right now. Desperately after a generator manual and a better car because I really really want to keep using my kitchen and have lighting in my base. And I need seeds for planting SOON because autumn is looming and I have nothing in the ground yet. And I need rain collectors soon, real soon. Maybe my home is only temporary and I need to move - but like I said, all I have is a beat up taxi (that I beat up even more by accidentally driving into a lamp post, I'm shocked it still runs) that is leaking fuel. I love this game.

[@chucktom7783]

how did it end??

[@Paygelove]

I literally died the EXACT same way on a guy that I had level 7 carpenter, 6 long blade and at lvl 4 on all my other skills including nimble etc .. the only,things I hadn’t done the grind on was fishing and foraging .. I had just got back from a HUGE haul in pit stop where I’d gotten a ton of music vidoes and base deco, I got home packed everything away neatly, pup all my decorations up with the music blaring as my vase was so safe there wasn’t a zombie for miles and just as everything was finished and I was going to grab my mechanics bag to grind that and I walked too close to the open fire … I caught on fire, had a bucket of water literally on the other side of the fire, tried to hobble around the fire and literally died in a matter of four seconds. I didn’t even reach the bucket. I didn’t even get as much time as you seemed too, and I was full health! My strength was 9 too so I have NO CLUE how it could kill me so damn quick! Needless to say I was extremely upset.

[@nik-challengeman383]

Maybe you had a lighter on you

[@TotallyToonsTV]

"When you spawn in the world isn't that harsh" On my first ever attempt, as soon as I spawned in, the house I spawned into was being attacked by a horde. Talk about a memorable first impression

[@colmby]

one of the most underrated games, can't stop playing it :)

[@warrenscipio4168]

cleared out the fire station with friends, we all were pretty geared, built walls around it, had multiple vehicles, had a generator even had designated rooms for everything... and it all ended because someone left something in the stove and we kept all the fire extinguishers in the kitchen which was the first to catch flames, and none of us had actually used a fire extinguisher in the game so it took us a while.. ironically before long we we lost everything to fire in our fire station.. we felt a real life lesson was learned that day.. we should probably know how to use a fire extinguisher.

[@MonstaTrapz]

The irony!

[@LTAssass1n]

"i survived for a very long time" ---" you survived for 4 days 22 hours"

[@nfaisnfgay]

Yeah I was thinking we were talking months / years. Dude didn’t even make it a week

[@bmc6881]

tbf in multiplayer with no time skip 4 days (about 4-5 hous straight) is relatively long from a new perspective on one character

[@wannaspritecranberry9972]

I love how one of the reviews at the beginning is just a Shawn of the Dead Line

[@Someone-ii1es]

I had an experience like yours where I spent most of my time on one save and occasional making new saves to try mods out but on my main save I had to get rid of bodies but instead of putting them on gravel I put down specially for that purpose I put the on the grass and lit the on fire and the fire started spreading to my base and instead of grabbing a fire extinguisher I had on the ground in the entrance of my base I decided to put out the fire without it (you know how you can put it out but it takes forever) which did not work but instead I stopped 2 flames before zombies came towards me pinning me between them, the fire, and the fence so I go with the best option of running through the fire to get my stuff to which the zombies caught on fire and cause my base to burn down. Also if you read back to where I said I was pinned the fence was an option nothing in the way that blocked me from climbing over

[@13H]

It's also worth mentioning that you can change the world settings the way you see fit, creating the extra layer of replayability when you want the biggest challenge or just mess around

[@smonson78]

you can also back up your savegames, if you really want to avoid a "dumb death"

[@Geschichti]

with the new animals and npc's in build 42 i can finally live comfortly in my shed somewhere deep in the wilderness and be glad that you start the game in 2022 because i wait for npc's for more than like a decade by now

[@sammy-raycherry1543]

Just started this game tonight. Already hooked.

[@entithicc1133]

Another awesome detail, which is very important instead of useless, is that in the winter you get less fish from fishing. Also fishing at dawn or dusk gives you more catch

[@Frankenstein110]

Damn, that story in the beginning seems too familiar. One of my first character deaths that really stuck with me was when I finally started getting the hang of the mechanics. My first 3-5 characters didn't live longer than a couple of minutes, hours and then a day or two, but the next one made it just over a month. I choose the "slow healer" trait for this run thinking I can easily heal up by speeding the time up. And so as luck would have it I stepped into glass shards like a fool and was pretty much stuck in my base for a week. Spent the time training, moving all the relevant stuff into the garage like gear, tools, loot and eventually a TV and a bed, making myself as comfortable as possible. Luckily I healed, went roaming, cleared the block and when I found a duffle bag full of shotguns and rifles I felt like nothing could best me. Until..the power went out. Suddenly food and wated became another concern and so I experimented with camp fires. I had already walled off half of my base and therefore didn't have a lot of space to place the fire. So I placed it 1 cell away from my garage wall and obviously caught fire stepping too close. I scrolled my inventory calmly thinking "I have a water bottle on me, I'll be fine" just to panic because there's no option to pour said bottle on yourself. So I sprinted in circles, ramming into the wall and not only burned myself, but also set fire to my entire base in the process. I returned with the next character only to find some of my gear and the magic duffle bag full of guns left unscathed in the ashes, the rest of the kitchen and some of the back yard still slowly burning away. And as stupid as it may sound, but that moment returning to your burning base and seeing your progress (1 month of ingame time, dunno maybe 8-12 hours irl?) literally go up in flames was one of the most heart-wrenching gaming moments in recent history for me personally. And that was just one of many stories this game has to tell :D

[@bockqses7543]

Was playing and having some fun at my base, farming before the winter on the third story of my house. Ran a bit too fast up the stairs and accidentally vaulted the fence at the top. Fell and broke both of my legs.

[@KennethKaniff999]

Damn it sounds awesome, surprised I haven't looked into it until now. Great video

[@Millsy-nv9vl]

Man ive wanted to play this game so much but ive never gotten myself a pc but now that i have i cant wait to try this game out

[@DraganDraws]

I survived for months, played carefully, didnt take risks and then I though I was ready to loot the Mall. I cleared areas much like Rick and his gang cleared the prison. Clear a room and barricade it and move on. I was getting too comfortable, not long and i got myself surrounded, panicked I ran like a fool into a store, i managed to close the door but there was no way out. I was stuck. Zombies pounding on the door. I even paused the game to think about this. It was inevitable, i was going to die. I mean I wasnt even mad, because it was my fault, unlike other games where you glitch or invisible zombie killed you only for you to run back and collect your loot without any consequences. I couldnt even get my loot as a new character, the mall was once again swarming with zombies

[@pitpig9472]

I've been playing for about two-three years give or take. My funniest (Because it was shockingly avoidable) was my third or so character. I decided I would leave Maldrogh and walk. I didn't know about the Project Zomboid Map website so I was just shooting my shot in the dark. I left with a bunch of supplies but late into my hike to another town I realized all my canned food was cool and all, but I had no can opener. I didn't know I could open them with a knife or a rock, so I eventually, genuinely, starved to death on my way walking through the country.

[@cherneshenko]

Without mods it is impossible to open can without canOpeners:(

[@Fr33zeBurn]

@@cherneshenko but they are in pretty much every house so if you don't get one it's on you :P

[@beez1717]

This game looks super fun. I might give it a go knowing it's still being updated all the time.

[@Toka_Taboo]

I had a run recently that lasted two months in real life. Thahn Mercier, a park ranger. In the winter, I was struggling to stay fed and was suffering from a cold that I couldn't recover from quickly since I wasn't well fed. I was also far from any sort of water source, so fishing was out of the picture unless I wanted to risk freezing to death. As winter was coming to a peak, I ended up resorting to eating bits of spoiled food since I hardly had anything else. Since I had neglected my cooking skills for a long while, it was unsafe to eat, and food poisoning got me.

[@mac8869]

i swear this game has just gotten insanely popular just as i start playing and every youtuber starts making videos about it, i love it so much

[@Barghaest]

KZbinrs been making videos about it since beta, they’re just now showing on your feed. I did several plays a year ago and just getting back into it.

[@expressodepresso5909]

survived for two months after spawning on Rosewood's police station, was more or less an absolute unit of character. Died because I hit a tree under 40m/ph

[@SquirrelyDan6422]

Just started playing a few days ago and absolutely love this game!

[@ilikespagett1514]

Yooooo this is insane. Finally one of my favourite games gets the recognition it deserves

[@ChickenWings103]

Project Zomboid is one of those games I consider a masterpiece, and the team keep on making it better and better. The animals and AI updates are going to kick ass!

[@josephr.6081]

These devs really are awesome. Reading thought the nov 2022 patch notes, I scan see how much good they’re doing the game with these really great updates. Some of the ‘little’ things, but make a big difference. And mod support. Making it easier for modders in a real way. Awesome.

[@agl2004og]

Bought the game about a week ago, took me a few tries but I’m getting in rhythm, I’ve already have a long game but we’ll see how much I’ll make it alive, happy to be part of this community!!!

[@pauluspaul127]

This first character of a new save that i was planning to be a long playthrough (I was starting to get the hang of it) already cleared out most of Riverside, finally found a good car, and is about ready to travel to another city. Then all i had to do is to just grind some skills, and one day as I was disassembling the school chairs to get metalworking exp, i met 1 zed. As calmly as usual i tried to hit it and, surprise surprise, the propane torch that was on my hand was too short to hit it and i got bitten instead. So yeah, always switch to your main weapon no matter how many zed there is xD.

[@hana_irl123]

I started this game a week ago, and it is truly amazing, this is perhaps the first survival game which doesn't make me feel too easy after a certain point, you are always in danger and you can die in every different way.

[@BenHussGaming]

Exactly the same for my friend and I. The adrenaline rush when you go on a run in the city with your experienced character is insane. Every zombie could be the one that ends your life for a minuscule mistake.

[@BenHussGaming]

I started playing this game with a friend last week after having it for so long on my wish list. Basically all of our free time has been dedicated to PZ since then. This game is incredible! So much vibes!

[@andrewgardner58]

That's more or less how I die every game I remember when I made it to Winter was doing pretty good had a nice farm going, had a good base, went out to go to the school school to see if I can find some baseball bats some books and some medical supplies only to have a random zombie come up behind me and bite me while I was looting.

[@andromidius]

I've been playing on and off again for a few years now, but I got three of my friends to play a few weeks ago (they were very resistant). We've played nothing else since, they were almost immediately hooked in, and its really spiced up my enjoyment of the game being able to have a team with me. An inept, clueless team - but hey. I'm both the Rick Grimes and Wet Nurse of the group - I give orders (that are often ignored - such as our 'mechanic' leaving the base without saying anything to salvage some wrecks and the first clue we have he's in trouble is him saying "oh shit I'm dead ahaha" and us finding out he's taken our best vehicle with him, drove it through a forest and its now stranded in a nearby town surrounded by zombies), I cook meals for them (while begging them to stop eating all the cans and chips - one of my other friends is already obese! after a week or two in game!), tend their wounds, mend their clothes (since my god they get hurt so often) and teach them how to play. Its been a blast.

[@agnogh1]

3:44 “house caught the fire from burning corpse and best of all, goddamn zombie pile survived” 😂🤣

[@ratshave4748]

First run, I spawned inside a house full of zombies and the jump scare sound played so loud that it launched a roach out of my TV

[@Ty-fs9tp]

😂 then you woke up

[@ratshave4748]

@@Ty-fs9tp have some fucking faith!

[@Ty-fs9tp]

@ratshave4748 no need zomboid doesn't spawn zombies in your building at start of game so your lying

[@ratshave4748]

@@Ty-fs9tp idk what to tell you. it happens

[@Ty-fs9tp]

@@ratshave4748 😆 never happened