The follower I go into the follower options and mostly have them STAY in one place. Then you don't have to worry about them. I will say though that they can be useful. I play on Legend mode only which is 100 times harder than the normal mode. The Viktor boss sequence you showed doesn't go down that way as Viktor has far more health and 1 shots you back instead. So to beat him on Legend you have to cheese him by sticking your follower in the door way on STAY. This is because if you or your follower is not in the room then the boss will reset. Then from outside the room you can shoot the boss and just keep reviving your meat shield follower as the boss knocks them down over and over. For combat if you jack up the follower's Judgement stat and give them good armor with a shield then they make an effective meatshield for the majority of the game at least. Or at least the majority that I have played. I've been liking the game, but it certainly is not a forgiving game at all. Messing up is very real and recovering from it is very hard especially if you are doing permanent death runs which is what I do. I do like though the indepth crafting, base building, and progression system. I agree the harvesting in this game sucks really bad in the beginning. Default harvest value for normal and below is 2x. Legend I play on is 1x. I've messed with 3x and truthfully that feels best. The amount of mats you need to build stuff in this game is staggering. The big bottle neck early on is branches. Everything takes branches to build. When you sometimes get 1 branch per tree or bush, it is a massive pain to get enough branches. You can convert vines to branches, but vines are also needed for rope which is the other crafting material you need almost as much as branches to make anything for the base. If they just upped the drop rate of branches in the early game then the game wouldn't feel so bad for harvesting IMHO.
You're not wrong, the game is really hard if you want it to be. I wish they would have focused more on the core of the game instead of branching out with the story. It seems like a hasty last minute addition. It's saving grace is the amount of customization you have over the game difficulty. It can be set to match just about anyone's play style or wants.
Thanks for this review. I've been curious about this game since it's popped up on Steam for me twice. It looked janky, but the reviews are mostly positive... and several other reviewers on TH-cam had positive things to say. In your video, you mention better comparable titles. Outside of 7 Days To Die and State of Decay (typing of which, what's going on with the third entry?), what do you recommend, if anything? All the best. Edit: As an aside, based on the screenshots, my brain confused this with an upcoming wild looking Japanese open world alt-history game (I forgot the title).
I've been thinking on your question for about a day now and it's a harder question to answer than I originally thought. I recently picked up Days Gone on sale for like $10 and have been having fun with it here and there! Project Zomboid will always be a favorite of mine as well. Then, of course, DayZ exists as well as a flavor but will take a big time commitment. I've had a lot of fun playing that one on private servers with close groups of friends. Then, of course, you could always look into the mod world for ARMA3. The community has produced some incredible work! Really hoping we see SoD3, but yeah, I've read that it's development is shaky and it may be a while. Thank you for the comment and I hope you're well!
@@dadtries - Thanks for this thoughtful answer. It's appreciated. Ha. Can't believe Project Zomboid didn't come to mind first. I backed it almost day zero (ha) and it's slowly crawled a long way since (including through multiple scandals). I recently installed it again, along with a collections of mods, to give it a whirl (after watching a movie-length video on it). I also enjoyed Days Gone. It's a shame that, despite being successful, it fell victim to the viral "didn't meet expectations" syndrome that has now sealed many a game's fate that once existed under a faulty corporate umbrella. DayZ. The Arma mod that almost could (although it did make it all the way to the bank). I've tried it and can see how it could be fun with friends. Then again, anything can be fun with friends, which leads into... As an aside, I think "with friends" carries a lot of the load with many games. Is that enough? That's a question that may be comprised of quicksand. Back to DayZ - All this time and truck loads of money later, in what may be a hot take, it still seems like a janky beta featuring only a third of a game. Like "with friends" and now "co-op", the way devs use the term "Sandbox" has also become something of a pack mule. A handful of projects get it right, but the magic sauce is an elusive recipe (and everyone has different tastes). Mods. Add "mods" to the bad analogy. That may seems like a call back, but I actually just edited the Zomboid paragraph. I love mods, but they shouldn't be necessary to complete or fix a game. Games should stand on their own out of the metaphorical box. Shame about SoD3 development (and Bloodlines 2 and...). Fingers crossed it turns out well. All the best!
The follower I go into the follower options and mostly have them STAY in one place. Then you don't have to worry about them. I will say though that they can be useful. I play on Legend mode only which is 100 times harder than the normal mode. The Viktor boss sequence you showed doesn't go down that way as Viktor has far more health and 1 shots you back instead. So to beat him on Legend you have to cheese him by sticking your follower in the door way on STAY. This is because if you or your follower is not in the room then the boss will reset. Then from outside the room you can shoot the boss and just keep reviving your meat shield follower as the boss knocks them down over and over. For combat if you jack up the follower's Judgement stat and give them good armor with a shield then they make an effective meatshield for the majority of the game at least. Or at least the majority that I have played.
I've been liking the game, but it certainly is not a forgiving game at all. Messing up is very real and recovering from it is very hard especially if you are doing permanent death runs which is what I do. I do like though the indepth crafting, base building, and progression system.
I agree the harvesting in this game sucks really bad in the beginning. Default harvest value for normal and below is 2x. Legend I play on is 1x. I've messed with 3x and truthfully that feels best. The amount of mats you need to build stuff in this game is staggering. The big bottle neck early on is branches. Everything takes branches to build. When you sometimes get 1 branch per tree or bush, it is a massive pain to get enough branches. You can convert vines to branches, but vines are also needed for rope which is the other crafting material you need almost as much as branches to make anything for the base. If they just upped the drop rate of branches in the early game then the game wouldn't feel so bad for harvesting IMHO.
You're not wrong, the game is really hard if you want it to be.
I wish they would have focused more on the core of the game instead of branching out with the story. It seems like a hasty last minute addition.
It's saving grace is the amount of customization you have over the game difficulty. It can be set to match just about anyone's play style or wants.
Thanks for this review. I've been curious about this game since it's popped up on Steam for me twice. It looked janky, but the reviews are mostly positive... and several other reviewers on TH-cam had positive things to say. In your video, you mention better comparable titles. Outside of 7 Days To Die and State of Decay (typing of which, what's going on with the third entry?), what do you recommend, if anything? All the best.
Edit: As an aside, based on the screenshots, my brain confused this with an upcoming wild looking Japanese open world alt-history game (I forgot the title).
I've been thinking on your question for about a day now and it's a harder question to answer than I originally thought.
I recently picked up Days Gone on sale for like $10 and have been having fun with it here and there!
Project Zomboid will always be a favorite of mine as well.
Then, of course, DayZ exists as well as a flavor but will take a big time commitment. I've had a lot of fun playing that one on private servers with close groups of friends.
Then, of course, you could always look into the mod world for ARMA3. The community has produced some incredible work!
Really hoping we see SoD3, but yeah, I've read that it's development is shaky and it may be a while.
Thank you for the comment and I hope you're well!
@@dadtries - Thanks for this thoughtful answer. It's appreciated.
Ha. Can't believe Project Zomboid didn't come to mind first. I backed it almost day zero (ha) and it's slowly crawled a long way since (including through multiple scandals). I recently installed it again, along with a collections of mods, to give it a whirl (after watching a movie-length video on it).
I also enjoyed Days Gone. It's a shame that, despite being successful, it fell victim to the viral "didn't meet expectations" syndrome that has now sealed many a game's fate that once existed under a faulty corporate umbrella.
DayZ. The Arma mod that almost could (although it did make it all the way to the bank). I've tried it and can see how it could be fun with friends. Then again, anything can be fun with friends, which leads into...
As an aside, I think "with friends" carries a lot of the load with many games. Is that enough? That's a question that may be comprised of quicksand.
Back to DayZ - All this time and truck loads of money later, in what may be a hot take, it still seems like a janky beta featuring only a third of a game.
Like "with friends" and now "co-op", the way devs use the term "Sandbox" has also become something of a pack mule. A handful of projects get it right, but the magic sauce is an elusive recipe (and everyone has different tastes).
Mods. Add "mods" to the bad analogy. That may seems like a call back, but I actually just edited the Zomboid paragraph. I love mods, but they shouldn't be necessary to complete or fix a game.
Games should stand on their own out of the metaphorical box.
Shame about SoD3 development (and Bloodlines 2 and...). Fingers crossed it turns out well.
All the best!
Great video it was a great review
Honest review. From Dad to Dad: thanks
Thank you! I appreciate the comment!
thanks dad 👍
You're welcome! Hope you're well!