Krovven wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 00:45:
Aero wrote on Apr 24, 2013, 00:36:
apparently you get the pre-order DLC too. I have no idea what that is. Probably nothing intersting.
I don't understand this.
Why wouldn't you look to see what you are getting when buying something?
Because it just came with it. I didn't know I had it until I looked up my keys. It's cheaper than on Steam alone anyways. Seems to me that it just gives you a more powerful weapon to use once the game proper starts. Not really a big deal. I also started with 15XP, and I'm not sure if that's part of the DLC thingy or just the way it goes (since I already earned eall that stuff in the first one, it's just being a little closer to where I finished off the first one.
At any rate, two hours in, and I'm liking it just the same as I like the first one. The graphics are perhaps minorly better, but otherwise it's the same game with the same characters in a new setting. As I mentioned before, this is okay with me since I enjoyed the first one.
I think, for me at least, it will have been money well spent. I don't know how it woks out length-wise, but if I enjoy it for 20+ hours like I did the first, I'm well satisfied with my purchase.
This is all a little premature though, as I only set fot on the island a few minutes before I was too tired and it was bed time.
As Is aid in the last thread, it's a hard game to gauge. The reviews are right in their complaints, but the scores seem artificially low. It's not a 4/10 game. I'd personally give it a 7 or an 8.
It probably appeals to a certain subset of the population. I'm not a big zombie fan, but it works here, and the challenging (though admittedlysometimes frustrating) combat, combined with the exploration and crafting, it just works out to be a good time. Like the first, I'll forget it the moment I'm done, but while I'm playing it, I'm having a good time.