You've Been Playing Project Zomboid All Wrong...
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- Опубликовано: 26 мар 2024
- In this video, we take a look at one simple change you can make to the way you play Project Zomboid in order to get a better experience. You've been playing Project Zomboid all wrong.
Here's why.
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Love playing this way and putting a lot of thought into my character and story ❤❤
Best way to be 😌 Always have a great time playing with you.
ever think of playing like this in a multiplayer setting?
@@SeriousSurvivalRoleplay roleplaying
@@obesescout3510 yes
Not me spending 30 minutes to think of my character’s backstory just to die after leaving my first house when facing the first zombie
Hahahaha 😂 Been there. Been there.
Mood 😂
xDDDD
That’s why I think up the backstory once I find a journal by writing down everything the character has gone through until now.
Seeing your characters hopes and dreams die with them is the best part!
Story - I wake up in a zombie apocalypse
Believability - I get bit by zombie immediately
Slowing Down - I’m now a slow moving zombie
Hahahaha 😂 I'd be dead real quick in a zombie apocalypse too.
Low bars are easier to reach!
Project Zomboid has taught me that even having the right skills doesn't really mean anything in a zombie apocalypse. Because the biggest killer is ignorance. Even though you wouldnt have the skill gap of playing in a video game vs IRL, just not knowing enough stuff about what we are facing would kill so many of us. Even if we are highly skilled people and aware of the common weaknesses of zombies. Even if we ignore the deaths that you get from not understanding the game in a way that you WOULD understand your real life, you gonna die a LOT. Without a respawn that means most of us wouldn't last like the first couple weeks. And thats ignoring the fact that PZ doesn't show people being assholes as a possible problem.
@@TheJackOfFoolslet's not get gas do eventually go bad then people are also danger on top zombies even then eventually we run out places to loot prob force us attack someone if can't trade anything create own weapons trade with people could see being able make spear and weapon good skill currency mostly bows without ammo that way can instead kill ya once give them bow lol
@@TheJackOfFools To be fair, in a real zombie apocalypse... There would be no apocalypse, there would be an incident that would last about a week. When you think about it, zombies are pretty awful predators, and can easily be defeated by stairs because they will break their legs trying to get up them, and eventually they'd just decompose. They'd be especially screwed in places with extreme temperatures. If you could survive a few weeks without doing something that would get you killed, you'd win. Then you can go back to being tax cattle for criminal elitists.
I like to change the sandbox settings so the day lasts longer, you get more done and aren't just racing against the services getting cut off. Helps a lot with the 'slowing down.'
For sure, I'm a big fan of 2 hour days personally :)
My days are five hours each. Its killing my sleep, but besides that it's really awesome
I tried a "real time" run. Got board day 2. Do not recommend. A reasonable length is good though (2-4 hours). Or figure out how long you play in one sitting and make a day that long (probably still 2-4 hours).
@@michaeldew7904 Yeah I'm on 6 hour days but do each day in two or three sessions, playing for more than a couple of hours at a time leads to lapses in judgement :)
My friends and I are working on a podcast that involves survivors in an apocalypse communicating via radio. So, when my character is not present in the episodes, I go play Zomboid as her and see what she's doing in between scenes. The game has never been more fun, its making me fall in love with the game again
that's cool!
That's legit, I'd listen to it
that's so cool! what is the podcast called?
oh man you need to upload that somewhere
That’s super cool
And here I was thinking that the best story I could create was the one I did in my last playthrough: An insurgent operative dropping in the exclusion zone, clearing the military base, going to louisville to get extracted and then see that the world is truly ending, after which I try to create a cure for any survivors.
You just gave me a bunch of ideas with this video. Thanks man!
My pleasure! I did a similar playthrough to this and it's great fun. I can see why you tried that.
So roleplaying?
Roleplaying by yourself pretty much
@Anrainn-ed7fh it's still very fun
And i thought i was crazy for rping with my gf in pz lmao. Best Duo for me, she gets to do all the "Housewife" stuff, and i get to do the looting and killing. We both have a lot of fun with such different playstyles while still complementing each other.
Hell yeah man, this is awesome! This is what makes PZ great. You can play in so many different ways and it caters to almost everyone.
You and your GF should join Serious Survival Roleplay. 100 player server, all with RP in mind. Whitelist to prevent trolls with an adequate, yet not overwhelming entry process. You two would fit right in and there are so many factions that could enhance your role-play. Full settlements, military factions, bandit factions, or you could even just do exactly what you're doing except in a server where you might encounter some other people with role-play in mind. It's very fun. This is my first MP server and I don't think I'd ever go back.
What is the discord link. Sounds fun;
@@BaseRealist That sound really nice 👍
@jacksonholt8388 I can send it if you want it gets really boring though and everything is gone since loot doesn't respond and some people are toxic on that server I will send if u want though
I do the "missing family" thing a lot. I gather up basic survival items in a duffel bag and deposit them in areas i believe they'd check, along with notes giving inside tips on where my base is "come to the place where we first kissed 7/12" It really does add purpose to a game that can otherwise be wrapped up before the power goes out.
For my last dozen games Ive been prioritizing a journal and pen as the first things i try to get, if they aren't in the starting house. Keeping an in game journal is not just an easy eay to keep track of what youve encountered, but also help you get into your characters head a bit.
Ain't no way it took people this long to realize you can roleplay in an rpg
Just started playing Zomboid on an RP server, Serious Survival Roleplay. Very fucking fun. Don't think I'll ever go back to single player. Having interactions with other people in this world is so thrilling. Never know if they intend to simply flick on PvP and initiate a robbery or simply blow you away to take what you've got. Plus the large factions, settlements, etc... So much fun. And obviously playing on an RP server obligates you to create a backstory for your character and play as that character the way that character would live and operate. Adds an extra level of depth and makes interactions all the more engaging and entertaining.
That's awesome!! Finding an MP community that suits you is tough, so this is great to hear.
@@MrAtomicDuck hey, thanks for replying! Appreciate it! And thanks for all of your great videos over the years. You’ve helped me settle into the pain staking world of Zomboid immensely. 🤣
How to find Rp servers?
@@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051yeah how do you find them
@@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051battlemetrics would have a list of the most popular server for pz and other games with a server browser
I use to do this in Skyrim, burnt out from playing so many hours and trying different mods. Keeping a story for a character does setup a playthrough so well... I will have to reinstall! !
For sure! Skyrim is a great example of a game that's been around for so long and with just a little change to mindset you can find big dividends.
Same, I created a Breton character a character named Aliana Lithael, wrote a 3-4 paragraph backstory from her childhood up to why/how she ended up on that cart with the rebels. She was attuned to fire and healing magic from her elvish blood, and worshipped Arkay each and every day, as her mother was a priestess of the temple. I roleplayed it, and it was the most fun I'd ever had in Skyrim. I went to the temple of Arkay every in game day and worshipped, saying a little prayer out loud before accepting the blessing. I still remember the prayer by heart and will never forget it.
The prayer: "I shall honor the earth, its creatures, the spirits both living and dead. I shall guard and tend the bounties of the mortal world, and I shall not profane the spirits of the dead. Come to me, Arkay, for without you, there is neither breath nor beginning, nor can any man live, love, or learn without the spark of your spirit."
I'm sure it will be more memorable than a hundred other runs of simply speedrunning the game. Have fun people!
Exactly! Thanks Soul :)
3300 hours playing PZ and still haven't experienced burnout. Reason being, I follow people like you and listen to the experiences and playthrough styles of everyone I can (well, as much as I have time for, anyway). There are SOOOOO many different ways to play the game, nobody should ever get bored.
I did a playthrough of Oblivion like this, where my character was an Unarmed purist who refused to use a weapon (though magic was okay) and was deathly afraid of spiders and bridges.
So any melee or ranged weapons would be immediately sold for money.
Also, any time he saw something that even looked like a spider he would frantically backpedal (usually into a wall) and once hitting something, "come to his senses" and sprint out of whatever building, dungeon, or whatever he was in. If he was every forced into fighting a spider-like creature, he would completely forget about any sort of tactics or magic and mostly just flail his arms at them.
If he ever came to a bridge, he would literally walk for miles both ways to see if there was any other way across like a river ford or a natural span that could be jumped and would only go back to the bridge as a last resort. Even then, he would pick up heavy objects and place/throw them onto the bridge to make sure it was solid enough. Only then would he slowly, tentatively start crossing until he made it just beyond the halfway point, at which point he would sprint across the bridge in a mad dash towards "safety".
It was certainly a way to shake up the average "power-level and gear-farm until X point and clear the map easily" playthrough.
Step 1 - spawn
Step 2 - Find a sledgehammer
Step 3 - Cant find a sledgehammer
Step 4 - Fight hordes like a maniac until die
Step 5 - Back to Step 1
😂 Mood
I'VE BEEN LIVING THIS FOR THE LAST 48HRS!!! I need to finally establish my permanent base but theres no sledgehammers in Rosewood. I ventured so far away to search warehouses... and Nothing!!! Now I'm hidden in a warehouse with a jeep on 3 wheels bc I tried recover the contents of my van that died on 3 wheels in this same parking lot while being surrounded by 50 zombies bc I got desperate and started shooting. Love this game!
Just get level 2 carpentey and destroy the floors to around the second floor starway. Works just as good and u can do it so much earlier
@@Kevin-ql1hb I had 3 games like that before my current one. In this one I hit the fire station in Rosewood and sledgehammer/woodaxe inside. I did pick Lucky trait but was never that lucky with it before haha.
About character´s story, I made an entire series about him, when I was bored so I came up with what he was doing before the outbreak and what came after. - That was when I was (and still I am) immersed into PZ, after finally understanding the game (It took me a while - but your videos also helped me a lot, so thank you)
My pleasure! Glad I could help in some small part :)
I do this in my sp games now a really good tool to use is the notepad/journal. It keeps you in character making a diary entry every night, you also dont want to write read books all day so keeps you from doing meta things and focus more on the character goals.
One of the biggest things I did to make it feel better to slow down was start playing exclusively on 6 Months Later. Making sure that all the fresh food is gone, the TV is over, no power, no water - there's nothing to rush to. Nothing is going to expire. Everything is as bad as it's going to get right away. Now you can take your time.
Yeah, I can definitely understand that! I love playthroughs that drop you into the later stages. Always so much more immersive.
This sounds really fun. I only played for about a month with a friend and after that I started my second SP game, where I spent quite some time building up bases (constructed a large, two-story house with plastered walls, working plumbing and everything) so now I'm in limbo, cos I don't wanna start new large projects due to impending release of B42 sometime this year, but I still wanna play the game. This might just be the thing!
I do have a small issue that (I presume) your character gets panicked at the start the same way a character starting at '0 days since.' I guess you could role-play that he was sheltered in some hunter's cabin for 6 months, ran out of supplies and had to make it toward civilization... so yea, thanks for the idea, will have to try it out. :)
@@NixHarpingerYou could always take the Brave trait or the Veteran profession if that bothers you!
@@redblack9618That could work, but I don't really like to spend points on those as I play with the "Become Brave mod." I never did pick a Veteran, so that is an option for sure, or I'll just imagine my guy was sheltered somewhere and now he's panicking cos he has to kill Z's on his own.
"patient in Knox county" is my favorite spawn(more spawns mod) and I usually start with "injured" and "depraved" so I start with literally nothing and random injuries. Once I immediately bled out because I forgot I didn't have shoes and walked over broken glass 😅😂
I love this game. I go through the initial self-sustainability phase and enjoy that. Then phase 2 is conquering the map - bases in key locations, generators for each gas station etc. Then phase 3 is what duck is talking about - slowing down for a more roleplaying / atmosphere simulator. I also play as an extended family, so when I die my new character is a family member come to meet the deceased character and profiting from their endeavours.
That's awesome, I'm really glad you found a way to play that suits your style!
Writing a journal is a good way to help with this. Find a note book and document your woes, thoughts and your day to day. I also like to leave notes sometimes.
I like writing in game journals as it helps put together thoughts and plans for my character. To get a glimpse of what my character may be feeling. Their struggles, or on the situation. It makes the game feel more personal.
Heck yeah! Journal writing is a fantastic touch.
I play roleplay for long time and this way zomboid is never boring. + this is awesome footage to making own series and stories on YT with a little help of AI and tools
Role-playing is a great way to get into the game, for sure!
I like to keep an in-character journal, full of events and thoughts. It makes me bond with my character faster, and also helps when coming back to a save after a while.
That does really fit well with this game in particular, there's already a lot of storytelling points and likely a lot more will come with NPCs and whatnot to form stories like these.
Even looking at the old Bob and Kate story, this does really seem like the intended way to play
I used to try and minmax my playthroughs through getting all the books early, stockpiling perishables, and eventually got bored and decided to just wait for Build 42 to resume playing, but this does seem like a fun way to go about the game
I've been doing this on a singleplayer modded save with the 10 Years Later and Filip's Adaptation of Vaccine as the key two parts to it. It's a wandering doctor who's traveled to Knoxville to study the source of the outbreak and attempt to find a cure by setting various goals of going to the military checkpoint, each major hospital, and finally the hidden military base. I have him keep journals of everything that happens day by day - from ambient sounds like gunfire to even just what he looted that day. It really helps make the world feel more in-depth to me. I've used Superb Survivors a few times for it to make a settlement in the Louisville hospital, buuuuut they tend to throw me into the zombies more often than not 😅 All in all though, it's a fantastic way to keep the game feeling really fresh!
big fan. my current playthrough "first playthrough" is a lone survivor who is well aware of the state outside the 'safety' of my camp. i LOVE survival games and this is one of those gems that make it as real as possible to put yourself into it. i have no friends to play with so im only doing solo playthroughs. i've got 40hrs on the game and would be nice to do a playthrough with a duo or a couple of people to help with human interaction rather than alone the entire time. love the content. i live vicariously through you for the duo interactions and playthroughs!
Very nice video! I look forward to doint this kind of gameplay with my friends. Yhank you for this new aproach to the game
Love the end.
My favorite character I still think about had a role play end like that.
After a scratch she got a fever ( 1st time I learned I of the infection chance.).
As the infection took over I went to a room and barricaded the door. A single round in the chamber. ( no mods) and rp'd the suicide.
Rest in Peace to that survivor... WE GO AGAIN.
@@MrAtomicDuck once more into the breach... Oh wait, different game...
Have been playing like this since I first got the game.
Never understood people who rushed everything and minmaxed
This was awesome. Stuff like that is why i am subscribed to you. As someone with more than a few hours in Project Zomboid i appreciate new ways to keep the game fresh very much. Much love
Thanks so much! Enjoy my friend :)
Ever heard of Two Wheels Gaming? His content is almost exclusively PZ story
That's dope, I'll have to give that a look. RP stuff?
@@MrAtomicDuck he played by himself, but he develops the story very well.
I second this notation
Let's just say that when I watched this video, I was like: tut tut Atomic Duck, lifting content ideas from TWG... Benefit of the doubt tho... ;)
@@MrAtomicDuck somehow I watched a vid of him this morning and it was this exact topic. First vid ever of him in my feed ...
The government knows more than they tell us....
Great video! I've started doing these kind of play throughs and love them, even though im quite new to the game. Although my first couple of attempts at "nature loving pacifist not made for urban life" merely proved quite how incapable of dealing with urban dead my character really was 😅
Thanks a lot! This sounds dope :D
Mr.Atomicduck, you should do a short about best ways to preserve foods. And how long it lasts. Maybe some mods. Would be much appreciated for the coming version.
Great video tho, as always.
Food Expiration Date and Bar and eris food expiry are the mods I use. The first works with co op but not sp. So I use eris for SP but the UI isn't as clean.
Love this type of content, keep it up!!
I play PZ like this since the beginning, it´s cool to know what there are another people out there playing like this. Great video!
This is one of my favourite features of PZ, with the basegame and mods the depth of storytelling potential is almost immeasurable and thats what keeps the game fresh, especially for me. Everything from a simple backstory and basic adventure plan playthrough ti the heavily modded RP story based Let's Plays, PZ has so much to offer!
It's just good if onpy there are npcs that gives quests and also different type of factions. Other survivor npcs are creatig safe heaven. Like the walking dead, they are trying to survive.
Npc quests are also good side quests. Like finding someone they love, escorting an npc to different places, trying to plant something, or gather resources etc.. to make it more looks alive and have color...
I got burnt out, 200hrs to the game.. didn't even touched the crafting deep. Just only lvl 4 the highest on each skills...
Edit: rp server is rlly good and best for me, since those exists in the rp community servers. But my connections just rlly reallyyy sucks, sooo high ping. I can only play solo.
Duck im not sure how i feel about Role Playing in my PZ game. But i could watch you do this all day. Please make a whole role play playthrough
I've actually done a couple RP videos in the past! I'm a bit weird. I don't really enjoy fully-fledged roleplay with acting involved, but I love creating narratives and making decisions a character would, if that makes sense?
@@MrAtomicDuck yes! whatever you want to call it! may we please have some more
Fantastic example and also, such a great way to play the game. Especially w a friend or two! It's my fave way to enjoy the game
Great video duck c:
my usual play thru i use my initial spawn house as my base, i feel you would hole up at home first. Then say i start at Rosewood, using Map project i select a random house in riverside or west point as my relatives house, it becomes a goal to make it to that house ive selected . Also with Superb Survivors i will decide on a couple names randomly, Dave, Susan ect... and if i find survivors with those names i consider them my relative, ect...
Glad to see other people play the game like this! This is like my exact playstyle, only I don't have a duo to do it with yet. It can be difficult to find the right person, but as for now I'm havin plenty of fun by myself!
I've noticed so many people (myself included) mention slowing down is the biggest problem most PZ players have with playing the game. It becomes all too easy to slip into the role of some kind of speed runner in this game that it really takes away from some of the game's charm. Once you hit the brakes and take in the scenary a little bit and reqlly start to think about your situation from a realistic and practical perspective it really does change the game. Great video and fun little story you created in your demo. I really have to find someone to play with as my playthroughs are typically always solo. :(
Text based RP can be a challenge with so many zeds around, but a believable and immersive RP/survival story is 100% the best way to play. To get deep into what, where, when and how you would react and survive is soooooo fun.
Right, exactly! Full roleplay is one thing, but just injecting a little story can bring a lot to a playthrough.
That's mostly why I got into the game. I am in no way a gamer, and I can barely get by with the lowest setting, hell, I struggled to even walk with the w/a/s/d buttons at first. But the reason I picked this game up was because it's so fun to make the little characters, and I get so attached. I've litteraly stayed locked up in a single room with a bitten character trying to find ways to confort them until the end because I really root for them (her name was Chester and I still feel sad about it). I guess that is also why I'm actually trying to get better at the game, because now I have Tamika, she's 17 days old and I managed to clear a bit of Rosewood as a whole after insta dying on loop every time I left the house in former runs.
Honestly I would have quitted any other game but it's the opportunity to make little guys what's keeping me in as someone who barely understands the mechanics
That... Is definitely going into my next playthrough.
What kinda story you thinking for your character?
@@MrAtomicDuckOoo, I play with a lot of mods so something along these lines: A freshly divorced either park ranger or carpenter lady, just moved to Lake Ivy for a fresh start and keeps away from most people/is on a little vacation for a while. She sticks to watching Life and Living most days and finds comfort in it, but that changes when one day, when the T.V stops airing and she bumps into her radio, she hears what's been going on with her being locked away.
From that point on I don't think she'd take it too well; She gets panicked from the sight of her own blood and has a sensitive stomach, but something in her locks down after a few weeks when she notices something. She's pregnant. Now it's gonna be her and whatever she has versus the world, and she has something to encourage her to go out and see exactly what's going on.
Can I join
After 5000 PZ hours I can say I did it all and experienced all this is just one of many challenges same as maximum population, using mods, putting handicaps on myself etc
I love this video! This is how I love to play the game personally.
I always RP as a ranger who lives in a small house in an abandoned town, where "C.G.E. Corp" factory is located. Like, one day they decided to walk through it once more, seeing the one who looked like marodeurs or vandals... but those were zombies. Then they visit the closest highway stop because phone lines were cut... to discover the even more dead, lol. That's how I usually RP
Nah turn zombie pop to the max rob gun store die in glory
I respect it 😂
So playing as a Texan?
if i was in project zomboid, i would stay inside for as long as i could without going anywhere... i think i would be too scared to do anything
This is the game that could have been. But 10 years later and no npcs.... gets lonely being aline all the time.
My character's backstory is that they used to be a burglar and now desperately want revenge on the local police station's weapon locker. Been workshopping it for years.
I started this playstyle when i watched another video about this and can confirm its fun and makes the hours longer
Another great video !
Thanks a lot !
What a sad end for those characters !
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@MrAtomicDuck Always do, your videos are an instant Like even before i watch it ^^
I find it hard to do any of this when i am the only living person in SP right now. The lack of NPCs is a constant drag on suspension of disbelief. If this were real I would be trying to make contact with neighbours ir the outside world which is currentlty impossible.
Nothing wrong with doing this kind of thing in solo, man! Even if it's just to give yourself some set goals.
I was hesitant with the Superb Survivor Mod but it’s worth it if you lonely in SP mode like I was. Adds more responsibilities to the game depending on your settings with survivors.
@@MrAtomicDuck I'd be happy with a pet chicken I could talk to - great vid btw
@@pedrorussell17 random question, but do you have any tips for playing with superb survivors? I've been trying to use it, but am finding it hard to figure out how to utilize it as well as possible. Idk if maybe I have too many other mods enabled, but the NPCs don't usually seem to listen to me all that well, and get themselves into trouble a lot... I think I just don't know how to use it yet
Man during a zombie apocalypse the ONLY thing I wouldn't do is search out other people. During any apocalypse I wouldn't try to do that that. We have a nearly infinite number of examples of just how terrible people are when anarchy is declared in every type of country in history. In Haiti, RIGHT NOW, they have numerous gangs who are fighting against peacekeepers and Haitian military so they can steal food/medicine to sell from the starving citizens and sell children for sex. What exactly do you think is the outcome when you go to your neighbors during a zombie apocalypse? Are you going to know your neighbor, Daniel, is a sexual sadist that drugs you with sleeping pills and rapes your wife/daughter and castrates you for the fun of it? Do you really know any of your acquaintances? The most positive outcome is you join a gang which has a leader who actually has some kind of morals. People need to get off of that "every person is good" motif, because real life has shown the opposite. It's recorded history, the benevolent moments of anarchy are the rare ones.
What you described is what I do almost everytime I boot up the game and its so much fun. Lol
My standard go-to has been a frantic survivor who tries to find a way out of wherever they spawn by making base after base and journalling on the way. Then when they inevitably die, I have the next character have their own story and stumble on said old bases after a time.
Definitely going to change it up some more now though.
Something I highly recommend is randomizing your character and then adding more on top, but not removing anything from the initial randomization.
That and lots of mods.
Randomization is such a simple thing I hadn't even thought of myself. I have genuinely never done this, but I can see it being fun!
@@MrAtomicDuck I only started doing it recently, but I've found it really breathes new life into the game and helps characters feel distinct. There's a game design adage that goes something to the effect of "optimization is the enemy of fun"*, and randomizing counteracts that perfectly. *rooted in the fact that the best games are about interesting decisions, and in areas where knowledge guarantees the optimal decision, there's less meaningful interaction with the game.
*quick addition for anyone trying this*
You get 3 rolls for your stats, but you can remove any negative traits worth 6 points or more, since many modded negative traits can be incredibly debilitating stacked. E.G, entire left arm amputation + blind + deaf may be a bit too much of a challenge to take the game seriously.
if you want a really fun scenario to play, start in riverside as an engineer on insane pop vanilla and run away to the quiet woods, the rest is up to you
Im currently trying to write the PZ machinima "movie" scenario.
Main point is that there's several different survivors that the POV switches to each chapter.
Basically the story of the survival through the apocalypse told through different people eyes. Not in parallel, but in order.
People like a regular college kid after the party.
Two police officers with different views.
Hunter living in a small town etc
Don't know if ill be able to make that video or even finish writing the story though...
I think the only thing to do here is "go to the Winchester, have a cold beer and wait for this whole thing to blow over." 😁
An individual of CULTURE.
I started doing this some time ago and it totally changed how I play the game. I used to start characters, spend a few hours looting, get bored and start again basically!
Making a backstory for my character, things he cares about, family, makes it a totally different game for me. For example my current character, Sully, spent the first two weeks searching for his ex wife and daughter. He didn't know their address, so he had to use the limited info he had to find the right house. Then I would keep an eye out for either zombies or survivors (superb survivors mod) that matched their description. Sadly he found them dead, and had to bury them. Right now he's looking for his older brother, again with very limited info, all he knows is he was on a military base before the infection. I'll leave little notes behind after checking each military base, I have him write a journal and make notes on the map. And everything I do is based on what I think my character would do rather than how I know its most efficient/safest to play the game.
Loads of fun, especially if you're like me and don't do multiplayer. It adds back what I love about the early game...having focus and direction.
I found that getting a working generator at base is one of the biggest causes of boredom for me. I can stock up on weeks of perishable food in a freezer and have no reason to do anything for days.
Id love if you had a house, car, workplace and relative marked on your map.. the annotated maps are a essential visit every time… and i have a high-school reunion that i have to attend
That ending was like playing a episode from walking dead.
Not killing her and trapping her in cabin is crazy real!!
This is why i like the Dark ages or lost to wilderness playstyle. I like to think that my settlement was over run and ive been on the move for weeks and experienced a serious head wound which caused me to lose memory of all my past skills and needing to build them back up.
Oh, man - I remember playing just like this all the way back in Build 34!
I roleplayed a Muldraugh school teacher that was a terrified pacifist in denial - which meant no killing infected until crossing a plausible story threshold.
I don't remember her name (it was probably a randomized one), but it went something like this:
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She spent the first two weeks hiding in her house tuning into every news broadcast for updates on the Knox Event.
When hunger became a problem, her first instinct was to try and get groceries, and soon turned to burglarizing her former neighbours' after the first expedition into town went poorly.
She avoided every infected person she came across, luring them out of her street and losing them in the forest behind her house (which got really dangerous as the hoard of lost bodies shambling in the woods grew).
After day nine, she finally brought herself to put down a zombie after hearing a news report confirming that all infected individuals are already deceased.
... Not sure what happened after that, but it was probably 'death by helicopter event'.
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Gosh... thinking about Build 34 really makes me realize how much this game has grown in the last eight years.
Try to imagine playing Project Zomboid with no cars; no metalworking, mechanic, or tailoring skill;
a spartan weather system without fog, wind, weather fronts, puddles, water reflections, or seasonal shaders;
no clothing degradation, insulation, or protection systems; no 3D character models with fancy animations;
no interactive foraging; no in-game map (on a map with 50% (?) less buildings); and *no Steam Workshop.*
Honestly, we are _blessed_ to have everything that's in the game today, and it's about to get a whole lot bigger come Build 42!
I've almost always played like this, and I really, really recommend trying it if you haven't already!!! :D It's the little things/details, like eating with cutlery, doing your laundry, and organizing your house that really make the experience and connect you to your survivors. Caring for your survivors will change the whole trajectory of your games!
The only problem I've had playing this way is that it's been difficult for me to connect with other players while having this RP-oriented playstyle, as I haven't found anyone on my level yet, and am a little shy. Maybe there's an RP server for me out there, but while I really do like to get immersed and explore character stories, I'm not really at the point where I feel okay verbally pretending to be my character, which most roleplay servers seem to want you to. They're also usually very serious/brutal, and I'm not too keen on being violated by bandits, heheh. Plus, being on a larger scale server without knowing anyone seems a bit scary to me! But I think and hope I'll find my place/my person/my people one of these days soon, and who knows what'll happen then! I did just join the channel discord today, after thinking about it for months, soo, definitely getting out of my shell :D
Nice to see another great example of how playing with someone else can enrichen your gameplay as well!
Also Duck, if you're reading this, - great video as always! Hope you keep making more content with Loushy, it really warms the heart and motivates the rest of us to find our own Loushys!
My odd RP is just, playing a weirdo 'clone', who's primary directive is survive.
They get killed, another clone, who remembers, again and again. It surprisingly keeps me going, while my friends in the server we're in are pretty normal people.
So far my goals have just been fortifying and area in RW, before wanting to go and build outposts in other areas.
Damn fun.
Awesome vid! I actually do a similar thing, but i'm going to borrow a lot from your video! What I do, is I have a list of pseudo-quests, and an order to do them in, and I roll DnD dice to pick from each list.
But I think now, i'm going to make lists of major debuff perks, major buff perks, RP occupation, personality types, background, with subcategories for things they might do, or have access to. [Roll for: Hemophobic & Organized, pick the rest. Roll for: Job, Chef. Personality, Assertive. Background, affluent. Roll for quests/order of things that this type of person, with that type of job would do, and when.]
Like you two struggled to decide whether to hunker down, seek the military, or go to a lakehouse, I would pre-decide this with a dice roll saying "Oh this character has a family lake house due to affluent background, must search restaurants along the way, isn't afraid of walking right in, must wash off blood immediately."
I did this with the RV Nomad run I just finished. Backstory was a retired guy travelling the back roads with his wife to fish when the outbreak happened. She died, so he decided he would fish in all the lakes around the map, before finishing at the lake in Louisville park (where they were married). Did everywhere outside Louisville, but when he got to the city he saw there was the checkpoint, and the city was too overrun for him. Decided to change his mind, build a cabin next to one of the lakes he fished early on (farms near Fallas Lake), and he retired to spend his final days there. Having the story gave lots of goals to accomplish, and made it a lot of fun.
Two Wheeled Gaming posted a similar video a few months back and it changed the way I play PZ and i’ve had a lot more fun
Was gonna make this exact same comment, great channel for the rp content too
When I have a character die I usually burry them and use a mannequin as a headstone wearing the outfit that the character died in. But the whole leading them into a house to barricade up seems like a fun alternative which I never considered😅
When I pick occupations in this game, I’ll always try to keep doing my job until the very end. For example if my character was a security guard, I’d still wear my uniform, carry a flashlight, and protect and live in a building that presumably would have a security guard. or if I’m a burglar I’ll still put on a ski mask when breaking into buildings while also taking any valuable items such as jewelry which you wouldn’t typically do in a normal run. I try to live as if I did before the apocalypse while still trying to do whatever it takes to survive.
What I found works for me is not setting up any goals like car, generator etc initially, but acquiring them as I go. Rather I focus on adventuring into the map, look for cool places to make base and kind of piece together the outbreak from the clues the devs left us
This is what I do anyway.
My current character is a military veteran who woke up un the woods near Raven Creek. His partner who he went out camping to commence "activities" with was zombified and attacked him, he had to kill her.
His first goal was to find anyone else and eventually linked up with some scattered off-duty military personnel in a base outside the city (Superb Survivors). Now that he has clothing, some allies, a weapon and an APC, he is taking his group to various checkpoints searching for the rest of the US army in the hopes he can help out wherver he can.
What concerns him though it the utter silence on the APC's radio, the only thing coming through being the automated emergency broadcast system.
Im currently playing as a pacifist forest ranger. I made it out of the town back to the campground i work at to find everyone dead. Made it safe and planted food but now that im at that point I needed more story. This video has inspired me to go check as many camps around the map I know of to see if there are any survivors left!
I hope future updates cater to this style of playing. I really want the stories created through the future NPCs to create the same type of atmosphere.
A week ago I lost my old character who was just a clone of me. As my new character, Riley, I found my old character Will's safehouse and am now holding up there.
Maybe Will kept a journal. Maybe Riley finds Will's journal and she reads about how he was going to go find that working car he found the keys for.
Maybe after several days of Will not coming back Riley goes looking for him where he wrote he was going. If she finds him Zombified maybe she'll find the car keys on him.
great video lots of good points
Glad you think so! Thank you!
@@MrAtomicDuck also the ending is lovely, you are right that emotional involvemnent would play a big part in how you should react
Very much appreciate it :D
Until the game has pets in it, I cannot RP myself properly. After all, you really can't emulate herding cats in a zombie apocalypse without cats.
would love to see a NPC workshop where you can invite them to join your camp or join an established group, (of course it may require you to accomplish certain tasks to build trust) along w small raiding parties (who you could also join)
well, ACKchually, i'm not playing PZ at all. Check your sources
🤓 AcKtuAlLy this video isn't aimed at you as a target demographic SIR RAI
@@MrAtomicDuck well hot damn, you have an ACkCHuaL point there... i have nothing left but to ask your forgiveness and understanding. i will spend the next 12 months in a state of repentance, withdraw from my old life as best i can, and shave my head.
who knew a youtube comment would bring such radical change into my life
I’d say you playing it wrong then
@@raiyiar bro that's not how you play at all
Yo duck have you thought of making a video for occupation/trait combinations? Having multiple profiles helps me stay engaged to the story. I'm pretending I'm switching between a group of survivors in the same world like I do in state of decay
I actually dig graves for my characters when they die and bury the at the base.
And if there are anyone inside a house that I want, I see them as the former owner, they get their own graves.
This will probably the "story" for my character in the future, never thought about it this way.
But giving them background will give them a personality.
this is quite a long video to just say "you should roleplay" but if people at least respond positively to it, i'm all for it.
very cool!
Whenever I come back to PZ, I try to set up a personal challenge for me, tryi a new type of character or achieving something I've never done before. It keeps the game fresh enough.
Get the barricaded mod/trait addon. Helps with that initial rp that you followed the directives
Obviously it won't work for regular people, but maybe create a back story and have a poll every 2-3 episodes and have them give you a next goal or thing that happens. Such as if you had a radio and someone you knew survived and wanted to meet in a certain spot. Kind of a choose your own adventure type thing. A poll probably wouldn't be great since you'd prepare a little bit for each based on the options. Or post the poll and don't look at the results until you start recording, so you only have 10 minutes to consider things before taking off.
I'd love to see this play session unedited is it some where on your channel?
500 hours in… I needed this
Glad to be of service!
great video and will say you don't need to spend hours writing back story, the story will form itself from the situations you face but playing in a story way is far more engaging, just because i could go loot a gun store don't mean i have, i only risk for what i needed and i'm playing with the last minute prepper scenario mod, I'm writing almost daily diaries and keeping it chill, not only is it getting me writing for one first times in my life but it's keeping me engaged and keeping it fresh and about 400 mods helps with that too.
There's another way to play the game; play it like Sims. Build your dream house and stuff. Just instead of all the woohoo and increasing the neighborhood's population, you anti-woohoo and decrease it
Absolutely! Project Simsboid is a real thing and I love it :D
That's the way we play with friends, mixing with the zomboid style and it's so much fun!
I like to give a name to remind myself how many characters I have burned through on a run. In this case, first Louisville Start Run. Name him Alphabetically and Profession: Art Rescue was born. What happens in my first few days? I get the map to the Museum of Art... It's mid winter and Art Rescue is still on his quest.
Something that slows me down is not using a car. It can be tedious sometimes but it always extends my playtime.
I have coming up on 2k hours in this game, and I've never got bored because I'm always in the middle of doing something when I die. This is one of those unique games where being "not great" at it means you're forced to experience it at a slower pace. Each time you learn a little bit more and get a little bit further along. Being good at it, as you say, can be a downside and this is a good alternative method to try.
This is kind of what I do where for all of the first week I will hunker down in (usually) my starting home, will spend time watching TV, reading books, sewing, etc. during certain hours while also going around town and securing supplies. Now I’m not taking these supplies, I’m just making sure they’re safe, there are ways in and out, and anything perishable is put in a freezer. really all I grab are things to keep me busy during the nights. Once the week is up, and the helicopter event has subsided I will start to work on a long term base project. Sometimes this can be a simple as make a fully self sufficient base, or as narrative as making a trader’s hub for passing survivors out of a gas station. This will be the predominant goal of this game, but not my end goal. Usually around the half way point in the base project, or when my skills are high enough I will start to enact an end goal project. For most play throughs it’s just getting a mobile base built up from something like a bus (I have that vehicle interiors mod) where I try to make a fully functional house with a large amount of storage, a stockpile of gear, and some level of leisure that my character can enjoy. Once this is finished I will drive to one of the end of road areas on the map, and then officially retire the character. Now sometimes the end goal project is something like raiding the military base, or some dumb goal that I can spend a lot of time on like a road trip to all the points of interest (this one usually involves a mobile base). Either way I finish that game either dying trying to achieve these goals or I get to have this character escape.
You: what would you do if the shambling corpses had the faces you knew from your day to day life? Would you be so ready to dispatch them?
Me: oooh you have no idea