The Radio Broadcast That Tells the TRUTH About the Exclusion Zone in Project Zomboid
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
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Project Zomboid is an open-world isometric survival horror video game in development by British and Canadian independent developer The Indie Stone. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested world where the player is challenged to survive for as long as possible before inevitably dying.
'Til Death Us Do Part was a story included in Project Zomboid as its own game mode. It served as the tutorial to introduce new players to the basic concepts of Project Zomboid, like base fortification, scavenging, and fending off hostile undead and survivors.
In 2013, 'Til Death Us Do Part was removed from the game, along with NPC survivors, with the release of version RC 2.9, due to NPCs being far too buggy. The Indie Stone did not abandon the story and have stated they still have big plans for NPCs and the story of Bob and Kate.
I cannot wait for the NPC update, since super interesting stories like this can actually be expanded on and maybe even give the player hope to save them instead of just automatically knowing they're screwed.
What build?
Build 43 I think
@@c.mattstrides4754 that’s a shame.
if i remember correctly, i read that npcs would be implemented with the animals update aswell, and that would be in build 42, but i'm not really sure
Can't wait for the animals update so I can properly roleplay my Hunter character.
Edit: if it's only livestock then I can at least be a proper Farmer.
It would be cool if in the NPC update we could actually save them and make a community.
i think that's what they plan on doing + they would be making their own communities as as well, so faction combat might be a thing
@@skalniak2014 YES, I want to raid settlements and make a bandit crew. Wooden spears, traps, and hordes be dammed.
You forget the ONE quote from the game
“There is no escape there is no hope
This is how you died”
@@ItsRileyYT Dont you want to see NPC's try and fail just hard as you do? Dont you want to share the suffering?
@@ItsRileyYT but thats the thing if you cant escape your gonna die in the zomboid zone one way or another so why not except that and build a community of survivors if there damned to die in a zombie ridden land at least they can make it a comfortable.
plus youtubes have showed the game actually responds pretty dynamically to this "settlement system" as one settlement going on raids and drawing fire could cascade into other settlements leading to intresting conflict and strife.
Interesting that the Exclusion Zone was getting smaller in the first few days, seems like that big military convoy did some damage but soon, all hell broke loose and the Military got overwhelmed.
Not supriese it always the military it always the law and order get fuck up cause they too stupid.
Which doesn't make any sense, how can mere zombies defeat a huge army? Unless we're talking about special infected we haven't seen yet or the canonical zombie type is the "ubber zombie" (runner, can open doors, sees better than an owl and hears better than Daredevil).
Most good zombie stories point towards lack on info about what zombies are and how they work, and bad political and military decisions when faced with a horde
@@danielm.595 Loud noises attract zombies, and guns are loud asf which attracts a big horde 24/7
You either run out of bullets or get overwhelmed by the zombies.
@@bongcloudopening5404 we're talking about a huge military convoy of non specified size sent into a city of a few thousand up to 10 or 20k, they'd have more than enough ammo PLUS air support.
I didn’t know the game was set exactly in 1993, thats good to know
Yeah, man. That’s why all the tech is old school, why nobody has a cell phone, why there are radios everywhere and why fashion is outdated. Also why Louisville is so small compared it it’s modern day counterpart.
@@Penguinmanereikel No I know its the 90’s
Not the EXACT year. This is the first time its mentioned in game like this.
@@capitalismsucks9590 It's mentioned in the trailer too.
yeah the game starts (at normal settings) exactly on my birthday 😂
@@Cacowninja I meant and said in game. Never knew they had a trailer and I am sure most do not know as well.
I love that someone is finally making videos about project zomboid lore, really keep it up, you deserve more attention
Much appreciated!
@@furrystalker3901 still no one covers it
I wonder if raiding the checkpoint might actually be part of the game.
bad idea then the zombies will follow but you get to escape the exclusion zone and find civiliation
@@ricardoamaris9442 bro the guy on the radio said it spread to the uk and africa. there is no civilisation left
There probably won’t be any checkpoints left to raid.
@@ricardoamaris9442
There are two strains of the virus an airborne one and the one submitted by the zombie.
Your character is immune to the airborne version but no one is immune to the zombie version.
The world in zomboid is pretty much a dead world.
@@Manslayer-eo1nh animals are immune and eventually the dead will fall, nothing can run on no energy forever.
I think it’s weird that every single radio station cuts off exactly after 8 days. It would make sense for local stations to stop broadcasting as the infection reaches their area, but I would expect some national radio stations to continue to give updates for a while longer, perhaps even having the operators hunker down and give survival information for some months until they’re eventually compromised. And in the international radio, it will provide updates occasionally about the Knox Event but I think it’s unrealistic for every single radio station in the nation to focus exclusively on that event. From the outside perspective, it’s just a mysterious blockade where the government is keeping everything within a secret, the station would probably focus mainly on other current events happening
eight days is when it went airborne and things went from bad to apocalyptic
Especially as shortwave stations could be picked up from halfway around the world.
@@notsaying7838 that is provided that it IS a virus, seeing how this zombie apocalypse happened, I would've suspected to be a type of chemical that triggers something in the human body that turns it into a zombie, it's called a virus probably bc of what it initially thought off as virus infection turning humans but seeing the rate of transmission, and even those who are isolated being infected in other countries (labs in other countries by the United States, it does exist IRL funfact)I assume it to be a planned outbreak that got outta hand(lol)
@@notsaying7838 btw, a virus ain't really a living thing so.....yea
@@notsaying7838 wait, wasn't it waterborne, through spittle? Doesn't really change the fact you need masks to stop yourself from infecting others but still.
Interesting to know that the whole planet get infected and not only the place where the game is happening
You: "The US? UK? Africa too? The whole world is infected!"
China/India/Russia/Germany/France/Italy/Japan: "Are we a joke to you?"
@@dragoneye6229 It's not a stretch to assume that since those places got infected, the whole world is doomed. The virus turned airborne, that's how it reached them to begin with (radio saying there's no flights, so it had to be an airborne infection)
How the hell did the infected got to Europe that fast?
@@dragoneye6229 I mean once it made landfall over seas, it's safe to assume that everybody is screwed
@@ordinaryfellow2567 its airborne.
Know the lad/lass making "listening to zomboid music while studying" or so? Saw them post the same post, but hadn't finished it. Appreciate that more and more people gather around plot and frequencies, maybe it'll make the devs think of implementing such frequency characters.
don't know them, but I'm glad more people can see these amazing stories/lore that the devs made!
@@kompv unconid, started making cool videos recently
The guy who made Shaun of the Zomboid deserves more attention too.
@@kompv Interesting.
And the fact that the PZ lore is much more darker than you were led to believe, my theory is that the infection is originated from the south-west lab complex deep within the forest, in the lore the people there already done some shady stuff, like experimenting on animals and even people, maybe they tried to make a bio-weapon of sorts and its just got out.
the real question is how it hit the UK and Africa if that is the case perhaps there is some doomsday cult or group that delibratly realsed the virus across the globe.
@@housewilma4904 nope. the reason it spreads to UK, somalia, south korea, etc is because US has overseas military bases there. just look what year did the battle of mogadishu happen and what year the game takes place. basically it spreads through the soldiers, then into the civilian population
YOURE BOTH WRONG. ITS THE MEAT. ITS ALWAYS BEEN THE MEAT. THE MEAT I TELL YA. THE MEAT!!!!
@@xXMapleVodkaXx Ahh quit ya bollocks
@@xXMapleVodkaXx wait so your mom is the reason for the infection because she was swallowing some meat on rent day?
I've spent 300 hours or more in the game already but i never really listened to the radio. Man, this is some great stuff
Not even the emergency broadcast station?
@@nerfherder4284 ngl I haven’t either. I’m always distracted
i hit 1000 when i listened the first tjme to wlbm
yeah me too only go for AEBS and ignore rest of them, just walk to kitchen find rolling pin and water bottle, go to bed room for alarm clock and watch cooking show. and then start smashing zombie 😅
@@idrissalam1012 why a rolling pin and alarm clock?
Me and some friends did a kill every zombie run, and we did it. We cleared the zone. We did the military's job. Every last zombie killed. Took us actual months of slowly moving our base and home, tearing up the zombies at every corner.
But zombies respawn
@@itschaos007 There's a setting to make it so they don't respawb
@@aurakille2148 oh! Damn. Do you remember how many months ingame? Am planning to do this with my friends, even though we are still noobs lol!
@@itschaos007 there are around 200k zombies in a single map. Maybe more. Dont make them respawn. Because player characters dont. Why make them?
@@meinkek7896 good question indeed. Adds more realism aswell!
Everyone is like “wow it’ll be awesome when the npc update comes out…” I’ve heard of and have been waiting on the NPC update now since middle school, I am now a 23 year old man and still no npc update.
its coming soon™
For real. I played this game when I was 2 years old, now my grandson is playing it and he's also excited for the NPC update as I once was. I tell him that the devs said it was coming soon. Hopefully his grandchildren can also get excited as we are.
Superb Survivors is a good substitute until then
I expect to see it finalized within 1-2 years. Pessimist? Make it 3-4 tops.
Until then just use the NPC mods for SP :D
Real game changer for me will be NPCs injected into MP RP servers for maximum immersion.
@@covfefewithextracream5569 Would be comical if in the next update the devs introduced a new message on the radio of an npc that was the last one to make radio transmissions. Her name would be Avery or whatever... she's on a survivors' group, streams every day for 6 months. A true friend that every player would sympathize with...
In the end everything goes downhill, she vents in a small room with zombies trying to destroy the door and, at the end, says the following words.
"The truth is, I never believed that anyone would be listening to these broadcasts! Nobody ever did! But despite that I tried and tried!....
*cry
"If there's anyone alive... anyone alive besides me... Know that everything is lost, there's no hope, there's no god to save us, no nation, no family, no friends, they're all DEAD! It's what everyone calls extinction or the end of times! HOW THE HELL IT HAPPENED!? IT WAS SO... SO FAST! WE EVEN HAVE TIME TO BE TOGETHER! TO HUG AND SAY THAT EVERYTHING IS GONNA TO BE FINE! WHY MY FAMILY AND EVERYONE HAVED TO DIE IN MY FRONT!?
...*Avery's crying...
The deads are coming...If you are listen...it's better to leave this world by the less painful way...
...can you see them? Your family? your friends? Before all this chaos?...I even have a picture here with me... I... dad... mom... i love both of you so much, but i...
I can't handle this...this hell...
...because...
...nobody...
...nobody is alive...
...a-and...because.....
"NOBODY IS COMING"
*gunshot sound
You have the option to go where Avery is before the event, but all you gonna find is the body of the last hope of human race surrounded by dead people.
Then all npc's kill themselves and you are the last man or woman in the wolrd. Hardcore mode is activated, when you die there's no turning back. Game Is Over. Literally.
I would be great if you could accually answer the radio, call these stations and speak whit the reporters and tell them how its like in the zone and stuff
phones are offline dude
Mabye radio talking with npc will come someday where you can help them out for rewards
@@MercenaryFox Not using a HAM radio
Yes, that would be a nice way of obtaining more info. Instead of making it a single transmission, fragment it and give the player choices to make questions that the other person responds.
Same info, but more interactive and immersive.
Maan, I hope they'll make some more plot after npc update. It would be great to know why this all happened in the first place
I hope they add a zombie in any location he says whit a backpack whit a visible radio roaming around
there are no npcs yet, but people are interacting with knox county still. kind of implies a whole other story: where is everyone else?
dead or undead
@@behindthepie9430 Not true, there is an event where you hear distant shots and zombies actually go there. It implies there are still some people alive in Knox County.
It's like your character is in between two different dimensions, one with people still left, and one where everyone is infected
@@szyszus4683 ok and?
@@szyszus4683 tylko ze jak pójdziesz w strone strzałów to nikogo tam nie będzie.
You would think there would be less supplies on markets, more stockpiles and barricades on houses and more corpses due to panic due to civil unrest. But the maps are squeky clean for some reason lmao
I think because the infection started mainly on Louisville, thats why you cant spawn in there i think
@@chapitathegreatest8758 Also why that place is hell even with the gun mods, even kitted out like the damn Punisher you'll get snuck on there
@@ExeErdna if the goddamn army cant do shit about it
Neither can we
@@hamper6511 That's because we have hindsight, the army handled it like they would have at the time *excessive force*
@@ExeErdna then protesters ruined everything
Adding NPCs that can be interacted with WOULD BE AWESOME , makes it feel like you're not alone , especially for people who can't do multiplayer.
I love love love that PZ puts their lore in the background through little stuff like this
I hope there's like a survivor camp update where you can build a little settlement from people you save. It would be awesome to have survivors scavenging or fortifying a group of buildings to make some sort of safe area eventually drawing in more zombies.
I think having NPC survivors who could follow you (or just hang out at a specified location and guard it/live there) would be really cool. The game works super well for base building and fortifications but there's not that much reason to do it in solo playthroughs. Would love to convert the mall into a shantytown >:D
Was this added recently, because if not its cannonicity is dubious. The devs have said they're going to rewrite the lore because current lore is broken by Louisville. I also think they're no longer a fan of how fast the infection spread
That makes sense. I'm thinking it has to be a weapon deliberately spread for the entire world to go south that fast. The zombies don't run that fast after all.
Something like Umbrella spreading this shit all over the world
Well even if it wasn't, there's no reason this small storyline would have to contradict new lore. All they'd have to do would be to stretch these updates from a day apart to a couple days, and it's extended over multiple weeks now.
@@mattdamutt5681 Look at how fast Covid spread. It only takes a single infected person to travel by plane/ship/etc to infect an entire region. That said, the devs have fresh data for how fast the Knox Event should happen.
My headcanon is that the "horrible smell" people complained about in Knox county was from the military trying to innoculate the population against whatever they had accidentally unleashed/found/created. In my little fantasy, it created a survival rate of something like 1 out of 2 or 3 vs the worldwide kill rate of 9 out of 10 (or more). Then when the military guys, who are stationed all over the world, were shipped away from the base, they took their latent infections with them. THEY were fine. But they were carriers, and infected everyone they encountered at a much higher rate than that in Knox county. It makes sense from that perspective, and nothing in the game proves me wrong. So I'm running with it. 😛
2:04 hearing this makes me really hope they add gore into this game at some point. It would really add to more immersion!
I really hope for more lore in the future
I remember a comment saying that behind every zombie there wasn't lore, they are just AI that infinitely spawn. I'm waiting for the NPC update and them looking like this 🤡
Until that update comes he's absolutely right.
I remember that same comment, he was completely lacking in suspension of disbelief. while he was texhnically correct, it should have been obvious by the other comments that they were talking about hypothetical characters before they were infected. again, suspension of disbelief is key to not sucking the fun out of everything.
Game has no lore. It's all how the player feels. Your might be the 🤡
@@WiseOwl_1408 ah yes.... no lore...... completely lacking in lore........ totally devoid of any lore....................... [covers my eyes and ears as the video plays]
They are 100% correct though?
This makes me even more hyped for the npcs
I’m waiting for a mod or a dlc from devs where you are in a different area because the infection got out of. You know how hard it would be if you where in a massive city like New York and everyone is infected a lot of loot but end less zombies
Don't wait for that it's not going to happen, the dev are too busy.
It would be very cool as a model for DLC though.
But the modding community is building different maps, there is one that is a big city qnd good luck surviving there so check this out.
Try the map Ravencreek if you havent. Pretty good
going by how the cities are in game if would have to be a "high rise" focused map with you crossing shoddy briges bewteen the tops of buildings to search slowly downwards for supplies as getting near the ground is a death sentence with SEAS of zombies below.
@@housewilma4904 sounds like a lot of fun but it would most definitely fry your computer. Zomboid really cant handle massive population counts as it is currently
@@nmmeswey3584 it could just be a kill box if you fall or all the doors are stuck after a certain point to keep the pop somewhat normal
imagine this going though this
you know somethings wrong and waiting silently for it all do go down
you hear gun shots in the distance and close by, people crying and talking
nobody knows whats going to happened
you always feel in danger, lied to.
an overwhelming threat behind ur back at any moment
ur not strong enough to fight them so ur left in the hands of paniking soilders
ur not a strong overweight slow reader fast learner brave burgler with high thirst
being inside the exclusion zone must be horrible
That last line sounds oddly specific yet accurate.
idk man, ambiguousamphibian managed to survive with all negative traits
You call it the exclusion zone over here in Oregon we called it The Summer of Love. Well we didn't but the rest of the nation did.
Love this brilliant idea for a series hope you draw in viewers
I suggest adding more emotions for the voices in the radio. Makes it very immersing
Im almost positive its a tts, if he had a voice actor itd be lovely but microsoft sam isnt known for his emotive acting
@@AVerySexuallyDeviantOrange the devs blacklisted the suggestion of a radio or tv voice over.
maybe a mod will add that?
Would be kind of nice if you can see a zombie near/has a broken radio gear somewhere in day 9
He pushed in? Massive balls to try and push in and through the zeds.
If only everyone just build a circle of TVs around them they'd all be safe.
Great vids man! Keep em up! ^^
I appreciate u
@@kompv 👌
I never really get the chance to listen to radio broadcasts in the game and I always wanted to know what the people outside Knox county were thinking, I'm glad I get some clarification now. But also listening to these somewhat depressing broadcasts it brings me a sense of comfort, there's people outside of Knox, waiting for us, watching us, terrified for us.
Love your videos, keep it up!
I love Zomboid lore, shame it’s rarely covered.
I have a lot of time in the game and so I don't always pay attention to the radio and TV. I do recall now that I did run across part of this once and somewhat recently too. Thanks, I'll look for it in the future!
I dont play the game and I havent seen more than 5 minutes of gameplay, but it think this stories are 10/10 and should be done more often in zombies games
this series is sick, just the kind of zomboid content i needed
This game has a hell of a future if they keep updating and adding more stuff to the lore
What if it was a lie that the rest of the world is infected, the broadcaster said he hear it from a friend but where did she hear it from? Maybe it was a lie to calmed them down. He first said that they are targeted because they are poor and that is why they don't let them leave, but then they hear that is the whole world, people would start thinking that they are actually being protected.
If People Just listened and goverment tried fixing the Phone lines and not lie to people
I would imagine the logic was to reduce the chance of mass hysteria and panic.
If you look to world war z [book] the mass panic and hysteria killed more people than the walkers did.
But let's be honest, you can only keep something like this on the download for so long
@@christophercotto4212 But in the end it would went down to one thing, but if People knew how dangerous it was maybe most of them would stay in doors
@@wodekw6862 We already have seen that the public won't follow safety protocols with Covid, why would zombies be different?
World would be destroyed anyway. Staying in home did nothing, people still turned. It would only mean that people would know what kills them
as folks mention i hope when we do get the NPCs update ie ai survivers i hopwe this dude exists and someplace you will find a exclusion zone were he is and if you do things in time you can join and posable save him and join him in a community.
They didn't die. They would be walking like Dr. Livesey and his gangs like the chad they are with that music on, attracting all the zombies away from us. God bless their souls :)
I like the Echo music you put in your video. It really fits the vibe.
Npc update will change the entire game, I also really want a like companion npc update like a dog or cat or something cute
I wish there was a mod that Adds voice to radio and tv
Maybe this is tied to the helicopter incident... Would be fun to have a storyline!
They could also improve on the emotion of the voices, though
I’m beginning to really want project zomboid but I don’t think I’ll be getting it until awhile
Gave me some cinematic flashbacks to the Romero zombie films with the radio/TV broadcasts. This game intrigues me more & more as I look forward to buying PC to play it for the first time.
By the way, what is that ending song playing at 03:51? Sounds both haunting & soothing like the save room tunes from RE2 & RE3.
never thought i'd hear dormitabis music in 2022
I think this points towards either the devs or modders having an ending for the game once the NPC build gets released. Because if i get this man a radio, a safe community, power, food, and water, theres no way he won't keep fighting the good fight and someone on the outside finds out
Can't wait until we get NPC's, as I suspect this guy to be a survivor you can run into in one of the small wilderness towns or out in the actual wilderness.
Maybe even recruit him to a survivor camp.
Good stuff…keep ‘em coming!
Seems Like the NPC either got kidnapped, or ran after Zombies Just casually strolled into their Camp.
3:37
This could be it? Couldn't it?
*Fuck*
Me: Lol 😂
I've never played PZ but I watched a "surviving 100 days in PZ" and I'm hooked onto the lore of this game.
Are these little details, that make the game feels alive, with actual people out there, not just only us.
@2:42 "we don't get movies made about us." -at least a videogame made about them.
PZ and L4D2 lores are very interesting
The story is interesting can’t wait for the npc updates
2:04 now that I know this photo exists, even though I can see it in my mind clearly, it would be very cool if someone remade it with the game models or even a drawing. Now that I think about it, this is gonna be my first real try at a zombie drawing
i love how he just gets more and more pissed off
God this gave me chills so glad I did not hear a loud slam from this video.
Wait he had to put the dog to sleep!? so animals are susceptible too? wow
The irony is that people started talking about it more plainly and seriously when it hit the major cities of New York and Los Angeles. Now all that's left are the survivors separated and fighting, waiting with baited breath to see if this is where we rebuild or if this really is how we died.
What is the Piano music called you play at the beginning of this video??
man this makes me want some real story and lore added to the game
Dumb question but how did you get the text to speech for the radio? Is it a core game option or maybe just editing (or mod.)
That mansions of madness music makes shit hit different fr
I love your content already, you remind me of Nurse.
It would be really awesome if in the future, during the first week or so of the apocalypse, if there actually were military checkpoints with tons of civilians on the other side, and if you get to that side or start your game on that side of the map, then you slowly get to watch the infection creep out of Knox County and into the greater regions. You'd get to actually watch civilization fall, your neighbors running around for their lives getting eaten left and right. Total pandemonium and chaos.
This might be a bio weapon and that is how it spread
Thats why in a zombie apocalypse you need to have a plan before doing an action, Having more people is good but at the same time you will need more resources but if you dont have a plan to get that needed resources the community will be bound to get destroyed,overwhelmed, or get betrayed by your own people
This radio monologue is very well written.
Everything makes a lot more sense now that I know that the game is set circa 1993.
I hope in the future event you hear in the radio will be link to some NPC's interaction.
The saddest thing it it that Tim will never find out what happened to the dog…
When the NPC update drops me and my friends will probably end up farming them on our server lmao
Kind of zomboid irony, everyone eventually faces the same fate. That's what I love about the game, you don't thrive, you just try to survive in this hell.
Smh they shoulda just broke their stairs and made a sheet rope out of their window on the top floor. Amateurs.....
Pretty cool that it made its way to the UK and Africa, maybe we will get some DLC in the future?
_"You know why they don't care, right? You know why the world can just sit by? Watch a community blink out? _*_It's because we're poor._*_ If this was New York, or Chicago or... anywhere. People would care. They'd be up in arms. The media would give a shit. We don't get movies made about us. We're not interesting. We just live a hard life as best we can. Only, that's not enough. So we're on our own."_
I guess Map expansion contains this NPC too because, he says they are expanding the exclusion zone and I'm left inside, developers expanding map so this guy can be in the new update. What do you think about this theory?
Its like when pandemic started. Some made weird conspiracy theories, some mocked Chinese for overreacting. Most didnt care. But I knew something was going on, and made some preparations. Bought stuff for protection, (not the US kind) made some investments since it was obvious it would get worse. And it paid off.
When I ever hear Exclusion Zone I must always think about the Exclusion Zone in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. x/
Heres hoping they implement something similar to State of Decay, where survivors you recruit for your base can become playable!
It will be great if they add voice to radio and tv
Bro I can imagine an entire campaign on saving the NPC talking
You should do a video explaning the random messages coming up on the Emergency Channel
going gangsta after hearing the mansion of madness music
Most of these clips make me feel sad
I'm curious how they'll implement NPCs while maintaining one core part of the game: You are a nobody, not a main character, just a person stuck in the apocalypse. A bunch of comments talk about starting a community and things like that with people over the radio, but then it'd break that principle. I dunno, it sounds fun but I hope it doesn't stray too far from where zomboid is now.
it's amazing how immersive they can make the world without the need for voice actors, high quality animations or fully 3d graphics/world.
the lore isn't exactly the main feature of the game, and yet it's better than many singleplayer "story driven" games.
Seriously hope they expand on this. When you're alone in a town, surrounded by death and your only contact to the outside world is a survivor on the radio telling you the world is over it's pretty spine chilling.
Try cataclysm dark days ahead
It's the game that inspired zomboid in the first place
Its also more complete and has NPCs
nah bro that broadcast caused me to panic
Cool to find out it takes place in 1993
I'm one of the few people that's don't really want NPCs in my zombie games. Once you start adding NPCs and especially hostile humans then the zombies almost immediately become less of a threat and slowly become an afterthought.
Though I would still like to have them, I'm with you on the hostile NPC part. I'm hoping they're going to be neutral to the player (unless the player deliberately does something to make them hostile) as that would avoid the "the real monsters are other people" that almost every single piece of media in the genre degenerates into.
When npc update come out, there are probably some sociopath trying to shoot the NPC to see if it actually harm them, and dev have to make sure to implement what would happen if npc got killed and this is the reason NPC update are so long
Well if he died he died as a hero