Recent reviews by [R&L]Daniel_Laixer

I installed the game about a month ago, when it was FP2 for the weekend.

I assumed the game had native GNU/Linux support, but it doesn't. After trying half a dozen of Proton versions, EAC wouldn't even install.

It was fun when servers where unrestricted and you could spawn all kinds of stuff without restriction. Now it's all capped with 2 servers left and no players.

Okay, so I knew about this game because I used to play it on a friend's Wii U and I kinda liked it. I got it on a sale earlier this year and I started playing a month ago, completing the game just now.

- Buggy, buggy as hell. There are a few ways to easily softblock the game's objectives, making it impossible to complete the game. You can find almost-10 year old posts complaining about bugs that are still present today. Because of this, I had to restart halfway through. As you don't have save slots, my recommendation is that you make frequent backups of the game's save files, manually or with a software like Duplicity. This way, you can easily go back to a previous save if the game breaks ...or if you die unfairly.

- Bodies despawn very easily. I found this on a specific underground area of the game, where I killed some zombies with the crossbow, just walked around to get to the bodies and they were gone already, and my precious arrows with them.

- Default gun and melee weapon are stuck in you backpack forever. You can't drop them or move them to the safehouse containter.

- Can't change graphic quality settings or disable visual effects. On my humble PC, I got framerate drops on open areas. The only solution I could find within the settings was playing at a lower resolution. Also, this game has LOTS of filters/shaders that you may like or not, but that you can't easily disable. I managed to manipulate the game's .exe with a HEX edit editor, changing completely how the game looks (comparison screenshots here).

- Installing and using Ubisoft Connect is mandatory for the game to work.

- Some transition spaces of the game are copy and paste and appear multiple times.

- Jumpscares. There's several jumpscares scripted along the game. Cheap way of scaring or trying to scare the player.

- Issues aside: the gamplay and the plot are good.

- The Scanner. It helps you find all items, ammo and upgrades scattered around the map. If used frequently, you won't miss anyting.

- Playing this game with mouse and keyboard. It's a great improvement from playing with a bulky Wii U "GamePad" and analog sticks.

- Weapons. There's a great variety and you can use different approachs with them. My favourite thing to do is blowing up heads from some distance with the Lee Enfield carbine. Weapons level up as you keep using them and you can also apply upgrades that you find along the game. Automatic weapons ammo is scarce, tho.

- Expendable items:
--- Planks. Discard them all; they just take up space and you can easily beat the game without them.
--- Flares. They may useful in some situations, but don't accumulate them, just use them as you find these.
--- Food healing items. Same as flares, if you find them and need to heal, use them, but don't let them clutter up your inventory. Go for the medkits always.
--- Mines. More of the same. The are useful in some cases, but molotovs and grenades are better, IMHO.

- Shotguns:
--- Don't waste ammo or upgrades on the Model 870 Shotgun. You will find the better Benelli M4 Shotgun just a bit later. You could even ignore the dual barrel shotgun too.

If you like first person shooters and/or zombie videogames, buy Zombi when it's on sale, but search for the game-breaking bugs before starting a run, so you know where to be careful. Also: don't try to refuel the generator if you still don't have the fuel ;)

Piece of junk software stopped working on DX10. It works on a crappy Pentium laptop and doesn't work with a GTS 250. Good job.

Awesome, and double awesome for being free.

Got it on sale, completed in 28 hours without checking any external guide or walkthrough.

I really like the weapon customization, but not the designs because rifles and launchers are too similar, which is confusing; I played with a self-made HALO-inspired weapon pack instead. Chip and armor customization are OK and the decoy gun may help you out if you don't have allies following you. Robot designs are fine, although the NPC laser gun feels overpowered.

I barely got to use the hoverboard due to a heavy inventory (same issue as with the antigravity pack on 3079). I don't understand the utility of the gravity gun aside of moving crates and the only thing I built was a shed with 5 storage boxes, some turrets and one booster.

IMO, this game is better than 3079, buy 3089 if you liked the prequel.

I got this game on sale for 1,24€, played it on Ubuntu (I just beat the game at level 25). I didn't check any guide or tutorial beforehand.

For the price, I liked it. The closest thing I played to this is Minecraft + Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel

However, the are some cons. Weapons like ETUs, rocket launchers, grenade launchers and shotguns feel useless and expendable. Maybe I didn't play the game the right way...

Increasing skills like stealing and camouflage are secondary in order to beat the game, and you can skip mining almost completely. However, at high level areas (over 20 in my case) advancing by digging a trench will be helpful. I've never used the grappling hook or the antigravity pack because my inventory was always too heavy. I intentionally cleared my inv in order to use the AV pack at the end of the game to beat the final boss.

For long range, you can switch between multiple precision rifles to attack targets (including imperial ships) from a safe distance and build up your energy. At mid/short range, a good blaster and an assault rifle will do the job, and at short range a high damage sword. Quests are OK given how long the game lasts.

As other people said, buy it if it's on sale. I may get 3089 now...