I am practically fed up with zombie games but this one looks quite good tbh. Definitely caught my attention.
If you guys have a source engine game try the Zombie Panic! Source (predecessor mod): http://store.steampowered.com/app/17500/
It's really fun.
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: Daunt_Flockula on October 07, 2013, 04:13:21 pm
Unfortunately, I have never gotten into Half Life or any other formidable source engine game (shame on me, I know :)). But I'll keep that in mind Vibe.
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: Leshma on October 07, 2013, 04:52:16 pm
Only zombie game I care about and the only game I feel bad for not backing during kickstarter campaign is 7 Days to Die. Minecraft + Zombies FTW!
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: djavo on October 07, 2013, 05:53:03 pm
Anyways I think this will be first game I supported on kickstarter, when wasteland was on I didn't have moneyz.
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: Radament on October 07, 2013, 06:51:16 pm
heard State of decay is pretty decent even if you can play it with pad at the moment. this is the only zombie game i'd play after l4d and dead rising , too bad it's only SP :/
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: Tibe on October 07, 2013, 07:00:31 pm
Its the perfectly blended in player controlled zombies that got me sold. Playing as a zombie or never really knowing if im up against a brainless Ai or another player is really a smart gamemechanic. Its will raise fear and uncertainty in other players.
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: Kafein on October 07, 2013, 07:03:00 pm
They managed to outperform everything DayZ has ever managed to do in just one video. Except the large map.
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: Xant on October 07, 2013, 07:11:56 pm
Shooting mechanics look a bit clumsy, looks great otherwise. Hope they make the shooting and movement smoother.
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: Vibe on October 07, 2013, 09:23:34 pm
looks like the standard source engine shooting mechanics, doubt it'll change much
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: djavo on October 20, 2013, 01:55:51 pm
Anyone got it/will get it? Want to play? Mesa thinks good fun...
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: Vibe on October 20, 2013, 04:24:55 pm
I'm having second thoughts really. I read that it will only have 8 players per server and what made Zombie Panic so great for me was that it could have up to 30 players per server and every zombie was player controlled. There doesn't seem to be much freedom in barricading bar those window planks, which is really disappointing. In Zombie Panic you could pretty much use any furniture to barricade doors and windows and you have planks that you could place however you wanted, here it always covers the window in the same way.
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: Nessaj on October 20, 2013, 08:02:56 pm
The lack of moving around objects to barricade pathways is sorely missed, is there any word on if they'll actually add it in later?
I had good fun in the PvP mode else, the park map, quite fun, and likewise with the escape map.
The extraction mode (find survivors) is the imo least fun of them all.
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: djavo on October 20, 2013, 08:17:10 pm
As game is in early beta it has lot of issues. About player numbers I doubt they will add more players as the maps are too small to accomodate 32 players. I miss whitey, maybe I'm racist but I miss him. But I'm sure they will polish the game, and later add more things and work on "dlc". There is already port of cathedral map in progress, also the game will be in early access on steam in 4-5 days. They still have a lot of work to do in my opinion but game is definitely playable in this state.
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on November 07, 2013, 05:20:28 pm
This is on steam now, seen a couple friends got the game ($15 for early access). The main video posted is what convinced me to get it. I really like the idea of items and map objects being randomized at the start of maps as well as the variety of game modes.
Never played the source mod so I have no experience there.
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: Vibe on November 07, 2013, 06:42:19 pm
The source mod (Zombie Panic Source) is quite different though, as I mentioned in my previous post. Contagion is somewhat more akin to L4D.
Title: Re: Contagion
Post by: CrazyCracka420 on November 07, 2013, 07:44:54 pm
And I loved l4d and l4d2 :) Can't wait to play this game