Game News Dead State Kickstarter Update #34: Demo preview video, game coming to Steam Early Access on January

[Infinitron]

Tags: Brian Mitsoda; Dead State; DoubleBear Productions

In the latest Dead State Kickstarter update, Brian Mitsoda offers a short preview of the game's upcoming playable demo, which will be called Dead State: The First Seven Days. I must say, it's starting to look pretty good.

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Improved combat, improved dialogues, simultaneous zombie movement, new music and DOGS! Oh boy. Dead State: The First Seven Days is set to be released next month on Steam Early Access.

 

[Jack Dandy]

Shit yeah. I was worried I'd regret backing this, but this looks like it's shaping up really well.

And thank fucking god for simultaneous zombie movement.

 

[Dickie]

Do all backers on KS get access to this demo?

 

[Infinitron]

Do all backers on KS get access to this demo?

Yes.

 

[Excidium]

The fuck only two handed weapons can attack diagonal tiles?

 

[tuluse]

The fuck only two handed weapons can attack diagonal tiles?

I think they mean melee. 2 handed weapons have more range so they can attack all 8 adjacent tiles, while single handed weapons are limited to the 4 cardinal directions.

 

[Excidium]

That's p. dumb.

 

[covr]

God, this game is really ugly. I mean, really ugly. And half of it contains standing dog. Something went wrong I guess.

 

[mindx2]

God, this game is really ugly. I mean, really ugly. And half of it contains standing dog. Something went wrong I guess.

I could care less about how it looks as long as the gameplay/ combat, story, dialogues, etc. are good and from what I've seen so far I have no regrets backing this.

 

[Excidium]

Combat looks kinda boring though, like a less developed version of AoD.

 

[mikaelis]

The music in the last minute and the half is fucking brilliant!!! I want MOREEE!!! Hope it's going to the final version.

 

[Tramboi]

That's p. dumb.

That could be good, like the different geometric attack patterns in Disgaeia-style games.

 

[Davaris]

Looks great. Hope the main focus is on drama, rather than zombie combat.

 

[CyberWhale]

Why are they still using that kind of dialog UI? Haven't they learned anything from AoD?

 

[Jaesun]

Looking good! Like the music too.

 

[CappenVarra]

lookin good

 

[Awakened_Yeti]

yeh the graphics look sorta mediocre but thats not the focus here.. shit even Silent Storm looked better like what, 10 years ago?

heh: "THEY'RE GOING TO KILL EVERY ONE OF US!" ... good times

 

[Roguey]

Improved combat

I still see extreme damage ranges, so it isn't.

Guess that wasn't a PAX complaint. Not surprised, considering the people playing the PAX demo were the kind of people who would attend PAX.

 

[Serious_Business]

This is the guy from the Bloodlines radiooooooooooooo

 

[VioletShadow]

This is the guy from the Bloodlines radiooooooooooooo

I just thought the same thing LOL...but maybe the TV instead of radio? The news guy?

Also, the game is looking good and the music is awesome.

 

[Bizarro Jimmy Olsen]

Is that narrator the same guy from Neverwinter Nights 2's end sequence? I remember the rumor being he was so bad that Obsidian must have just grabbed one of the programmers, tossed him in front of a cheap microphone and said "read this!" Now he's working on this?

 

[Tigranes]

The narrator is Brian Mitsoda, the lead of Dead State, formerly at Obsidian, formerly writer for Bloodlines. And yes, he narrated the NWN2 end sequence.

 

[General Maxson]

Indeed, a man of many talents.

Game is looking good!

 

[Scruffy]

aside from that dog part, which i'm not sure what i'm supposed to do with, this looks promising...

 

[felipepepe]

Indeed, a developer of little budget.