KickStarter Dead State: Reanimated

[ColCol]

At the final battle for the plane ending. More thoughts will come. Yet, just have to say, the final plane battle is one those encounter designs that is so bad that it overshadows the entire game. Not sure how different the other final battles are.

 

[Elhoim]

At the final battle for the plane ending. More thoughts will come. Yet, just have to say, the final plane battle is one those encounter designs that is so bad that it overshadows the entire game. Not sure how different the other final battles are.

The bridge is better, IMO.

 

[Atchodas]

Downloading this right now , this better be good :D , gonna start with Hardmode and Infection lol no iron man tho :/

 

[mindx2]

Might not excite most but this small update means the splendid box will be in my hands soon...

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Backer Physical Rewards Update!
Posted by DoubleBear Productions
Hi everyone! We've received a few requests for an update on the status of Kickstarter rewards, so we decided to post something here to keep everyone appraised of our progress.

We've been working with a third party to produce and fulfill our rewards, and they're on track right now for a late July or early August shipment date. Some things are already in production, such as the Splendid box, while others are entering production very soon.

We will be finalizing addresses sometime in the coming month, so please make sure you update your address as soon as possible. There will be an automatic 48-hour advance warning message from Kickstarter when we're about to disallow address changes, so keep an eye out for that too. To change your address on the original survey, go to the Dead State campaign page, find your reward tier, and click on "Your response."

If you are one of the 74 backers with unpaid international shipping fees, we'll be getting in touch very soon by email to tell you how you can pay for these fees.

We're excited to get these awesome rewards to you as soon as we can, so thanks for your patience - the wait will soon be over!

Best wishes,

The DoubleBear Team

 

[NotAGolfer]

Wait till you get to the first Coyotes and I'll tell ya about looters and their AI

Not to mention the next "tier" enemies who can actually one shot you if you're not careful and toss grenades miles away. %&$%&$%&

Didn't meet the next tier enemies you mentioned yet (2 and a half weeks in) but the Coyotes.
What about them? They have the annoying habit to shoot at me on sight, but their AI isn't much better or worse than that of zombies. They are quite tough to beat thanks to their armor, especially in groups. But I manage.

So far the game is really great, my party often barely survives harder encounters (zombies are still no challenge, sometimes someone gets bitten - esp if the RNG trolls me - but so far no infection) and supply is short enough to force me to send my party out there every day instead of just bunkering down and building upgrades. I guess at some point the shelter upgrades will make it a lot easier (still didn't build the recycling one and all the gardens and other food sources except for the well)
The thing I like most is the way the game unlocks new game mechanics one by one and presents me with new allies with new wishes for shelter upgrades. It got a bit boring in the first week but now with 20 allies I'm always busy, always pondering whom to please next and how to diffuse this or that situation between all those drama queens.


things I like the most:
1. The shelter management as a whole, it's just fun and so far it still feels like I make progress every day but barely make it at the same time, even though with the next couple of upgrades and with horses/cars and the trailblazer perk it might get a lot easier ... but maybe the ever-growing shelter community (I can't say no) will compensate for that.
And keeping up morale is teh hard.
2. Fights against humans, esp. if the fight attracts zombies and they finish off the k.o.-ed enemies creating a huge army of the dead that I have to kite and chop down one by one. Glorious!

things I wish were better:
1. The dialogue choices in the shelter: There's nearly always one ideal non-douchebag answer, and I don't have the impression that I ever get punished for being such a nice fellow. But then again I don't even try the other options, maybe they work too.
2. A greater variety of zombies (I mean there is variety, but not regarding behavior) would be nice, and so far they are still too easy to dispose of even on hardcore. Bigger groups of zombies and walking patterns instead of them just standing around until aggroed would help a lot too.

 

[Morkar Left]

2. A greater variety of zombies (I mean there is variety, but not regarding behavior) would be nice, and so far they are still too easy to dispose of even on hardcore. Bigger groups of zombies and walking patterns instead of them just standing around until aggroed would help a lot too.

I would be happy if there would be a an option/slider in the menu for more zombies to appear to make mobs a bigger threat.

 

[Saduj]

things I wish were better:
1. The dialogue choices in the shelter: There's nearly always one ideal non-douchebag answer, and I don't have the impression that I ever get punished for being such a nice fellow. But then again I don't even try the other options, maybe they work too.

For the most part, that seems to be the case. But there are definitely certain people with whom being too nice is a bad idea. From what I understand, certain dialogue choices push certain npcs in one direction or another as far as future behavior is concerned. The game assigns a value to your dialogue choices and keeps a running tab. When a certain total is reached, it triggers an event.

 

[Bubbles]

Yes, there are people who really take it the wrong way when you're being nice to them. It's quite noticeable from their reactions if you bother to read them, but brainlessly clicking on the inoffensive "everybody's mate" options will land you in hot water eventually.

 

[Gozma]

Spoiler

If you ask Fiona to specialize in helping the scavenging party, she's an amazing combat follower. She has very high survival, ranged, and good AP and perception. However, she'll eventually go apeshit and start murdering people if you're too sweet to her. I twigged to the "correct" dialog to keep her from going nutty without being spoiled despite trying to be an enlightened nice guy most of the time, though.

I think that's the only time you might lose out on significant NPCs by being too pleasant.

 

[Jimmious]

Stupid question: Is there a way to fill up the car when NOT in the shelter? Like with the gas you looted from some place?

 

[Zombra]

Stupid question: Is there a way to fill up the car when NOT in the shelter? Like with the gas you looted from some place?

Totally, that's what it's for. Go to any exit grid and access inventory and you should find a button somewhere to open the trunk and pack stuff in.

 

[Jimmious]

Stupid question: Is there a way to fill up the car when NOT in the shelter? Like with the gas you looted from some place?

Totally, that's what it's for. Go to any exit grid and access inventory and you should find a button somewhere to open the trunk and pack stuff in.

Sorry my english didn't help. I mean put gas in it. Like I went somewhere and have 3 galons left in the car but found 2 more galons. Can I put them in the tank right away or is that only possible in the Shelter?

 

[Zombra]

Stupid question: Is there a way to fill up the car when NOT in the shelter? Like with the gas you looted from some place?

Totally, that's what it's for. Go to any exit grid and access inventory and you should find a button somewhere to open the trunk and pack stuff in.

Sorry my english didn't help. I mean put gas in it. Like I went somewhere and have 3 galons left in the car but found 2 more galons. Can I put them in the tank right away or is that only possible in the Shelter?

Haha, I'm dumb. I think you can only refuel the car at the shelter

 

[Jimmious]

Pfffff sucks. Thanks bro

 

[NotAGolfer]

Now I finally get what noise attracts the undead really means. My party got overwhelmed after carelessly shooting zombies in the Lampasas shelter. First about half a dozen of them rotten bastards spawned a few feet from my party, when I got rid of them the noise level was already at 200 and more and more came rushing forward. After a couple of turns I was out of ammo and then one of them biteys pulled down Vic. That was when I decided to abort the game and replay the whole map (1 hour wasted).
Damn, I think I better pack all the ammo I got before trying that again.
Zombies might be pushovers, but not when they walk in hordes.

Btw, do the reinforcements stop eventually or do they go on forever?

 

[Zombra]

Now I finally get what noise attracts the undead really means. My party got overwhelmed after carelessly shooting zombies in the Lampasas shelter. First about half a dozen of them rotten bastards spawned a few feet from my party, when I got rid of them the noise level was already at 200 and more and more came rushing forward. After a couple of turns I was out of ammo and then one of them biteys pulled down Vic.

Fun read

Btw, do the reinforcements stop eventually or do they go on forever?

There is a limit to how many can be on the map at one time, but every time you kill one, another "space" opens up in the queue. If you keep making noise, zeds will continue to spawn forever.

 

[Roguey]

Bravo, DoubleBear, bravo.

Spoiler

Look at the "lighter than a wooden bat part" then the actual weight values.

I've completed 9 in-game days and 25 locations. Bored now. If this game had a theme song it'd be



I'm going to shelve this and start Wasteland 2. I might not ever come back to it. However, I can honestly say it met my expectations.

 

[Bubbles]

The Aluminum bat is better than the regular bat in every way (except for a meaninglessly tiny noise difference), but actually has lower stat requirements. DB are just amateurs.

I'm going to shelve this and start Wasteland 2. I might not ever come back to it. However, I can honestly say it met my expectations.

10 hours into WL2 you're gonna wish you were playing day 37 of Dead State instead.

 

[Roguey]

The Aluminum bat is better than the regular bat in every way (except for a meaninglessly tiny noise difference), but actually has lower stat requirements. DB are just amateurs.

Taking the Undead damage modifier into account, the aluminum bat does 2 fewer points of max damage. However it does 3 more minimum and furthermore who gives a damn about a measly two?

Edit: Wait I forgot that the lower strength requirement means it gets an additional +5% compared to the other bat. Welp

 

[Mexi]

I'm going to shelve this and start Wasteland 2. I might not ever come back to it. However, I can honestly say it met my expectations.

Wasteland: 2 sucked. You'll be disappointed. I was disappointed with Dead State, but Wasteland: 2 was even worse.

 

[agris]

The Aluminum bat is better than the regular bat in every way (except for a meaninglessly tiny noise difference), but actually has lower stat requirements. DB are just amateurs.

Taking the Undead damage modifier into account, the aluminum bat does 2 fewer points of max damage. However it does 3 more minimum and furthermore who gives a damn about a measly two?

Edit: Wait I forgot that the lower strength requirement means it gets an additional +5% compared to the other bat. Welp

Yea, who cares about a measly 7 - 15% increase. That's boring item design, amirite?

 

[Zombra]

What?? A weapon in an RPG that's just an upgraded version of another weapon??

 

[Gozma]

I thought Roguey was complaining about the item description saying the aluminum bat weighs less but then statistically they both weigh two pounds.

I was far more annoyed that they didn't actually use a ping for the aluminum bat because it's a really great sound.

Edit -

 

[Roguey]

Yeah, Excidium Bubbles's (lol I dunno) issue is that the aluminum bat is better in every way and it has a lower strength requirement. Very pseudo-simmy e.g. here are some actual baseball bat weights http://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/bats/batw8.html

All they had to do was make the the aluminum bat 1.5 lbs and keep the strength requirement the same because .5 difference is hardly anything.

Yea, who cares about a measly 7 - 15% increase. That's boring item design, amirite?

2 points is a meaningless difference when all zombies have 70 hp. It wouldn't be meaningless in an early D&D-game. Context is important.

 

[Zombra]

So is the "problem" that aluminum is an upgrade? Or is it that it's not an upgrade? Or is this an elaborate troll to show that the game is actually damn good because this total non-issue is the worst thing you can complain about?