Anyone looking to pick this game up? I’ve been playing for a while and it’s pretty fun, lots more polished than the first one. If any other dopers are interested, it could be fun. It’s very similar to Left 4 Dead, and years ago we had a ton of fun running that, so this could be fun too.
I bought it. For $30 it is priced well.
I have only played a single match though (not because the game is bad but because life has kept me busy). It was fun but I really had no clue what I was doing. We won but my understanding is it gets a lot more difficult (which is good).
I see the comparisons to Left for Dead 2 (L4D2) but in L4D2 the monsters were also played by humans which made it sooo much better IMO but this is still a lot of fun.
For me this is not a game you play for hours on end but rather pick-up for a few matches and that is fine.
Also in my first match there was no one on voice comms. You’d think by now every gamer would have voice comms. Not sure why there were none (it is supported).
There was also a plain co-op mode in L4D2 where you went through the levels, fighting the AI zombies. I assume that’s the comparison.
Quite possibly, the other people were on a Discord channel together. When I play with friends, we almost never use the in-game VOIP, preferring to use Discord instead since other friends can drop into our channel to chat or ask to join, etc.
I use Discord or TeamSpeak too but since this game is mostly pick-up-games there is little chance for everyone to be on the same Discord channel.
Maybe I got in a game where three of them were friends and I was the odd man out. Even if that is the case it is not good for gameplay to leave some members out of chat. Particularly when the game gets more difficult in later levels.