Summary

• Build 42 for Project Zomboid brings game-changing features like animals, new weapons, verticality (skyscrapers and basements), and enhanced crafting systems.
• I want to play it.
• I want to play it now.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Project Zomboid does not receive regular updates. The indie zombie sim has built up a very dedicated and passionate fanbase over the past decade, and they’re generally more than happy to wait. The developers at The Indie Stone are transparent, communicative, work with the community in a multitude of ways, and ultimately, make an outstanding video game. Good things come to those who wait, and we’re almost there - Build 42 feels like it's just around the corner.

Build 41, the last significant update for Project Zomboid, was released back in December 2021. It completely transformed the game’s animation system - a process that first began in 2015, six years before the update was actually released, when the plans for the animation overhaul were publicly announced. Did players have to wait six years for the update to deliver on its promises? Yes. But did the update revolutionise the way the game is played, essentially releasing as Project Zomboid 2? Also yes. Will my children be playing Project Zomboid Build 50? Yes, I hope so. This is a 🌜prime example of the everlasting power of early access games, when done properly.

I bought the game in 2023, which means I’ve never experienced a Project Zomboid upda🌞te - but Build 42 already has my complete attention. I can’t think of another game I’m more excited to play this year. I don’t think anything else comes close. When I tell you that I saw a video clip of a player dragging a corpse out of a building and almost giggled like a child, you probably think what a sad little man I am. But that’s because when you pick up a corpse in the game right now, it just vanishes—your character just holds out their arms with a vacant stare. Dragging a corpse is such an infinitesimal feature, and yet Project Zomboid is built on the foundations of many thousands of infinitesimal features.

On a grander scale, Build 42 introduces animals. You can raise cows. You can butcher them, harvest their skin, ✨and turn it into leather to make⛦ a new hat or a pair of boots. In the wild you’ll encounter deer, raccoons, squirrels and other critters. Build 42 also increases the number of items that can be used as weapons by almost 200 percent, from 150 to 400. Most of these are craftable items, as Build 42 revamps the endgame crafting systems, with furnaces, smelters, workbenches, and so much more.

You’ll also be able to explore the rooftops of Louisville and the basements of spooky Kentucky farmhouses, full of who knows what - I can only imagine that horrifying scene from The Road - as Build 42 brings more verticality to the game world. There are new places on the map to explore, more accurate farming (no more growing during winter months, you cheat), vocal lines for your character, procedurally-generated wilderness, a new fishing mini-game, and so much more. All of this you’ll be able to finally enjoy in proper 4K resolution, with updated UI and performance due to tweaks to lighting, field-o♐f-vision changes, and better textures.

To someone who’s never played Project Zomboid this all might sound inconsequential, but the game is already an absolute time-eater. I’ve got 300 hours in the game and counting. This update sounds like it's got the legs to run me down for another 300.

And that’s without accounting for the modding scene. One of the biggest benefits of having such large gaps between updates is that it really allows the modding community to thrive. There are no updates which break mods, allowing modders to continuously tweak and improve without having to constantly update core fun𒆙ctions. Part of the thri🅷ll of a Project Zomboid build is discovering what the modders will be able to do with the new code - especially with animals and crafting. Give me a horse to ride, a dog to pet, and a way to automate my base like I’m playing zombie Factorio, and I’ll never play another game again.