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Post by
MyTie
Ok. I can only play solo, so I went with the tank character. It is working out pretty well, but I'm stuck on an escort quest. WTF is it with game developers and escort quests?
The idiots who designed this particular game have me escort a complete idiot, who runs out in the middle of a group of zombies and dies almost instantly. Then, this gem of a game makes me reload my last save point, but for some reason keeps updating my weapon wear with each load back. It's like I make no progress, but my weapons wear out and my life goes down.
"Oh" the game says, "You having problems? We'll I'll just make this easier for you by breaking all your weapons and pushing out a nice steamy dump into your mouth".
Splendid.
Post by
Haxzor
Ok. I can only play solo, so I went with the tank character. It is working out pretty well, but I'm stuck on an escort quest. WTF is it with game developers and escort quests?
The idiots who designed this particular game have me escort a complete idiot, who runs out in the middle of a group of zombies and dies almost instantly. Then, this gem of a game makes me reload my last save point, but for some reason keeps updating my weapon wear with each load back. It's like I make no progress, but my weapons wear out and my life goes down.
"Oh" the game says, "You having problems? We'll I'll just make this easier for you by breaking all your weapons and pushing out a nice steamy dump into your mouth".
Splendid.
Who you escorting? If it's the black janitor dude, he's pretty tank
Post by
MyTie
Who you escorting? If it's the black janitor dude, he's pretty tank
Ope, to get mummy blood or something. He runs out into the middle of a zombie village with a thug, a butcher, and a handful of stronger sub zombies.... lame.
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Post by
Atik
Who you escorting? If it's the black janitor dude, he's pretty tank
Ope, to get mummy blood or something. He runs out into the middle of a zombie village with a thug, a butcher, and a handful of stronger sub zombies.... lame.
Oh, yeah. That one sucked.
The thing with escorts is that they run between "scripted" zombie encounters and only react to those zombies, everything else they try to run by.
Have you attempted loading up on Moltovs? I used deo bombs there.
Post by
MyTie
I used deo bombs there.
I've got to figure out how to get from my save point to a work bench.. back at the boat... i dunno if I can do that, but a guide said I could. I'd like to meet the idiot who came up with the mid escort mission unrevertable saves that degrade your weapons.
Post by
Atik
I used deo bombs there.
I've got to figure out how to get from my save point to a work bench.. back at the boat... i dunno if I can do that, but a guide said I could. I'd like to meet the idiot who came up with the mid escort mission unrevertable saves that degrade your weapons.
Is it an auto save? Do you have a regular save from earlier perhaps?
If I'm not mistaken, the nearest fast travel isn't that far away.
And you can use broken weapons as throwing ones, FYI, and they work pretty good.
Post by
Haxzor
I didn't have a problem with that one.
Post by
Ashelia
Ope wasn't bad, but the chick after was horrible. She ran too fast and then ran into a pack of zombies during our co-op game a few weeks ago =(
Post by
MyTie
This game is unwinable for me. I'm stuck with solo mode, since I don't have internet connection, and this escort quest is just impossible. It would be easier for me to solo kill every zombie on the island, than to try to keep the subject of my escort alive for 3 minutes. He is just that stupid.
Escort quests have been the bane of games for what... 20 years? Is there someone I can send a hate filled email to? The box should come with a disclaimer:
WARNING: This game is a piece of @#$%.
Post by
Haxzor
I did it just fine.
Post by
MyTie
I did it just fine.
I'm so happy for you.
Post by
Haxzor
I did it just fine.
I'm so happy for you.
I'm glad. Maybe you should grind some levels or something
Post by
MyTie
Maybe you should grind some levels or something
That's a great idea. LB is the kick button (I think). I'll just spend the next 6 hours in my living room rapidly pressing that button in repetition, hoping that I will gain enough levels to keep the dude alive. Keep in mind that this may not work at all, and will actually increase the level of the zombies hitting the guy I'm trying to protect, which will actually make him die faster.
All of this isn't taking into consideration of the fact that there is NO WAY to exit the quest. I am railroaded into staying in the middle of the same fight which I am doomed to lose. No way of going backward, and no way of going forward. My game is locked at one unwinable point. For all intents and purposes, it is broken. I've done all the quests before it with no problems at all. I just happen to not have the mod for deodorant bombs.
All of this tells me that this game was vigorously quality tested before release.
Besides, the idiot who puts
escort quests in a zombie game
needs to be shot. No trial, no jury, just straight to execution.
Post by
Atik
Keep in mind that this may not work at all, and will actually increase the level of the zombies hitting the guy I'm trying to protect, which will actually make him die faster.
It will actually work fine, and the level scaling is wierd.
For example, you will encounter zombies up to ten levels below you by the time you are near max level. These will be the most common of zombies and an utter joke to kill. Mixed in will be zombies around your own level, but you shouldn't have much problem dispassing them one-on-one, as you've been doing it all game.
Escort quests are annoying, I'll agree, for reasons I mentioned earlier. But they are not unwinnable.
Also, iirc, you can restart with your character still at the current level. It wouldn't be fun, but it is a possibillity.
The number of bugs themselves, such as laggy textures and floating blood splatter, already showed me it was rushed at points.
Post by
MyTie
Keep in mind that this may not work at all, and will actually increase the level of the zombies hitting the guy I'm trying to protect, which will actually make him die faster.
It will actually work fine, and the level scaling is wierd.
For example, you will encounter zombies up to ten levels below you by the time you are near max level. These will be the most common of zombies and an utter joke to kill. Mixed in will be zombies around your own level, but you shouldn't have much problem dispassing them one-on-one, as you've been doing it all game.
Escort quests are annoying, I'll agree, for reasons I mentioned earlier. But they are not unwinnable.
Also, iirc, you can restart with your character still at the current level. It wouldn't be fun, but it is a possibillity.
The number of bugs themselves, such as laggy textures and floating blood splatter, already showed me it was rushed at points.
You make good points, however I found the most awesome way to win the game that doesn't involve idiotic repetitive gameplay for hours. The disc is currently supporting my coffee. I win. See how that works?
Post by
Atik
No, because you didn't beat the game.
That is like saying you won a game of football because you beat up a football player.
Post by
MyTie
No, because you didn't beat the game.
That is like saying you won a game of football because you beat up a football player.
You certainly didn't lose a game of football that way.
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