I have to restart playing the game again due to a game breaking bug.
I'm at the part of progression when I've got the shovel, keycards, pistol/shotgun, chainsaw and after running to my next point-of-interest; I got killed and after respawning and picking up my backpack some of my items were missing and some things I have that I haven't have before (felt like I was using someone elses inventory). So I saved the game and restarted to see if I can refresh but in doing so completely removed me having a backpack at all.
I've tried killing myself by either fall damage and by the mutants; and got one of my mates to kill me also but nothing worked. Every time I try to access my inventory, it just says I need to retrieve my backpack. Tried restarting my game and validating but nothing works. I can still pick up stuff which says some things I'm full in and I can look at my gps; so my inventory is still technically there I assume but I'm being blocked due to not "Having a backpack" because of a random bug and it's impossible for me to progress any further unless I get someone to do everything for me which is impractical for myself.
But so far the game overall is decent. The game generally tells you where to go due to the gps you get and it shows you markers on it. The new building system is very well done and you can tell they put a lot of time into it. The combat is still kinda clunky like the original game and the enemies are still spongy. The new AI companions are pretty useful; you can tell them to get specific items like getting food, crafting something or just collecting logs and putting them in a specific spot after you shop down trees. Bugs are definitely present but still very playable apart from my current issue which I think is a rare bug since I’ve yet to see anyone else currently have the same issue online. I’ll be playing it again from scratch and will try to speed run to the part where we were up to since I know where majority of things are.
I didn’t end up doing a 2nd playthrough, I kinda did but didn’t. I joined my mates game and speed runned to near the end but I managed to fix my save by using my mates inventory config so I continued again with my save. The game is a weird somewhat polished letdown. The building system is really well done and the AI companions are pretty cool but the story is fucking dogshit. The end doesnt have a boss and it doesnt even feel like there’s any story at all. They show you this glimpse of this “story” but then it ends suddenly like it really doesnt matter until either the next game or update. So what was the point of putting “story” in in-the-first-place. Melee mechanics are still clunky af as the first game which makes it really annoying trying to kill mutant babies. Guns are cool but makes the game too easy. Overall it’s alright, they done a lot of things that are innovative then threw the rest out completely.