November Digest #2

Into the Dead

Much more fun with this game. Went with Hao and Mei like I said I would. We started heading west and then south instead of north like Jingles in his series of playthroughs. Hao met up with a former fighter< Garrett, who was after the same thing as Hao - the money their promoter had stashed away at the abandoned factory. Anyway while Hao was tracing the codes to unlock the safe his enemy had somehow managed to open the safe and retrieved the loot. Quite a lot too. Anyway when Hao finally returned, he found the safe open and Garrett gone.

Or so he thought. Garrett was in another part of the factory complex in a secured location. He challenged Hao to a winner takes all final bout. Of course, Hao beat the crap out of his foe and won the stash but suffered terribly from the guilt.

Not long after that, and as he was recovering from the guilt Hao was ambushed when he was on a scavenge at a local abbatoir. And despite his best efforts to recuperate and recover he eventually turned.

But not before he and his sister hooked up with Kayla who joined their group. By the way, Kayla belongs to one of the pairs available to grind. She died too not long after Hao's fate whilst checking out a fire station in their locale after taking over the scavenging role. Got swarmed by a crowd of zombies. 

This has left Mei all on her lonesome. Be interesting to see how she copes. Hao was doing all the scavenging while she was stay-at-home doing all sorts of maintenance. And with recent arrival Kayla now gone as well, will Mei hook up with Joe, whom they met earlier in their moving but rejected at the time because they didn't have enough resources. Or will she meet up with others that are still hiding out in the zombie-overrun city. 

Sadly for Mei, Hao had buried the winnings in a secret location. Lol. Zombie activity has increased too. 

Twenty six turns is all it's taken to have me hooked. 

There are NPCs in the game. Some aren't friendly. In fact in another new game, Hao had to kill two brothers who were openly hostile to him when he was scavenging their location. And being mercenary about it, the brother and sister then moved in and took their digs for themselves.

===================================================