Before
I start writing this article it's important to point out that this
game is development. I am going off of the features listed, the team
experience described on the page and the videos they have released so
far. Check it out on the kickstarter page linked below, which is
already well past it's goal. With the huge amount of attention that
we give DayZ it's no wonder that there are starting to be more games
inspired by DayZ. Of course there aren't many of them doing well at
the moment. War Z has been hated on by everyone in the entire gaming
community and The Dead Linger is still extremely early in alpha. DayZ
is definitely the best in the genre so far and the standalone is
looking fantastic. ROAM however does things a bit differently. It
takes the principles of Day Z and puts them in a procedurally
generated world with a top down perspective that you can play coop
with your friends.
While
this might sound differently than DayZ substantially it keeps the
core principles that it and games like Project Zomboid have accrued.
It is all about survival, scavenging the city and finding food,
supplies, water, weapons and more. Based upon how nice or murderous
you are people will react differently to you in the game and some
will fire at you on site or some might fear you.
Roam
has also placed a large emphasis on being able to build forts and put
buildings together. You can barricade a building and craft many
different items. The world is planned to get increasingly difficult
as well making those early stages of gathering, building, crafting
and scavenging all the more important. Zombies even mutate randomly
making them more varied and difficult to combat.
Combat
is planned to utilize a unique aiming system, a wide variety of traps
and strategy in order to make your attacks quiet and not draw
attention. You'll want to collect specialized professional survivors
in order to make things easier for you as well such as a doctor or a
marine. While the online is limited to only 4 players at once,
leaving some to be desired, it is nice to have the ability to get
special NPC's. Of course, not all of them are going to be friendly.
I
know this game is early in its Kickstarter however the features
described sound incredible, the videos already show a great deal of
progress especially when it comes to the base-building and the
crafting which, for me, is one of the most interesting parts. If you
aren't leery to back a Kickstarter these days then you can get in on
the action for 15 dollars and there are many tiers to pick from with
extra goodies as well.
If
you love horror, love zombies, love survival games and are looking
for something a bit refreshing in the genre then I'd give Roam a
look. It may be early in it's development but I am very excited to
see it come out and happy to have backed it.
Kickstarter
link → http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/roam/roam
Base-building
video →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wzD7WqP5Db8#!
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