First Impressions, Issues and Possible Solutions (See comments aswell)

[summer birch]

Another small issue i take with the current setting is the map change. Like this post already mentioned: https://discord.com/channels/537645945006063636/1299445032067268648
The weird white guy standing and waving is the poorest excuse of an immersive map select ive ever seen.
Do you want us to feel isolated or not?

5. BRING BACK KNIFES Cant belive i have to say this. But i was shocked to not have my most essential tool of the wasteland. Did you guys just forget about it?

6. Future Additions
If you guys add something like the guitar again, please make sure to do it right.

*suggestion: Give us the option to take it with us in a weapon slot. *
And please make sure it doesnt sound as bad as the original in ITR1.
My biggest issue with that was, that whether it played an upstroke or downstroke was RANDOMIZED.
Either try to detect if the player moved their hand up or down when playing, or only play downstrokes by default. It sounds so bad if you randomly play a different stroke.
And if you want to put a cherry on top, then also detect the velocity of the player hand when stroking and scale the intensity of the chord played. <3

Additionally: i fail to find any ranged/"sniper" rifles available. I might not be far enough or blind, but if there truly arent any, please add them in the future.

First Impressions, Issues and Possible Solutions (See comments aswell)

[slender horizon]

There is no NPCs in the game

And they will not be coming

Yeah the game is influenced by stalker

But it's not influenced by just stalker

The vibe of this game is to make you feel alone

That's why co-op is a bit of a stretch

You see a big cool base but there's nobody there

You are in a massive zone by yourself

[slender horizon]

He's just a placeholder, they'll add a real traveling system in the future

[slender horizon]

I agree with the guitar part, especially now that I'm learning the guitar

[slender horizon]

I believe snipers are coming in this next update, it's just speculation, but that's the only type of weapon we don't have, we have shotguns, handguns, smgs, rifles, but not snipers

[slender horizon]

There are coming

There's a clip of someone in a test world grabbing a knife and it crashing their game

[summer birch]

These are good to know, thanks for the information on future prospects.

And i agree with you. The game clearly is supposed to make you feel isolated and lonely.
But, the current base-layout is counter intuitive to that. Additionally, i think that npcs dont automatically remove that. The base could act as a safe haven, giving contrast to the outside, where most of the gameplay would be anyway.

[slender horizon]

They have said in the past that no NPCs will be in this game

I personally don't find a need for NPCs

Everything is against the player

I don't think there's any humans living inside of the radius

Idk if that cannon or not

But I know there's not factions or anything like that

All the outposts we see in both games are empty

And barren

Signifying everyone died

Whether it would be by radiation, enemies, or anomalies

[summer birch]

Fair enough, i respect their decision and your opinion.
But if we are going by the ingame world logic, then i have a few thoughts aswell.

1. the base looks new and is set up for several people
2. the player is nothing special and survives fine in the zone. If HQ sees us surviving successful, why wouldnt they send more people?
3. we are part of active research inside the radius, retrieving and maintaining equipment someone set up before us

But this is not really a pressing matter anyway. I just wanted to speak my mind, i trust in CM games´ vision for the game. I just hope it becomes playable for me.

[slender horizon]

The thing is we don't survive fine, we constantly die and lose our memory and equipment so sending too many people would be hard to handle if they're all dying, losing equipment, and losing their memory

Also it's much easier to control one person

Than it is to control a bunch of people

Alr I'm gonna go watch my friend die on bo6 for the 30th time

[dawn portal]

i doubt itr will ever get a npc in the base game but itr 1 actuality did at one point did have npc's early in its development

[slender horizon]

Well we pretty much know that itr2 will never get NPCs

[dawn portal]

though it was weird as fuck in that version of itr 1 even with out said npc's

[slender horizon]

They've said it themselves

[dawn portal]

yep

but i doubt that'll stop modders

from adding them

[slender horizon]

Depends on how good the modding system will be

[dawn portal]

true dat

[slender horizon]

I hope it's good enough to easily allow modders to add entirely new mechanics to the game

[dawn portal]

and maps

[slender horizon]

Yes

Of course

Fighting mimics on the og Fortnite map

[dawn portal]

more was thinking along the line of fighting them inside either scp site 19 or the sgc from stargate sg1

or some custom story map

[slender horizon]

But I hope instead of just adding new guns or whatever, we'll be able to add new calibers, and new mechanics, like a new hunger system, or a new gun mechanic, like being able to blunt force kill mimics with your stock

[dawn portal]

honestly i'd be down for a custom story map/campaign as a mod for itr 2 even if said mod isn't a total conversion mod

[slender horizon]

With mods anything is possible (hopefully)

Including fighting for your life in wailing woods

[dawn portal]

honestly the melee with guns should be base game stuff but kinda see why it isn't at the same time

wailing woods??

[slender horizon]

It's finicky in VR

[slender horizon]

Of course

[dawn portal]

no wtf is that

like i got no idea what wailing woods are

[slender horizon]

This guy is not an og Fortnite player

[dawn portal]

never played it honestly

[slender horizon]

B-b-but the marvel skins

🥺