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ZombiU - new details on weapons, storage, safehouses and more

by rawmeatcowboy
18 September 2012
GN Version 4.0
- expect to die a lot
- traverse London’s sewer network up into the Tower of London’s hidden catacombs
- cricket bat is unbreakable
- start off with that weapon
- flashlight that runs down quickly
- also takes a long time to recharge
- cricket bat will only down a zombie in about six heavy hits
– gunfire attracts the horde to your location
- draw out zombies one by one using flares
- lay mines as well
- immobilized when accessing your backpack
- drag your favorite items to the hot bar
- organise loot gathered from corpses
- safehouses are respawn zones that play have crafting benches and lockers
- if you die, you lose everything
- you'll come back as a new character with a flashlight, cricket bat and a pistol with 6 shots
- as said before, your previous self will be carrying your items
- former self isn't marked on map
- when wading through water, your survivor lifts their backpack overhead
- this leaves you unable to attack
- communicate with other players through spray-painting icons
- there is a ‘stairs’ icon and a ‘thumbs down’ icon, among many others
- if you die, your former self becomes a zombie that may crop up in friends' games as well

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