Better than Zomboid? This Modern Zombie Survival Game is in a MASSIVE City with Millions of Infected 

Damn, an MMO with sessions lasting for a day or two that covers the zombie apocalypse from start to finish would be awesome. A server of a few thousand people being whittled a down to a handful of survivors. That's be cool.

I hope all of this is skippable. Imagine going through all of this everytime you want to start a new game.

I wouldn't dare say its anywhere near as better as Project Zomboid, but it is interesting and pretty fast-paced.

a heads up warning about this game: it comes with a force installed Chinese spyware posing as anti cheat software. uninstalling the game wont remove the spyware, you have to find it and manually uninstall it.

I love this uncanny state like in between the outbreak and the total apocalypse, I don't know any games set in that transition period and it could be really cool!

This has nothing in common with Project Zomboid except for the perspective and the zombies.

I wouldn't compare this game to Project Zomboid at all, PZ is a simulator game the perfectly shows how surviving an apocalypse would actually be for you (your in game character). Not trying to diss Dread Dawn at all, but PZ is the best survival zombie game anyone could ask for.

This is a hack 'n slash arcade, Zomboid is a simulator. You can't compare games from different genres, what you can compare are the personal experience each game left in YOU, and wich game suits best for YOU.

A lil' warning that this game looks hella suspicious, several people on Steam claim the game opens something in the background and a lot of them can't uninstall the game without uninstalling something called ZC.exe, the company that made this game is Chinese and literally came out of nowhere, the devs did make an also suspicious reponse to these accusations but it doesn't help that they later on deleted it, also, the weird as hell banners in the school were made via AI and it's not even indicated anywhere. Personally? I'd stick with Project Zomboid on this one, while it might be paid, atleast you don't take the risk of downloading a potential malware.

To be true I don’t want a game with “too many zombies” but a game with just enough for them to be a threat and personally Project zombiod did a amazing job on bringing that and from the looks of it Dread Dawn had a little too much so I’m hoping the devs will make a mode where you can play with fewer zombies. (I don’t want the game to be too focused about killing zombies and running away 24/7 but rather want the “Survive in the dead city”look for rations and accommodations and stuff like that)

its give me vibe of last stand union city

Yea... looks like Zomboid will be keeping the throne for now.

Dang Raptor, you straight up pulled the "You don't gotta be fast, you just gotta be faster than the slowest guy" to your friend.

A crowbar is the best first option as it offers not just its use as a weapoj but also can use it to break in or break out of a room ,imagine you are at the start and then have a horde come in and steamroll everyone you go to run only to find a loked door at the far end. Everyone without a crowbar or and axe(though it wouldnt be that efective against a steel door ) would have no chance of escaping in time. Later on you want something like a machete since its small enough to swing indoors and it wont get stuck in the zombies head like a axe will,going back to why the axe isnt my first pick.

The game's graphics look like they were made by an AI. It has this weird lettering and the uncanny vibe of someone recreating a college dorm from other people's descriptions.

Hmm, interesting. 15:44 I don't know, go to an evacuation zone? My first weapon of choice would be a makeshift spear.

Post-Demo Thoughts +3 / -3 / =3 from steam Pro's: - The NPC's spread throughout the world make it feel alive unlike most zombie games. - The ability to loot just about any object is nice, unlike many games that have artificial scarcity. - The story driven element is a nice touch, most zombie games just drop the player into the world like a sandbox. Con's: - The hit boxes on enemies when using weapons or shooting is not very clear. - The Demo's building system was very bare bones, expected but still disappointing. - It would be nice if the U.I. better explained how to open menu's instead of having to read through the control options, Preferences: - I can't say I am a fan of durability systems since they are just time wasters, a option to play the game without it would be greatly preferred. - It would be nice if the hunger system was simplified. As in, you just need to have X amount of food in a base food storage. Like a colony sim, the game would let you know how much food you need per week based on how many survivors you have instead of having to micro-manage survivors. - The ability to have survivors go out and gather supplies for you from zones already explored would also be very nice. So you don't have to run back and forth carrying supplies which could just be handled by the NPCs.

i played the demo... during the time when you go to the city to find someone... it's very chaotic there was one instance that the an npc who had a gun(you cannot talk to him though) just blasting then later a car exploded spawn a butt load of zombies swarming me and the guy who just blasting any zombies there are npcs just running and escaping from zombies locked door with npcs' inside later some got swarmed i don't know if its scripted or not but it feels not scripted but it just feel immersive btw when you access a computer it's a LEGIT working Internet Browser i kid you not. then later the zombie defense section it feels like those tower defense you play on the phone create a long winding corridor the melee is just janky i don't understand if its the hitbox or i need to aim with my crosshair it got potential

It looks like an arcade, lighter and more grounded version of PZ, without such a large map, vehicles and complicated mechanics.

38:00 the zombie actually clipped into the wall, that's why the guy was shooting it. there was no one else but him in that room.

First melee weapon would be a maul with a 4lb head. Blunt weapons are easier to use and more effective at inflicting head trauma, and with a lighter head it wouldn’t tire you out so quick.

Why does everything look so rundown before the outbreak even starts?

This game will never kill project zomboid

its gotta be hella optimized to be able to run all of those zombies

you saying oh more money made me laugh because it reminded me of peter trapping james woods in family guy, him folowing a line of candy and everytime he spots one he goes oh a peice of candy.

I think in the beginning, the most likely reason for all of the mats on the ice, tents, and destruction before the zombies is probably just a pre release thing and they will add a transition later.

How many zombie games and movies must you have watched, and you raise the question... "How has it taken 30 days to get everyone the hell outta here?"

31:00 Umbrela corp.

You know a game is good when its used as a metric fo other games in the genre. You made it PZ!

Zomboid killer? Doubt it but, could it find some success? Perhaps

this looks dope af here's to hoping they add a sandbox with npcs as well that would be lit

Mac-10. Quickly take care of a small number, lightweight to move quick with after firing, and tons of ammo in the clips.

hope when this game comes out it has coop cause this looks like a lot of fun with friends

i really love the background art pieces - like some of it is static 2d

Ranged? An overcharged paintball gun might work if you use lead balls. You can shoot and carry a lot of ammo and recharging the gun can be done with a solar-powered compressor. It depends on how tough zombie skulls are (and if it requires headshots to kill them). Barring that, a .22LR rifle isn't bad for non--CQC. The ammo is super-plentiful, you can again carry a lot, and it's surprisingly long-range - not that I can reliably hit things beyond 10m. A close-up weapon would be one of the chunky calibers with (hopefully) hollow-point ammo. .357, 10mm, .40 calier, or .45ACP. That last one was technically made for zombies after a fashion. The army switched from a .38 round to the .45ACP in the Colt 1911 during the Phillipines war. The Moro combatants did not have much in the way of firearms. They did, however, have tight cloth wraps and a local combat drug. The combination meant that a Moro warrior could run up on a trench while taking fire and still engage in melee combat for a bit before dying. The heavier, and slower, .45ACP round transferred most of its force into the person it hit, shattering bones, pulping muscles, and knocking the opponent down. If zombification relies on the presence of tissues to animate, blowing chunks out of a zombie will reduce its ability to threaten even without a headshot. Melee? My favorite antizombie melee weapon is a trained buddy with some kind of polearm, even a crutch will do. Half the time, their job would be to keep approaching zombies shoved back and knocking the zombie we're targeting down. The other job would be to use whatever skull-breaking weapon we can swing to, well, break the skulls of downed zombies. Task switches would happen regularly to reduce fatigue. This tactic really only works best when your fighters are only outnumbered 3-4/1 at any given time, but it should work.

Holding sprint is so damn annoying in this game. Full release needs an option to chance from hold to toggle to sprint.

The atmosphere is amazing. Weapon of choice 2 machete and a full body hockey gear Jason style.

This is like that game called Postal but updated and all about the zombies now..Looks really good. 💯💛👍

The umbrellas all have a very specific color scheme. Reminds me of something.

Your characters portrait looks like it's about to destroy zombies with FACTS and LOGIC

What I'd do during a zombie apocalypse? Crunches

39:23 -"You're going to die soon!" Fatty: "Good." **dodges bullets**

you keep asking how its taking so long to evacuate a university, in my thoughts the University was an early evacuation centre for anyone who made it there so there are probably 100s of people living there. Also the fact that they are evacuating again means that there is somewhere more secure but obviously the route between is not safe due to millions of zombies so they probably cant take alot of people each time

This is like when Zombie HQ and Zomboid combined to make this game.

Looks cool and is a specific kind of game to be honest bro i dont think its a zomboid killer though hoping to see more work done to the game! Greetings from Belgium and thx for the share... Btw srr for my fractured English ;)

my 1st weapon would be a makeshift spear (curtain pole/kitchen knife/duct tape) . Has a good range to it. my first armor will be cardboard box with duct tapes. to protect my arms from zombie bites.

It could have been but I don't think so. I played it for a bit, wasn't too happy that you have to play as a premade character who respawns if killed. In Project Zomboid, you create your character and if you're killed, you're dead, you make a new character you can find your dead character as a zombie or corpse, you can make as many characters as you wish, kill them off, populate your world as you want, explore the aftermath with a new character, that is what is great about PZ. I can't look at other zombie survival games anymore, especially if you respawn instead of being dead permanently. Other zombie games need to take notes from PZ. This game right here has potential, it just needs some tweaks.

24:05 Looks like this place is called the “University of Meghom.”

a zombie game where you play as ben shapiro

im literally screaming at him to protect chubby boi 😭😭

better than zomboid? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣nice story bro

I genuinely think its great that a game that has been put on so much dedication and real. Passion by a group of 5-6 devs from 2013 like project zomboid is amazing❤

State of decay possibly the only zombie game that can hold a candle ip to Project Zomboid.. Dread dawn looks fun and super addictive. Hope it's controller friendly

i bought zomboid and never played it but this looks lit af

Bro students would not be that calm when a zombie apocalypse is happening who knows maybe some students may barricade them selfs some may become psychopaths thinking their actions wont catch up to them now and im sure someone will try to be the hero.

If you can clear out the zombies from an area without them popping into existence in your cleared area then it might be ok. Except the spyware.

Zomboid will always be a gem

Damn man, this looks really good, but i hate thinking this would kill zomboid. It was fun and has a charm but damn this looks very smooth and pleasing to the eye.

This could very well be a Project zomboi. I know, its different, but hear me out guys; This is just a demo. Not even Early access. For all we know this is just a tactic for marketing. Project zomboi mechanics are massive so consider the following. Instead of taking the route like project zomboi took, Dread Dawn took a different approach but with a similar goal. A Survival Sand Box. PZ Took years for what PZ is now so maybe Dread dawn will take a comparable shape but in less time. Just a thought.

Project zomboid is a great game. one of the best games of all time. but this game has some potential. its kinda like prison architect with zombies.

When i clicked in this i was thinking that is going to be another Wanabe Zomboid, but this is actually good.

with 42 in testing phase the game max zombies are supposed to be upped when it comes up from reading news.

The only thing that Project Zomboid is missing to be the best zombie game ever is the return of NPC, and build 43 will bring them back maybe in one year. :)

This kinda reminds me of love death and robot night of mini dead vibes

The more I look at this game, it does have that resident evil vibe

very interesting character rendering for a 2d-ish background

This looks so cool

I would pay an arm and a leg for an isometric college simulator game set in a uni like the one in the start of the video, that's really an untapped niche in the vidya market, we only have what? Bully and persona for decent school life sims

This looks like something out of newgrounds while Zomboid looks like a polished game with +10 years of work in it (because it has).

The freaking school already looks post apocalyptic or so even before the zeds arrived there, what is up with the tiles and such as well as litter everywhere? At least the dorms are clean enough I suppose so.

A little more fast phase than PZ and PZ is more leaning on simulated survial during an actual zombie apocalypse focused on living as long as you can. I wouldnt say its a PZ killer. this is more role played, With a story line... graphics is nice with potential, similar concept but different mechanics and gameplay

You aren't utilizing your pushes. Try to push then attack if youre trying to kill. They probably won't hurt you as they try to stand back up.

The reason why the place looked so dystopian even before the zombie outbreak is because this game's events happen in Detroit.

I love this!

That look like Advanced trajectory + 100% sprinters +16x pop zombie in PZ

Everyone to the museum. Grab some armor and gear and get to the sewers

For me I gotta pick a Monkey Wrench as a start and probably a spear later on. And for range I'd probably pick a crossbow

its more like last stand than project zomboid.

The Steam release trailer ends at 2:33.

NPCs absolutely a PZ killer.

Fatty is the main character, he not only did the most kills but he somehow dodged bullets too. He has more plot armour than you 😂

My weapon of choice is either the good ol Kitchen Knife or The Good Ol Crowbar

It either become one with the nature or live long enough to commit cannibalism.

I personally would stay put at home. 🤷🏾‍♂️. I thimk it's personally fine to be still be evacuating people over 30 days. I would have stayed put at the school if it was secure. Clearly it wasn't tho. But yeah i would stay home where i already have things i would need plus my neighborhood isn't that densely populated.

okay ngl this game beats zomboid in graphics and animations and its smooth also at the same time it has the acrade feeling that can make you play it multiple times, but when it comes to realism nothing beats zomboid, just imagine if zomboid just gets this type of graphics and animations with all the content and of course the npcs this game has.

I just found out about this game and thought to check and see if raptor had played it.

Daam the cenario reminded me of Original Resident evil 3, thats not bad : ) !!!

Interface sound reminds me of the old resident evil game. And that Jurassic game in the old ps1

The writing is "AI-nese".

you can watch youtube on any laptop in-game 10/10

i played it a few hours. kinda weird, more fantasy rpg'ish like. no encumbrance, unrealistic like you can just spam dash but in real life, hell if we can do that, floor is rough and can slide for just 1 meter, in this game like around 3-4m.. the inventory has no encumbrance, can stack most items and carry heavy things... cannot even switch character or put some backpack on other companions like PZ/SOD(sod is not realistic when it comes to zombie types, but inventory and managing is good.) also the cooking, there are oven or kitchen in buildings but cannot use it.. but i like the lore and npc mechanics, there just more missing in the game...

Zomboid if it was a bad flash game with no soul:

Definitely not the same as Zomboid but it has some promising elements. I like the concept of other survivors being out there and there being an initial outbreak. It would be cool to have a randomly generated world and you can choose to start at the initial outbreak. I would love to see an open world survival game start during normal civilization and you don't know when the infection will start. Giving you time to prepare or just roleplay like nothing will happen or something. I've heard rumours that Project Zomboid might have something like that but i still think it would be amazing and it can add so much immersion to games like this.

Needs a bit more color contrast/harmony/theory if not less washed out

only thing this game beats PZ in is graphics, everything else is nothing close

A crowbar, and lots of duct tape

They've got beds at the very least, in their room, and who needs a chair when sitting in front of a computer?

I wouldn't really ever use melee, but I got an axe. I'd prefer a good shotgun. I know how to make weapons out of unorthodox items, so I'd probably be able to arm people quick if it wasn't for the fact I don't like people and choose to live as far away from them as I can feasibly afford.

Build 42 be kinda crazy NGL.

naaaa, the start is fine but they need to change the condition of the university to pristine then after the time laps it should be a dingy. The starting missions/ story is fine they just need to make it to where when someone completes the intro they should be able to skip it or when the player finishes the main story they should unlock a different game mode that has different starting points and conditions while also having a character customization aspect that allows you to change skills/professions.