How Four Idiots Conquered PROJECT ZOMBOID™ 

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Fun fact the US military itself wasn’t really thwarted directly by the zombies but rather the infection itself turning into an airborne strain that then went on to infect the rest of the world. The player characters and eventual human NPC’s are the small portion of the population that are immune to the airborne strain but unfortunately aren’t fully immune to the infection, so will still turn if bitten. More than likely the soldiers that were immune either fell back via orders or went AWOL trying to survive their fellow men turning.

4 Oily Fat Smokers Take on The Birthplace of Fried Chicken.

15:02 The environmental story telling of Project Zomboid cannot be overstated. It is some of the best environmental story telling because it is subtle and you can easily miss it. One of the most impactful and memorable moments of this game is my friend and I driving back to our base after looting, it's the last run for the night because we're about to go to bed IRL, it's quiet. I jokingly go "Let's listen to some tunes!" and turn on the radio, it's a news/talkshow station and not a music one. The message is something along the lines of "Well folks this is it. This will be Knox Talk's last broadcast, I don't think we can survive much longer. If you're hearing this you're the last hope, survive as long as you can. Goodluck and goodbye........". It was somber and followed by silence, a very small but impactful detail that could have been missed if I hadn't made that joke.

Linkara is the greatest Project Zomboid player and it was an honour to play with him.

Black joshi kept saying the n-word and insisting he had a pass, we were all very uncomfortable

There’s usually thousands of zombies in the mall, which makes the low pop really weird. Maybe the indoor zombie population was lowered but I don’t know… one thing is for certain, the mall is the most infested area in the game and therefore usually the end goals of many series, don’t underestimate it…

You perfectly capture that every Zomboid playthrough is a story to be told

Who need pyrocynical uploading cruelty squad when we have black Joshi.

YES! This is one of my favorite games, thank you Joshi for finally covering this game, here are some things you can do to improve your chances of survival: Use VHS tapes to rewatch programs on the television, you can watch the same programs to gain experience Try to stay away from dead bodies for large amounts of times, you can lose health and get sick from being near them. (Im pretty sure zombies are ok, just stay away from corpses that have flies on them) Dont use a generator inside, you will gain stress and die due to carbon monoxide poisoning Shotguns and beta blockers are the go to weapon to level up aiming, once you get to level 4 you can use pistols reliably. Bourbon is an amazing multitool, you can drink it to go to sleep, reduce unhappiness, lower panic, gain weight, desinfect wounds (lmao) and use them to craft molotovs which are amazing to clear out zombies. NEVER pick sunday driver, it increases gas consumation and the slow ass car WILL kill you. Don't worry about wounds getting an infection, it does nothing in the game for now. (The Knox Infection will still kill you so be careful about zombie wounds). Conspicuous and Slowhealer are pretty much free points, Conspicuos only increases the chance of being spotted by 100% which sounds like a lot but it really doesnt do anything since the zombies always chack for neaby players 100 times a second, so it means nothing. You can use fire to clear out hordes easily, just dont get burned and stay away from buildings and you can clear out a town within a week. Dont put metal objects in microwaves, they will explode now. Butter is amazing to gain weight. (Not Necesary) Try to get any trait that increases nimble, the amount of time you have to wait for it to level up is asinine. Once you get to level 5 you can outspeed zombies in combat stance.

Zomboid really is a different game with friends. The constant danger feeling if you're more experienced because you know one of your friends has zero awareness skills. Wondering who the fuck took the truck you were busy repairing just a moment ago. Desperately pleading with "that friend" not to shoot their shotgun just yet, knowing he's mere seconds from ringing the dinner bell (again). Wondering where all the water went before seeing your spotless friend walk by. Repeatedly telling everyone the food you prepared is almost ready, then seeing them eating canned food and dumping the empty tin on the ground (and not replacing the tin opener in the crate even). But also the good times when you're all on the same page finally, you're clearing out a high value building, guns blazing, mowing down hundreds of zombies, desperately trying to rescue the one who got messed up because he didn't realise he was standing with his back to an open window and somehow managing to survive. Finding your first katana and whoever gets it being so chuffed and happy. Chill fishing trips and riverside camp outs (where the fact one of your friends accidentally walked into the camp fire and turned to ash is just a mere detail in an otherwise excellent waste of time). Towing an overloaded car at 5mph because it broke down in the middle of nowhere and somehow not going completely insane because your friend is there with you. And the gasps of amazement when they notice your hard work in finally finishing the plumbing in the safehouse and everyone is so happy they can finally use the taps again.

i love that in project zomboid, a person with schizophrenia, dyslexia, illiterate, retarded and smoker is the most capable person to survive the zombie apocalypse

People often think of the mall being the big challenge. However even though the mall is one of the most populated, if not the most populated area, the difficulty of it is lowered by how large the area is in comparison. I forget the exact location, but there is a high rise office building that is at least 5 stories tall with each floor housing 200+ zombies. That building is the most difficult area to clear out by far because once you make any sound, zombies above you will either go down the stairs towards you or jump out of the windows and follow the sounds into the building effectively blocking off exits.

Got two buds I play with. I usually go for the grizzled vet who was going to retire the next week, one plays the sneak thief, and my third buddy plays the wild card. I say that because it's up in the air for when he finally decides to attack us and we have to put him down like a rabid dog. Then he'll act fine for a bit and then attack us again. At this point we treat him like the red headed step child at a Christmas party.

3:55 "I have critical injuries! ..*AAAAAAAAGH!*" Single funniest moment

"Which perfectly exemplifies why Project Zomboid is better with friends." Me, watching this video at 12:20 AM because my only friend rage quit the game because he got torn apart before I could react fast enough and blamed me for dragging the zombies, deleted the world and basically ended the night being ruined together after we spend over an ingame month stockpiling food, drinks, guns and ammo and preparing almost everything, all gone: (Sighs.)

Man i wish my friends didn't think this game was boring we could have so much fun

18:00 i like how the driver got perfect directions "go right" and "go south" but bro doesnt know where to go 😂

Hold on, correction on the first minute. Project Zomboid is actually not that performant, as it has issues maintaining a stable framerate on medium-range computers, struggles to run on low-end computers, and while it's almost perfect vanilla on high-end, going into high-population areas like Louisville can still bring a top-end computer to its knees. Not to mention mods, mods can bring the gaming experience from 60 frames to 30-40 consistently. But, and an important but, the upcoming build of the game has performance fixes that will allow the game to run smoothly at HRR levels. No more 30-60 frames, we're seeing 240 soon.

19:05 This has been patched so that zombies can break the sheet rope from below. If you don't have another one on you it can leave you stranded on the upper floor. Fingers crossed you don't break a leg :D

6:48 Verruck is in the woods so accurate representation

I'd totally watch more videos of you just narrating stuff like this. Its always interesting to hear people's tales of daring feats of courage and retardation in games that are conductive to emergent storytelling like project zomboid. Often times more than just hearing about the game itself.

I love how someone decided to make their character saul goodman in the game that has a saul goodman legal establishment in Louisville

And so the group who cheated the apocalypse cheated it once again. Black Joshi’s heroics in the exclusion zone slowly made its way out to other survivors in small settlements and wanderers as an idol to keep pushing in the face of danger. Linktara continued to grow fresh crops handing out doses of food to those in need. Teadrinker slowly branched off from the main group but not swaying too far, acting as a guide for passerby’s alerting them of danger and directing them. Ogre remained a clumsy and short witted, but him surviving for as long as he did earned the respect of many.

The mall was almost empty probably because of the zombie migration mechanic, where after a while, zombies will start migrating into the less populated cells of the map

Love this game. Devs put so much work into it and keep the community updated weekly. My favourite detail is the radio broadcasts that actually cause your character to panic. Works with the Dog Goblin 1 VHS as well

5:38 short-sighted doesn't actually do anything, so it's free upgrade points :thumbup:

0:18 but unlike the other members it's still actively being developed

As a person who lives in Kentucky, i can confirm that we are in a zombie apocalypse. Please send help.

I absolutely adore Black Joshi’s humor and in someway I have memorized his thumbnail style! It’s so consistently consist and good!

Fun Fact: In the walking dead universe there are no zombie movies, literature, or media in general. This makes TWD ten times more scary cause the characters have nothing to go on in terms of how to take on the zombies. TL;DR: The zombies in TWD are called "Walkers" cause "white zombie" doesn't exist in TWD's universe.

so glad im not the only one who made my character Fred Durst

Honestly i really liked the style this videoo was made and it really does it justice when explaining and giving an overview how zomboid is like, especially with friends

Love your constant use of Fallout & Fallout 2 music, especially how you used the Highwayman's theme for the roadtrip section.

That ad went so smooth. I applaud you.

"disturbing Kentucky residents by leaking their IP addresses.." I already knew where it was going

This video made me consider making a new character in project zomboid. My current one has like 30 guns and almost infinite ammo and I killed most of the zombies in my area

"Being every highschoolers wet dream once you get a firearm" Bro got me in stitches 😂😂😂

Yes! I’ve been waiting for this video since you mentioned it in your DayZ game! I love playing this game with mods 😂❤

Yeah, zombies migrate on their own in this game, so all the mall zombies went to the construction site for some reason only known to them

“Every play through is like a story to be told.” Wow it’s almost like this is how is it happened, this is how you died.

0:22 Honestly, most accurate review of DayZ I have ever heard

I really want to see more of these co-op videos ngl

You can turn on the radio for more lore especially the happenings inside the exclusion zone, coordinates, final messages and weird stuff going on survivor camps, just be watchful of the oncoming helicopter tho.

DUDE this is one of if not my fav games, this was a great video covering it! Next time you should do sprinters :)

This is such a fun group and I love the editing honestly

This game is amazing, lots of amazing mods, tons of building, and overall so much to visit in the world.

I just discovered your channel yesterday mate, these "reviews" have the perfect amount of humor and explaining I fuckin love them, keep it up!

That sponsor plugin was hella smooth. Also great gameplay, the skedge hammer fiasco quite funny to watch unfold

Love the use of classic Fallout music throughout this.

Your videos kept improving in every aspect, I hope the algorithm pushes you and make you popular. Been watching since dagger fall

It blows my mind that some of the games I remember releasing in early access are *still* being developed and not abandoned

2:34 Ricky Dicky Doo Da Grimes, Boom Shaka Laka, Boom Shaka

One of the best ad trasitions I've ever seen

Great video lots of fun watching

Good video, you should do more stuff like this

0:52 this was the computer I had as a child I remember the power and reset, I've been trying to find a picture of it facing forward like that forever and I find it in a fucking zomboid video lmao!

I was waiting for this :D

Outstanding video as always

Thank you for mentioning how cozy this game can be. As a dane this game kinda feels like home sometimes. As it can for anyone else. If you let it that is. And have the option... It takes some work to be truly cozy in zomboid..

Also the soundtrack is awesome

Loved your fallout video and I am sure it showed the game to more people. Glad you are doing the same for this game. Still with the amazing humor.

props for the intro being that iconic steam review of the game

Man I remember backing this game on steam greenlight back in the day before it was even close to finished. Now look at it. My boys all grown up!

12:51 actually a myth. With nothing in it to burn, the oven will never set anything on fire

I'm almost 600 hours into PZ, and it's still fresh through the implementation of mods. With full Workshop support, I'm currently running 287 mods, all seamlessly. What a genius game.

Excellent choice of background music

This is one of the funniest videos I've seen in a long time LMAO what a delight

why is saul goodman in every zomboid playthrough. This man is unstoppable

luv u bro!

It feels like the intro never ends throughout the whole video.

MOAR! I demand more! lol this was funny and fun to watch.

I appreciate that you added the Fallout video suggestion pop up when you mentioned water being limited now Cheeky

Such a smooth add segment

Zomboid is also a lot like minecraft in the sense it acts more as a frame to build your own game with how many mods there are

Great video!!!! I really love your content

it's nice to see a video from balck joshi that's not "what if sseth but engelsman" or "what if sseth but engelsman and he's not too enthused about the game"

this is the best nordvpn subtle sponsoring i have ever seen, placing you on the one end of the spectrum of good nordvpn ads ( the other side being internet historian where I only watcht the video for the ad)

Got a new subscriber, haha video was excellent

For anyone having this same problem in the mall, the game culls the zombie population in order to save your pc once it hits a cap. Theres a mod on the steam workshop to patch this, No mo culling. Works very well, but expect massive lag at high population areas on very insane.

a new upload and what a game it is also when i played that game i made a brawler setup and ended up using an axe whilst looking like colin from changed

I just know learned about you and I saw the thumbnail and new this would be a good video

The real zombies are the friends we made along the way.

good content my guy

"Light on my poor old PC" Ha. when you have a thousand zombies on screen even people with the best PCs start to smell burning lol.

I love the fallout NV ending music at the end

That transition to the NordVPN ad was genius haha 😂

I've been hoping you would have a crack at this absolute gem. Best game I've played in yrs.

been waiting for this one and it didn't disappoint, epic vid legend

Man slipped that NerdVPN ad in really slick.

legit thought this was TB talking to me, but then im like thats impossible, so now I know someone who sounds like TB

Your voice really gives me sniffing brit vibes and I love every second of it

11:41 "...if the kidnapping of the Queen of England this morning is related." - Related to what?!

We need more stories joshy, PLEASE!???

0:36 always makes me grin on that

The game is 10x harder without multi hit on melee. Makes the mall way more intense

11:55 Dear god, I thought that was in-game the first time earlier

The most cleverly placed sponsor segment. Nice.

that sponsorship intro was very well done lmao

Better ring the bell for that friday live, boys!!!!