Die2Nite - Browser-based zombie survival game • Gaming • MMO • Eurogamer.net

f00b_inc 26 Dec 2010 15:14:00 909 posts
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Someone posted this in the comments section of the free/browser MMO article that went up on EG a couple of weeks back (credit to that guy... but I don't want to go back to find it!)

I've found it a neat little time waster at work, might be of interest to others :-)

Die2Nite

You're grouped with 40 randoms (you can set up a group of 5, I think) to try to help keep your town alive for as long as possible. Build up defences/structures, scavenge for resources, etc etc.

I'm not usually that interested in these sort of things, but I think I've just watched too many zombie films recently!

sheldipez 13 Jan 2011 10:43:48 14 posts
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Been playing this daily last month or so as well - great game !

Say Hi to me if you bump into me!

Join Here

opalw00t 13 Jan 2011 11:10:45 12,836 posts
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I am horribly addicted to this game. The framewrok of town survival by building and scavenging is interesting, but more so is how the players react to the town's imminent death (you will always die). Panic, backstabbing and selfishness! Or altruism, dedication and focus.

It allows for various styles of play, from visiting once a day to monitoring it throughout the day. Just make sure you're inside before 2200GMT every day and read the town forum, you should do OK.

sheldipez 13 Jan 2011 11:16:18 14 posts
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w00t wrote:Panic, backstabbing and selfishness! Or altruism, dedication and focus.

Haha yeah the amount of dodgy stuff going and back stabbing is great. Always suspicion in the air when considering peoples actions. For game that has very little graphics I've been part of some tense rescues of people from the desert.

Whilst most MMO's (I've played at least) you can ignore other people and solo this is reliant on team work (or prior mentioned backstabbing if so inclined) to progress and survive.

A great game. One minus point I'd mention is that the paid extras are tad overpriced (hasn't stopped me) but it's entirely playable for free so can't complain.

opalw00t 13 Jan 2011 11:25:17 12,836 posts
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Oh yeah, and please put Reko as your sponsor if you do sign up.

Just means that if you do get the bug and upgrade to the paid version, I get a few free paid days

sheldipez 18 Jan 2011 11:41:03 14 posts
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Season One has just kicked off good and proper - new town and user leaderboards implemented amongst other things.

Never a better time to try it out

sheldipez 19 Jan 2011 10:26:23 14 posts
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Reko, just seen your day1 in 'The steppe of fate' Good luck !- is that a distant [100SP] town your in ?

opalw00t 19 Jan 2011 10:27:43 12,836 posts
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Yep!

Dragged some friends in via coalition. Going well so far

sheldipez 19 Jan 2011 11:41:55 14 posts
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Good stuff. We're on day 8 and we've got a massive spike of zombies (over 300 from y/day) due in tonight's attack so hammering the construction away, gonna be a close one if we make it IMO.

sheldipez 20 Jan 2011 09:40:56 14 posts
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Well we did it 80 defence passed the mark using Defence Focus

We've found bunch of nuts n bolts to get the hacksaw fixed so construction should be flying away now.

opalw00t 20 Jan 2011 10:13:52 12,836 posts
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Lucky you.

My town is sufferring from a vicious case of Crazy Anonymous Builders (tm) - those that do not read the forums and just click on building whatever they can.

Day 2 - no workshop but the CABs have built armour plating, and great wall strengthening already. I'm expecting them to have built Barbs and Great Pit by the time I get back from scavenging at this rate!

sheldipez 20 Jan 2011 10:41:28 14 posts
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Yeah we still get the random outbreak of Crazy Anonymous Builders (tm) - items have to be pulled from the bank regularly to stop random stuff being constructed.

You really know if its a bad case of Crazy Anonymous Builders (tm) when the catapult is one of the first things to appear

opalw00t 24 Feb 2011 09:21:15 12,836 posts
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Day 1 of a video diary for the longest surviving town in the game so far - Odd Park (29 days)

opalw00t 19 Mar 2011 01:42:34 12,836 posts
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I'm in a town trying to get top rank in Season 1 - the same guy that did the above diary is in this town too: the start

Current record is day 30 - with about 37 of 40 players reaching day 29. Hard to beat.

curtlikesmeat 27 Mar 2011 17:19:50 143 posts
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This sounds amazing but I can't seem to find out what it actually is. Been surfing around trying to find a screenshot or anything. Is this actually a flash game, or is it kind of like Championship Manager to zombies? Do you just look at the map screen?

Deleted user 27 March 2011 19:27:22

curtlikesmeat wrote:
This sounds amazing but I can't seem to find out what it actually is. Been surfing around trying to find a screenshot or anything. Is this actually a flash game, or is it kind of like Championship Manager to zombies? Do you just look at the map screen?

The dynamics are indeed more like CM with zombies.

Try w00t's link two posts above yours if you want to get an idea of gamplay, after a couple of them diary entries you should get a fairly good notion.

curtlikesmeat 29 Mar 2011 22:44:53 143 posts
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Right, thanks - sorry not sure how I missed that.

This does sound amazing on paper but that sort of thing isn't for me. I'd love to see a zombie MMO set in a city or something where you could build your own towns. Basically this, with a graphics engine, how great would that be?!

Jetset_UK 31 Mar 2011 15:02:33 3,578 posts
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OK, giving this a try. On my third incarnation. Quite like these browser games where you have to check in a few times a day. Neptunes Pride is worth a look also.

sheldipez 4 Apr 2011 11:30:32 14 posts
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OK, I've been playing it going on four months solid.
Cracking little game. Season Two starts near end of this month (April 20th) and will be bring a great set of new features and new class(es).

JOIN NOW AND FIGHT THE ZOMBIE HORDE !

opalw00t 14 Apr 2011 14:53:54 12,836 posts
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Current town (Dead Roads of Rabbits) will survive to day 28 tonight - we're very hopeful of hitting day 29 at least to get a top 10 entry for Season 1

Should finish just in time for Season 2.

sheldipez 20 Apr 2011 15:59:32 14 posts
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Season Two is here

w00t; are you making jump into a new town? My town is still alive and kicking (probably not for long) so no season two goodness for me just yet.

opalw00t 21 Apr 2011 14:17:42 12,836 posts
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Soon.

Just forming the meta-coalition... seeing if Talenos will be joining us again.

Last town made it to 6th place in Season 1 - one of only 3 towns to make it to day 30. Got a fancy distinction for our efforts

Edit: Managed to beat a few maximum defence records along the way and set a new record for defensive objects - 303 in the bank on day 30

Almost built the castle house upgrade too...

sheldipez 23 Apr 2011 08:02:40 14 posts
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Other than the coalition I roll with I still prefer the random element of strangers than uber organised meta-play. Having the possibility of a griefer or three keeps you on your toes. Never a dull moment

Dave_McCoy 3 May 2011 15:24:18 3,410 posts
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This looks quite interesting actually. Going to give it a little try and see how I get on with it.

opalw00t 3 May 2011 15:39:55 12,836 posts
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There is a process of going through multiple towns that will die on days 2-4.

Key points - read the forums, read the wiki and ask knowlegable players for advice. Or just fuck about getting to learn the system and so on

The towns that make it to the end are very strictly run, which may not be your thing (I do miss the carnage of non-organised towns).

PS - day 6 in the Abandonned Graveyard of Dogs - 70 defensive objects and one death so far...

Edit: Latest video from our town

Dave_McCoy 3 May 2011 15:46:49 3,410 posts
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There's already slight arguing on our fourms. A hero (who probably knows what he's doing) is advising us what to gather and build but he's basically being ignored or slandered.

I guess we'll be dead soon enough.

opalw00t 3 May 2011 15:50:44 12,836 posts
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If they are saying "BUILD THE FUCKING WORKSHOP!!!", then they have a fair idea

I have not seen a town without a workshop survive for more than 4 days.

I also have not seen a town with at least 15 players going out daily to scavenge live past about 8 days.

SuperCoolEskimo 3 May 2011 16:32:44 11,892 posts
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curtlikesmeat wrote:
Right, thanks - sorry not sure how I missed that.

This does sound amazing on paper but that sort of thing isn't for me. I'd love to see a zombie MMO set in a city or something where you could build your own towns. Basically this, with a graphics engine, how great would that be?!

Zombies mode in Black Ops is basically that for up to players but you're right, a game like that on a bigger scale would be great.