Got a new modem, so of course the internet’s out because it’s not connecting. Might as well finally sit down and learn how to play Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead!
I’ve watched a few tutorial videos, and I saw Nookrium’s play through of Bright Nights. I thought he had just started out with the defaults and end up getting some kind of prepper. Started out in a bunker with lots of supplies. Which sounded like a great start to me. Learn the ropes on easy mode? Yes please! Play Now (Fixed Scenario)!
I did not find myself in a bunker.
I was not surrounded by supplies.
I was not a prepper.
I was in a FEMA shelter. I had the clothes on my back and a handful of oxy to my name. The NPC in the shelter with me needed an inhaler from the town to the north.
Well, none of this was on my schedule for today, so might as well help the poor guy.
I pop a pill, grab an emergency jacket and supplies then head out. Following the road north I see a giant hornet and a collie in my periphery, but they don’t react as I pass by. The few cars on the road are empty and unusable.
I spot more zombies as a reach a bridge at the edge of town. I climb into a street sweeper, figuring it should be safe enough, but it appears to be remote controlled and I can’t drive it. The zombies have noticed me by now so I rush into a nearby house and close the door.
I can hear them outside, but they don’t seem to be trying to break in. So I pop another pill and ransack the place. Found a bunch of football gear, a big stick, and some more drugs. Morale is high, despite the danger, or maybe just because of the drugs. Who knows.
I walk outside ready to fight through the hoards to bring my new friend an inhaler. A zombie moves towards me but I’m faster, I move around it and spot a bicycle. Just found some armor, now some transportation! I hop aboard and ride off down the road, sailing past all these zombie chumps.
And then I crash right into a parked car, with a zombie right next to me. I rush at it with my big stick but it bites my arm. I swing some more but can’t land a hit, while the zombie lands bite after bite. I can see more zombies coming so I try to break away, but I can’t pull free. More zombies move in and surround me. I swing wildly around while shoveling pills into my mouth.
Painkillers coursing through my veins I don’t feel anything at all as the hoard tears me to pieces.