As for someone who has pumped over 100 hours into the game i am Ready to write my full-blown impression to Generation Zero.

ONLY GET THIS GAME DURING A SALE

(this upcoming thread is an edit for the sake of it)
The games EULA has been recently updated and is therefore not a sketch "we'll take all your info" kind of scheme. The Developers (or studio) will now only take things that are within the game (playtime. Crash reports. Game File Infromation etc.) This is very much so similar to games like Call of Duty, Battlefield or the Tom Clancy franchise. Altough i must say, it was their main fault for not having their EULA updated sooner.

Now with that out of the way:

The Game feels very good to Play even if you are alone altough playing alone makes the game feel tedious (especially in late-game). With Tedious i mean that Robots chew through your ammo supply or collecting cosmetics or emotes from challenges or exploration being rendered partially useless.

---but let me talk about the main game---

In generation Zero you play as a Swedish Teenager who came back from a long hunting trip to witness your land in shambles. Your goal is to find clues on what happened.

MAP

The map is enormous and filled with land-marks and interesting spots. The Map overall is wonderful and gorgeous to just look at making exploration interesting. Traversing through the map is a mixture between atmospheric enjoyment and manuvering hell as the vehicles only perform well on the streets forcing you to go by foot on land if you ever need to traverse through the woods or mountains

COMBAT

The Combat is solid and feels good while having a twist by having you to consider aiming at weakpoints for effective take-downs. (A problem i have with the combat tough is that ironsights, red-dot sights and sniper sights share the same aim sensibility, making sniping or normal ADS very annoying sometimes)

the story is... Alright. It's nothing special but it's also nothing boring. While there IS a Main Storyline, i find the side missions more interesting because of better story telling

MISSIONS

While the missions HAVE story and reasoning why you are doing that. They still are very stale and boring because of the missions being practically the same (SPOILER: the only 2 missions that felt different were the Truck/Payload extraction(DLC LOCKED) And the introduction to the base Defense Game-mode)

PROGRESSION

Progression is somewhat of a incosistent curve. I wasn't able to wrap my head around how the loot system works but i'll try to explain it

As you Progress in the game. You encounter containers that contain loot for you. from Cosmetics and Resources, to Weapon Modifications and Guns.

Killing, exploring and Finishing missions grant XP which lets you level up. Leveling up in Generation Zero grants you skill-points which can be invested into 4 skill trees (Combat, Support, Survival and Tech). While some skills give you passive buffs, othersd can change the way you may approach your next enemy.

You will also find and recieve more cosmetics as you go, letting you dress up as you wish to turn yourself into whatever you want to become

ENEMIES

The enemies are creative and always a challenge to fight against. All the different Machines have also different versions of them which engages and tells you to find the new weakspot on the newer machines which may turn the every-day robot fighting into something more interesting

END GAME

in the End-Game you mostly just hunt for collectibles, join strangers are play the wave defense gamemode. Theres not much else to do aside from obtaining every crafting schematic and/or weapon.

WAVE DEFENSE GAME MODE

the wave defense game mode is a fun little way to play the game while also recieving loot. Altough it is still the same "Dumping your ammo into robots" there isn't much of a diversity or set plan for the game mode as it looks like. they aren't planning on expanding the game-mode aside from adding DLC's. Which is a shame and wasted potential :/

DLC's

While many reviews talk about the game being DLC ridden. I cannot say the same

the game DOES have a lot of DLC's but most of them are map/campaign expansions or cheap weapon packs which don't seem to out-rank the core-guns. Altough the Motorcycle DLC aswell as the Equipment DLC are a shameful act. None of them are needed to get the full experience.

(besides that the DLC's are pretty cheap considering we live in a world where decent games cost 70€ while they offer expensive cosmetical extensions)


OVERALL IMPRESSION

Generation Zero is with no doubts an amazing CONCEPT. The game is alright and is fun for every now and then.
Get the Game when it's on a SALE because then it is really worth for what it is.

(i'll also have to mention that this game is being worked on by 9 developers and it runs on the Hunter: Call of the Wild Engine)