Killing Floor 3

Game sucked in beta and launch, but now it's decent. This is where it should've been at launch. The cosmetics suck (store and pass), but the gameplay is fun. Definitely get it if it's on sale. The only lag I've really experienced is in City Streets near the statue (it's awful). Otherwise there is only a .5s stutter if multiple abilities go off at once with a lot of zeds around.

Don't believe the haters. It's GOOD and I definitely recommend on sale. I've been playing since Re-armament update and it's made a lot of good improvements since then and its definitely my preferred Killing Floor title now even after 900+ hours on KF2 over like 8 years. It's honestly sad to see the pc community tear this game apart when it really doesn't deserve it. Price - Good deal 20$ on sale. Only certain cosmetics are locked behind paywall. All weapons, maps, and bosses are still free in the base game. Graphics - My pc is very modest as you can see. I play on low/medium settings for the best frame rates. The lower settings really don't take away much from the chaos of zed waves and is mostly noticeable if you happen to be looking for it. That being said I feel most pc users will have to tweak around settings to see what works best. It took me a couple sessions before I made the right adjustments to settings and hardware. Pretty much the same experience I had with KF2. Weapons - I like the new weapon feel. Everything feels like it has more weight and boom behind it. Although they are non-copyright infringing models of real life guns, they still feel very grounded and fun to shoot or swing. I feel like KF2 eventually added too many sci-fi laser pew pew guns in the later years and this title kind of brings it back to good ol' kinetic ballistics but with satisfying energy weapon feel as well. Although a larger arsenal wouldn't hurt there are plans to have more guns added. Keep in mind a lot of my favorite guns in KF2 (sentinel, glockc, zweihander) and more were placed behind paywalls. But were shareable with your group for free which still earns some goodwill from me. Zeds - All the classic zeds are there in the line up with new MIRE additions. I like the zed AI much more in this version. HUSKS are less about one shot devastation and more about positioning and raining down pressure from above as they can now use short flights to shoot from high vantage points and over the horde on the ground. CRAWLERS can now crawl on walls and ceilings which adds to their name but also serves to take away your focused fire on the kill zone and make hold outs that much more difficult. There are other changes too but it feels like a good addition to what little cannon this series has to have the zeds use advanced tactics. Maps - The base maps were all well done and have a good running flow to them for those who like to run and gun like me. New ZIPLINES spread across the map make it very satisfying to kite from strong point to strong point when available. Although a big part of KF2 was to weld doors to create holdout areas I feel like its mostly been replaced with environmental tools such as turrets and traps. It felt really good learning the maps this way. Mobility - One aspect of gaming that has evolved quite a bit since 2015 is the emphasis on player movement. This title adds 2 small but vital abilities the DASH SLIDE and the ability to jump and grab ledges to elevate yourself. Small changes but drastically change your ability to outrun the horde. I've noticed I haven't been surrounded and trapped nearly as much in KF2. Specialists - They've since de-coupled specialists from classes so any character can use and class and any weapon combination they wish. This has produced some interesting results but this was the case with KF2 as well. I've only leveled Commando, Sharpshooter, and Healer so far. As with KF2 I just love commando gameplay and find it hard to go to another class lol but there are enough builds and fun perks to make every class worth leveling and playing. Player Base - Lower player count on pc compared KF2 but plenty of console players from xbox and playstation to fill out the squad. I've been entirely playing on HOE and sucidal and almost always have full groups. Recent updates have brought in more players and I sincerely hope it keeps momentum going into the Halloween update. But please grab yourself a copy and see for yourself. Thanks for reading.