Improves on the original is almost every way. Though the original did have an atmosphere that just seems unmatched, but it could be my nostalgia due to the early 360 days.
The survivor Ai has improved tenfold. I managed to drag all of them everywhere without any problems, never losing them miles away, never having them cower in a crowd of zombies. They're so much better. Arguably TOO good to the point you don't need to really "escort" them, but generally it's infinitely preferable to the braindead ones in the original.
There's also a ton of QoL stuff like an indicator that says whether a survivor is close enough to move to the next area before you go through a door, a way to skip text so you're not standing around waiting for lines after lines of survivor dialogue before they join you, no need to answer radio calls, can move while aiming etc.
Combo weapons are fun, albeit pretty unbalanced. Especially since every maintenance room straight up gives you some items to make a combo weapon at one. The scavenger aspect plays far less in this game, unless of course you just choose to play like that.
The area is a lot bigger, but it does take a lot of cues from DR1. Many areas feel like copies of that game, including the unfinished South Plaza. Most of the new locations are just very identical-feeling casinos.
Psychopaths also feel like they're taking a lot of inspiration from the original game, but there is a lot more experimentation with them now, including the famous tiger boss (which you can even tame). Survivors also have more variety to them, like some which make use of the new money mechanic, some that help you gain zombrex (another new mechanic), and some that will even play poker with you.
There's just so much more to do in general, like you can bring gifts to your daughter in the safe room for some extra PP.
To me this just took a great game formula that was the originals, but removed so many of the heavy flaws while expanding the positives. One of my favourite games.
As an aside, I got quite a few crashes on the PS4 version, which sucks. Not a fault with the game itself, but still.
The survivor Ai has improved tenfold. I managed to drag all of them everywhere without any problems, never losing them miles away, never having them cower in a crowd of zombies. They're so much better. Arguably TOO good to the point you don't need to really "escort" them, but generally it's infinitely preferable to the braindead ones in the original.
There's also a ton of QoL stuff like an indicator that says whether a survivor is close enough to move to the next area before you go through a door, a way to skip text so you're not standing around waiting for lines after lines of survivor dialogue before they join you, no need to answer radio calls, can move while aiming etc.
Combo weapons are fun, albeit pretty unbalanced. Especially since every maintenance room straight up gives you some items to make a combo weapon at one. The scavenger aspect plays far less in this game, unless of course you just choose to play like that.
The area is a lot bigger, but it does take a lot of cues from DR1. Many areas feel like copies of that game, including the unfinished South Plaza. Most of the new locations are just very identical-feeling casinos.
Psychopaths also feel like they're taking a lot of inspiration from the original game, but there is a lot more experimentation with them now, including the famous tiger boss (which you can even tame). Survivors also have more variety to them, like some which make use of the new money mechanic, some that help you gain zombrex (another new mechanic), and some that will even play poker with you.
There's just so much more to do in general, like you can bring gifts to your daughter in the safe room for some extra PP.
To me this just took a great game formula that was the originals, but removed so many of the heavy flaws while expanding the positives. One of my favourite games.
As an aside, I got quite a few crashes on the PS4 version, which sucks. Not a fault with the game itself, but still.