It's not clicking because you know it's not as good a game as it should be.
It isn't doing anything other games like Left 4 Dead and Vermintide haven't already done and done more enthusiastically.
Also, your common-sense radar is going off as you realize that NONE of the characters are interesting or noteworthy, but are typical Leftist tropes as you've seen in every single other AAA game produced since 2014.
It's impossible to get excited to play as more Leftist approved Liberals in a zombie apocalypse where we already know most of the actual survivors in that instance would be military-trained males, especially of the white variety. Yet there isn't one able-bodied, 20 - 30 something white male character to be seen. Purposely left out.
The replacements for said character also aren't believable. You accept them because they're there, but we all know reality and expectations don't fit the mold they're trying to sell you.
What you're feeling is perceptive dissonance.
That's just from the outset of the visual and sociopolitical presentation.
The other part of that nonchalant feeling comes from what most of us feel for these mediocre games because, well, they're mediocre. Nothing in the gameplay is more immersive, dynamic, or even visually appealing compared to its relative contemporaries (or even the games that came before it). No new physics, no new weapons, nothing distinct or original.
It's the perfect example of a serviceable piece of Leftist approved propaganda. Just enough to sate the entertainment thirst of people who don't know better, but not enough to rope in people who do know better.
Makes sense. I mean, hell, even left 4 dead made the characters interesting. They had believable conversations, reacted like a real human being would react. These just feel like generic action flick cliches chewed up and spit out in your face.
It's not clicking because you know it's not as good a game as it should be.
It isn't doing anything other games like Left 4 Dead and Vermintide haven't already done and done more enthusiastically.
Also, your common-sense radar is going off as you realize that NONE of the characters are interesting or noteworthy, but are typical Leftist tropes as you've seen in every single other AAA game produced since 2014.
It's impossible to get excited to play as more Leftist approved Liberals in a zombie apocalypse where we already know most of the actual survivors in that instance would be military-trained males, especially of the white variety. Yet there isn't one able-bodied, 20 - 30 something white male character to be seen. Purposely left out.
The replacements for said character also aren't believable. You accept them because they're there, but we all know reality and expectations don't fit the mold they're trying to sell you.
What you're feeling is perceptive dissonance.
That's just from the outset of the visual and sociopolitical presentation.
The other part of that nonchalant feeling comes from what most of us feel for these mediocre games because, well, they're mediocre. Nothing in the gameplay is more immersive, dynamic, or even visually appealing compared to its relative contemporaries (or even the games that came before it). No new physics, no new weapons, nothing distinct or original.
It's the perfect example of a serviceable piece of Leftist approved propaganda. Just enough to sate the entertainment thirst of people who don't know better, but not enough to rope in people who do know better.
Makes sense. I mean, hell, even left 4 dead made the characters interesting. They had believable conversations, reacted like a real human being would react. These just feel like generic action flick cliches chewed up and spit out in your face.