very different from the first one.
CONS:
-more linear
-smaller world, no vehicles
-stamina bar is much larger, but fills slower
-dodge takes no stamina
-dodge and block are skills (cant have both)
-no analog fighting type setting, and
-no way to pick direction you want to swing, and
-criticals are based on where u hit a zed
-skill tree replaced with card system
-some cards dont seem to work
-some cards underwhelming, others OP
-character choice hardly makes a difference
-chars have slight variations in cards, and stats
-audio filter in small rooms is REALLY bad
-oversimplified loot
-throwables are infinite, with a cooldown.....
PROS:
-combat is still pretty fluid
-zeds clothes and flesh rip where u hit them
-lots of elemental containers: gas cans, batteries
-lots of enviromental kills: water+battery, barrels
-lots of zombie types, many of them new
tldr: oversimplified. Different, but still fun. However i feel the first game was much better overall