Comments - pronkyou2

If the game is nearly exactly like XCOM(1994), why shouldn't I just play XCOM (ignoring graphics update)? What new aspects do you bring to the UFO genre? Have you taken any lessons from the new XCOM and the UFO:After[math/shock/light] series? How do you set yourself apart from UFO: Alien Invasion? What about informing players of their cover percentage instead of leaving it to guessing what your engine actually does? Shooting around corners? More than 2 tech tiers? Adding interactive UFO fights is interesting, but adds little.

As there is already some good feedback, I'll just chime in with a few immersion design issues that irritated me, whether or not you already have them planned.
-the lack of a quick click for putting items into a storage container like fridges and other things, even though you can quick click them into your inventory. Drag and drop is an unnecessary old design; you know where you're putting things, and the game should too.
-Why can't you kick down locked doors or break windows and crawl through?
-in an area where there is so much rain that it can soak you, where are the rain coats and umbrellas?
-where are the gardens? Seeds and things that you could grow if you live longer than a year? Why can't you survive to old age?
-Because it's possible to live a year or more, where's the save?
-Why does electricity still work months in? Who's running the power plant?
-What about seasons? Hot and cold weather?
-The Walking Dead raises a good point: Guns are loud. Wouldn't zombies be attracted to noise?
-Where is your family? How did the character not notice the outbreak until there were herds?
-Zombies seem to spawn as the game goes on, rather than having a set amount, which both causes lag from bodies and seems a bit unrealistic since towns only have so many dead.
-Zombies get into houses after they've been cleared, and yet the doors are closed.
-Rogue Survivor has some design ideas that may be worth a look.