I have never seen complete incompetence executed with such skill

33:05 “im in agony? Why?” The two bites and 20 lacerations dont have anything to do with it

As someone with 557 hours on project zomboid, i must say, watching mark stumble his way through the game and somehow survive despite being literally torn apart alive, and becoming practically a mummy with the amount of bandages on him is the most peak PZ content i've seen in a while.

>Mark starts a new character >Doesn't pick *_any_* traits Oh, this is gunna be _"FUN"!_

Not even ten seconds into the video and the editor is already having a mental breakdown, this videos going to be good

I've played this game religiously on Apocalypse for a long time and the fact this man hit so many house alarms, crawled through so much glass, battled the undead with all the negative moodles at once, and survived for as long as he did with absolutely no prior knowledge (like how to push lol) is an absolute marvel. I hope he plays more, would be equally entertaining if he gets a group together because the multiplayer makes for hilarious content everytime.

"Im too lubricated with blood for them to get a good grip on me" -Markiplier 42:34

~3:27 What an absolute maniac LOL Some random dude shows up outside someone's house naked wielding a frying pan, opens their window and yells "HEY YOU!" 🤣

I love how Mark knows so little about this game that he doesn't even know it's designed to be the most accurate zombie simulator ever. "Why am I not taking the painkillers?" You are bud, they just take time to work like in real life

The zombie apocalypse is often romanticized, but most people would die from a chafed groin within days of an outbreak.

the fact that Mark got a laceration in the first 2 minutes, yet survived for another 1.5 hours is impressive

This is a true testament to Mark's Horror Survival skills. My record for this game was 12 minutes.

Honestly, I really want a series of this game with Bob and Wade. The potential for mayhem is amazing

This playthrough needs to be made into a film. A man surviving the zombie apocalypse in just his underwear, and every time he finds clothes he ends up having to use them for bandages.

Some tips based on the video. Your standard walking speed is fast enough to outwalk the infected. Avoid sprinting or jogging, you'll want to keep your endurance up for the fighting. Resting on anything you can sit on or even sitting on the ground (you can combine both) will get your endurance up faster. There's a game setting called "aim outline" which I recommend turning on for both guns and melee weapons since it shows you the outlines of everything you have a chance to hit and the colour shows how likely you are to hit. At the start you'll want to avoid groups of 5+. When infected are on the ground you can save weapon durability by stomping (spacebar) (where you stomp matters, stomping on their leg does basically nothing while stomping on their head does the most). Always keep spare sheets or bandages on you to replace dirty ones or to bandage wounds in case of emergencies. Guns are horribly loud and will attract A LOT of infected, shotguns are the only viable option until you hit aiming 5+. Make sure you disinfect infected wounds fast (infection is caused by having untreated wounds near dirt, keep bandages clean and wounds bandaged). Infection is lethal, scratches and lacerations given by infected have a small chance of infecting you and bites will 100% of the time infect you (being infected by a zed will kill you. It takes a few days but you will die.). If you've been bit you may as well find some bleach and a nice place to die. Ripping up clothing or sheets will give you ripped sheets which can be used as bandages. Right clicking windows will allow you to remove broken glass from smashed windows, if you climb through a window without clearing the glass you'll most likely cut yourself and in worst case scenario give yourself a deep cut that needs stitching and bandaging. If you stand on top of an infected that's been knocked down they can't get up until you step off them. You can use this to keep one infected out of the fight while you deal with another. If you trip an alarm in a house. A horde is coming, better to cut your loss and get out of there before they arrive. The trait "cat eyes" is something I recommend you always pick due to how much of a difference it makes at night, it allows you to see almost as much as a flashlight would provide but throughout your entire vision cone. You can press E to open windows and doors. You can also hold E to climb through windows, jump large fences or just vaulting regular fences. Infected that haven't spotted you can be snuck up on and usually pushed down (spacebar) on the first try. Some questions answered: Beta blockers will keep your character from panicking (panicking will make you perform just a bit worse, mainly becomes a problem when combined with other effects) Both Painkillers and alcohol will allow you to sleep through pain (DO NOT mix, overdosing is a real thing in this game). The house you spawn in is guaranteed to provide some food, some basic materials and a weapon (of some kind, it can be anything from a butter knife to an axe), which is why the spawn house provided so much more than all other houses. It is REALLY bad to shoot, obviously depends on where you are and how clear the area is but generally using guns is going to get you killed (unless you have A LOT of ammo and high shooting skill). Bags will in fact help you. Backpacks are always useful and other types of bags can be held in your secondary hand while you hold your (one handed only) weapon in your primary hand. The reason there's barely any loot is due to the game settings. You can change loot rarity in your settings while making the world, if you're playing on a premade difficulty it's already set and I'm not 100% sure it can be changed. Medicine comes in multiples, when you take them it doesn't take them all only one pill. You can see how many pills are left if you hover over the bottle and check the "remaining" bar. (I am unsure how you didn't overdose at 44:50). The gunshots are one of MANY events that can happen and they're used to keep infected moving around. ---------------------------------- I know most of this was learnt and answered during the playthrough but I decided to keep this here for anyone else that could use some tips to survive longer. I never thought I'd see mark play PZ but it's very nice to see and I hope for more content in the future, happy surviving lads.

Shoutout to the editor(s) doing a great job on this one! I especially like the Wii Sports sound effects, the slow zooms on obvious things like his inventory, and pasting Mark's face on his character when he monologues. All of these made me laugh!

21:00 "These fools" he says while naked and bloody out in a field, frantically ripping apart his pants.

as a PZ veteran myself, it was both a blessing and a curse to witness mark struggle to understand this game and make horrible decisions. How he survived that long is beyond me

Mark struggle mode/ monologging nonsense is my favorite. Would absolutely watch more of this.

I love how he got to the point where he was so injured that the game was just like "Okay we'll let the broken windows go" and didn't injure him for climbing through them

12:47 "who needs a gun case?" if you pause just right, you'll see ammo box, mag and pistol all right there at the very bottom

Oh the ever increasing number of games that Mark plays that HIGHLY RECOMMEND the tutorial, and he just brushes right past it and blunders about. Sitting there and watching him figure out something as simple as the inventory, or zooming in... Man, we love you Mark.

36:10 Game: "Garden Saw *TOOL* " Markiplier: "sounds like a weapon 😎"

It's so funny that everytime Mark finds any kind of clothing HE RIPS IT FOR BANDAGES IT GETS ME EVERYTIME

This was hands down the most entertaining PZ video I have watched. I don't know how you managed to survive more than the first 10 minutes. Your death was signed at 19:00 when you got bitten. But yet you persisted for multiple more days, getting literally dozens of more injuries, multiple infections, refused to clean any of your bandages, ran straight through multiple hordes, led numerous conga lines, slept literally across the street from the horde you just conga'd around the block, and somehow continued to live for another half a day after all that. The combination of your bravado and complete lack of knowledge of the game has led this to be the single most entertaining PZ video on this platform. Bravo, sir. Bravo.

This man is an enigma, simultaneously the worst and best project zomboid player I've ever bore witness too. With little to no knowledge of the most basic mechanics, he should've been dead within minutes, instead he survived multiple days on his apparent second run, sustained over a dozen separate injuries, most of which detrimental to his combat capabilities and movement speed, and time after time made direct contact with multiple zombies when being chased by the horde and not getting grabbed even once, not mentioning that he also escaped the horde (temporarily at least). 10/10, simply incredible, hope he plays again. (Holy Jesus, Ty for the likes)

Even as someone who's never played or even seen anyone play this game before I still was dying that mark wasn't removing his dirty bandages towards the end He had so many clothes to make new ones if he needed but nope Good video, would love to see more

Markiplier discovers what kentucky is like

By far would be the best game to watch Mark, Bob, nd Wade play together. Even a solo long series with just mark would be so fun to watch. I really hope he makes more. This was amazing.

“These zombies are too stupid to deal with the smarts of me!” Says the one walking around shirtless with his boys dangling out, very severe damage, all the while monologuing for the entire world to hear. 🤣

Btw Mark, dunno if you're gonna see this but you can set the Aim outline at the options menu and set the outline to every weapon instead of only ranged so you can actually see if your weapon is gonna hit

45:00 - Starting off his day with a refreshing hop through shards of glass

Mark's survival instincts in Project Zomboid are truly something to behold. He keeps surprising us with his ability to stay alive despite the overwhelming odds.

Me as a zomboid player: *have to sneak around, be very careful, taking things one step at a time making sure every decisions are thought carefully to ensure optimal survival.... then get bit by a ninja zombie* Mark: literally going against all odds and surviving

45:54 That is my favorite place to set up a base in riverside. It's in the middle of the town so I have a quick access to any of the buildings that are on the map.

this video is absolutely hilarious, with the way Mark is monologuing like Solid Snake and at times Xavier from XRA lol

31:30 Mark literally trying to sleep while rotting corpses are banging on his door and window trying to eat him, after shooting his gun to alert them all to his location at that very house XD

"That's a school.. or a prison..." Don't worry Mark, I too often mistook school for prison during my childhood.

You know I never knew that watching someone play without pressing the Interact Button would make things so interesting

"Boy , this is convoluted. ", Markiplier ....a couple years after having made the most convoluted storage system in Raft. Be cool if he played this Bob and Wade... I can hear the screaming now.

i appriciate how mark somehow accidentally executed a batshit insane strat where he set off a bunch of house alarms and then spent a while wandering through a mostly empty town whlie most of the zombies were investigating his previous shenanigans

I feel bad for the zombies that have to try and kill Mark, just imagine you are trying to close the distance and Mark is just brilliantly exuding cockiness: “haha, missed me” “try again” “fell right into my trap” “it was my plan all along” . . . I know I would be frustrated

0:35 Well, Project Zomboid is set in Kentucky as it is Ground Zero for the Knox Event. The maps correlate to major cities on the map. Many mods have been made to add to the map or to expand upon it. Raven Creek, Fort Knox, Eerie County, etc. Also most of the focus has been into improving and expanding on the players experiences. Improving vehicle physics, prepping a major engineering/crafting overhaul, intelligent NPCs, NPC behaviors, post-apocalypse traits, farm and wild animals, improvements to existing systems, etc.

Please, play more of this game, as a series, it would be AMAZING! Especially with Bob and Wade!

Mark: no clothes, takes 2 bites from zombie - laceration and bleeding only Me: firefighter fully, police kevlar and 1 bite is enough to get infected

From 0:01 to 46:53 is just a constant “how are you still alive??”

The beginning of the video, where Lixian is showing how much gameplay Mark survived and how much he had to edit. Had me choking for about 5 minutes straight.

please play more zomboid, Mark; I had a blast watching you play -sincerely, a very small voice in an ocean of others

3:28 God dammit! opening a random window into an empty house and yelling "HEY YOU!" is so cartoonishly hilarious XD

Mark: Gets scratched and mauled by the first zombie within one minute of starting the run also Mark: Proceeds to survive one and a half hour, giving his editior a mental breakdown

Me, rocking in place... Rip the sheet, rip the sheet, rip the sheet, rip the sheet, rip the sheet, rip the sheet.... (Mark reads the first aid book instead). I love watching newbies play this masterpiece of a game.

Fun fact Mark, there aren't 4 maps, just ONE MASSIVE ONE! Those are just choices on where you want to start. I promise you have never gotten to the edge of this insanely huge game.

The world needs more of this in some form, whether that's you alone or you, Bob, and Wade struggling together, we NEED it Mark.

Mark you should play this with Wade and Bob, and maybe Sean. I feel like this would be absolute chaos! Especially if you try the Horde Night mod where after a certain number of days a huge horde spawns all night. It would probably be some peak content.

I heard markie was playin zomboid and had to pop over, this was hysterical. I haven't seen your content since like.. amnesia but I'm glad I came by to watch

We need Mark to play Project Zomboid with Bob and Wade

Mark- "Im in agony, why?" Me "Thats one of lifes greatest mysteries"

38:16 “You thought that was the end of me? No! I AM THE END OF ME!” I need this quote on a shirt ASAP

Project Zomboid deserves every moment of spotlight it gets, love to see more vids of it

The amount of screaming I did at my screen telling him to wash the bandages is insane lol. How he made it as long as he did was amazing! He'd be the guy that survives on accident in a horror movie.

“There’s nothing nowhere” has found multiple firearms, melee weapons, surprising supply of adhesive bandages, canned food, water, alcohol. Great video, not hating I understand how he feels this game has an amazing ability to make you feel like you have no hope

19:35 Mark: I'm not dead yet. Me, who's seen the 'bitten' on his upper arm: Are you sure?

32:50 if only you knew how big this game truly is

Mark's fake "action hero" voice was hilarious, especially when he was talking about his groin being injured. Really funny video.

"This is how you died" refers to your playthrough as a recollection of your life during the apocalypse, since there is no way of winning you will always perish at some point

The fact that his groin got scratched and bleeding from a tree branch will never not be funny.

"i loaded into a game, and i died immediately. i dont have footage of that, but you can guarantee it happened." as a project zomboid player, i can assure you, it did.

31:30 Is a moment that perfectly sums up this entire video

The reason all of the spawn points are in kentcucky is because the developers want to ultimately recreate the entire state of kentucky within the game. all of the spawn points are actually on the same map.

Markiplier got so lucky in this run bro. How Markiplier didn't get infected in the first 10 minutes is beyond me.

Mark (rambling) "monologue'ing" IC reminds me of heavily of Xavier: Renegade Angiel x Duke Nukem x The Postal dude mashed together, thats some incredible VA skills..!

U can go to settings > screen and change the option that says "outlines" to any weapon, this will make mele combat much easier because u could tell if a zombi is in your range and dont miss the atack (sorry for bad english 😅)

What i cannot wait to see is mark, bob and wade all jump in, build a place to live, and all the hilarity that will follow

25:43 “It’s an easy game for babies” *has a bite, which will always kill you and is untreatable in Zomboid”

Zombies surrounding Mark on all sides Mark: you just activated my trap card!

Mark sweet Moses please play more of this. I would LOVE to watch you play through some of this!

41:30 Holly hell Mark just DID NOT "scoot" through the freaking horde 3 minutes straight and take a good sleep XD

"I'm too lubricated with blood for them to get a good hold on me" -Mark in the Iron Lung movie probably

Love to see you play one of my favorite games to play with friends! The only tip I'll give ya is that the UI tells you a lot of what you need to know, right clicking everything is great.

we need a callmekevin and markiplier project zomboid collab 🙌

I wouldn’t mind this being a monthly or annual video idea where mark doesn’t look anything up and we just watch as he gives another crack at it. Maybe he gets further as time goes by, maybe he doesn’t, who knows! It’ll be a fun guessing game.

“Who needs a gun case” said gun case having a gun and ammunition inside

This is a trip! I just searched for a Project Zomboid video on your channel last week and here one is just a few days later! ✨ This was a blast to watch and I hope we get to see more soon 🍻

I love that Mark lowkey became Solid Snake lmao

The entire monologue starting around 16:00 feels like something straight out of Xavier: Renegade Angel.

as a markiplier fan this was great as a project zomboid player this was excruciatingly painful

“This game’s been out a long time and I’d have imagined that the game would’ve had more maps” Louisville: “Allow me to introduce myself”

9:15 Opening a window, *nah* Spending 10 minute bashing down a door, HELL YEAH

the amount of plot armor Mark had throughout the first 20 minutes is crazy lmao I'm loving this video

Mark playing project zomboid is crazy

I actually would love to see more of this. Watching him somehow stay alive that long was painful but enjoyable.

I love how Mark's learning speed is amazing seeing as he went in playing PZ with little to no knowledge and then also see him learn certain basics of the game as he play through

0:10 Oh hey, I know that feeling. Spawned on a balcony and accidentally vaulted the railing, plummeted three stories to my death. I lasted 8 seconds.

Just to let you know Mark, those aren’t different maps. Project zomboid is one GIGANTIC map. Those are just your choice of starting locations.

love the open window "hey you" perfect lol i do hope to see some more zomboid on the channel its fun and your learning it surprisingly fast

"they should make more maps" Oh no no no. You misunderstand

A couple of notes from someone with 100+ hours in the game just in the last few weeks. 1.) the maps arent the only towns avaiable, theyre just the spawn points across KY. Rosewood is the best for beginners. 2.)the map is only in KY because in this universe thats where the outbreak starts. The whole game takes place across Knox county, and the map is huge 3.) clothing is important, certain articles of clothing will provide more protection from bites and scratches, tempretures, and have weight to them, so its important to wear the right stuff when needed. 4.) pick up a digital watch off a zombie, it gives you good info like the current in game time date and temperature outside. 5.) dont run unless absolutely necessary, it makes so much noise and attracts more zombies. Your base walk speed is faster then most zombies. If you feel the need to run try crouching by pushing ‘c’ first. You wont move as fast but you wont make as much noise. 6.) everyday in the early days of your save while tv broadcasts are still happening you can stand in the room with one on the ‘life and living’ channel on at 6:00,12:00, and 18:00 and you can earn levels in certain skills for free. There are vhs around as well that do a similar thing. 7.) important hot keys, h pulls the health tab, i is inventory, c is crouch, v when near a vehicle will open a radial showing you all available options with the car and L will show you current levels in all skills. Books will give you an xp multiplier for the skill for the next 2 levels, starting with vol. 1 for levels 1-2, vol. 2 for 3-4, and so on to level 10 If you wanna use this advice great if not good! Its a great game and im really excited to see one of my fav youtubers playin it!

“I’m naked…….. yeah that’s fine.” Quotes by Mark

I've been waiting for this moment for so long. Just loaded it and I can't wait to see how Mark did! Edit: Don't worry about frustrating us. Most of this game is a learning process in trial and error. The way I see it, it's a rite of passage. To be frank, I'm impressed you made it as long as you did on your first go. You can sneak, I think the button was C. You can also sprint as opposed to jogging, but sprinting can make more noise and you can faceplant walls if you're not careful. Tips: looks like your groin started bleeding because you went through the tree. Outdoorsman reduces the chance of that if i remember You don't have to worry too much about infection, but it is a good idea to disinfect and change dressings since it does make your wounds heal longer. Zombie inflicted wounds are another matter. There was a point you turned down hopping through a broken window, you are able to hop through, but definitely clear the glass first. Aside from painkillers, any source of alcohol can help kill pain enough to help you sleep. Especially bourbon. Personally, I'd say guns are generally not advised to use in early game unless you have the skills and enough ammo to sustain. As you saw from the crowd, guns are LOUD. Sadly the saw isn't a weapon, but you can use it for carpentry which is an INCREDIBLE skill to level if you're not always on the move. You were taking the meds, watch the Remaining bar drop. Be careful because you CAN OD and die that way. Same if you take pain pills with alcohol, you'll fall asleep and never wake up. Molotovs are OP but they can backfire if you're not careful.

As a project zomboid veteran, seeing mark needing to do circles just to take down the first zombie is just pure entertainment.😂