NO GUNS but we do have combat now! And there will be some melee weapons you can use to beat the crap out of your enemies.
According to Big Boss Rafal, melee combat fits perfectly into the gameplay of DDS2. It introduces means to defend yourself and play out a more violent playstyle to achieve your goals while not turning Drug Dealer Simulator into another shooter game, which we were purposefully avoiding. Fights between players and enemies, as well as different enemy factions, bring more action, life and thrill into the world.
What kind of enemies are we gonna encounter in the game? There are thugs, the police and gendarmerie. These enemies will be scattered around the world, some will be patrolling an area, and some even guard places of interest, like loot, prisoners or quest objectives. As such, you will not be able to avoid fighting.
And it’s not like they all gang up on you, and you alone. Thugs do fight between themselves so sometimes you might see brawls taking place in the streets or backyards.
If you find yourself in a situation where you have to attack someone or defend yourself, you’ll have a wide range of melee weapons to choose from. From improvised weapons such as kitchen knives, pipes or wrenches all the way to actual machetes or army knives. In some areas of the world, you might get attacked by enemies holding unusual weapons: chairs, bottles, shovels, road signs and more. Sounds kinda nuts, no?
There are many ways you get into the possession of a weapon. Some you’ll find in shops, some you can loot from the environment or the defeated enemies. Enemy weapons do drop damaged and get used up quick, so be careful while using those.
And of course, you can’t have fighting in a game without bosses to defeat. So, in certain places on a map you’ll encounter thug bosses who are a lot harder to defeat, duh, but also drop better loot and weapons when defeated, also duh. These bosses usually spawn with adds around them so do prepare yourself before taking on that challenge.
Fights affect your street cred as well. You might see your cred increasing after fighting thugs but in some cases, fights will impact it negatively. Violence may be a way to easily solve problems but if you are seen fighting by a police/gendarmerie (or if you fight them), you’re gonna suffer consequences.
In DDS2 if you get caught by the gendarmerie or in a raid on one of your hideouts, you can be sent to a work camp. If you get unlucky enough to get there, don’t despair, it’s not the end of the world. Yet. To get out, you’ll need to collect enough passes for your good behaviour. How many is enough? Well, that depends on the crime you are being punished for.
How do you get the passes? There are a few ways to do that: you can either roll cigarettes, wash clothes or bake bread.
Ironically, getting sent to the work camp may be an opportunity for you as well! If you have enough street cred, you can start selling goods there. If you can smuggle them in, that is. It’s worth a try tho, right? That’s a whole new client base!
Just be careful not to make enemies there. Both the guards and fellow prisoners can get offended by some of your actions.
If you can’t be bothered to play nice and earn your passes, there is another method of getting out of the work camp. However, it’s gonna cost you an arm and a leg (money, we mean lots of money), and it counts as running away – it will be noted!
On the other hand, if you want to get that sweet money flowing and expand your clientele to include the work camp folks BUT you don’t wanna get caught to get in, you can. You just need to find an alternative method. Trust us, it is possible.
ALSO, you can now find hidden DDS2 keys in special devlogs. How? And where? You will have to look around and find out for yourself. With love, Alyss <3 If you find one, redeem it on Steam as soon as possible, keep in mind that the game will be playable for you after release.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1708850/Drug_Dealer_Simulator_2/
[b]And one more thing, [/b]
Dealers! We've now added Trading Cards, Emoticons, Badges and Profile Backgrounds for DDS2! Starting tomorrow, get your collection going.
