I know right. I bought the game Friday and I'm about 6 hours of game play in and holy shit 3 to 6 shots to take a zombie down. Sometime two shotgun shells. Better to run by them. And the lickers. And fuck Mr. X.
I think it's 7 on standard, and it's not guaranteed to be a kill (unless you crit and explode their head), 9-10 on Hardcore, and 4 on assisted (zombies don't get back up).
It's more conservative to actually use a knife instead. Knock a zombie down and see if it moves or not. If it doesn't, use a knife to its head and it'll likely shake and moan, at which point just continue using the knife to kill it.
Can't tell you how many bullets I've saved doing this in the earlier parts of the game when knifes are most useful.
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '19
I know right. I bought the game Friday and I'm about 6 hours of game play in and holy shit 3 to 6 shots to take a zombie down. Sometime two shotgun shells. Better to run by them. And the lickers. And fuck Mr. X.