Assist: lol this game reminds me of oblivion but with zombies and the fact that you can cleave skin and muscle and actually hit them so u can see bone. What I mean is their bodies are fully destructable and if you sat their long enough you could chop 1 into a fleshy sculpture or dice it for your onion soup that yo gramma likes
I think I can put up with the "level five pipe" problem mentioned (especially after playing Borderlands...) but I have to say I was a bit put off by every character having the same starting scenario and story, and also by the apparent lack of physics objects (something most games these days do well).
The "exiting play area" thing is a bit disappointing too, but given the comment made by Deep Silver concerning dying having serious effects in the game, I thought it at least partially justified. Although I won't be afraid of going too far into the ocean like I was in games like Crysis.