I come from the future. The year is 2027. AI and an unlikely partnership with Ludeon Studios allowed them to get Project Zomboid out. There are NPCS including party members you can give orders too, they will fight, patrol, reinforce and repair your base, even build their own. 34 different species of anime are fully modeled and waiting to be hunted or raised by the player. They also added raycasting and a 1st person mode.

This thread still exists on 4chan and people still bitch about the game being unfinished despite the fact it's actually been out for 3 months.