I got my first proper play-session yesterday, and now I'm starting to see why this is so popular. Instead of going for the nearest settlement I just went around them and headed inland. It was pitch black dark, and not surprisingly I got lost pretty soon. After some stumbling around in the dark I noticed the clouds move away revealing a beautiful night sky, and instantly I remembered the greatest mission ever in OFP, the one where you have to find your way back to friendly lines without any navigational tools. The Northern star was easy to find even after some years, and with its guidance the way inland. A powerline finally provided me enough landmarks so that I could locate myself on the map that I luckily found on a Galaxy Tab in my pocket
A few deerstands later I now have an M16 with four mags and some other stuff, so the project for the next day is to find a canteen and something to make a fire with. A few close calls that night but no real action. It is pretty hair rising to hear the zombie "urrrrrr" in a dark forest in the middle of nowhere, especially because I assumed Zeds don't roam in the wilds. I still managed to meet a few quite far from anything.