So I'm just in around 10 hours to this game and haven't gotten to the second part of the map. I only recently uncovered all of the first area and cleared out all the infection zones and bandit camps thus far. There's probably only a few main quests left in this area before I move on to the next zone. So far so good. The game is still fun and I'm still really enjoying it. I spent all my upgrade points on the ranged weapons skills so far so shooting is less frustrating. Most of the time I use melee and stealth so that will be the next tree I upgrade but the melee is pretty solid right from the get go thus why I decided to upgrade the guns first. I'll probably hammer out a few more hours tomorrow and hopefully get into the next area. I've got my suspicions about this story and where it might lead but only time will tell. I think the Umbrella Corporation or some like minded entity is behind this infection. I think Deacons ex girlfriend was involved with that company. I also think she may be alive somewhere, that or she was working directly on the cause of the outbreak but again we'll have to wait and see.