Perhaps more than any of the similar games I’ve played – Aliens, World War Z, Vermintide, Payday – this game needs communication among the players, and not just in terms of the moment-to-moment stuff like calling out tough enemies or covering each other. For instance, the way we’ve been sharing ammo and money has made a huge difference, and that’s almost never going to happen with public groups.
This is in marked contrast to similar games which seem to take pains to allow players to get by with as little communication as possible.
-Tom