State of Decay 2

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  1. MeritCoba
    Jun 5, 2018
    1
    Screaming frustration!
    I have been struggling to write a review of this game for the past five days now, and it became pages long because I wanted to be nifty. Write straight from the heart!
    And that I will do. I could do that for hours, but I try to keep it short as you wouldn't want to read me going on about this piece of junk, the disgraceful moneygrabbers from Undead Labs is    Screaming frustration!
    I have been struggling to write a review of this game for the past five days now, and it became pages long because I wanted to be nifty. Write straight from the heart!

    And that I will do.

    I could do that for hours, but I try to keep it short as you wouldn't want to read me going on about this piece of junk, the disgraceful moneygrabbers from Undead Labs is and the gall of reviewers like Quarter to Three that give this trainwreck a 100(weighted) out of 100. How the heck can any reviewer worth their grain look past the game breaking bugs with a statement along the lines of: oh it is rough around the edges but they will patch it. You have either been bought or you haven't played this game. In fact how can anyone give this game more than a 5 at its current state and current state means: they upgraded this early June with a whopping 20 gb reinstall to deal with the most glaring bugs. This people was not a full game, it was a beta for which you were the testers and you paid for the privilege.

    First, this must be done: to address that disgraceful group from Undead Labs. State of Decay was your undeserved success, not so much in that it wasn't a nice game, despite its flaws, but you obviously intended to milk the formula for what it was worth and do as least as possible. First making money from the alpha release, then about two years later coming out with the yose version which was basically the same game and the dlcs with some minor patching and some upping of the graphics. What others would consider an update you sold of for full price without even giving people who had already paid for the game and the dlcs a discount. Only a bunch of moneygrabbers would do that. Nothing you gave away for free, nothing you gave a discount for.

    Now about five years later you come out with this piece of junk that is so buggy as to be beyond belief.
    It crashes. It freezes. Doors handle odd. The cars bounce around. You sink through the ground. The camera has mind of its own. Doors are not in the state they look. A main legacy line is broken. Open windows that you cannot through a grenade through. Companions are unfindable or disappear. Cars get stuck on invisible walls. In fact the game is so buggy that you added a button to unstuck you, just in case. Which is a terrible button as it unstucks the character you are playing, by shifting her back, but leaving your other character to deal with the horde of zombies.
    But more intricate are the inherent problems that you run into when you play longer. What story line is there? The end game is boring beyond belief. You are just sitting there waiting for the main quest line to progress after killing all the plague hearts and electing a leader(which is an seriously obscure process) .
    You get sick about killing the endless infestations and the nagging of other communities for resources.
    What is even worse, you have to have like 3 or 4 friendly neighbors to get the endline for the trader to proceed, so you have to fullfill the nagging otherwise your neighbors up and leave, delaying the end game even more.

    But next to this, what did you actually change compared to the first game? Yes, the graphics are somewhat nicer(barely). But it is the same game but with some small additions, a somewhat altered way of building and you can now do three maps instead of going over the same one all the time. The biggest changes are the multiplayer, which i don't care for, and the plague hearts and infectious zombies. Oh yes and cars now require fuel, which you wanted to put in the first game, but didn't get working.
    It isn't a new game, it is just an attempt to produce the same game with just enough window dressing to claim it is new.

    There are some things that I do like, like being able to bring a companion, like interacting more with your neighbors, like the zombies being more aggressive. But the game is so weighted down with bad bits that I found myself screaming with frustration and de-installing it at one time. The most annoying thing was when I restarted the game for a second run. One of my main heroes had her stamina halved, a bug no doubt, as she never got healed. So I hoped with a new restart this would be fixed. No deal. So I deleted that game to start a new one without her. And all my three primary heroes were gone.
    Yes, unlike state of decay your heroes are linked to a save game, once you add them to a new game they cannot be selected again and if you delete that game.. they are gone forever.

    I should end now.. Still fuming at the mouth. One nice thing. I didn't pay for this trash-heap. I got it on a trial like someone suggested. Oh, I did want to pay for it, but even that progress was buggy.

    Now if you want to reward people who do care about their games, then reward that guy who made survivalist. Or Larian Studios. They made Divinity Original sin 1 and 2, two great games in a row.    … Expand
  2. Jintoss
    Jun 5, 2018
    3
    State 2 plays like a botched remaster and not a true sequel. The biggest letdown is tethered p2p coop instead of persistent, dedicated servers. Poor event and mission variety. It's a half-hearted reskin of the original, and the graphics aren't even 2018 good. Botched. Remaster.
  3. aj587
    Jun 4, 2018
    7
    EDIT: Since they fixed almost all the bugs I've been experiencing, they really NEED to tone down the zombie spawns. They literally spawn in next to you as soon as you open a map and in general. There's no reason there should be so many zombies in the middle of a grassfield in the boonies. Make them harder-hitting, but LESSEN the overall zombies. It's so annoying and tedious.

    OLD Review:    EDIT: Since they fixed almost all the bugs I've been experiencing, they really NEED to tone down the zombie spawns. They literally spawn in next to you as soon as you open a map and in general. There's no reason there should be so many zombies in the middle of a grassfield in the boonies. Make them harder-hitting, but LESSEN the overall zombies. It's so annoying and tedious.

    OLD Review:
    Great concept but the countless bugs and glitches can hamper your experience. Windows store aside, the co-op so far has been hit or miss with invisible zombies and supply lockers, glitchy doors that look open but are closed, people and NPCs/zombies desyncing, etc.

    The most infuriating bugs are that NPCS seemingly never use the watchtower in your base and zombies just walts in the doors of your base since your guys never want to close them (or jump over your unfortified walls which you can't fortify unless you block off that section with a car).

    The game is essentially a looting simulator and fetch quest game so it won't be for everybody. I love the game but this game should not have been released in such a buggy state. It has the backing of Microsoft and yet all these bugs persist. They have a lot of stuff to patch.    … Expand
  4. Ocelot113
    Jun 2, 2018
    3
    Honestly, I was waiting on this game a long time. I did like the first one a lot. But like everyone else was a bit disappointed by the lack of an endgame and no coop. Interestingly, State of Decay 2 addressed these 2 things... abysmally.

    Their coop in this game is pretty much laughable. Tethering in an open world game is a mega fail. Also, why would anyone coop in this game. There is    Honestly, I was waiting on this game a long time. I did like the first one a lot. But like everyone else was a bit disappointed by the lack of an endgame and no coop. Interestingly, State of Decay 2 addressed these 2 things... abysmally.

    Their coop in this game is pretty much laughable. Tethering in an open world game is a mega fail. Also, why would anyone coop in this game. There is nothing to gain at all. In 1999 Jet-force Gemini on the N64 allowed for an unlock-able robot that someone else could control. Meaning they could point at this on the screen and shoot at it, not actually move it. This Coop is about on par with that 1999 innovation. Loot is separate, base building is for the host only. So all you do is follow around the host wacking at things on the screen. Other than that there is no story or any good reason to actually join a friend.

    As for the endgame. Its boring. They said, "Our fans want a conclusion.", so they put you on an incredibly boring loop of doing the same thing for 40 hours. But wait, next time pick a new leader and do 1 other incredibly boring task for 40 hours.

    I will not be buying the next one. We asked to take what was good about SOD1 and flesh it out. You took SOD1 and fans ideas and added really terrible execution of those great ideas in attempt to extend the games length. Guys, it's boring and rushed. Enjoy, your profits. You've proven you are a one hit wonder.    … Expand
  5. Woofies
    Jun 1, 2018
    3
    Pretty much the same as the first state of decay with some minor improvements with with bases and NPC characters. Also added co op that seems tacked on and not a focus from the start of development as there is very little to do with your friends. It would be a solid game if not for all the bugs in the game, just to name a few I experienced, you sometimes get teleported when getting out ofPretty much the same as the first state of decay with some minor improvements with with bases and NPC characters. Also added co op that seems tacked on and not a focus from the start of development as there is very little to do with your friends. It would be a solid game if not for all the bugs in the game, just to name a few I experienced, you sometimes get teleported when getting out of a vehicle, you can fall through the floor, and when you switch characters when they are on the upper floor of your base they sometimes just fall from the top floor of your base and break bones. The bugs in this game are very infuriating especially since vehicles in the game can get stuck on almost anything including tiny rocks on the ground its ridiculous, and at one point my vehicle hit a bump on the road and launched me in the air half way across the map, absolutely disgusting. Until they patch this game, it is well below average.… Expand
  6. scharmers
    May 31, 2018
    5
    More of what you may (or may not) have enjoyed from the first SoD -- a strong, open-world, 3rd-person zombie survival sim. However, initial release is unforgivably riddled with bugs and sloppy design decisions. SoD2 is, unfortunately, a cliche case of "one step forward, two steps back" in the franchise.
  7. Yodamann
    May 31, 2018
    10
    Spectacular game, best zombie apocalypse simulator ever designed. Graphics, sound and gameplay are all well done and improve upon the original in every conceivable way. If you enjoyed the 1st SoD you'll love SoD2.
  8. Nokturnalex
    May 30, 2018
    1
    Riddle me this, how does Microsoft manage to fund a game, make it exclusively for their platforms, not even release it on Steam, yet fail to do any Quality Assurance? This game manages to be even more buggy and clunky than the original with even less story and just more repetition.
  9. bernardirafael
    May 29, 2018
    3
    I'll make it simple: I couldn't play it. I watched a review about this game that kind of summed up everything: this game seems to be half of many game styles. Half arcade... half coop... half survival... and so on.
    Since the beginning of the game, I felt like it lacks the "feeling" a survival game should bring. I felt like I am limited by the game story and can't (or shouldn't) be free to    I'll make it simple: I couldn't play it. I watched a review about this game that kind of summed up everything: this game seems to be half of many game styles. Half arcade... half coop... half survival... and so on.
    Since the beginning of the game, I felt like it lacks the "feeling" a survival game should bring. I felt like I am limited by the game story and can't (or shouldn't) be free to do whatever I want to survive, as I do in other survival games.
    The multiplayer is garbage... if you are the host, your friends' purpose is just to serve you. Not to mention that you can't find other players around. To the point: you won't feel that chill down your spine when you hear a shot nearby, thinking "someone is around!". You don't have to worry if you accidentally shoot your teammate, since no friendly fire is available... I mean, these are things that give an immersion in the game.
    Looting just takes too long... like seriously? That makes the game boring and for some people like me, not a pleasure to play.

    I understand that some people might like this game... and I don't think it is bad at all... but overrated by many for sure.    … Expand
  10. Crit-ic
    May 29, 2018
    3
    I'll start by saying that the original State of Decay is probably my favourite game of the last decade.

    The biggest improvement/new feature we were supposed to get with this new version was the addition of multiplayer. Unfortunately, not only is it a limited type of multiplayer (friends can jump in-out of your game), but it is extremely buggy and close to unplayable. Then you have to    I'll start by saying that the original State of Decay is probably my favourite game of the last decade.

    The biggest improvement/new feature we were supposed to get with this new version was the addition of multiplayer. Unfortunately, not only is it a limited type of multiplayer (friends can jump in-out of your game), but it is extremely buggy and close to unplayable.

    Then you have to pay through the nose for this "multiplayer", $10/month for Microsoft's Gold live subscription, to be able to jump in and out of friend's games. Come on, this is not an f-ng MMO, you don't even create a shared game with a friend just join their game with one of your characters. Why 10 bucks a month, it doesn't need a server, it's peer to peer.
    Looks like it was designed as a money grab for MS from the very beginning.
    On top of this there is far less weapon variety and the missions become repetitive quite fast.    … Expand
  11. RedOchu
    May 29, 2018
    9
    A simple and fun experience. State of Decay 2 takes almost everything from the first game and improves upon it and also expands the world that the first State of Decay created. Of course, this game isn't for everyone, and no game is or ever will be. However, if you enjoy hands on resource management games and are intrigued by the zombie apocalypse survival genre, you will find hours ofA simple and fun experience. State of Decay 2 takes almost everything from the first game and improves upon it and also expands the world that the first State of Decay created. Of course, this game isn't for everyone, and no game is or ever will be. However, if you enjoy hands on resource management games and are intrigued by the zombie apocalypse survival genre, you will find hours of enjoyment from the game.… Expand
  12. jyonda
    May 29, 2018
    2
    This game is a totally inferior version of the original. It actually looks worse than the first but has none of the depth, character or gameplay. To say the graphics are xbox 360 standard is an insult to the 360.
    I can only imagine that they got rid of the people who lovingly crafted the original because this is terrible. It doesn't matter how many patches or updates thi thing gets it    This game is a totally inferior version of the original. It actually looks worse than the first but has none of the depth, character or gameplay. To say the graphics are xbox 360 standard is an insult to the 360.
    I can only imagine that they got rid of the people who lovingly crafted the original because this is terrible. It doesn't matter how many patches or updates thi thing gets it will still be rubbish so deserves neither your time or your money. I'm glad I tried it out on xbox game pass first. Very disappointing.    … Expand
  13. alex_dragon
    May 29, 2018
    5
    Pro Tip. You can try this game out for free for 14 days, no credit card needed can use paypal also. Make a Microsoft account, register for 14 days trial free, now go to your Microsoft Xbox App (On your windows, not chrome, or any browser) now search for State of Decay 2 in store and you can now install it.

    You can do that to judge whether you should buy the game or not, it's quite    Pro Tip. You can try this game out for free for 14 days, no credit card needed can use paypal also. Make a Microsoft account, register for 14 days trial free, now go to your Microsoft Xbox App (On your windows, not chrome, or any browser) now search for State of Decay 2 in store and you can now install it.

    You can do that to judge whether you should buy the game or not, it's quite generous on Microsoft part. The sad thing is just that there is no steam release

    the game is below average, worst than the first one, it has bugs, some parts are better than the first some are worst. the game finally has Asians in, not sure about Indians yet but hope so

    Some of the things bother me, melee range, melee have extremely short range, if there are zombies in wooden fences, you cannot hit them, but they can hit you. and if you try to use melee on zombies close to your teammates, you can't hit them behind your friends when it should. since the model is long enough. the Dev decision on these changes made me wonder why. since the first game doesn't have these issues.

    most of the time when you are trying to melee zombies, your attacks will be hitting the sky unless you are extremely close. (The model should have hit but it didn't, it ruined the immersion and breaks the game)

    Also to note, the game will only work on Windows 10 same with the method I posted above

    the fact that there are no official forums around is a big deal, means theres nowhere to provide feedback for the devs, and they don't seem to care for anything    … Expand
  14. jollypowa
    May 28, 2018
    10
    The best zombie survival on PC, not perfectly optimized in the multyplayer mode, but will keep you attached to the monitor for a long time.
  15. Ericthered06
    May 28, 2018
    8
    Came into the game never having played the first. But this game draws you in. You want to keep searching for items, finding other survivors, killing zombies along the way. A few hours later you realize all the hate is bs. Not once have I come across any glitches or game breaking bugs. The game is fun and addicting. Give it a shot.
  16. Sintjago
    May 28, 2018
    8
    I enjoyed playing it for 3 days on Xbox One. Played it mostly by myself, but planning on jumping in on others game soon. My base has 7 people and is self-sustaining. I lost all my initial members. At first I thought changing base was the worse decision but now my new base is thriving. There is trial and error to base management. Upgrades should always detail their new maintenance cost. II enjoyed playing it for 3 days on Xbox One. Played it mostly by myself, but planning on jumping in on others game soon. My base has 7 people and is self-sustaining. I lost all my initial members. At first I thought changing base was the worse decision but now my new base is thriving. There is trial and error to base management. Upgrades should always detail their new maintenance cost. I lost an agriculture professor because I thought the game was closed when I was in the Xbox One homepage but it was still working in the background. I found it fun, but not perfect. Looking forward to having 2 other communities in the 2 other maps.… Expand
  17. Tannen
    May 28, 2018
    4
    Honest review after 30 hours of playing:

    1: The Map(s) (5/10): The increased map size doesn't really achieve a huge amount, because it's fractured into three essentially identical areas with no particular variation, difficulty curve or purpose. The buildings feel copy-pasted to the point where you soon know the layout of every building after an hour of playing. The world itself feels    Honest review after 30 hours of playing:

    1: The Map(s) (5/10):
    The increased map size doesn't really achieve a huge amount, because it's fractured into three essentially identical areas with no particular variation, difficulty curve or purpose. The buildings feel copy-pasted to the point where you soon know the layout of every building after an hour of playing. The world itself feels authentic enough, but the geography is uninspired and soulless.

    2: The Combat (8/10):
    One of the best aspects of these games, the melee and ranged combat are both fairly decent. You feel like you have control over your character when fighting the zeds, and failures are usually understandable, so you learn from them. Combat moves are moderately varied but get old quite rapidly, but at the same time I can't imagine any better system. Guns feel unique and punchy enough to make different classes unique and leave you with favourites.

    The vehicles feel varied and punchy/sluggish as appropriate, while providing a naturally wholesale method of slaughtering huge hordes of vehicles. Damage feels fair and balanced, but fixing up a ride from husk to full in a single toolkit seems a bit dumbed-down. Gathering fuel constantly is a bit tedious.

    3: Base Building (4/10):
    A worthy effort, hamstrung by claustrophobic limitations and an irritating fun vs utility dynamic. Most of the time you'll find yourself unable to build any interesting facilities such as an auto shop or firing range, because you need every available inch of space to build farms and resource collection. The bases themselves are unchanging and won't allow you to build better walls, blockades or even intelligent placement choices. A best example is a late-game strip mall base, with a large flat roof and a huge walled-off car park. Neither are possible to build on, leaving you unable to use the roof for, say, water collection or security.

    Outposts are another completely wasted effort - you stick a flag in a stack of boxes and it passively sends you whatever benefit that building yields. That's it. No other management is available.

    4: Missions & NPCs (3/10):
    Irritating and soulless in equal measure. Missions fail if you switch characters (who can be tired and injured!) and NPCs routinely run away from you or knock zeds out of your grapple.

    5: Looting (4/10):
    Gathering supplies, weapons and sundry items is the embodiment of the grind that is central to the game. It's generally uninspired and slow, making you trade off 8 second looting times (holding a button and waiting) vs almost guaranteed zombie attacks as you make noise. The items are seldom exciting and do little but fill back up the ever depleting meters in your base.

    6: The Zombies (7/10):
    The zeds are nice and varied, providing a constantly shifting challenge to an unwary traveller. Some run, some crouch, some crawl towards you. Most are not even remotely a threat, but you still have to deal with every one you tangle with or they'll clamp down on your neck. Low stamina means you'll often tire and get swamped as you'd expect.

    The specials are, ironically, nothing special. They're effectively identical to the first game and can usually be dispatched with a car door or single head shot, barring the Juggernaut. Ferals are scary fast and Bloaters will wreck your day in a car if you hit one, so they keep you on your toes.

    7: The Plague (4/10):
    The threat of getting infected and clearing "Plague Hearts" (whatever the hell they're supposed to be) is an nonthreatening and uninspired antagonist. The Hearts themselves are genuinely difficult to dispose of and provide good crescendos, but are ultimately nothing but damage sponges and require little in the way of tactics.

    8: The Engine & Graphics (2/10):
    The engine this game is built upon feels dated and buggy but generally functional. Graphically, the game is sub-par and tries to hide it's poor visuals with bloom, lens flare and motion blur. Fixing these requires editing locked-down INI files to improve FOV, remove depth of field, film grain and motion blur - all things that should be available in-game as options. Awful.

    In addition, the reports of bugs are not exaggerated. You get stuck 2-3 times per session on average and require the in-game "unstuck" assist, and often find zombies inside rocks etc.

    9: Coop Gameplay (2/10):
    Such a wasted effort. Constant disconnects, a P2P tick-rate of about 4 updates per second (yes, really) and dozens of bugs and glitches makes multiplayer almost unplayable. You are unable to loot what you want due to a draconian colour-coded loot splitting process that prevents you from looting 50% of all items, and being slaved like a hand servant to the host for items, missions and travel. You're unable to interact with NPCs beyond a bit of trading, and cannot even open car doors to help kill zombies while on the move. Absolutely terrible, and one of the worst disappointments the game provides.

    4/10    … Expand
  18. JinIluminado
    May 28, 2018
    8
    Como um usuario de Playstation esse foi um dos poucos jogos exclusivos da microsoft que gostei de de jogar.
    Não é um jogo para qualquer um, pois é um jogo de nicho (gerenciamento de recursos) então acho normal algumas pessoas terem esperado um jogo tradicional de zumbis e ter se decepcionado.
    Eu perco a noção do tempo jogando. As mecânicas do jogo são bem interessantes e você REALMENTE    Como um usuario de Playstation esse foi um dos poucos jogos exclusivos da microsoft que gostei de de jogar.
    Não é um jogo para qualquer um, pois é um jogo de nicho (gerenciamento de recursos) então acho normal algumas pessoas terem esperado um jogo tradicional de zumbis e ter se decepcionado.

    Eu perco a noção do tempo jogando. As mecânicas do jogo são bem interessantes e você REALMENTE sente medo de morrer com um personagem e perder-lo.

    Dito isso, o jogo tem bug's. Alguns bem irritantes e outros que realmente atrapalham o jogo (perdi um dos melhores carros que encontrei nesse brincadeira).
    Os gráficos também estão medianos.

    Mas pelo que vi parece que esse jogo não mudou muito em relação ao primeiro. Como eu não joguei o primeiro eu tendo a ter uma opinião mais favorável, talvez se eu tivesse jogado também acharia isso mas não posso afirmar.    … Expand
  19. Creample
    May 27, 2018
    5
    I hate to give it only 5 but the coop really downgraded the game. Single player is fun and worth a 7.5/10, driving is smooth, character skill is well balanced, permanent death creates excitement and consideration.is a fun RPG zombie game with the gentle atmosphere(that being said, when going to new map need to abandon the old base is really bad, why punish player to explorer the map thatI hate to give it only 5 but the coop really downgraded the game. Single player is fun and worth a 7.5/10, driving is smooth, character skill is well balanced, permanent death creates excitement and consideration.is a fun RPG zombie game with the gentle atmosphere(that being said, when going to new map need to abandon the old base is really bad, why punish player to explorer the map that you work hard with???)
    but when it comes to the coop, bug, delay, disconnect and wired limitation downgraded the game .as a volunteer, u cannot use host base nor own base, the item share system is bad. I have a disconnect every 15 - 20 minutes while playing with my friends, there are some little bugs constantly too.    … Expand
  20. urieaal
    May 27, 2018
    4
    Meh.. in state of decay there was some story, A bit of wonder and excitement and even random over powered items to find..

    Alas i find state of decay 2 lacking.. the game feels rushed. The 5 hours i have put into the game so far following just the games quests... Mind you, not just wandering around... i have been asking what? why?? huh..? A character creator even a basic one is a    Meh.. in state of decay there was some story, A bit of wonder and excitement and even random over powered items to find..

    Alas i find state of decay 2 lacking.. the game feels rushed. The 5 hours i have put into the game so far following just the games quests... Mind you, not just wandering around... i have been asking what? why?? huh..?

    A character creator even a basic one is a staple in games these days... vary rarely do games not have a character creator and tell a decent story. It is sorely needed and one of very few things i thought was missing from SoD. The base building is almost the same... except more options and mods.. it needs better options not more... reinforce fencing, expand area... herp a derp???

    Larger bases or expandable bases would have been better... more defense options would have been nice.. not even 5 hours in and im getting sieged by zombie hordes every 30 minutes. all i did was build the basics, pharmacy water catch, watch tower oh and removed garbage and fixed the master bedroom. How is that 2 of 3 bars.

    Nothing i/we built makes noise... the lookout tower upgraded to level 2 even..nothing makes noise... its not like we have flood lights thanks to good ol electricity.. one of the mods is a generator adding electricity if you refuel it to an area of your base....

    SoD allows to you just grab a vehicle and go... SoD2 you need gas for cars and repair kits...... its very tedious early and a waste of inventory space later. i did not want to micro manage every single aspect of a human being.... breathing... its to much micro managing... food, medicine, ammo, salvage... that was what you needed in SoD, now you need water and electricity, gas and some other bs.. oh and cars are much fewer all carry 5-6 items/sacks.

    this game just feels really rushed... Haven't they been working on SoD2 for about 4 years now? Wth happened? the blood plague was just a bad **** idea... it gets a bit ridiculous..

    I really really liked SoD but SoD2 is missing too much and is far to buggy. even after the updates i lost a vehicle and got stuck just running on top of a stack of bricks in a truck at the nursery. my character got stuck inside the small (should have been easy to jump over) bricks.

    Did they even play test this game at all..... the problems i've had already and i literally just bought an x1s and this game... tempted to return both.    … Expand
  21. MastaDyemon
    May 27, 2018
    5
    Не нужный Microsoft store, проблема с соединением при подключении к друзьям и наоборот, много багов, микрофризы, отсутствие игры в Steam на данный момент, нет поддержки Windows 7 хотя игра работает на directX 11. В остальном все как в первой части и немного разнообразней. Завышенные системные требования, игру нужно оптимизировать и она сможет работать на более слабом железе.
    Пока что    Не нужный Microsoft store, проблема с соединением при подключении к друзьям и наоборот, много багов, микрофризы, отсутствие игры в Steam на данный момент, нет поддержки Windows 7 хотя игра работает на directX 11. В остальном все как в первой части и немного разнообразней. Завышенные системные требования, игру нужно оптимизировать и она сможет работать на более слабом железе.
    Пока что основные минусы:
    - Нет поддержки Steam
    - Нет поддержки Windows 7
    - Не оптимизировано    … Expand
  22. josei1985
    May 27, 2018
    4
    Videojuego que no tiene ningún punto claro a favor de su compra. Gráficos de anterior generación, algún bug, sin modo historia y con misiones que parecen sacadas del contenido secundario de cualquier sandbox (ve al punto B, habla con X, ayúdale, reclútale, mata la infección, vamos, mata a zombies, vuelve a casa). Y entre medias, recoge equipo ya sea comida, municiones, medicamentos,...Videojuego que no tiene ningún punto claro a favor de su compra. Gráficos de anterior generación, algún bug, sin modo historia y con misiones que parecen sacadas del contenido secundario de cualquier sandbox (ve al punto B, habla con X, ayúdale, reclútale, mata la infección, vamos, mata a zombies, vuelve a casa). Y entre medias, recoge equipo ya sea comida, municiones, medicamentos,... para mantener la moral alta. Lo mismo una y otra vez. Requiere ir cambiando de personaje y como no tengamos prudencia llevando armas de fuego, si el personaje muere será de forma permanente aunque con otro tipo podremos recuperar el equipo que llevara. Un par de horas vale para hacerse una idea de lo que es y ya llevo unas 10 cuando hago esta reseña.

    Lo bueno es que gracias al gamepass he podido jugar por 3€ gracias a una key. Si hubiese pagado 30€ por él, me hubiera ahorcado. Sea of thieves y state of decay 2, qué han hecho los xboxers para merecer estos exclusivos.    … Expand
  23. Japzzi
    May 27, 2018
    3
    I am really glad that I got this game on game pass.

    The game for me is a major dissapointment. I mainly bought the game for the multiplayer. Being a giant fan of State of Decay 1 me and my friends always wanted to try and play together and when news hit us that State Of Decay 2 would have multiplayer we were delighted! But the game is a major letdown. I have never seen a bigger    I am really glad that I got this game on game pass.

    The game for me is a major dissapointment. I mainly bought the game for the multiplayer. Being a giant fan of State of Decay 1 me and my friends always wanted to try and play together and when news hit us that State Of Decay 2 would have multiplayer we were delighted!

    But the game is a major letdown. I have never seen a bigger amount of bugs and glitches in any game compared to this. From the start up screen being stuck to cars randomly hitting invisible walls making the car fly into the air like a rocket blowing it up. Supply locker (The place were you get your things) dissapearing, falling into the ground and the fact that 9/10 times you can't even open the side door as a passenger while driving is horrendous. 5000 characters aren't even enough to explain all the bugs we have seen.

    If you are here for the single player only then I wouldn't advise to buy either. The game is just a prettier version of the first. There are no new freaks and freaks such as ferals have been made mind nummingly easy. This game brings nothing new to the board really except for a feature that really looked forward to and that was blood plague. The idea of ´having to choose to go on risky missions to get samples to make a cure for a really good survivor or simply banishing them added a major challenge. But this feature is also dissapointing. Blood Plagues are so easy to cure that it is a insult. Have your character contracted blood plague? No worries just put him into the infirmary and you can basicly keep him alive for as long as you want.

    All in all I am very sad that the game turned out to be the buggy mess that it was and I feel really bad for the people who bought the game only for it to turn them down big time. If you really want to try the game out though then get it on game pass!    … Expand
  24. homebrewedteach
    May 26, 2018
    0
    God this game is bad. Unplayable. Its laggy as hell. Almost gave me motion sickness with the camera work.
  25. Yulie
    May 26, 2018
    0
    First, this game does not even pass as beta quality. It is Early Access quality at best. Game breaking bugs within the first 10 minutes of playing. Within an hour, my man and I were ready to pull our hair out. The multi-player option is a disaster! Tried to give it another shot and gave up for sake of our sanity. We decided to cut our losses of 29.99 each and move on. Disgrace of a game.
  26. Picklepinata
    May 26, 2018
    2
    UPDATE: Now I'm stuck at the opening logo...can't even reach the "Press any key" part.
    Fun game...for the one hour that it worked. Now when I try to boot up the game it asks me to "Press any key". However, no matter how many keys I press, nothings happens. This is what I'd consider a game-breaking bug and why I do NOT recommend this game until they fix it.
    Adding further insult to injury    UPDATE: Now I'm stuck at the opening logo...can't even reach the "Press any key" part.
    Fun game...for the one hour that it worked. Now when I try to boot up the game it asks me to "Press any key". However, no matter how many keys I press, nothings happens. This is what I'd consider a game-breaking bug and why I do NOT recommend this game until they fix it.
    Adding further insult to injury there seems to be very little communication or support for this game. I can't find solutions to these issue anywhere, just more people voicing the same problems.    … Expand
  27. Awman
    May 25, 2018
    1
    This game is state of decay 1.0005 . Xbox 360 graphics (let's not forget hilariously bad cut scene and animations) in a 2018 game is unacceptable, shame on the devs. The numbers of bugs is as impressive as the first one, shame on the devs. Finally the game is booooooooring. Search food, kill some zombies, wait till your out of food, rince, repeat. I had more fun doing my laundry thisThis game is state of decay 1.0005 . Xbox 360 graphics (let's not forget hilariously bad cut scene and animations) in a 2018 game is unacceptable, shame on the devs. The numbers of bugs is as impressive as the first one, shame on the devs. Finally the game is booooooooring. Search food, kill some zombies, wait till your out of food, rince, repeat. I had more fun doing my laundry this afternoon. The game should run on an dual core cpu and a iGPU but it doesn't, which is ununderstandable when you look at those pityful graphics. I give it 1/10 just because i got it for free and it didn't crash every 10 minutes like state of decay 1 (just one crash, yeah!). Otherwise, the game is a shame, this game's dev should really think about changing job, a job that would suit them better like carpenters or uber drivers, anything as long as it's not in the game industry.… Expand
  28. Fuzzy_Duo
    May 25, 2018
    3
    I came into the game from the original game, aside from the graphical update the first game is by far the superior.
    State of Decay 1 is by no means perfect or devoid of bugs but compared to 2 its a highly polished masterpiece as the sequel is a buggy optimised sloppily paced game that screams of desperation from xbox to rush the game out to have yet another disappointing game to its    I came into the game from the original game, aside from the graphical update the first game is by far the superior.
    State of Decay 1 is by no means perfect or devoid of bugs but compared to 2 its a highly polished masterpiece as the sequel is a buggy optimised sloppily paced game that screams of desperation from xbox to rush the game out to have yet another disappointing game to its roster which has damaged the game for not only itself by the PC port as well.
    Save your money & wait until it's in the bargain bin if you are curious about it (shouldn't take long) as it stands it's not worth half its sticker price.    … Expand
  29. FarkyJTV
    May 25, 2018
    5
    mediocre.its getting old really fast.its like this war of mine but without story and tension.
    its really hard to get win and xbox players to connect.world seems quite empty.few enemy types.building and upgrading limited for my taste no fallout crazyness..fetch quest quite the same.unlogical inventory mechanics(bags of supplies and moving items to and from trunk.
    i played 5 hours and i am    mediocre.its getting old really fast.its like this war of mine but without story and tension.
    its really hard to get win and xbox players to connect.world seems quite empty.few enemy types.building and upgrading limited for my taste no fallout crazyness..fetch quest quite the same.unlogical inventory mechanics(bags of supplies and moving items to and from trunk.
    i played 5 hours and i am feeling iam done with this game.i rahter play csgo or something    … Expand
  30. dmanizzle
    May 24, 2018
    5
    The concept of this game was great, but it is overshadowed by bugs, glitches, and annoying mechanics.

    The first huge problem I came into during the first hour was huge amount of bugs with driving, fighting, and movement. There was no story or any story line in the game which dulled the game a bit. Coop, which was a huge seller for some of us, was a huge disappointment. It was not only    The concept of this game was great, but it is overshadowed by bugs, glitches, and annoying mechanics.

    The first huge problem I came into during the first hour was huge amount of bugs with driving, fighting, and movement. There was no story or any story line in the game which dulled the game a bit. Coop, which was a huge seller for some of us, was a huge disappointment. It was not only extremely laggy every 20 - 30 seconds, but it did not even feel like coop. The fighting, movement, and game play mechanics felt not only janky, but really lackluster.

    The zombie and human AI from this game was just as braindead and **** as the first game.
    After a while, you begin to realize the amount of repetitive missions and tasks you do for your base. There is nothing new or innovative in this game in that aspect. On the other hand, the base building was overhauled and expanded with improvements. But you soon realize how base building is not only limited, but really shallow. I am not a player who cares much for graphics, but it felt a bit lackluster on the pc side.

    Overall, this game is just average. It was great for the first 10 hours, but then I realized how dull, repetitive, and shallow it actually was. Unfortunately, it did not feel as enjoyable as the first one, and really felt like another disappointing game of 2018.    … Expand
  31. TechnoReviewers
    May 24, 2018
    9
    ¿Do we even need a explication for this? State of decay 2 is a improvement of the first game, but it essencially it is the same, good game, great gameplay, awesome graphics.
  32. Nemo7777
    May 24, 2018
    8
    The gameplay, though simple, is entertaining. The game is a nice combination of sandbox and RPG. I like the procedural generation of missions and NPCs, but it's true that those aspects come at the expense of depth of story. I'm hoping for DLC to flesh things out and maybe add some depth, but the gameplay is good -not great- as is.

    The graphics are on the crude side, and there are    The gameplay, though simple, is entertaining. The game is a nice combination of sandbox and RPG. I like the procedural generation of missions and NPCs, but it's true that those aspects come at the expense of depth of story. I'm hoping for DLC to flesh things out and maybe add some depth, but the gameplay is good -not great- as is.

    The graphics are on the crude side, and there are some really annoying bugs. There are also some things I'd like to see improved- for example, the AI for your teammates is pretty much non-existent. When you are off base the team sort of sits around waiting for you to show up. You get an occasional message from them, as well as a few low grade items they 'scrounged' while you were out, but mostly the base sits in stasis until you return. It would be nice to be able to assign teammates to complete missions or projects, or maybe even send them out to search for materials you need. Hell, you even have to empty the damn vehicle yourself when you return from scrounging. Get off your butts and help me haul this **** inside you damn bunch of loafers!

    Still, I do keep playing so there's something there that rewards me.    … Expand
  33. jemat
    May 24, 2018
    9
    Soo... This iteration is amazing.
    I played SOD 1 from day 1 and enjoyed it immensely.
    I really love the new graphics, even if there are a few minor bugs, but what game doesn't have a few bugs?? The only thing I do not care for is the enclave system.. I think there should be rewards for helping like in the last game. I would also like to be able to call scavengers again! Other than    Soo... This iteration is amazing.
    I played SOD 1 from day 1 and enjoyed it immensely.
    I really love the new graphics, even if there are a few minor bugs, but what game doesn't have a few bugs??
    The only thing I do not care for is the enclave system.. I think there should be rewards for helping like in the last game.
    I would also like to be able to call scavengers again!
    Other than that, game is amazing.    … Expand
  34. killco101
    May 24, 2018
    10
    good pre successor to the new game. love it! the loop is great and the building is great.
  35. dibernardo
    May 24, 2018
    0
    Jogo bem fraco, eu esperava bem mais dele. Não gostei nem um pouco, extremamente decepcionado.
  36. Ahlefeldt
    May 24, 2018
    7
    I came into State of Decay 2 without having played the first one and was kinda excited but dissapointed nonetheless.

    A few hours into it and I am enjoying myself but I don't know how long it'll be fun. A great new release won't get out of your mind for a good period of time whether you're in school or work. You just can't wait to play it but State of Decay 2 haven't accomplished that to    I came into State of Decay 2 without having played the first one and was kinda excited but dissapointed nonetheless.

    A few hours into it and I am enjoying myself but I don't know how long it'll be fun. A great new release won't get out of your mind for a good period of time whether you're in school or work. You just can't wait to play it but State of Decay 2 haven't accomplished that to me.

    it's a Loot & Quest fetch game where you take role as one of your survivors, easily able to switch between them and gather resources to keep your community safe, fed and happy. You can upgrade your bases to a limit but not the outposts which left me very dissapointed. I was expecting to barricade my base and decorate it but you are limited to making a few facilities depending on what type of "base" you have claimed. Bases and Outposts are two different things where Outposts are just claimed areas that provide a tiny benefit which to me is almost pointless getting since once you've claimed an Outpost, it's just there, sitting and zombies still roaming around it.
    Very dissapointed with the building and upgrading of your locations in this game but I do like the modding feature.

    Coop is an excellent disaster for me. Never having played the first State of Decay, I don't know how much coop was craved for but I can't see myself playing with any of my friends in this game since nobody wants to be the one occupying one of your friends survivors and just helping their community out.
    Exactly, theirs. If you join a friends world, it's limited what you can do. You have to be in range of them and you cannot do much in bases like building and upgrading. Very dissapointed here too because I had hoped coop would be this big mess where your friends and you would play either together, neutral or versus on a big island and run your own communities or join each others and both be "leaders" but that isn't what we got.

    Zeds (zombies) aren't difficult in my opinion and I don't have trouble clearing a town with the screwdriver you start with. Hordes are a bit more difficult but then again, not really. I haven't dared closing in on a Juggernaut yet and won't intend to do so in the future ever.

    Overall, I enjoy it but not so much that I am super excited to play it.    … Expand
  37. LastAeon
    May 24, 2018
    9
    Absolutely loving this game. There are bugs, but not on the level the gaming media and hateful gamers would have you believe.
    All games have some type of bugs and like those other games these bugs will eventually be fixed. However even with them the game is great! As a PC player it is obvious that this game is getting hate because it's an XBOX LIVE exclusive which is a shame.
  38. Ezzex
    May 23, 2018
    5
    I purchased this to play coop with friends on XBOX... PC windows 10 to Xbox consoles... Friends keep disconnecting its unplayable.

    Very survivor based, good solo game probably. Its smooth by yourself. Unfortunately the coop feels like a last addition because it keeps all the survivors seperate, loot is seperate. You dont build together. When playing the solo your back up    I purchased this to play coop with friends on XBOX... PC windows 10 to Xbox consoles... Friends keep disconnecting its unplayable.

    Very survivor based, good solo game probably. Its smooth by yourself. Unfortunately the coop feels like a last addition because it keeps all the survivors seperate, loot is seperate. You dont build together. When playing the solo your back up constantly gets lost and runs away.

    The world seems relatively empty. Is there a main story? I wish I moved faster in stealth... clearing respawning zombies gets tiring.

    Anyhow, I have limited game play... main reason I am annoyed is that the coop dont work (at all) or not at all for us. Two of us live in the same building and the other lives in another province (aka state).    … Expand
  39. llvllr30
    May 23, 2018
    2
    Cant believe someone say that this piece of **** has better sense of apocalypse than the last of us
    this **** even worse than the first one
  40. XBOXADDICT80
    May 23, 2018
    8
    I playing this games for three days solid now and yeah the game is buggy but I have had nothing but fun in multiplayer. But the bugs can be fixed, in time many other games have released with bugs but nothing game breaking. This is definitely a 8/10 for me!!
  41. slenk
    May 23, 2018
    9
    This is a greatly improved version of the first game. Most of the changes Undead Labs made are things I frequently found myself wanting in the original, such as the gas, community leaders, and hostile survivors. I'm very pleased with the game, especially at $30. After about 5 hours I have yet to run into any bugs or crashes, with the only issue so far being one instance of stuttering thatThis is a greatly improved version of the first game. Most of the changes Undead Labs made are things I frequently found myself wanting in the original, such as the gas, community leaders, and hostile survivors. I'm very pleased with the game, especially at $30. After about 5 hours I have yet to run into any bugs or crashes, with the only issue so far being one instance of stuttering that lasted about 5-10 seconds. If you were a fan of the original State of Decay, I would highly recommend State of Decay 2.… Expand
  42. Felek01
    May 23, 2018
    8
    Positives -
    Tutorial fast and easy
    Each item you pick up, it tells you what it is used for, Base management is fun Each member has their own needs Each vehicle has its own feel on how it drives Night exploration is tense but rewarding Negatives - Can get very repetitive if you decide to only loot Throwables aka. molotoves, nades... not always go where you point them Regarding    Positives -
    Tutorial fast and easy
    Each item you pick up, it tells you what it is used for,
    Base management is fun
    Each member has their own needs
    Each vehicle has its own feel on how it drives
    Night exploration is tense but rewarding

    Negatives -
    Can get very repetitive if you decide to only loot
    Throwables aka. molotoves, nades... not always go where you point them
    Regarding the bugs, i have got stuck 2 times in places where i couldn't move and zombies were able to hit me. But the unstuck feature works great in situation like this.

    Improvements-
    I think that some of the things that need improvements are from what i have heard is co-op.
    AI needs some tweaking
    Unexpected events such as "gangs" could be a great feature, where you have a group of aggressive people scavenging your area

    Overall -
    Since i have only played 4 hours of the standard edition of the game, and the only game mode i have played was single player. Overall I found it fun, since the games remind me of The Long Dark.
    It is not the best game, since it has its flaws, but its a decent game to pick and play for a couple of hours each day.    … Expand
  43. Jmaconpc
    May 22, 2018
    4
    just a half baked open world with some repeatable missions
    maybe there is plans to release something interesting in the future?
  44. BeeTeeTee
    May 22, 2018
    5
    The game has an excellent framework and I can see myself spending a lot of time playing it. The game should absolutely NOT have been released in its current state however. Its a buggy mess. I'm rarely able to play for much longer than an hour before I encounter a bug that requires me to completely exit the game in order to fix, whether that be the camera breaking and refusing to follow myThe game has an excellent framework and I can see myself spending a lot of time playing it. The game should absolutely NOT have been released in its current state however. Its a buggy mess. I'm rarely able to play for much longer than an hour before I encounter a bug that requires me to completely exit the game in order to fix, whether that be the camera breaking and refusing to follow my player, the game refusing to let me enlist a follower because it thinks I already have one, followers disappearing etc.

    The game also has general framerate issues. Even at 1440p I regularly drop into the low 40's. Keep in mind this is on a top of the line system (GTX 1080, i7 4.5 Ghz and 32gb of ram). I can run Witcher 3 with added texture packs at 1440p with a perfectly constant 60fps, and that game is INFININITELY more graphically impressive than this game. I don't expect AAA graphics, but I do expect performance to match the graphical fidelity.    … Expand
  45. Micky350
    May 22, 2018
    6
    Unfinished? A lot of glitches
    That's the first thing that comes to mind when I look back at this game. I thoroughly enjoyed the first game and I have pretty well beat this one now. It is an improvement on the first in some ways but overall it feels unfinished as there are quite a few bugs that either break the game or lessen the experience.
    2 Main glitches come to mind, the biggest is    Unfinished? A lot of glitches
    That's the first thing that comes to mind when I look back at this game. I thoroughly enjoyed the first game and I have pretty well beat this one now. It is an improvement on the first in some ways but overall it feels unfinished as there are quite a few bugs that either break the game or lessen the experience.
    2 Main glitches come to mind, the biggest is the glitch where your follower randomly disappears but it still reads that you have one (so you can't ask anyone that you can actually see fore help) so if you are on a mission where you could use some help well you are either on your own or you reboot the game and lose the mission anyways.
    The second doesn't seem like a big deal but it really annoyed me, zombies just running blindly into walls. This ruins the whole experience and it happens far too often. It makes the game feel unfinished and killing them is no longer rewarding.

    The new base customization is fun but your base never feels like a safe zone, zombies just walk right in whenever and attack you when you're in a menu.

    The NPCs are quite annoying, I am all for helping other groups out or being at war with them but if you have them begging for supplies all of the time then I might as well kill them off as the reward for supplying their base and mine just isn't worth it.

    All in all it is a decent game but I feel like games are being released unfinished and they will just build on it later which is a terrible way to do business if you ask me.    … Expand
  46. EasyTarget973
    May 22, 2018
    6
    6/10. After a few hours, lost interest entirely, which was a pretty big bummer b/c State of Decay kept me around for a while, and I was pretty hyped for this. Game feels like State of Decay 1.5 Feat. Coop. Storyline seems to have been nuked so they could focus on multiplayer/porting to Ue4. If the game allowed the player to have more fun, it would be as well. Tedious interactions/chores6/10. After a few hours, lost interest entirely, which was a pretty big bummer b/c State of Decay kept me around for a while, and I was pretty hyped for this. Game feels like State of Decay 1.5 Feat. Coop. Storyline seems to have been nuked so they could focus on multiplayer/porting to Ue4. If the game allowed the player to have more fun, it would be as well. Tedious interactions/chores (constantly going to and from your car trunk to depot, for example) instantly kill my motivation to want to continue to play. I'm here to slay zombies and build a base, to survive this nonsense. Make my survivors useful, why am I running to and from my car trunk to offload resources when there are 6 people sitting around doing nothing. This is why this game is so hard to enjoy, I want to be out doing the fun **** but instead I'm doing chores in a video game, instead of real life.

    Wish I had played it for free like some other comments/reviews mention. q.q    … Expand
  47. mja8381
    May 22, 2018
    8
    This game is by far the most in depth survival zombie game. Yes it is not without flaws but you will find yourself hooked for some reason. Try it for yourself...with some patching up it can be a MUCH better experience for all. It improves on what the first one does well drastically.
  48. Zayetto
    May 22, 2018
    8
    The game is the perfect evolution of the first title. Bigger maps, more weapons, vehicle, structure, better animations. Better in any way. The overall quality is worth the price. Keep in mind this game is not a stry game but it's core is only the gameplay. You like loot, explore, progress, survive is your game. And keeping in mind thw kind of the game and it's scope i can tell is a good game.
  49. Cloudthor
    May 22, 2018
    10
    Last of us does not have the same complexity and sense of apocalypse that this game has. Graphics are great, excellent and fluid gameplay
  50. Zup421
    May 22, 2018
    8
    the gameplay is fun and good. The game runs okay there are some bugs, especially in multiplayer, but even tho some of these bug's makes the game even more hilarious. I have had some of the best multi-player experience ever in this game. some time the game can become a little repetitive, but it is simulating how surviving would be, with loot getting more and more scarcethe longer you staythe gameplay is fun and good. The game runs okay there are some bugs, especially in multiplayer, but even tho some of these bug's makes the game even more hilarious. I have had some of the best multi-player experience ever in this game. some time the game can become a little repetitive, but it is simulating how surviving would be, with loot getting more and more scarcethe longer you stay at one place. i would recommend this if you liked the first game, because it's just more of the same, but in multiplayer… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 30
  3. Negative: 1 out of 30
  1. Games.cz
    Jul 13, 2018
    70
    In State of Decay 2 we got additions that we didn’t even need, while the mechanics that called for changes (such as fighting) remained without any major interference. The game shoves in multiplayer too much, which degrades some parts of the single-player into a digital chore. Eventually, you may not even appreciate, that the game is bigger than the first one.
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  2. PlayGround.ru
    Jun 25, 2018
    40
    State of Decay 2 looks like a totally broken remake of the original game.
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  3. Game Debate
    Jun 4, 2018
    55
    Ultimately, State of Decay 2 has proven a disappointment. Undead Labs laid the groundwork with the original, but it’s failed to build upon this to any noticeable degree. It’s a much prettier, just as buggy, State of Decay 1.5. To some, just having more may be enough, but it would’ve been nice to see them push the boat out just a little bit more. Perhaps they should’ve done that MMO zombie survival game after all...
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