State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition

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3.8

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 104 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 104
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 104
  3. Negative: 58 out of 104
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  1. miamibreak
    May 23, 2015
    5
    FFS devs, please read this and make this game awesome. We beg you.

    Positives: - Awesome idea, quite nice environment, lots of weapons, gathering resources actions, saving survivals, building up a home (according to this, see a negative below) ...so in total, the concept is okay, keep up developing it! Negatives: - Tons of bugs everywhere. F.e.: zombies are ignoring doors, sinking    FFS devs, please read this and make this game awesome. We beg you.

    Positives:
    - Awesome idea, quite nice environment, lots of weapons, gathering resources actions, saving survivals, building up a home (according to this, see a negative below) ...so in total, the concept is okay, keep up developing it!

    Negatives:
    - Tons of bugs everywhere. F.e.: zombies are ignoring doors, sinking into textures, walking/seeing through walls, disappearing zombies and so on...
    - Controls. Whoever created, fire him or train him. After looting, I have to press each direction's button twice to make my character move properly. We can get used to car controls but it's...khm...well, you guys must know it.
    - Home. We get the point...we're in the middle of hell on earth and stuff but defending your home either is too easy for hours or it's hard as fk. Once my home was overrun 20-25 mins after I've pressed "start a new game" because threat level evolved to 3 but why...? - other time I was waiting at least 2 hours to get to 2 from level 1.
    - Rewarding. Omg, every time we finish no matter which episode, we get this nonsense **** closure. C'mon guyz, do we have to really send our ideas how to close a story? I'm in games development too and this is a very basic rule: reward the player or he's gonna get bored. Easy.

    If you guys would pay attention for what I wrote (and what other players say), within a year or two you can develop prolly the best zombie survival action/management game ever. Please don't fk it up.    … Expand
  2. Klewer
    Feb 5, 2020
    6
    As a stand alone product, this is a good zombie survival game with enjoyable game play and solid mechanics. As a "Final Edition" it leaves a little to be desired, but still worth playing.
  3. Hoodinski
    Jun 6, 2017
    7
    It may not be the best zombie game there was but it has its crooked charm and replayability. There still are bugs and I don't really care about graphics, some features are either buggy or annoying but I enjoyed coming back.
  4. sevifc
    Feb 26, 2016
    6
    No lo considero mal juego, pero si se me hizo bastante repetitivo. El final me chocó bastante, me quedé con ganas de mas. Típico survival en un mundo infectado por zombis. Debes recolectar comida, medicinas y materiales para sobrevivir cada día a la horda de muertos vivientes.
  5. Beeshu
    Dec 22, 2022
    7
    This game is so underrated it hurts. It's not the best PC port ever, but it's a hell of a great survival game. Manage a group of survivors, all of which are playable and have different stats. Pick a home base and gather supplies from the nearby towns and abandoned locations. Characters die permanently! It's a deep and addictive zombie-survival game like no other game out there.
  6. The_D4RknesS
    Jul 8, 2023
    6
    It improved things and made things worse compared to the first version of 2013.
    What has been improved: GRAPHICS, AIMING SENSITIVITY, CAR GAMEPLAY GOT EASIER ,TEXTURES, VEHICLES NOW HAVE A TRUNK, WHEN YOU KILL A ZOMBIE,Combat taste and satisfying , MORE BLOOD COMES OUT...
    What made it worse: THE GAME SOURCE GOT TINY, THE GAME CRASHS A LOT, Zombies got tougher, you lose life and stamina    It improved things and made things worse compared to the first version of 2013.
    What has been improved: GRAPHICS, AIMING SENSITIVITY, CAR GAMEPLAY GOT EASIER ,TEXTURES, VEHICLES NOW HAVE A TRUNK, WHEN YOU KILL A ZOMBIE,Combat taste and satisfying , MORE BLOOD COMES OUT...
    What made it worse: THE GAME SOURCE GOT TINY, THE GAME CRASHS A LOT, Zombies got tougher, you lose life and stamina faster... Anyway at the end of the day it's a fun game but harder than the original    … Expand
  7. Ravager72
    Dec 25, 2022
    7
    Graphically the game isn't amazing, but every once in a while it can surprise with great visuals. I should also note the game resolution only goes up to 1080p, so if you own a bigger monitor with a higher resolution your experience with the graphics will be hindered somewhat.

    The music composed by the great Jesper Kyd and Dreissk is simply great. It helps massively with setting the    Graphically the game isn't amazing, but every once in a while it can surprise with great visuals. I should also note the game resolution only goes up to 1080p, so if you own a bigger monitor with a higher resolution your experience with the graphics will be hindered somewhat.

    The music composed by the great Jesper Kyd and Dreissk is simply great. It helps massively with setting the atmosphere and vibe of the world we're trying to survive in. The tracks also have a lot of variety, while staying true to the original theme.

    Story-wise you won't be disappointed, but you also won't be taken off your feet. The story is good, it has some interesting characters and plots that add good tension to the game. It also has an interesting mechanic of allowing the players to control any character in their group, so the story technically doesn't have a main character. This makes the game more of a story of a group of survivors rather than a single character.

    Including the two DLCs, the game has quite a lot of content. After completing the main story, You can jump into Breakdown, which is a never-ending survival mode or Lifeline, which comes with a new map, characters and story.

    The gameplay is simple with the combat comprising of simply mashing your left mouse button, with occasional roll to dodge an attack or use of an item to heal yourself or restore stamina. For that reason, the gameplay can become quite repetitive after a while, which is why I had to take a break from the game before checking out the DLCs.

    The controls are where this game failed the most for me. Jumping through windows and over walls can sometimes take a few tries to get the angle just right. The characters also tend to get stuck to a single target, and sometimes that target is a zombie you've already knocked down to the ground, so you're stuck smashing the harmless target as you're taking damage from other enemies.

    Overall, I liked the game. It has a lot to offer, especially with the DLCs. It is a perfect game for completionists and players who like to hoard items and resources in a survival-style game.    … Expand

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  1. Ragequit.gr
    Aug 31, 2015
    40
    It is sad to see such a great chance go to waste. What could otherwise have been a crowning achievement in the zombie survival genre, is basically a re-hash of the same ol' we already got two years ago with a few updated bits here and there. If you're an owner of the original SoD and its DLC's, there's no justifiable reason to get this version. If you aren't, however, do yourself a favour and get it. Yesterday.
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  2. The Jimquisition
    May 1, 2015
    50
    I love State of Decay, and that needs to be communicated with all the sincerity in the world. I love that bloody videogame...State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition is a cynical rehash that needed to be much, much more.
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  3. GameStar
    Apr 29, 2015
    81
    Quotation forthcoming.
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