State of Decay 2

 Xbox One
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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 933 Ratings

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  1. NintendoPleb
    May 21, 2018
    0
    such a bad game. I would even go to say it's one of the worst games I've played of all time. So many bugs, and such a punishing game, especially when you can't hit any zombies because of a bug. don't buy honestly
  2. goodreverend2k1
    May 20, 2018
    3
    They are calling this a Triple-A title? It's the same as the original State of Decay. You do the same things, over and over. And OMG the Bugs. You are on the most powerful console ever, PS2 graphics? Weird voice acting. I only recommend trying this if you have Gamepass. If you don't have GP save your money. it will $15 in 2 months.
  3. ChipWhitley1985
    May 18, 2018
    0
    How could you downgrade this from the first game! I guess it could be due to repetetive gameplay but seriously I regret buying this stupid game. You've lost a fan, zombie labs.
  4. RempuiaPC
    May 18, 2018
    0
    Played on a friend's XOne X, it was fun for the first 25 minutes then the bugs started showing up. The amount of bugs is crazy, zombie pops outta nowhere and sometimes get stuck in a wall or roof of a building. My friend's got one of the best internet yet when playing co-op the amount of lag is crazy annoying. The game itself is bad, too repetitive and not exciting that it feels like aPlayed on a friend's XOne X, it was fun for the first 25 minutes then the bugs started showing up. The amount of bugs is crazy, zombie pops outta nowhere and sometimes get stuck in a wall or roof of a building. My friend's got one of the best internet yet when playing co-op the amount of lag is crazy annoying. The game itself is bad, too repetitive and not exciting that it feels like a chore if u play alone. I'm yet to play the superior PC version though.… Expand
  5. xstationbr
    May 18, 2018
    4
    Many bugs.
    Xbox 360 Graphics in retro is better than this crap.
    The game crashed in a short time.
    Poor content if you compare with the SOD1.
    Only added one new Zombi, disease, cooperative and 4K support.
  6. Thorkhrun
    May 18, 2018
    0
    Weak gameplay, poor gameplay, graphs are bad and zombies have an AI flaw. I did not deserve to be released this kind of game ...
  7. ALPHASxCHAOS
    May 18, 2018
    0
    My brother and I were pretty hyped for this game since we enjoyed playing the first one. I was hoping this would be the game xbox brings out and says "look, we can make a good game too" Boy was that wishful thinking. Nothing but bugs on top of bugs. Graphics are dumb down for a triple A game. This is another No man sky and watch dogs rolled into one. I own an xbox one x, ps4, switch and pcMy brother and I were pretty hyped for this game since we enjoyed playing the first one. I was hoping this would be the game xbox brings out and says "look, we can make a good game too" Boy was that wishful thinking. Nothing but bugs on top of bugs. Graphics are dumb down for a triple A game. This is another No man sky and watch dogs rolled into one. I own an xbox one x, ps4, switch and pc so dont say im just a fan boy damaging the game and console. But at this point im done with xbox. Almost 5 years and they cant even bring out a heavy hitter.… Expand
  8. Derrik4999
    May 18, 2018
    0
    Absolute **** hot garbage

    One of the most repetetive games i have played in my life, do thing A, then do thing B.

    Then do thing A and B

    This game has maybe 20 minutes of unique content and that's where it ends, a b s o l u t e l y trash. Don't buy even for 5€.
  9. kitalok0
    May 18, 2018
    0
    Nunca achei que viria um jogo com tantos bugs depois de assassin creed unity
  10. Nareba
    May 18, 2018
    2
    Downgrade, lag, dificuldade pra conectar, mapa vazio e fácil demais. Prefira o primeiro, esse aqui não chega aos pés dele. Esperava mais, muito mais...
  11. Chapa9dj
    May 18, 2018
    1
    Absolutely awful. I hated the previous game due to the lack of story, the tedious missions and how repetitive it was. This is more of the same, but it feels worse and it is a snoozefest.
    Glad i've only paid cents for this. This is garbage.
  12. Not_Ur_Momz
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    There are so many bugs! The original may have even been better. The game play is the same but worse.
  13. ferretface
    Jan 26, 2020
    2
    What a missed opportunity. There are a good deal of interesting ideas in the game, but they're all overshadowed by poor execution. Poor design choices make this game is so frustrating to play. The game grabs your attention right away as you find and begin to build a settlement and level-up your characters.
    However, the game soon devolves into a series of never-ending chores punctuated    What a missed opportunity. There are a good deal of interesting ideas in the game, but they're all overshadowed by poor execution. Poor design choices make this game is so frustrating to play. The game grabs your attention right away as you find and begin to build a settlement and level-up your characters.
    However, the game soon devolves into a series of never-ending chores punctuated by mission that roll in faster than can be addressed. And this is when the frustration really sets in. One of the key aspects of the game is managing inventory and survivors. However, when on a mission, you can't switch between survivors without canceling the mission. Want to switch characters because your currently controlled character injured? Too bad. The game won't allow it without cancelling the mission. Oh, and some missions are on a timer, which is kept a mystery to the player. More than once I've been halfway across the map heading towards a mission only to have it time-out, even though no timer was indicated.
    There are other annoying features as well. The game advises the player to take a companion with you, but most of the time they're so brainless, they only serve as a pack mule to help you carry stuff, but you can't switch to their inventory when on a mission. The game also advises you to use explosives to destroy plague hearts, but as you encounter one, your companion runs up to melee the thing only to be knocked back and injured by your explosives.
    And then there are zombies. The game world populates very fast with zombies. And more than a few times I've cleared out an area only to have a massive hoard of zombies magically appear seconds later and attack me.
    But your enemies aren't all zombies. In this game you are constantly battling against bugs. Your driving full speed and suddenly your vehicle hits an invisible object. Sometimes that invisible object causes your ride to catch fire. Sometimes a bug prevents you from exiting the flaming wreck and you die.
    When your character dies, they're gone from the game. That's it. There's not player-controlled save-game feature, so when the character you've spent hours leveling up suddenly dies due to flaws in the game, it's very frustrating.
    The game's title: State of Decay is an appropriate one as it seems to aptly describe this series.    … Expand
  14. SANGUINNEX
    Aug 2, 2020
    1
    uma carniça cheio de bugs , persoganes e ambientes sem textura. Parece um jogo de xbox 360
  15. ViniciusSzS
    Aug 16, 2020
    3
    Jogo horrível, jogabilidade pífia, essa ideia de acampamento é igual a muitos jogos de celular e ainda consegue ser pior que muitos jogos mobile.
  16. BoldBeef
    May 26, 2018
    0
    Other than the occasional bug (which happens in most games). I'm finding it hard to find damning faults with the title.

    If you liked the first its pretty much the same but with a few tweeks. The graphics have improved and the base building/management has expanded further. Its fairly expensive as games go and you can even try it on gamepass on a trial if you haven't already done so.    Other than the occasional bug (which happens in most games). I'm finding it hard to find damning faults with the title.

    If you liked the first its pretty much the same but with a few tweeks. The graphics have improved and the base building/management has expanded further.

    Its fairly expensive as games go and you can even try it on gamepass on a trial if you haven't already done so. Coop play needs improvement as rucksack looting for the guest player is not facilitated.

    All in all the game can be challenging but thats to be expected of any survival game. Death is permanent and so thinking about how to approach situations is important.

    Worth your time.    … Expand
  17. Nihelus
    May 25, 2018
    2
    This game was not even remotely ready for release. It's basically State of Decay 1, but this time without any kind of actual story. It's a survival sandbox. I could get behind that, if it worked properly. Co-op is extremely buggy. I haven't even tried it yet with more than 1 co-op partner and we've already found many, many bugs when playing together. This game is buggier than a newThis game was not even remotely ready for release. It's basically State of Decay 1, but this time without any kind of actual story. It's a survival sandbox. I could get behind that, if it worked properly. Co-op is extremely buggy. I haven't even tried it yet with more than 1 co-op partner and we've already found many, many bugs when playing together. This game is buggier than a new Bethesda game.

    One of my biggest issues is all the invisible walls. It's an open world, so there's literally no rational reason there would be invisible walls all over the place, but there are. It's not like it's empty unreachable areas the walls are keeping you out of either. There are often zombies or supplies on the other side of those walls. You can often find ways around the invisible wall if you go (very) out of your way to do so. Last time I played I crashed my car into an invisible wall. The car got stuck in the wall and I couldn't get it out. I had TONS of resources in that car and I couldn't even access the back to get them out because the back clipped into the ground.

    Almost every single part of this game is worse than SoD1. The co-op was why I was excited for this. It really failed to deliver. To be blunt, I'm getting real tired of Microsofts crap. The only "decent" games they've put out are Halo 5 and Gears 4. Neither were particularly "good" but I liked them well enough. After this long line of half hearted or outright cancelled games, my friends and I may be moving back to Playstation 4 as our primary console of play. The state of games on Xbox is just sad right now.    … Expand
  18. Berrlett
    May 30, 2018
    1
    Not sure how is this different from the first state of decay or is it meant to be different. There is tons missing from this game and honestly can't say I enjoyed anything in it, scavenging is OK but painfully repetitive and going out alone is like giving up on the game altogether after only an hour or so. Then there is the glitches and bugs you'll have zombies sticking out of the ceilingNot sure how is this different from the first state of decay or is it meant to be different. There is tons missing from this game and honestly can't say I enjoyed anything in it, scavenging is OK but painfully repetitive and going out alone is like giving up on the game altogether after only an hour or so. Then there is the glitches and bugs you'll have zombies sticking out of the ceiling or floating in space. Shame wanted a good Zombie game good I got it at a budget price.… Expand
  19. Ordinarysoap
    May 23, 2018
    4
    -The bugs that were there in the first one are back in droves.

    -Do you enjoy not seeing anything? That's what you'll be looking at when the time of day goes to night. -Voice acting is mediocre -Without a car, the game is literally a walking simulator - back and forth to whatever destination has supplies that are literally gone within minutes. -Gun play is sloppy. -Cars like    -The bugs that were there in the first one are back in droves.

    -Do you enjoy not seeing anything? That's what you'll be looking at when the time of day goes to night.

    -Voice acting is mediocre

    -Without a car, the game is literally a walking simulator - back and forth to whatever destination has
    supplies that are literally gone within minutes.

    -Gun play is sloppy.

    -Cars like to get stuck in stupid places.

    -Multiplayer is literally unplayable. Several times tried going into another persons lobby. On the first try the game froze and I had to reset and the other times I bothered trying it wouldn't load at all.

    -No new zombies added, all enemies are the same as the first.

    So basically; Just buy the first one and wait for them to fix this or shell out more money for the same product.    … Expand
  20. SylviaLehman
    May 25, 2018
    0
    I had only played the first two hours, but sorry I can't handle the bugs amount anymore. It was testing my patience, and makes me scared could affect my console ... but the story looks good .
  21. TDelic
    May 24, 2018
    4
    Notes that I've ONLY played this game Co-Op. I have not ran my own community, only assisted others in theirs. I bought this fully intending to only play it with friends.

    Bugs. Bugs. Bugs. Once you load into a game, anything that changes(outposts founded, anything is built, doors that were open before you logged in) will not appear. I played the game for 3 hours before I even    Notes that I've ONLY played this game Co-Op. I have not ran my own community, only assisted others in theirs. I bought this fully intending to only play it with friends.

    Bugs. Bugs. Bugs.

    Once you load into a game, anything that changes(outposts founded, anything is built, doors that were open before you logged in) will not appear. I played the game for 3 hours before I even knew what the medical center looked like because instead of building it for me, the game preferred to just allow the NPCs to float in the air.

    I could not assist any new players because as a visitor in their community I do not have access to a bulk of the menus. It also was not made clear that the store lockers are assigned to the players, not the community. This means that I can hop into others world and essentially steal their loot for my own community, telling them I found scraps instead of being honest about a decent weapon or backpack that I may of actually uncovered.

    This game, even with the current bugs is really fun. However as I've continued to play the game and saw no changes to these bugs to the point that I know what causes them and how to remedy them, it's hard to believe this game was released without knowledge that they are in the game. Releasing a product and charging for the product, knowing the product isn't finished or polished beyond a rare occurrence, cannot/should not receive a score greater than 5.    … Expand
  22. Kuresz
    May 23, 2018
    4
    This is an indie game. In this state, full of bugs. Its not a flagship, not an exclusive worth of buying, but in xgp its worth a few hours of play. Nothing more nothing less.
  23. Possemaster2
    May 21, 2018
    0
    In one word : Disaster.
    The single-player is fine I guess. But I bought this game for Coop. And I played now as a guest for 11 hours and I had SO many issues. I have reconnected like 500 times as every 5 minutes the game is out of sync or physics are **** Base items do not appear so I cannot use the inventory. Zombies fall out of the sky. Game crashes or does not even launch at certain    In one word : Disaster.
    The single-player is fine I guess. But I bought this game for Coop. And I played now as a guest for 11 hours and I had SO many issues. I have reconnected like 500 times as every 5 minutes the game is out of sync or physics are **** Base items do not appear so I cannot use the inventory. Zombies fall out of the sky. Game crashes or does not even launch at certain points. This is the worst game launch for Microsoft this year and the other launches were crap as well. So they finally showed that the Xbox franchise and it's "games" are actually in a "State of decay" .    … Expand
  24. psxscene
    May 22, 2018
    4
    Poor graphics, no physics... a lot of map glitches, worst aim system i ever seen (doesn't matter what weapon you choose) Looks like a mobile game.
  25. jackflash223
    May 22, 2018
    0
    Everything about this game screams old, outdated, and bad. This game is rife with game breaking bugs. Graphics and bugs aside, I'm sucker for good gameplay, sadly, this game doesn't have it. This is like playing a game that is nothing but go fetch side quests that you're issuing to yourself. It's just pure garbage.
  26. Rawnak218
    May 21, 2018
    0
    absolutely garbage game with lots of glitches,bugs,and sooooo boring. Totally flop
  27. Euknowia
    May 19, 2018
    3
    The first game had much promise, despite some irksome bugs and gameplay mechanics. Maybe I’m just unlucky (doughtful given other criticisms) but the sequel is absolutely littered with game breaking bugs. Seriously, I’d highly recommend waiting for a significant patch. I can’t just willingly turn a blind eye to invisible zombies/items (granted I don’t need to given, well, they’reThe first game had much promise, despite some irksome bugs and gameplay mechanics. Maybe I’m just unlucky (doughtful given other criticisms) but the sequel is absolutely littered with game breaking bugs. Seriously, I’d highly recommend waiting for a significant patch. I can’t just willingly turn a blind eye to invisible zombies/items (granted I don’t need to given, well, they’re invisible), getting clipped into random terrain, permanently stuck in animations, falling through the world, etc., and pretend all is well. I could scarcely play enough of the game to speculate whether this buggy experience was remotely worth it’s price tag.… Expand
  28. pdcuevas72
    May 22, 2018
    4
    Tras 3 dias jugando le veo pocas diferencias respecto al 1. El juego me encanta pero sacarlo integramente en ingles es un fallo que deberian haber corregido antes de lanzarlo. Juego en xbox x.
  29. 20biel11gabr
    May 25, 2018
    0
    a produtora do jogo falou que o jogo seria um triple A ,mas e um jogo lixo sem conteudo,jogo todo bugado,grafico ultrapassado,consegue ser pior do que o primeiro jogo, parece que o jogo esta em alpha!
    e ainda tem canais de xbox no youtube tentando controlar o flop do fracasso de state of dacay 2,a microsoft so ta trazendo jogos merdas,tudo da microsoft e serviços e jogos multiplayer e    a produtora do jogo falou que o jogo seria um triple A ,mas e um jogo lixo sem conteudo,jogo todo bugado,grafico ultrapassado,consegue ser pior do que o primeiro jogo, parece que o jogo esta em alpha!
    e ainda tem canais de xbox no youtube tentando controlar o flop do fracasso de state of dacay 2,a microsoft so ta trazendo jogos merdas,tudo da microsoft e serviços e jogos multiplayer e retrocompatibilidade,vai se fuder microsoft,a microsoft perdeu a geraçao em vendas de consoles e jogos.espero que melhore na proxima geraçao.    … Expand
  30. DeathRune
    Jul 3, 2018
    0
    I am going to make this quick and simple. State of the decay was by far one of my most favorite games. But never in all my 30 plus years as a gamer have I ever seen so many bugs, glitches and good lord some of the crap in this game i cant even label. It got to a point that I was at the end of the game and it would glitch on me and would not let me finish my task. And no matter how i triedI am going to make this quick and simple. State of the decay was by far one of my most favorite games. But never in all my 30 plus years as a gamer have I ever seen so many bugs, glitches and good lord some of the crap in this game i cant even label. It got to a point that I was at the end of the game and it would glitch on me and would not let me finish my task. And no matter how i tried to work around the glitch i would completely redo the whole thing all over again three times trouble shooting through my options and to no avail it did it to me 3 times over a week of grinding at the game.. For a survivalist game bugs and glitches are the worse thing to encounter. Because every action has real consequences and if your game is bugging out like this one does on a steady basis and new ones forming as if the bugs are AI your frustration overcomes the simplest tasks and its like the bugs are mutating as the game progresses. I.ve never seen anything like it in all my life. Undead labs you should be ashamed of yourself apparently you need to get your crap together, You need to fire every single one of your beta testers because they don't have a clue to what they are doing. You have lost me as a dedicated gamer to your title and every other person I know that owns the game are having the same issue even after your update that only fixed some major issues. I give this game so many thumbs down I am returning it back to the game store I purchased it from and I will go against any other title you try to put out they are so many other issues I have gained against you but i will trickle them out as I see fit.. P.S Not at all worth the money it was purchased for the game isn't even worth 5 dollars. Close your doors Undead Labs… Expand
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#5 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2018
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#4 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2018

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66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 38 out of 70
  3. Negative: 6 out of 70
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Dec 31, 2018
    40
    Innovations in State of Decay 2 don´t solve any problems, but rather add some more. The game unnecessarily forces on its multiplayer and feels very impersonal. [Issue#287]
  2. Gamers Heroes
    Sep 4, 2018
    40
    State of Decay 2 is going to be very hit and miss for a number of people. If you can ignore the flaws, there is a fun game to be had when played with a friend. That said, even if you ignore its flaws, you can’t deny that this game was not ready for release.
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  3. CD-Action
    Aug 2, 2018
    75
    Generally State of Decay 2 looks more like a remaster of the original game than a true sequel. It just does not expand the formula enough and still contains too many repetitive activities that make you go through the motions for the sake of getting it done. That’s why I recommend playing it in short sessions. I have no doubt that people unfamiliar with the first State of Decay will enjoy the second one much more, as everything will be new to them. [07/2018, p.70]
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