State of Decay 2

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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 933 Ratings

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  1. urieaal
    May 28, 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
  2. Steyraus
    Aug 23, 2020
    4
    There is a brief moment while learning the game that it fun. But it quickly becomes a chore, where you want to do one thing but are being nagged to do 5 other thing on top of deal with a feral and hoard..The game has a somewhat fun game play loop ,just like the first game. Only problem is they failed at everything else, just like the first game, even a few more things.
    Graphics are not his    There is a brief moment while learning the game that it fun. But it quickly becomes a chore, where you want to do one thing but are being nagged to do 5 other thing on top of deal with a feral and hoard..The game has a somewhat fun game play loop ,just like the first game. Only problem is they failed at everything else, just like the first game, even a few more things.
    Graphics are not his gen at all, the world is empty and dull and visuals are just not impressive for this gen, if it looked last gen but ran at 60FPS it would be fine, but nope its a 30fps game. The games has less bugs than the first, less, the first game was literally unplayable with bugs, so yeah there is less.
    One of the most annoying thing is the characters. SOD1 had actually interesting characters, there was some attractive girls as you would want in your end on the world zombie fantasy and many side stories and charters you ended up interested even caring about.
    The Character in SOD2 are just crazy bland, there stories are the most uninteresting bunk you could imagine, find tools and record players, crap like that. And most imitating more offensively is they have clearly gone with "Averting of the Male Gaze" thing woke developers love these days. Making every female character just plain ugly and completely unappealing, so as not to appeal MEN!! MEN the main supporters and consumers of their product, they set out to not appeal to them!!!! Many men in the game are very attractive, so they know how to model and make faces, just decided their male fan should only get uggos in their survivor fantasy.
    Overall the game is a hard pass, there a few interesting hours at the start as you learn the game, but then quickly become a chore as the whiney ugly woman contact every 30 secs to demand something.    … Expand
  3. 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.
  4. FrankieZee
    Apr 28, 2019
    4
    The game never becomes fun. it's always more of a boring task with the promise of fun , but the fun is never delivered , the missions just become more tedious and boring . the cars use gas too quickly , the whole finding plague hearts to cure infections is tedious and boring , it should have been find some plague hearts create the cure and done. having to constantly collect more getsThe game never becomes fun. it's always more of a boring task with the promise of fun , but the fun is never delivered , the missions just become more tedious and boring . the cars use gas too quickly , the whole finding plague hearts to cure infections is tedious and boring , it should have been find some plague hearts create the cure and done. having to constantly collect more gets boring as does always gassing up a car to go five blocks down the road and run again , the whole base management is overly complicated ,
    I liked the first game was hoping they would improve on it and add online gameplay , well they added on-line gameplay but made it some kind of boredom endurance simulation . I'm very disappointed in the game I was really looking forward to it and it just doesn't deliver any entertainment value at all    … Expand
  5. iamevilhomer
    May 22, 2018
    4
    Should have been the ultimate zombie coop game but glitches/bugs/limited content/and not many ways to have fun with others kind of kills it. Perhaps one day after updates and what not it will be close to a 6 or 7 out of 10 but this zombie game is pretty meh... Been there done that : (

    Sorry if I made you xbox one fanboys mad but this is just a logical and honest opinion calculated from    Should have been the ultimate zombie coop game but glitches/bugs/limited content/and not many ways to have fun with others kind of kills it. Perhaps one day after updates and what not it will be close to a 6 or 7 out of 10 but this zombie game is pretty meh... Been there done that : (

    Sorry if I made you xbox one fanboys mad but this is just a logical and honest opinion calculated from facts. Deal with it guys... Your console STILL has no must have exclusives. Just terrible and mediocre exclusives...    … Expand
  6. 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.
  7. GBG_Jason
    May 27, 2018
    4
    For the past two console generations, zombies have been the go to for many games, with attempts to reinvigorate the genre by offering new concepts to an oversaturated market. While many of these are great games or fun modes, it gets to the point where they all feel the same. When the original State of Decay was released, it was a mixed bactch of old and new mechanics that worked well, butFor the past two console generations, zombies have been the go to for many games, with attempts to reinvigorate the genre by offering new concepts to an oversaturated market. While many of these are great games or fun modes, it gets to the point where they all feel the same. When the original State of Decay was released, it was a mixed bactch of old and new mechanics that worked well, but overall was a flawed experience. The one thing that it got right was death: when your character died, there was no reloading a checkpoint to try again - the character and any of the precious items they were holding were gone. You were then given the option to take over one of the other survivors in your encampment. The settlements were one of the things that made the original unique but was a double-edged sword, as the settlement required so much attention that you rarely had time to go out and explore the game world or scavenge for supplies.pres

    All in all, the sequel paints a much prettier landscape to explore, but many of the other lingering issues remain. The settlements in this are almost as annoying as Preston Garvey requesting your assistance with a settlement in Fallout 4. Any time I ventured outside of the base, I was told that it was under attack, often meaning I would have to scramble back to avoid a catastrophic loss, which I experienced early in the game on my initial playthrough. Playing the game in co-op is a nice change, but you are required to stay within a close proximity to the host. Allowing you to have one or two of your comrades stay at the base to keep it safe while you and your optional fourth friend scavenge would have been a more ideal situation, but the opportunity for this was passed up. I'm not sure if co-op was an afterthought, but in addition to this limitation, your character will not gain any progress towards their own game when helping out a friend.

    Like I mentioned previously, the visuals have been greatly improved, especially the open world. The outdoor aspects are on par with many of the AAA open world titles on the market today. Sadly, the same cannot be said about the interior spaces, which often appear flat and lifeless. You'll also come across many rooms or garages that are carbon copies of the house you were just in minutes before. Since repetition is a huge part of this game, the zombie models are limited as well, with hoards of the same zombies lingering about. While they move well, the visuals accompanying the head-shots are simply dreadful, with the heads popping as if they were nothing but helium filled balloons. I have played and enjoyed games with visuals this bad, if not worse, but it doesn’t help with immersion.

    The general control scheme works well, although the lack of direction in the game world as well as the building mechanics makes this title highly inaccessible. During the opening mission, I spent well over a half hour simply trying to find where in the base to drop off the mission specific item I was sent to retrieve. Much like the original, the story mode consists primarily of never ending fetch quests, or going out to search for other settlements to potentially bring into your own. What do the new settlements want, you ask? You can always expect an assortment of fetch quests. I also found it rather startling that while they asked me to go find food, they didn't care that I stole their food sitting out in their camp - not even a harsh word is said.

    While the co-op can be satisfying, the overall package and lack of progression make this feel like a self-published release and far from the standard Microsoft has been known for. After the failed release of Sea of Thieves you'd think they would learn their lesson, but at this point it's easy to see why they have been releasing their mediocre first party games for free via the Game Pass subscription service. If you're like me and are a Game Pass subscriber, it's worth a go for a few hours of entertainment, but I would strongly recommend not paying full retail price for State of Decay 2.    … Expand
  8. Nagoyablue73
    Nov 26, 2018
    4
    So dull. Run around, fetch some stuff, bad combat mechanics, noisy and slow searching through everything, I gave up after a few hours. I thought games were meant to be fun?
  9. 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.
  10. BrettSiebenhaar
    Aug 12, 2018
    4
    I have no idea what happened with this game. The first State of Decay was a decent game, not perfect, but atleast playable. This game failed compared to the first one. The gameplay and the graphics did a complete 180. Mind boggling...
  11. 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.
  12. EazyDy
    May 23, 2018
    4
    Jogo incompleto,totalmente bugado,parece mais uma versão alfa de Pubg Mobile,porem tem uma proposta excelente só faltou um maior investimento e maior tempo de produção.
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. ghostfacekilla
    May 26, 2018
    4
    No way to pause the game, graphics are okay at best, many glitches and bugs, multiplayer is broken, no real campaign, repetitive game play, no real challenge in combat, not a fun experience with all of this.
  16. DaveH911
    Jun 4, 2018
    4
    Simple, tedious, boring... Uninstalling this waste of storage space today...
  17. UryelNiiChan
    Jun 25, 2018
    4
    Horrible game full of bugs, and physics of the game very well done, the game has an excellent idea but could not make the expected.
  18. Gormph
    Nov 27, 2019
    3
    Trash, this game is sh*t the game-play gets stale pretty fast. First off the NPC's act like babies whining the entire time even if they were begging to join your group, infighting and **** every few seconds, and don't think you can leave base to escape it because they do it over the radio as well. This just took all the fun out of the game for me because you can't even talk to someone inTrash, this game is sh*t the game-play gets stale pretty fast. First off the NPC's act like babies whining the entire time even if they were begging to join your group, infighting and **** every few seconds, and don't think you can leave base to escape it because they do it over the radio as well. This just took all the fun out of the game for me because you can't even talk to someone in co op without muting the game because they do this NON STOP.

    The game is glitchy as hell, knocking you out of the game even in single player over and over again at the worst times, like while you are driving and then you load in, up the road from your car (it does this in single player as well). To make it worse because of the disconnect and stuttering you can end up totaling a car in the middle of nowhere so that you can enjoy a long hike back to base without the resources you were out collecting.

    Also don't bother taking anyone with you when you go out of base, half the time they won't attack the zombies till they have taken several large bites out of your back stolen your wallet and gave you a swirly. To make followers worse they can be in perfect health and armed to the teeth only to be killed by a foul tempered butterfly. Having said all this, the idea of a good game is in here somewhere, IDK where but it is, but fu*k the NPC **** man at least space that sh*t out a few minutes PLEASE.

    Dont buy this game, dont play this game, people have to learn to put effort into things and developers need to play test their own games.    … Expand
  19. 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
  20. Legendb2015
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    this game is basically state of decay 1 with co-op added. They were too lazy to even develop a new map or change around the old map that much, they reused all assets. Lazy cash grab off adding co-op which should have been just a dlc to the first one but they got greedy with it.
  21. The_BlueRose
    May 19, 2018
    3
    State of Decay 2 would have been close to a good/average game in 2005, but in 2018 the standards are higher.

    Graphically is bland and outdated, animations are a joke like zombie AI, not mentioning bugs. The game can be sumarised on surviving and looting houses and zombies and improving the base and its survivors. Don´t know whats Microsoft doing but with this kind of games they    State of Decay 2 would have been close to a good/average game in 2005, but in 2018 the standards are higher.

    Graphically is bland and outdated, animations are a joke like zombie AI, not mentioning bugs.

    The game can be sumarised on surviving and looting houses and zombies and improving the base and its survivors.

    Don´t know whats Microsoft doing but with this kind of games they are not heading the right direction with this kind of games like Sea of Thieves and this State of Decay. Afraid of Crackdown.    … Expand
  22. dantes950
    Jun 25, 2018
    3
    repetitive and boring without a sence of progress almost the entire game until you realize what to do becuse the game wont tell you and still after knowing it is actually nothing good to be honest, the first one was way better and with a story to follow
  23. 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.
  24. Yeidesem
    May 19, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The multiplayer option ... You never find games of other players, you ask for help and nobody accepts. You offer yourself and you never find games. A lot of bugs, errors, failures. Repetitive missions. Empty special deliveries Crash in the pitcher. You have to deactivate the antivirus. I'm thinking about the refund.… Expand
  25. so0tsprite
    May 25, 2018
    3
    Too repetitive, not a AAA game and the multiplayer, which should have been a selling point, is garbage. I am incredible disappointed in this game.
  26. silverandsubtle
    Feb 25, 2019
    3
    Boring, repetitive, unrewarding gameplay - was really disappointed and only played a few hours - just wasn't enjoyable to play.
  27. 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.
  28. Diemok
    Sep 5, 2021
    3
    Просто ужайснейшое автосохранение, случайно нажал "угрожать групировке" вместо "торговли" получилось что убили меня и моего спутника которого я минуту назад пригласил в свою группк. В итоге, хотел умереть и перезапустить сейв, а он сохранился после того как убили спутника. 12/10 потерял спутника, союзную группировку , настроение + игра была удаленаПросто ужайснейшое автосохранение, случайно нажал "угрожать групировке" вместо "торговли" получилось что убили меня и моего спутника которого я минуту назад пригласил в свою группк. В итоге, хотел умереть и перезапустить сейв, а он сохранился после того как убили спутника. 12/10 потерял спутника, союзную группировку , настроение + игра была удалена
  29. 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
  30. Bowmark
    Aug 8, 2023
    2
    Really one of the worst games ever made. Such a great idea SO badly implemented. Terrible maps that are EXACTLY the same (loot and all) every time. One of the worst AI ever devised. It is so bad that you would think they did it on purpose. The zeds will charge you every time but your helper or the people you meet in the game will just sit there and stare at the zeds till they die.Really one of the worst games ever made. Such a great idea SO badly implemented. Terrible maps that are EXACTLY the same (loot and all) every time. One of the worst AI ever devised. It is so bad that you would think they did it on purpose. The zeds will charge you every time but your helper or the people you meet in the game will just sit there and stare at the zeds till they die. So...soooo....SOOOO many bugs 5 years after release. My favorite one they never fixed is your fellow survivor will get out of the car and not have his weapons on him. So he will just stand there and shoot a non existent gun while you are dying to the horde. Their new update with the plague hearts being dormant until you drive by once and then they awake is horrible. Infestations are a joke to clear now, one crossbow shot and it is money in the bank. Such a great idea so poorly implemented. Hire some real programmers and developers please, you guys are not it.… Expand
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5
#5 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2018
4
#4 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2018

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Metascore
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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