State of Decay: YOSE

I played it after state of decay 2 and of course the sequel is much better. Still, i like that there is a story here and that you care a little bit about the characters.

I have a lot more hours on this game on my Xbox from over the years. It's a very fun game where I spend a lot of time just playing and trying to survive. I typically just come back every so often to play Breakdown, which is the only reason why I play this game still compared to State of Decay 2. The feeling of going as high as you can while things get increasingly difficult is what I enjoy and wish they had a mode with for State of Decay 2.

Yes, there is some bugs as a lot of people complain about and it can make things frustrating, but I still enjoy the premise you are given. The AI aren't the brightest but it is funny to watch them try and sometimes act like a fool. Overall, I'd say if you wanna try out Breakdown, you definitely should. In terms of the story though, just skip it. It's not interesting or fun because the difficulty is set to easy the entire time.

Overall I'd rate State of Decay: YOSE a 7/10.

brilliant

Not for me.

It was a really fun game it wasn't extremely hard or hardcore survival but very arcady and enjoyable. Had a blast playing through the game. It did had some jank and some bugs but other than that it was a fun experience.

I just feel like no progress keep doing missions but don't see an end or story or anything guy has a lot of bugs just feels a go here do this do that simulator

Complete clumsy garbage game. All you know about FPS is wrong. consistently ineffective weapons and far to many zombies will consistently keep you frustrated. They appear from nowhere walk through doors and will consistently over power you. They will never stop spawning even when you have spent all your materials time and cars to clear them. Dumbest game ever will not give your fingers a break for a second outside a safe zone.

A must play game

Great Game.. :)

Sometimes I boot up this game instead of the sequel don't tell undead labs it's our secret. what's in that watch tower?

I giggled and wiggled my feet every time I played this, 10/10

feels pretty old novadays, but still good

terrible

Liked: Different zombies that you will fight.
Liked: Able to gather resources from places of interest.
Liked: Different choices & challenges that seem to come.

Disliked: This game is not co-op.
Disliked: challenges/quests seem to be hard to do when trying to scavage.

Perfect zombie survival game if the plan involves duct tape, terrible driving and accidentally recruiting a guy named Dale who immediately gets eaten on a farm countryside and you have to put him down saying "I'm sorry, brother". Love watching the communities fall apart.

Seems cool, but in the first 15 minutes of playing I had three completely different bugs that either had me stuck in aiming a gun and zoomed in unable to do anything.

That's also not accounting for the fact that mouse and keyboard had irremovable mouse acceleration so it's essentially unplayable without a keyboard.

I like the game. I hope my hundred plus hours speaks to how much I liked it. The only thing is, the game is super buggy and can be frustrating. There are times that while on missions, despite there being multiple people with you, somehow no one helps you while you're being attacked? The are also times when you go inside a room and whoever you are with follows you, but they just stand near the door making your character unable to leave and you're just running around the room hoping they would move. It's frustrating because you just wanna play the game and half the time you are just running around trying to find a work around to these awful design to the game. Considering that this game is about 10 years old, these things should have been fixed already but I guess the devs don't want to do that. So maybe just check out the 2nd game. Or better yet, play something else from different devs who cares about their players.

Best zombie game what i have played so far.

Fun Classic Game.

i wish i could play sod2 but my laptop cant run it, sod1 is good enough for my ocd

The game is ok at first, but towards the end it's stuffy.

It's not clear where to get tasks, they just don't appear.

6 out of 10 game points

As the top comment has said, the controls and lack of optimization for pc play makes this game a rough experience for those that like to play as pc. If this game was better optimized for a pc I would've recommended it because the gameplay is fun and i still want to play it.

I would describe this as a somehow very addictive chore simulator. I wish the story would feature a little bit more prominently through cutscenes, dedicated characters that don't die, etc. but the game doesn't suffer too much for it.

One of the best formatted survival games out. goes from relaxing to utterly terrifying in seconds and requires strategy and ambition to survive.

Best zombie theme game I've played so far!

lilly would get dry humped

It's a great game with great story and gameplay but it is buggy especially with quests like if something happens where I'm receiving the beginning dialogue of a quest but then something happens like if i return to my base or get a notification from another app the dialogue will cut off and i won't get the quest, also sometimes NPCs offering sidequests will simply refuse to spawn even though you can hear them and see them on the map

Great game!

Someone send this to the Developers of State of Decay wanted to get it since it came out but never got ca chance. I haven't played State of Decay 2 yet but I hope State of Decay 3 does take notes.

pros
-fantastic sand box: upu can almost loot any where.
-massive inventory: probably I've never seen a game with that much of inventory/kit
-decent story line: not complex writing or anything but the story pays tribute to the golden zombie media era very good
in other words its a better Walking Dead game than the actual walking dead games
-Music: great soundtrack
-Character building: nice and fair distributing of the NPCs skills
World building: unbelievably detailed (can't say the same for Life line DLC)
-Good Allies AI: rarely when i play a game the friendly AI are smart enough to escape when i escape from enemies, I like that they don't engage in combat unless i do they're very reliable

Cons
-Respawn of Zeds: I hate that every time you empty a neighbor Zeds comeback anyways even if you build traps for them, every house every inch of the map has at least a pair of Zeds like come on do they breed?!
-rouge companions: they just like to suddenly leave the house and go after a Zed or worse a feral one of wayyy worse a freakin Jogurnut only recently i noticed that i can tell them to not do that mission.
-Baby setting: I hate that almost once an hour if not more i have to train, or boost the moral of a survivor by going out and fighting Zeds especially in a house that full of like 6 of them. i sometimes take advantage of them wanting to fight zeds and go to a close area that needs to be sacavgned and then i scavenge while they're watching my back, why isn't that enough for their moral to be boosted. One time 3 of my survivors needed their moral to be boosted, I HATED IT. I had to go back and forth from the house to really dangerous areas. I wish when there's a moral issue with multiple people they don't just stand around like idots and i can take them all on a trip of baby setting maybe that will make it more fun.
-Autonomy in Choosing a home: I wish it was more easy to pick any house instead of already pre-coded homes. like the big Dinner/Restaurant in the middle of the town seems like a great spot for a fortress, especially if you make the entire area around it outposts. \ I understand the devs want to make it challenging to us when we choose a home but still like this is supposed to be an Immersive game not a scripted one.
-No sand box inside your home area: the game is extremely flexible but not inside the home. I'm fine with the radio area being pre-coded but why other things like bedrooms, workbench, Infirmary are pre-coded?! especially if the areas to build such facilities are limited anyways!
-Lack of neighbors: Kind of annoying that 90% of the people are already Zeds, There should balance especially early on in the series. Hopefully that balance will happen in SOD 3 assuming it might be the finally of the series
-Radio stations: Alas I hope unlike in this game there e will be a post apocalyptic radio stations similar to the fallout New Vegas one


7/10 - Recommended more fun than Dayzzzzzzzz 🥱😴

Meh! Very repetitive. Buggy missions. No way to lower the zombie spawn rate. I would clear out a building and then with no zombies on my radar, and then 20 would appear out of no where. The game play was fine, but I'd end up just running zombies over in a vehicle.

Fun

Great game. I'm a strategy games and turn-based loving person, but I'm enjoying this. The first story mode is more about tactics and stealth and quests, while Breakdown is a sandbox with a "choose your progress" approach. Lifeline is totally different, you just die.

besides it being a curse to my wifi to randomly disconect its still a good game

I remember this game being a lot harder as a kid lol

Still holds up fairly well, def has a different feel than the second one which is more arcadey

I absolutely adore this game. Its demo before I was able to buy the game had a huge part in my childhood. Thank you undead labs for making one of the funnest games ive ever played. I cannot wait for SoD 3! If youre thinking of buying it there is jank to the game but thats the part I love about it. I 100% recommend picking it up on sale if youre unsure and playing it. Its a really fun experience!

While I completed the main story and enjoyed it, I can't recommend the game due to the horrible optimisation and controls. The game is plagued with performance issues and the worst controller deadzone I've ever had to deal with. I pushed through because the game itself was fun but it's let down because of the issues.

If you're playing at any resolution higher than 1080p I recommend setting it to 1080p and using Lossless Scaling to scale to your target resolution otherwise you'll have broken and flickering shadows.

Even on the YOSE version, game feels half-finished at most. Had the potential to be a decent zombie survival game but bogged down and mired with so many bugs. Controls still feel incredibly clunky, and on top of all that the multiplayer mode which could have been a great addition is half-baked and doesn't save progress for joining players.

Got this game at an extremely steep discount and still then I would hesitate to recommend this game to other players. Overall, a pretty unsatisfactory gaming experience.

love this game !!! can play over and over again.

I thought I bought state of decay 2 but only to NOW realize, after 25 hours, I got the wrong one.

Game was still alright

Its a game i just always go back to.

Great older zombie game very playable even today. Very satisfying to beat the zombies to death with what ever weapon is currently on hand. Does not require the latest graphics card to play. I'm currently 17 hours into it and am still learning the finer points of zombie killing.

Extremely dated graphics even for it's release date. Too many limited time quests that lower your influence or other negative things (I JUST WANT TO PLAY THE MAIN PART OF THE GAME PLEASE). Annoying repeating voice lines when you pick up rucksack supplies or go back to base, and annoying reminders to do quests. Generally really dated and as fun as it is I would never suggest anyone play this, just play the second one.

Very dated graphics, not optimized, so get ready for janky lag. Overall though, if you like zombie shooty games, you'll probably enjoy this game.

State of Decay is an absolute piece of shit that should have never seen the light of day. It's a fucking abomination to the gaming world, and it's a miracle it even managed to crawl out of development hell with its shoddy, half-assed gameplay and graphics that look like they were pulled out of the dumpster behind a 2005 game studio. The game is a glitch-infested mess, with a storyline as bland as the cardboard characters it tries to pass off as protagonists.

The controls are so fucking unresponsive, it's like trying to play a game of Operation on a table that's constantly vibrating. The combat is a complete joke, with zombies that have the artificial intelligence of a rock, and a targeting system that's about as reliable as a chocolate teapot in a zombie apocalypse. Don't even get me started on the driving mechanics – it's like steering a boat through molasses while blindfolded. And for fuck's sake, the ragdoll physics are so over-the-top, it's like watching a bunch of drunken marionettes try to fight off an angry horde of paperclips.

The game's so goddamn repetitive it makes Groundhog Day look like a thrilling rollercoaster of variety. You go out, you scavenge, you come back, you build, you sleep, and then you do it all over again. The only thing that changes is the number of bullets you have to waste on the same godforsaken missions that feel like they were designed by a sadistic game developer who gets off on watching players suffer. The map is about as diverse as a bowl of plain oatmeal – it's just a never-ending slog through the same copy-pasted environments that you'll be sick of after the first five minutes.

And let's talk about the survival aspect. Oh, you want to eat and sleep and manage resources? Well, get ready to juggle more balls than a circus clown with ADHD. It's a constant battle against the clock to keep your useless band of survivors alive, and for what? So you can watch them die in the most predictable and unsatisfying ways imaginable? The game's balance is all out of whack, with resources either being scattered like a fucking Easter egg hunt or hoarded by NPCs who have the survival instincts of a sloth on a treadmill.

The graphics are a fucking insult to modern gaming. Textures pop in and out like they're playing peek-a-boo with your sanity, and the frame rate stutters more than a nervous teenager at a job interview. The game's performance is so shoddy, it makes me want to throw my controller at the screen in a fit of rage. It's like they didn't even bother to optimize it for any system, let alone the one it's supposed to run on.

The sound design? Oh boy. It's like someone took a dump on a soundboard and hoped for the best. The voice acting is cringeworthy, the music is forgettable, and the sound effects are so repetitive you'll want to rip your eardrums out just to escape the monotony. And the zombie noises? They're about as terrifying as a pack of hungry toddlers asking for snacks.

And the bugs. Oh, the fucking bugs. You'd think after all the time this game has had in development and post-launch patches, they'd have ironed out the kinks. But no, you're still stuck with game-breaking glitches that make you want to set the entire game on fire. Characters getting stuck in walls, items disappearing into the ether, and the game randomly deciding it's had enough of your shit and just crashing to the menu. It's like playing a game of Jenga with a toddler who's had too much sugar.

Grand Theft Auto with ZOMBIES! It came from a smaller studio so there's a few bugs but the game is a blast and I find myself coming back to all the time. There's just something special here, could be better, but its still pretty SPECIAL.

Played the original couple of years ago but could not finish it. Its one of the best zombie survival game

I've played this game for the xbox 360 a few years back, and it's one of the few zombie genres I actually enjoy. Here's hoping they one day make a new one of these so I can play with my friends.

This game is amazing.
It's been a long time since i had a good zombie survival game.
Map exploration was fun, while scavenging materials.
Combat was okay. Simple mechanics.
The graphics are similar to The Walking Dead, but without the comic-style ecstatic.
This is a good single-player zombie game that allows you to sit, chill, and relax.

if you accidently set your resolution to high the game becomes unplayable forever 0/10 do better...

Oh the game is actually shitty, but its just good junk food gaming. It does not have a setting for 2k monitors and the gamphics settings in general suck balls.