State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition

Honestly, the game is not terribly complex, but the gameplay loop is a lot of fun. I find little to complain about beyond missing full multiplayer support. Multiplayer is still fun, but one person is effectively visiting the other player's world and therefore has a limited amount of things they can do.

Loop can get stale after a while, but it takes a significant time to get there. It is good enough that I am watching for the release of State of Decay 3 to see if that is something worth purchasing in the future.

need crossplay with all the platforms , it is a very good game

Fun game. i really like how you can scale the difficulty to custimize the game.

This game suffers from many of the same issues as the original: combat sucks, your characters will die (permanently) for seemingly no reason, the world feels lifeless and dead, NPC characters will sometimes speak a single line of backstory dialogue and NOBODY else in the vicinity replies, mission timers will expire seemingly at random a few minutes after you get them, you can spend days levelling a character up, giving them great gear and healing items and they will jump headlong into a group of zombies while the AI is controlling them and then they die and you can't do anything about it. Juggernauts will occasionally glitch and literally refuse to die (30-40 headshots with a 7.62 and it doesn't die? Really?)

In addition many baffling changes from 1 to 2: you can no longer call in NPC survivors to pick up scavenged gear when you are already carrying too much. So you have to fill your backpack (only 8 slots MAX) then the car which gives you around the same, then if you have a follower you can switch to them (unless you're doing a mission which REQUIRES the first person to be in control the whole time!) to carry a bit more.

You also can't store unlimited supplies at your base so they "expire" randomly? This means you are discouraged from bringing resources back to your base and have to store them in a car or other storage not at the base which breaks the immersion.

Nobody uses the watchtowers to actually scout or snipe zombies at the base, the base management design is tedious, convoluted and seemingly nonsensical: the world feels illogical and boring.

I finally un-installed the game much in the same way that I stopped playing the first one. Unlike in the first one where combat had a little bit of nuance to this, this one is button mashing, trying to not get stun loicked by normal zombies who crowd around like you're in a mosh pit and trying to anticipate the zombies literally TELEPORTING BEHIND AND BESIDE YOU TO COMMAND GRAB YOU.

So anyways, I uninstalled this one after my best character died for NO REASON AT ALL. We were driving, a juggernaut ran into our car, while I was going through a tight space, my NPC follower decided to fight him, even though I was trying to run in the opposite direction, the AI just ignored this and was trying to melee him (there's no command to disengage, you just have to hope the AI listens to your footsteps going in the opposite direction) and almost immediately my follower who was also fully leveled in medicine and other skills got killed, I tried to run, the juggernaut pinned me against an impenetrable fence when I got to my car - couldn't go backwards or forwards and the juggernaut hit my car twice. TWICE. And the car immediately exploded after being trapped even though NOTHING was blocking me. Two best characters died, felt incredibly frustrated, went back with my two next best characters to loot the bodies of my other guys and the juggernaut literally ate probably 50 headshots with rifles. My other 2 characters died after running out of ammunition and being unable to kill this thing. This is on the normal difficulty by the way and I had NEVER struggled to kill anything in this game before. It's fine if this was the difficulty from day one, but the fact that the game lets you do pretty much whatever then absolutely shits on any progress you have just made feels extremely cheap and insulting.

It's a good game BUT it's such a grind. You gotta hate yourself a bit to play this game. Hahaha. Once you get the hang of things, it becomes pretty addictive but after a while, you realise how much of grind it is and completion is not the goal of this game. You realise you can't do all the missions as they just repeat on an annoying loop of satisfying your neighbours when they do nothing to help you in return. My advice is collect everything and build a nest of materials, equipment, weapons, etc and then up the level to nightmare and play the entire game quickly killing off the plague hearts and finishing the core story. Only then should you attempt lethal which is a completely different insane level of hard. Original play style is dead and it becomes like a true assassin's creed where being silent is the only way to complete this.

Absolutely worth the money,and the jump scares.Loved that when you beat the game you can save your favorite guys for round two on the next map.
For this price It's either this or some medicore Only Fans hoe...choose wisely grasshopper and get the better value.

good game for multiplayer and singleplayer but playing it solo is so boring i suggest play it with friends UwU

I have yet to encounter a zombie survival base building game that scratches the itch like state of decay, even if each individual component is quite simplistic, this game is much more than the sum of its parts

Decent game in singleplayer, But I bought this game to play co-op and am constantly getting disconnected. I have spent several hours trying to troubleshoot and I still keep getting disconnected.

I was worried that I wouldn't find this as fun since I had not played the first State of Decay game. However, it's really scratching my itch for base building and management! My only complaint so far is that switching between survivors is just kinda clunky.

Pretty fun and enjoyable game, i think the 5 difficulties it has and the community system are pretty well made and intersting.

I love CLEO

Amazing game for a easy simple and fun zombie survival.

Fun game if you plan on playing solo, bad experience if you plan on playing co-op with friends. Only the lobby leader can build stuff, accept missions etc, the one who joins can only walk around and kill zombies.

Game is decent, opens up substantially on higher difficulties and repeat playthroughs. Base building is simplistic, combat is quite good.
Head to the Nexus to get mods to fine-tune your experience, and you're golden.

Really fun zombie survival with great action. Clearing out territories is fun, but there's a constant reminder of other missions for other enclaves, that often result in enclaves leaving if you don't complete the mission. I figured out you're supposed to help the enclave you feel meets your group's needs the most. But feeling that initial ticking clock vibe with some of the missions, that would often expire right as I started to do them, almost ruined playing for me.

With the devs finally laying this game to rest to fully commit their efforts to State Of Decay 3, now is a great time to review the game they have been sticking by for almost half a decade. In short, while $30 is a little bit steep you can definitely get the money's worth from it and $20 it's very much worth. It's just simply a good time to try and build up a community that you grow attached to and take on increasingly difficult regions, the game has a very customizable difficulty which is extremely welcome; Nightmare and Lethal truly lives up to their names and don't be surprised if your favorite person dies swiftly and horribly, always leave the base prepared. Co-Op is kinda jank but it is entirely functional and sharing loot between worlds is possible if a bit odd. I'm rambling, the game is worth it if you are into this kind of thing, even more so if you have a friend.

Enjoyable single player zombie sandbox game. I don't go for multiplayer games, so this is one of the few that provides this kind of gameplay in a single player format.

Overall experience is centred on the campaign in solo. its very fun at times but the game is unbelievably clunky and annoying most times and I cant recommend it because of it. The game has issues with cars freaking out at any minor rock colliding with it, A zombie horde could not see you one second and then groups you in a guaranteed death of a character the next. you could easily beat the game with trading alone, the bounty system is weak and some objectives in the game are just blatantly broken, for example you could be finding a van for a survivor watch it quite literally spawn in and be flung into a wedged area meaning you cant progress because the survivor cant access the wedged vehicle forcing you to end the mission with them.

This game is a Microsoft's version of the Tv show of the Walking dead pretty much. I have played it for many hours on the Xbox, since it's release. I get a kick out of it everytime I play it, and I think anyone would to. If they keep adding more maps, I think that will be even more fun. For now, they do update the game from time to time and I think that is good.

Try it out for yourself, I think you might enjoy it.

Don't let the average graphics fool you, this game is addictive. Base management, people management, skills management, resource management. Surprisingly you get quite attached to the characters you develop and it's quite sad if they meet their unfortunate demise. Love this game.

Top tier zombie survival PVE (single player)

* Mechanics: fun action, stealth, relevant difficulties
* Story: organic but a bit weak (shallow characters)
* Simulation: upgrade, move expand. abstract to some stats not too much gritty details.
+good vibe

The game requires you to login on your Xbox account for you to play the co-op.
"So... what if I just want to play the single player?"
That's the neat part, you don't! :)

No game in existence should require online connectivity for the single player portion of the game, it should only required the login "IF" you ever decide that you want to play online, games in the past even had completely different executables/launchers for the single and multiplayer modes.

"But I already have an Xbox account and I don't mind it at all"
That's fine, or it should be, because the game might not even log into your account, even if you did everything right, and it's not a "once and done" type of login, you'll have to do the same process every single time you boot the game, have fun!

You might think that it's not a big deal, but I value my time and money, I'm not going to waste my time playing "tech support simulator" just to fix or bypass stupid decisions made by publishers/developers, and I'm definitely not going to waste my hard earned money on anti-consumer practices.

Solid game! One of the best in its genre. Would like to see them go more in depth with base/character building in the 3rd SOD. Very good game. Highly recommend.

great game with good graphics and less GB requirement.

I had a lot of fun playing this game with my friends and i loved the story of the game but the one bad part is that when you try to loot things you cant get the good stuff. but over all rating i give it a 4 out of 5 stars

Great game, fun and entertaining. What makes it great is the way you build and lead a community, and it's running smooth on my Mac using Crossover.

Liked: State Of Decay 2 is multiplayer
Liked: Scavenging
Liked: Multiple types of enemies
Liked: There is a campaign mode like State Of Decay 1
Liked: Recruiting a follower does not withdraw influence like it did in State Of Decay 1

Disliked: It's controls are not all the same as State Of Decay 1
Disliked: Campaign mode resources so far are not high when scavenging a lot
Disliked: Campaign mode right away is hard to do the blood plagues (specially on normal difficulty)
Disliked: Can only recruit one follower in single play mode

I love the scavenging, the freaks, the plot line, and the levels of difficulty. I also love how there isn't a main character, everyone is vulnerable to being killed, which makes it special and unique. Despite being an older game by now, I still prefer it over all other games and I am looking forward to the third installation.

Fun game.
Ugly zombies.
Every person in this game is Extreme Ugly.
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Excellent zombie base-builder. Especially the car mechanics are great. Radiant quests could be improved, but the curveball stuff is just *chef's kiss* - exactly the kind of radiant quest that should be built on for SoD 3.

Highly recommend!

The game is extremely shallow. Let's just get that right. There is nothing to it at all. No character development. No interesting or compelling interactions between and among survivors or other communities. There isn't really much of a story. There is no real narrative aspect. It's just a pick up and play zombie basher loot simulator.

I'm giving it a positive review, though, because I got the game for like $5 CAD. Even though I'm literally just going through the motions, I've still got over 200 hours. So, I got my money's worth for sure. It's a great time waster on casual difficulty. I have no interest in try-harding the game on higher difficulties, because there's no pay off. It would be an exercise in futility. If I want that, I can play a permadeath roguelite.

Sooooo yeah. Solid 5/10. Best thing about the game is the environments, honestly. There are some let downs there, particularly with the hospital outpost. That should have been an expansive property to explore, but the entire building was blocked off and you only had a small portion to explore. Stuff like that kinda ruins immersion. You can tell where they cheaped out on certain buildings and did some cookie cutter stuff here and there.

I'm hoping State of Decay 3 brings dynamic weather, a story mode (with actual character development) and endless survival mode along with better crafted environments. I think those things alone would make the franchise more memorable and exciting.

P.S. - Having to sign in to an xbox account to play this game when I don't even have a fucking xbox is PEAK Microsoft. Suck a bag of dicks.

One of my favorite zombie survival games. Items, weapons, and grind are vast. Could be challenging to get the hang of it at first, but becomes satisfying stepping up a notch in the difficulty. Modding this game to your desired experience is one of the best things you can do.

Best part of the game is events that are happening around your community, like false rumours that can impact your reputation.

Grand Theft Auto meets The Walking Dead. Oh, and it's 4 player co-op, and well cared for by the devs. Great game all around.

Can't recommend , game design is from 2010, 0 unique ideas , looks like mobile game and there is no soul in it , I can't fully express my feelings as there is none towards this game , Too casual

I love this game but I cannot climb on ranger car anymore, I could before, not now. But very nice game, except you cannot climb on Ranger car. and this makes me angry : (

Works on first launch. Crash on startup with subsequent launches.

Most radiant quests are repetitive so you might wanna ignore them unless you need supplies, but other than that, the gameplay and combat are really good. The only issue I really have is that the hordes have like 3-5 zombies at best, even on higher difficulties.

With state of decay 3 around the corner, I must say that playing this game has been amazing throughout... I played state of decay 1 when i was very young and i must admit that state of decay 2 was a great improvement over it. I highly recommend trying this game...

Honestly, I like this game. I played it a few years ago, recently had the opportunity to buy it and I don't regret it. It may be somewhat repetitive but it's still fun.

If you want looting shooting zombie sandbox, then yes. Just understand it is fairly shallow in most aspects, and in many ways is just a modest upgrade from SoD1. You have to really like this game for repeated play throughs, or take long breaks between. I honestly don't expect the reported SoD3 to be any better, or different, as this developer hasn't shown the studio skills or capability to make a bigger better game.

probably the best zombie "survival" game, the melee combat is fun the shooting is satisfying and the driving is perfect for running over zombies :) i cant wait for the 3rd game to somehow BE EVEN BETTER! a EASY 10/10

Can't wait for the release of state of decay 3, I got this game on sale and initially I was feeling a little skeptical but i'm glad I made the decision to get it. Also funny enough I met the love of my life while i was watching game play footage of this game when she first confessed she liked me. So yeah this game has a special place in my heart i'm glad I got this game.

A relatively old zombie game that takes the idea of being in a zombie outbreak, but focuses more on scavenging and taking care of your community really well. simplistic, yet complicated, mix of both. the randomness in every character makes each survivor special in one way or another. I'd give you give it a shot. <3

Too grindy to be fun. Combat is ok, but unremarkable and somehow not satisfying or fun. You've gotta run around and unlock the ability to set up more forts, which feels grindy It might've been more fun to spread myself too thin instead?

There's no end to the tasks, but when does the game get fun? I have no idea.

If you have friends you want to play this with in multiplayer, don't bother, everyone else becomes a base slave to the host.

Multiplayer basically:

1.) Resources are donated to the Host's base, leaving your own community neglected, you have to have your own session to keep your own base going.

2.) Tether system prevents you from straying far from the host, which contradicts the purpose of player loot distribution system.

Another overall letdown is that the Inventory system is very limited, even in vehicles.

DO NOT start this game at a higher difficulty level. You need to learn how it works at easier difficulties first. With a few exceptions, every game I've ever played I started on the hardest level and eventually got good at it. I tried that with this game and couldn't make any progress. Constant death. After 200+ hours I'm still one away from the hardest level. It's an extremely immersive and difficult game, but a lot of fun and very rewarding as you get better. The creators also supported, improved, and released new updates and content for an astonishing number of years. How many studios do that these days!?!

I would not recommend if you search for a multiplayer gameplay.

The actual gameplay is great. Won't lie about it. But once you want to get into multiplayer with your friend... Awful...

So imagine you want to play with your friend and you join their world. You're basically a slave. You gain 33% of their loot and you are not even getting a good weapon. You don't share their community or loot. You can't upgrade their stations. You're just here to help and nothing else. If you actually want some loot or reward for the help you have provided, you have to go in your world and claim the reward. Wich loses the whole point of the muliplayer cooperation gameplay.

Please devs. Don't mess up with State Of Decay 3. The gameplay is geat. DON'T MESS UP!

Cant even play it without some arbitrary online microsoft account. Cool. Was actually excited to try it too. Nevermind.

Fuck this game and the devs, why the fuck lock this game behind a stupid useless shaddy not trust worthy Microsoft account? and what games uses microsoft? this is my third time I created a stupid microsoft account to log into your stupid xbox account only to be locked out for no reason, losing all my saves for the third time. AND NO I WON'T GIVE MY PHONE NUMBER TO MICROSOFT. why lock the game behind an xbox account? I am playing in the fucking PC, this is a fucking PC VERSIOIN not XBOX. not gonna buy any game from this devs again. you are black listed.