a soggy open-world loot-'em-up with catastrophic bugs

With State of Decay 2 one of the few exclusives Microsoft has confirmed, at least so far prior to E3, there is understandably a lot of pressure riding on Undead Lab's sequel to their fan favorite State of Decay on the Xbox 360 back in 2013.

If you zone out on something too long, one might jokingly call you a zombie. You're in a mindless state, your only desire is whatever lies ahead of you-a bingeable Netflix show, a Platinum trophy or big achievement in a video game, a good meal.

Throughout State of Decay 2 , you're expected to be the governing force behind the renewal of society in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. You may groan at the prospect of diving into another open-world zombie game, but developer Undead Labs's latest is less disappointing for its cliché narrative...

The original State of Decay was a fantastic game, one that had a lot of features people have always wanted from Zombie based survival games, such as an open-world littered with resources needed to sustain a base or community.

fluid combat and animations; Fantastic Music by Jesper Kyd; Choices can be Important; Base Management System

Lacking Content; Buggy with Performance Issues; Limiting PC Version; Co-op seems tacked on; No Visual Identity

Nothing extraordinary but it's a fun and addictive game.

State of Decay 2 is an immersive and mechanically interesting zombie-survival gameplay experience - whenever the bugs aren't plaguing player progress.

It was fun when i first completed the game in a week and then the same thing happens over and over again till you get bored of it

There are certainly some neat ideas at the core of State Of Decay 2, but the good stuff is almost always drowned out by technical issues and some core...

Oddly compelling gameplay loop; Awesome soundtrack; Some neat emergent moments

Riddled with serious technical issues; Combat simply isn't much fun; Looks pretty awful