How State of Decay 2's co-op works: Progression, tethering, and more

State of Decay 2 is an upcoming zombie apocalypse survival simulator where the emphasis lies in scavenging, base building, and social management.

[JohnnyPremo]

Tethering????? Wtf this might kill it for me.

[gangsta_red]

Was very disappointed to hear about the tethering part of the game as it makes no sense at all to have. If you're playing co-op and someone strays to far, that's their problem.

This game already has a strike against it for that.

[ShottyatLaw]

Supposedly it has a larger range than the tethering in Far Cry 5. It didn't seem to be a strike against FC5, though.

[gangsta_red]

I didn't even know FC5 had it. I guess I will have to actually play it to see how bad it really is.

[Jinger]

The tethering won't be much of a deal when you're playing with friends who communicate. I mean, who is going to stray that far off by themselves in this game anyway when death is permanent?

That being said, I'd still rather NOT have it. It could be used as an advantage though. Have the host wait on the skirts of the tether line, have a guy run in a grab resources real quick, the host then takes off and warps their buddy to safety.

[Cmv38]

But it's 2018, tethering in games is unnecessary. It's an online game where you roam around. You communicate because you have freedom to split up. Not because you have to be 10 meters from each other.

[Jinger]

Splitting up will not be the best option in this game anyway. Also it really depends on the length of this tether. This article is saying that it's fairly generous and unless you're going in opposite directions doing a completely different mission, you shouldn't notice it.

[conanlifts]

The tethering does not seem as sensitive as 10m though.

"When you drive a significant distance away from your friends, they will "hitch a ride" towards you"

So you could still go some distance away from each other without an issue.

[NXFather]

That's good Thinking.

[Jinger]

Gotta take advantage of gameplay systems haha

[quent]

That was my only question/concern about the game, not being able to split up and handle different tasks at once

[Cueil]

Lol thinking you'll be able to go solo

[stokedAF]

The tethering seems like a odd choice. It’s a survival sim game. There’s no story or boss fights. Why would you need to tethered? The article says for performance reasons. They make it sound like they are a small studio (they are) with no resources for net code. If so Microsoft needs to step up.

“The distance feels generous enough that most co-op players shouldn't really notice it.”
If the line encompasses a large area of the map then I could forgive. It just makes me wonder what the real reason was for shying away from dynamic co-op in a dynamic game.

[BLKxSEPTEMBER]

I don’t know what the big deal is about teathering. Most co op games have been like that since the beginning of online play. MMO’s are usually the only co op games where there is no teather. Seems like people are just nitpicking

[noxeven]

Sigh I was pumped for this but now I don't know. Farcry 5 was fun but everytime we played together everyone was always like I hate doing these mission again. We really need to separate tethering coop into its own category cause just saying coop and having to do research to see what kind is just annoying.

[No Way]

I'm not really sure why this is a big deal to most people, anyway. Depending on the game and the misssions or mission layout, of course. But, you are playing it to play "CO-OP," meaning you're playing with someone in tandem.. why would you want to separate?

Just play single player, then...