How Does State of Decay 2 Stack up on Xbox One X? - Video

Of course, State of Decay 2 comes to Xbox One X with all of the usual enhancements, so better resolution and performance as standard; but the question is, how much of a difference does it really make? Does State of Decay 2 perform well enough on the original Xbox One and Xbox One S? Or is it a major downgrade, comparatively speaking?

[Xavi4K]

Probably day 9ne patch will fix it

[Gazondaily]

Hearing about quite a few probs/bugs about this though. Sounds like it'll take longer than a day one patch tbh

[Ukgamer]

They have said there is a patch coming but with no mention of it being a day 1 patch.

[sprinterboy]

Yep kinda funny games mentioned about the bugs and glitches about 3 weeks ago discussing their concerns with the games launch approaching.

[UltraGaming]

There was a 6gb patch earlier today,

[bouzebbal]

It will be amazing.. You just don't know it yet

[IamTylerDurden1]

Surprised there are so many technical issues, it's not a very demanding game from the looks. This game is not getting great press pre-release.

[RacerX]

Oh look, a game launched with tons of issues... What else is new in 2018?

By 2020 they will have us paying fees for patches.

[UltraNova]

@racer

"By 2020 they will have us paying fees for patches."

Oh I can totally and dreadfully see that happening...

[super_bruno]

Buggy game = No buy. If your game is buggy take more time developing it. This is unacceptable.

[Legion21]

In a perfect world this is always possible. Gotta remember devs are on tight schedules and might be able to get to everything before launch. That said, totally agree with waiting to buy if a game is buggy.

[IamTylerDurden1]

There is little excuse for this game to be such a mess. It's not a technically demanding and it's back by MS. MS knew this game was important due to the lack of exclusives, they should've ensured quality.

[chris235]

and while they‘re at it they could go back to the drawing board and develop something a bit more original.

[DJStotty]

So why buy any game? Every game is launched with bugs. So do you not buy any game at all?

[iplay1up2]

uh, I don't need to buy it, games pass $9.99 per month =150 + games!

[Xavi4K]

I can confirm that this article is trash I just spent one hour watching people play the game on twitch and the game look solid.

You can head to twitch and see some real gameplay pf the game before jumping to conclusions

[DarkVoyager]

“I can confirm that this article is trash I just spent one hour watching people play the game on twitch and the game look solid.”

Stop with the damage control. I’ve watched previews and plenty of streams and there’s lots of issues. Bugs, framerate drops, bad animations, etc.

[Doughhead]

i too watched it on twitch and I agree with you.

[TheCommentator]

@ dark voyager

Stop with the ignorance and lies:

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Post a link to the videos you've watched with the framerate problems if you can.

[DarkVoyager]

@TheCommentator

“Stop with the ignorance and lies”

“Post a link to the videos you've watched with the framerate problems if you can.”

Next time do some research before calling out someone.

https://www.eurogamer.net/a...

“In fact I noticed a great deal of graphical bugs during my time with the game. The Xbox One X build I played had constant frame rate issues.”

“The PC version ran smoother, but it too was plagued by minor glitches like zombies disappearing through floors or becoming lodged inside objects.”

“At other times, networking bugs meant that it all struggled to keep up with the action, especially when all four of us were in the same vehicle. This produced headache inducing graphical glitches which caused a rapid flickering of the vehicle as it travelled down the road.”

[TheCommentator]

@ dark Voyager

"I’ve watched previews and plenty of streams and there’s lots of issues. Bugs, framerate drops, bad animations, etc."

I ask you to show me a video with framerate issues, which you say you've seen, and you link an article instead? LOL!!! Put it this way: If I were to link an article about MS making more games you'd say, "It's not proof they're making more games, show me the games." Show me the gameplay videos for SoD2 with framerate issues or GTFO, you article is not good enough when I've shown video evidence that proves otherwise.

[blackblades]

Damage control patrol. Also you gotta play it to experience the issues at times.

[Xavi4K]

@DarkVoyager

What you mean by damage control it’s the reality that you and every other one downvoted me doesn’t want to see.

The streamer I watched streaming is AdmiralBahroo and I asked him in the chat of twitch if there are any issues with the games or clear bug and he said he knows about some previews that's said this game is buggy and its all B$.

In fact he is streaming right now you could go and check out his gameplay to see that the game is running smoothly. The damage control is trying to be against anything Xbox just like your comment here where you didn’t even manage to get us a link to that buggy video you said you watched....hating anything Xbox related is the nerrstive here in N4G comment section no one can deny it. For that reason I never get bothered by downvotes here having that I enjoy my gaminng discussion with more adults and open minded people in other well known forum (not neogaf for sure lol)

[UCForce]

@DarkVoyager Not to mention. The dialogue in this game is so corny and cringe. The animation look very old.

[IamTylerDurden1]

The Commentator

The entire point of your beef with Dark Voyager was that he claimed SoD2 runs poorly and you claim it runs well.

Dark Voyager posted an article from your technical savior, EuroGamer/DF, and they clearly state that the game does indeed have pretty severe technical issues including bugs and framerate. I think that's more definitive than one hand picked video by you...

Multiple sources have confirmed issues with this game, especially the One X version as it appears as though it can't handle the game at that resolution.

The devs have already come out promising technical improvements and patches. They are sort of damage controlling the game before it even releases. That's not agreat

[TheCommentator]

@ Alucard

I am smart. I did the research, made my post with a link to the video, asked for video evidence to the contrary, and was backed up by the admins when they updated the article to include the link I provided yesterday. I'm not the one in denial here.

@ IamTylerDurden

LOL, what? The Admins say the article, "made statements aimed to rile up Fanboys without specifics" and you are still ignoring the video in favor of an article full of rumors? Just my observation at this point, but you seem to be quite riled up by the evidence showing that it runs fine.

@cigi

So it's an old build that still runs without framerate issues, the admins just backed me up by linking the very video I posted yesterday, and you still proclaim I don't have a valid argument? I can see how that makes sense... /s

[Alucard_420]

@TheCommentator you posted one link wow that is very factual of you. I guess I should always believe what I see the first time I watch a video, base from what you have said. I take back what I said before, you have just proven to me the opposite.

[IamTylerDurden1]

The Commentator

The reviews are out and it's getting hammered for technical issues just like everyone said. Weird how the admins sided with u.

[ILostMyMind]

lol at "day 9ne patch".

[UltraGaming]

There was a patch earlier today for the game, no doubt there will be another on launch

[maybelovehate]

Not too surprising, the first game had terrible performance.

[conanlifts]

The article state performance is terrible and makes comments like
"State of Decay 2 also supports Xbox One X but sadly the game doesn’t appear to be taking full advantage of the hardware with a disappointing performance."

It then provides a comparison link to a youtube video that shows the x runs at a stable 30fps in 4k with no issues present. This is a terrible article. If they want to make these claims they should link videos showing this, not videos refuting their own article.

[maybelovehate]

30fps is terrible performance haha

[conanlifts]

"30fps is terrible performance haha"

So you think 4k/30 is terrible on a console?

[RainOfTerror]

regardless of the reason, that doesn't bode well at all.

[Ukgamer]

Strange I’m sure there was a comparison video yesterday that had the X at a solid 30 although I didn’t watch the whole video

[Xavi4K]

The downvotes 😂

[Ukgamer]

I’m gonna find the video again and watch it all. I’ve watched a few streams and it all looks ok

[TheCommentator]

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Harmy666]

Lol, people down voting, even though you literally provided video proof

[conanlifts]

They linked this video in the article. Randomly they used it as proof it ran terribly, despite the video showing stable gameplay in 4k with no bugs present.
I watched the video to see what issues were present and it was all positive. The main issues were the standard xbox frame rate fluctuating from 35-40 fps.

[Kaze24]

What you expect, it's N4G and they will over react to make the game look bad since it isn't coming to their favorite console..

[UCForce]

@Kaze24 Well, the game performance still have problems. Sure, the first one have one, but it was understandable at the time. Seriously, the game need more polish and that is no excuse. I’m sure State Of Decay 2 gameplay will be solid, but the story and dialogue are going be somewhat corny and cringe. I look at the video.

[conanlifts]

@UCForce . I don't deny there might be a few bugs, the question is how may will remain post release. Personally the only ones I have really noticed are when getting in and out of vehicles, there seems to be random jerking and stuttering, plus limbs poking through doors. My issue is that this article is citing bugs without providing evidence. They also cited the Xbox X version as suffering and posted evidence which disagreed with their summation. So if this key point is incorrect why should we believe the rest of the article without evidence.
As for the story and dialogue it is probably no better or worse than the first, which I am fine with as it is the gameplay I am interested in.

[UCForce]

@sd11 What put me off is the co op implementation. If you go too far from your team, the game will pull you back with the group. That’s a dumb and outdated feature. This game is Open World. Many open games don’t have this. In Ghost Recon Wildland, you can go far away from your team.

[DigitalRaptor]

The game looks cack visually, and these performance issues even on a high-end console? Unbelievable really.

Hopefully the gameplay is solid, but the jank is real and those co-op issues and restrictions... Damn! I don't think this is going to launch well, and after Sea of Thieves I really thought this would be a solid exclusive for Microsoft - it's absolutely a win that they need.

[paintedgamer1984]

But but but thats from the unfinished version.

[Xavi4K]

True

[Ricegum]

Defense mode 😂

[Jinger]

Hasn't this been known since the preview event a couple weeks back? and didn't Undead Labs already state they are working on it?

[Gunstar75]

Another Xbox hit piece..... #yawn

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Yes, people are now reaching to try and trash all things Xbox.

The first game had terrible performance, and this game (from all indications/first impressions) looks like it doesn't add nearly as much to warrant a sequel, plus now potential performance issues again.

Microsoft basically hand delivers bad press/decisions to the press and doesn't do a thing to change going forward.

[ONESHOTV2]

let's cut them some slack it's an open world game with active AI that changes based on the player but I do hope they iron out a few of the bug and plz release the game n steam so the community can fix the bugs and add even more mods like the first game if it's just on the windows store for a few months then I don't mind I can buy it there but I want it to be on steam. BTW my strix 1080ti will have zero problems with this game

[SpaceRanger]

Cut them slack? That’s why MS is in the position they’re in right now. The fanbase just takes it.

[ONESHOTV2]

i'm not talking about MS i could give one sh--t I'm talking about undead labs but anyways i will be buying this on PC so i have no worries about performance

[SpaceRanger]

“i'm not talking about MS i could give one sh--t I'm talking about undead labs...”

So am I. Cutting them slack leads to consumers supporting an unfinished or poorly made game. And that is the reason why MS’ yearly portfolio is of poor quality on average.

[Automatic79]

Did anyone see IGN video yesterday? State of Decay performance was solid.

[UCForce]

Sure, but the dialogue is very corny and voice acting is just annoying. Sure, I can get over with, but some critics will criticize on those flaws.

[Kribwalker]

yeah the original article was #fakenews

[showtimefolks]

this is a budget title with backing of MS as a huge publisher. This development team needs to fix whatever their issues are because MS has been very supportive. on xbox x these sort of issues shouldn't be happening. But as someone who played the original few years ago the game suffered from major hiccups frame rate wise. This series has potential but it's time to deliver on that potential

[Father__Merrin]

if they release it on Azure servers combined DX12 patch bearing in mind Cloud compute can take away all of the physics based rendering off the hardware and into the cloud this could be a show piece title..

[Goldby]

Have to get azure working first.
It hasn't for cd3 and that has its priority on the cloud

[Jinger]

Azure actually does work and is used in games already.

[Goldby]

I know there's the driving for Forza, and I believe (could be wrong) it's used in SoT as well. Titan fall 1 too.

For an open world game with the physics they want (at least from my perception) it is more closer to cd3's use of it over something like Forza.
If they use it for ai, that's been proven through Forza and tf1. Physics and destruction hasn't been. Again to my knowledge.

[NXFather]

Yeah, I said the same(not on here ofc) but, Microsoft does not have the foresight for something like that. This could literally be the Zombie version of GTA series. Also I would add in alot more creatures, weather sytems, story, and first person scope for the sniper rifles. And yeah this could be in short gradual intervals. I can't confirm if DX12 would be sufficient but, a foward progressing series would be awesome and using cloud could one day allow for larger teams and communities.

[NXFather]

Also at this rate Rockstar, EA, Bethesda, Sony, CD Project Red, Sony Bend will beat them to it.

[AmUnRa]

O i know, the usual "the Cloud will fix everything the Cloud will do the physics" ..
And the usual story that DX12 will make everyting better.

Whe are hearing this story for almost 4 years, and where are the Cloud based games? And where is the proof that DX12 has done anything for the Xbox... Serious, where??
I tought so, all smoke and mirrors

[OC_MurphysLaw]

i'll just wait for the actual reviews.

[Platformgamer]

lol

[TheCommentator]

Who writes this bullshit? Even without the Day 1 patch, the game runs at 30fps+ on all consoles. On a very rare occasion, this video shows the 1X dip to 29:

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Jinger]

Shhh we gotta just hate the game. NO matter that it stays at 29-32 fps at all times and it also loads faster and has full 4k assets...

Now, if you want to talk bugs, that is fair and is being worked on.

Edit: There is also a huge difference in draw distance for the X which is what I'm most excited about.

[PFFT]

Funny that out of all the streams ive seen and footage released yesterday i saw no real performance problems. Sure there were some small bugs here and there but nothing really bad. Stupid fanboys with their BS articles trying to down play an xbox game. Sad freaking people. SMH.

[LiViNgLeGaCY]

The crappy way they implemented co-op is what turned me off to this game.

[Jinger]

If you actually read into it the tether is quite large and most people say they don't even recognize it. This isn't a game to go wandering out alone, if you have a partner you stick with them. But if the host goes AFK the tether is still large enough to go ransack the nearest town easily.

[UCForce]

So the game force you to play with your friends which I don’t have that problem with. But some players prefer play alone for themselves. I get it that State Of Decay 2 is more focus on Coop, but at least give players some value privacy here.

[Christopher]

What? No, you can absolutely play this game alone. It's just harder.

[UCForce]

@Christopher Yes, you can play the game alone which I aware that of course. But like I said, it’s almost sound like you have to play with your friends all the time. State of Decay 2 is using a very outdated feature like if you stay too far away from your friends, the game will pull you back with them. This game is Open World, not a linear game and that feature is not suit the game.

[j15reed]

@Jinger keep fighting the good fight I'm with you lol

[Christopher]

@UCForce: that tether distance is massive and why are you playing a coop game to not be near others?

I notice a lot of your comments here are just bringing up m minor issues. Bad dialog, tethering. These aren't have breaking bugs or the like and fans of the series won't be bothered by them more than likely.

Do you have anything positive to say about the game?

[UCForce]

@Christopher Well, I do know one thing State Of Decay 2 gameplay is going to be great just like the first one. The dialogue and the story won’t be problem for State Of Decay 2 which I and most others can get over with it, but few people will criticize those. Again, State Of Decay 2 just like the first one which is fine by me. Even Doom 2 just like the first Doom which was fine by me. Yes, I did know the mods just updated this article to make sure no one jump into collusion too quickly. But one thing for sure, State Of Decay 2 will be review on tomorrow and going to be great. I’m not trolling here.

[Da12RespectA]

It's not even out yet tho

[UCForce]

And they didn’t have time to polish the game. Seriously ? The first game was janky but it was understandable in that time. Now there is no excuse, I thought the sequel to be better and more polish.

[Smokehouse]

The first game was choppy. This is a bit disappointing but it’s not that serious for me.

It’s an open world game with hundreds of dynamic systems in the background pinging off of each other. I guess I can forgive a simulation game more than a scripted cinematic game for that reason. Conan exiles on PS4 is terrible on performance as well but it’s the same scenario, I just ignore it.

If it’s a hand crafted hallway with scripted scenes I’m less lenient.

[jent]

https://youtu.be/G4T3-Dmq_W...

[jent]

Here is another perspective. https://youtu.be/G4T3-Dmq_W...

[UCForce]

State of Decay 2 going to be coin flip. Will it be good or bad ? That’s up to people. If people get over cringes dialogue, awful animation and performance issues, this game would get criticized for those issues.

[Doughhead]

They just had live streaming on major nelsons twitter and it looked just fine to me.

[2pacalypsenow]

Lol

Oh man and I was looking forward to this.

Might buy it when it’s had all the patches.

[Tko1111]

4K 30 is terrible huh 🤔🤯

[Opinionatedlovesme]

Exactly, if you consider the graphical style. Its not a good lookin game so the performance on 1X shouldve been a lot better!

[j15reed]

It doesn't have to look good to be demanding...

[Bhai]

Yep, esp when the base model runs at 40fps ;)

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Hell nah that sucks

[GoodnessGreatness]

Lol

[DivineAssault]

Seems like a large overlooked issue.. Who the hell OKs these titles to release broken?! Gamers are getting way to damn comfortable letting these devs release stuff like this.. If i pay for a game, that game better function or ill stop supporting them.. Developers & publishers alike..

[Visceral89]

I wonder how bad it runs on the base Xbox One?

[DJStotty]

probably not as bad as people make out

[sizeofyou]

Disappointed. Was looking forward to this. Cancelled pre-order and wait to see whether it's patched over time...

[solidossnakos]

If you're an indie dev studio and you're game is open world, just stick with Unity 5 engine.
UE4 needs alot of work and optimization for an open world game.

[gamer7804]

this is why its better to wait a month or two after launch to buy games, either bugs fixed like will probably be with state of decay, or features added like photo mode in god of war etc.

[Goldenarmz]

Glad i have Gamers Pass, dont have to waste money. Can just play randomly until they fix it.

[FernDiggidy]

LOL!!!

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Props to the mod for the update on this site...

[Snakeking33]

I don’t see that much of a difference

[PrinterMan]

Why should we have to read between the lines in a news article? That’s just bad journalism if that’s what you expect.