State Of Decay 2 Review – A Plague On Multiple Fronts | Game Informer

State of Decay 2 has a lot to love, but it’s overwhelmed by legacy issues and a slew of all-new ones that came along for the co-op ride.

[AspiringProGenji]

Loving the Xbox lineup so far this year. Couldn't be happier with the power of the X

[PowerOfTheCloud]

Never forget to put the /s behind sarcastic comments. People can't spot that dirty smirk in your face while you wrote this.

[Vandamme21]

Lmao

[BiggerBoss]

I thought it was obvious.

I'm surprised Microsoft didn't try to tap into the power of the cloud for this game.

[bluefox755]

Normally I'd agree, but this is something that no one could say with a straight face, lol.

[dirkdady]

Gamespot just put out their review 5/10 "mediocre". Man game can't seem to catch a break

I don't understand why the game is in such a state when the devs had so much time to just build on top of what they released before. In less time teams have created entire open world games.. could microsofts decision to make this free on game pass have something to do with it?

[BiggerBoss]

I upvoted, because I laughed my ass off.

[2pacalypsenow]

When you wanna play the most mediocre exclusives, there’s no power greater than X

[trooper_]

Best lineup ever! /s

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Lol more power to you but as an og x1 owner this year and last have been horrible

[Bathyj]

It has the highest res, bad games available, no doubt about it.

[BiggerBoss]

Everybody knows that crappy games are better in true 4K!

[SkippyPaccino]

I'm starting to think that Sea of Thieves, State of decay 2 and Crackdown should've been bundled on one disk.. Like those demo disk from back in the day.

I'm sure some will find the joy in those games... Like the island of misfit toys

[BiggerBoss]

You joke, but I legit loved those little demo disks when I was a kid.

[2pacalypsenow]

Lol

[GamesMaster1982]

This really does look fun so looking forward to playing it. And yes im mainly a PlayStation gamer . But if I like a game either system I’m going to play it . Loved state of decay so defo checking this out too . Hell im going to buy a Switch because they announced Bayonetta 3 . Fuck fan wars At the end of the day . I work my ass off at work, and I love games so I’m going to play the games I like regardless which console.

[BiggerBoss]

Good for you man. I'll never knock a guy for enjoying a game, even if reviews say it suck.

I'm not personally into State of Decay, so won't be buying this, but I'm into plenty of other games that got terrible reviews.

[paintedgamer1984]

Im not for racing games either but someone stated exclusively all ms had the rest of the year was cd3 and i was correcting them. Im glad at least ms has Forza in the fall. Many racer fans hold that series in high regard... at least on xbox anyhow. MS if anything does racers justice but many people arent going to pay 499$ to play an amazing racer (highest rated xbox exclusive) a few good, some ok, and many mediocre titles.

[paintedgamer1984]

How can there possibly be this many blunders in a row?

Sea of Thieves, State of Decay, and next Crackdown 3, if that even launches this year.

Its gotten so bad xbox dudes dont even make lists with these games anymore. when just 6 months ago...

Even the xb1x "the most powerful console in the world" is having problems running a AA game, a 30$ game, a game that is no technical marvel even by 2013 standards, at 4k 30 let alone what it should be at 4k 60.

This review by GI is very honest and direct to the point, while other publications that are pro xbox give 9's and 9.5's ignoring the blatant problems and lying directly to their fanbases. Its a damn shame. Almost like watching a burning house that noone is trying to put out or even know how.

[OneLove]

Lol sit down you're blatantly blaming xbox saying it can barely run this game. When obviously its ran much more taxing games. You're just a fanboy based off that single comment.

[Rude-ro]

Which open world game is running with no issues?
Pubg? Nope
Seot? Nope
State of decay? Nope
Facts argue your defense

[BiggerBoss]

@onelove

The point is, that the Xbox One X is CLEARLY powerful enough to run this type of game, so WHY is the game releasing in such a buggy and glitchy state?

[trooper_]

If it's so powerful, then every game should be running at its best. Why is this game and Sea of Thieves such a crappy mess?

Oh...wait...

[2pacalypsenow]

We’ll looks like all Xbox 1 has left is crackdown 3

[paintedgamer1984]

And forza

[BiggerBoss]

I hate racing games, so I completely disregard Forza.

For me personally, I have no reason at all to upgrade to the Xbox One X, because all I have to look forward to is Crackdown 3, which looks pretty crappy.

There's a possibility that Microsoft may release a new Halo or Fable game, but those franchises are SO stale by this point that I'm not excited at all.

Glad I went with PS4 this gen, and I kinda regret buying an Xbox One at all...

[2pacalypsenow]

Forza is a yearly release much like call of duty and sports games.

It's really something new.

[TheColbertinator]

Playing it later this week. Thank you Microsoft

[OffRoadKing]

You thank them for this, um ok.

[BiggerBoss]

Luckily it's free and you don't have to pay anything for it!**

** (As long as you subscribe to Microsoft's monthly fee!)

[CaptainObvious878]

Colb: Thank you MS *opens lube bottle*

MS: What are you doing? Put the lube away.

Colb: Ok. Thank you MS, Thank yooooooUUUUUU!!!!!

The sad thing is, colb could have said no at any time.

[TheColbertinator]

I never say no to daddy Phil

[stuna1]

He has the industrial sized tube lol.

[Strange_Evil]

This is the inherent problem with the whole gamepass ideology. When you're giving a game for 10bucks/month, no way that game can be the quality of something similar to what Sony or Nintendo pushes out.

Honestly, MS should take a hard look at themselves and revisit their exclusive strategy. Even after that, I think it is too little too late.

[paintedgamer1984]

The real question is, lets pretend this game is a 9.5 metacritic or higher, would this game show up on gamepass for 10$... No i dont think so... Just like recent and upcomming Forza games dont. MS knew damn well sot and sod werent going to be recieved well so wth might as well make some $ instead of no $, which from a business standpoint i do not blame them but this is not their main objective... it cant be.

[bluefox755]

That's an interesting point. It does seem like they knew those games would be crap ahead of time.

[stuna1]

Actually it's pure genius on Microsoft part! Consider that they do know certain games will perform below expectations profit wise, having gamepass in play ensures that they can tap into a profit stream that otherwise would be unavailable, Meaning the game will generate a profit regardless just on hype alone.

People won't buy the game outright for $60, but the majority still will try it through gamepass.

[Dragonscale]

@stuna, yeah but I'd rather pay 60 bux for a quality and complete first party title than pay 10 bux a month for a mediocre title like sod 2 no contest.

[BiggerBoss]

Yeah, unfortunately, Microsoft probably views this path as more profitable. If they have the majority of their base subscribed to a play-all-games monthly fee, they don't have to worry about individual games bombing in sales.

[OffRoadKing]

Ouch.

[BiggerBoss]

Don't look at Eurogamer's review lmao, it just says to AVOID.