The player can choose to confront them directly, use stealth to sneak past them, or divert them using items like firecrackers. They respawn infinitely (unless the player establishes an outpost, which prevents spawns in their vicinity), are attracted to noise, and are capable of sprinting nearly as fast as the characters. These attitudes can affect their behaviors, sometimes requiring player intervention. Each character also has a morale parameter, affected by game events (a near death experience, death of another character, or having accomplished a difficult task). Except for the story-related characters, most characters can be assigned to survivor groups and be recruited.

Cooperative multiplayer is also available allowing to players to recruit a friend to temporarily join their game to assist them with objectives.Įach character has a fixed set of 'traits' which give them advantages or flaws (such as tire out more easily, or can improve a certain skill faster). Only one survivor can be controlled at a time, though the player can ask an AI-controlled survivor to accompany them, and in certain missions, one or more AI-controlled survivors will accompany the player. The player can interact with survivors outside of their group: trading with them, helping them or recruiting them. They can be obtained by scavenging or trading with NPCs. Part of the game is balancing the use of resources: food, medicine, ammo, and construction materials. The player can choose from several locations to build a base, then reinforce and improve it with various facilities like watchtowers, gardens, sleeping quarters, kitchens, workshops, medical bays, etc. The game is set in an open world environment and features cooperative gameplay with up to three other players. State of Decay 2 is a zombie survival game, with an emphasis on scavenging for items, in which gameplay is experienced from a third-person view. A sequel, State of Decay 3, is under development. The game had over 10 million players by August 2021. State of Decay 2 received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its difficulty, musical score and combat, but criticized the technical issues and the lack of depth in the survival and management mechanics. Like its predecessor, players are required to build a community, manage resources and survive against the horde of zombies. The game is a followup to State of Decay and was released for Windows and Xbox One on May 22, 2018. State of Decay 2 is a survival video game developed by Undead Labs and published by Xbox Game Studios.

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