State of Decay 2

The second part of State of Decay, in the wake of a number of zombie series, quickly became in demand, because the creators offered to lead several different characters through adversity. The open world, craft, base management, the availability of transport and the need to meet the needs of the wards provided significant realism. The gameplay begins with training and a formal connection for a couple of survivors, then they are sent to one of the areas, there are three of them. American-style decor: few people, lots of space, low-rise buildings.

First base

The player is provided with random survivors, it is necessary to build beds, provide electricity, establish access to water, respond to human requests. All characters are valuable, because upon death, control passes to the next, you cannot use save.

The basic resources are as follows:

• building materials;
• food;
• fuel;
• medicines;
• ammo.

At the end of one of the listed stocks, everyone will become discouraged, begin to conflict and ruin the life of the rest.

Initially, resources should be sought behind a shelter, armed with bats and crowbars, while each character has its own level of stamina and capabilities. At the same time, practice helps to improve opportunities, also everyone has their own skills, gradually this will lead to the need to make a choice.

Everything is thought out in the game: the car is relevant for the transportation of goods, but it needs to be refueled and repaired. Improvements are possible if we can find the right items. The team is important, you should study everyone by name and take into account the characteristics of the character when choosing each mission. Otherwise, you can lose the only gardener or equally important survivalists.

Inventory

The place for things is limited, so you only need to take what you need on trips, leave space for the loot. A certain amount of space is given by the presence of a backpack, everything is taken into account, including weight, so it is impossible to carry a lot. An alternative to returning to base will be a car with a spacious luggage compartment.

Time is required for the search, important things need to be searched for at the indicated locations. The appearance of zombies always occurs at an inconvenient moment, even after a long battle, you can get a couple of additional enemies.

Base improvement

All actions take time, refueling and repairing the car, searching one box will take 10 seconds, as a result, too much time is spent on mining. But gradually the base itself begins to produce a lot. At this stage, it is important to monitor the morale by satisfying the requests. The vegetable garden will help to get food and herbs, and the design of the infirmary is suitable for treatment, everyone needs beds and a workshop.

Neighborhood

Other survivors appear in the game, building relationships depends on the player, they can ask for help. If ignored, the neighbors will leave the area, but there will be no benefit from such an action. Rough treatment can lead to hostility. With friendly relations, you can get "influence" and resources. For "influence" you can buy things, compensate for resources.

State of Decay 2 Technical Features

In the second part, the Unreal Engine was used, which made it possible to achieve realistic animation, provide a decent level of darkness and a readable, simple interface. Cars move around adequately, hand-to-hand combat and shooting are implemented. There is not much variety, the world is open, but there are not many side quests. Mainly suggested:

• search for items in abandoned buildings for yourself, neighbors, simply and with a time limit;
• destruction of the plague (plague hearts), this is the main task;
• search for resources and new weapons.

In fact, the main data is described by parameters, so battles with zombies and the search for the most effective ways to destroy them attract more attention.

Cooperative

For more interest, a novelty is provided - a cooperative. Three places are taken by random people or friends. Both NPCs and strangers from the network can call for help. Cooperative play makes the process faster and more fun.

Pros and cons

The game turned out to be good enough, the score depends on the player's preferences. There is some monotony of action, and you can positively evaluate the roles of the inhabitants of the shelter, especially if your friends play them well.

If the first part was unique, since other games of the direction had not yet come out, then the second will be appreciated by connoisseurs of the "survival" genre.

Key benefits:

• good physics when driving cars;
• action-packed gameplay;
• co-op availability;
• the presence of effective killing of zombies, including them can be crushed by a truck, smeared by opening the car doors on the go;
• dismemberment and gore is provided, which will be appreciated by zombie fans.

The disadvantages are unsuccessful Russification, heavy AI, which does not allow you to relax and often interferes with the completion of tasks, most of the tasks are of the same type and often makes you bored.

It is worth paying attention to the translation, since it is impossible to switch the language. Although the process is Russified, the adequacy of the translation is not always present. Including you can face the parameter "strength", which refers to the improvement of the command center. As a result, it turns out to be electricity, since "power" is translated as force, not power.

Summary

The survival game has standard scenes and scenarios that have been reflected many times in a number of films and TV series. The second part has many times surpassed the previous version, released in 2013 and is attractive due to the cooperative, spectacular battles and a free world, where you can independently choose how to act during the apocalypse.