State of Decay 2

State of Decay 2 — the continuation of a remarkable third-person zombie action game with survival elements. Together with comrades or in proud solitude, you will have to survive in a world teeming with vicious undead. You will have the opportunity to organize your own base, which needs to be upgraded and fortified. But to gather supplies, you will sometimes have to leave your protected habitat and fight your way through.

State of Decay 2 is an action game from Undead Labs with a third-person view, set in a zombie apocalypse, with survival elements, released on May 18, 2018, for PC running Windows 10 and Xbox One. It is not a direct sequel to the 2013 game, but it continues the events of State of Decay in terms of the storyline.

The switch to the Unreal Engine 4 allowed for significant improvements to the primitive graphics of the original. High-resolution textures, quality effects, well-detailed buildings, and objects of the game world appeared, and its qualitative and quantitative content increased.

The action of State of Decay 2 takes place in an alternate version of our reality, in the USA, a year after the zombie apocalypse caused by an unknown virus. Available resources and sane people have become fewer, zombies — more. The player has an entire state at their disposal, divided into three extensive maps, each with an open world and its own theme.

Zombies have changed significantly under the influence of the "blood plague," becoming more dangerous and faster, and different bosses have appeared. The plague is emitted by "plague hearts" — clusters of virus-infected biomass, which is the main threat of the game world. They will have to be destroyed in a team of bots or friends.

A feature of State of Decay 2 is the absence of a main character as such. There is also no full-fledged story, but there is a short story quest in the form of a tutorial that tells the relationship between the first pair of characters. Then the player is introduced to the second pair, and now they can switch between them to perform various actions.

One character is like one life, if they die, they die forever, and you start playing as another. Each person is valuable thanks to the skill system that appears over time. One is a medic by education, another enjoys working in the garden, and the third is good with computers. The more practice — the faster one of the four specializations will open, which can then be further improved.

When the player finds themselves one-on-one with the open world, they are given complete freedom of action: you can play offline with bots or go online in multiplayer.

In both modes, the gameplay is essentially the same. The player reaches the base and leads the local group of survivors. The residents have desires that need to be fulfilled, otherwise, everyone will scatter. There are five basic needs: food, building materials, medicine, fuel, and ammunition, so you need to keep them in stock, as well as assign someone to defend the settlement.

The base can be developed by building watchtowers, an infirmary for treating the wounded and those infected with the "blood plague," a kitchen for preparing quality food, a workshop, a gym, a garden, and a library. Первое время все будет происходить вручную, но позже можно командовать жителями, чтобы они сами искали полезные вещи для базы или производили их.

Периодически будут встречаться другие выжившие (в том числе реальные игроки), они попросятся к вам в группу или захотят торговать. В мире будут развиваться и другие поселения, дружелюбные и не очень.

Кооператив рассчитан на группу до четырех человек, можно играть с друзьями или случайными людьми, а все процессы (строительство, сбор ресурсов, развитие) сильно ускоряются. Появляется возможность совершать рейды на «чумные сердца», это трудное задание с хорошим вознаграждением.