Its not surprising really, as its an open world sandboxer that features Zombies.
And we all love zombies.
Its a zombie survival mecca, and so should be a no-brainer purchase, shouldnt it?
In fact,SoDactively encourages you to avoid confrontations when you’ve got the option to.
The people you control here are not super human, theyre not inexhaustible killing machines.
Instead, theyre real people who need food, sleep and medicine.
They even get depressed and can commit suicide if the situation gets too dire.
Of course, this is an open world game, so expect missions to come from all directions.
These range from story missions to a host of random quests.
This is the closest weve come in gaming to what it may actually be like in a zombie holocaust.
State of Decayrevels in the mundane and in micromanagement of people and supplies, but in a good way.
This really is survival horror, much more so that anyResident Evil.
Ammo is scarce, and combat, especially with guns, makes noise.
Its tricky, but practice makes perfect.
This isnt good if youre out in the wild with no easy way home.
The ugly dead
As I said before,State of Decayis a sure fire hit on paper.
The complex game systems, open structure, and deeply immersive world should create the perfect zombie title.
This is a buggy game, make no mistake.
Well, excuse me for having to eat and sleep!
Its annoying, and there should at least be an option to have the game stop when you do.
State of Decayis a game that simply screams co-op, either online or split-screen.
Poor show guys, poor show.
Lets just hope patches can smooth out the experience.
State of Decayis available via XBLA for 1600 MS Points.
Rating:
3 out of 5
