A Shame of Game
I recently got State of Decay 2, which was... a bit of a trial. Steam has, perhaps, spoiled me. Buying a game from the Windows store is a much more opaque and awkward process - almost enough to stop me along the way. It might have been better if that had happened.
Mind you, SoD2 is not a terrible game. I would say there are some marginal improvements over the original, though without delving into the multiplayer aspects, it isn't hugely different. There's still a gameplay look of gathering resources to build up a base before moving on to another one, killing zombies along the way. Vehicle fuel seems to go quicker. There are more options to things along the way, more survivor skills, and the addition of the plague zombies that can incapacitate characters if you're not careful. Nights are much darker - bordering on unplayably so.
But while I played through to the "end" of the story in the first one, I reached a point of "meh" much sooner here. Switching over to a rested survivor character and making a run out to clear infestations/gather supplies/scout was feeling more like a chore than anything. Playing the game stopped feeling rewarding to me. After some consideration, this led to me quitting and actually uninstalling.
Maybe sometime down the line it may strike my fancy more? Somehow I doubt it. So, this is a bit of a let down. Even for a not-full-AAA-priced game, it's too bad, but I guess that happens.
Mind you, SoD2 is not a terrible game. I would say there are some marginal improvements over the original, though without delving into the multiplayer aspects, it isn't hugely different. There's still a gameplay look of gathering resources to build up a base before moving on to another one, killing zombies along the way. Vehicle fuel seems to go quicker. There are more options to things along the way, more survivor skills, and the addition of the plague zombies that can incapacitate characters if you're not careful. Nights are much darker - bordering on unplayably so.
But while I played through to the "end" of the story in the first one, I reached a point of "meh" much sooner here. Switching over to a rested survivor character and making a run out to clear infestations/gather supplies/scout was feeling more like a chore than anything. Playing the game stopped feeling rewarding to me. After some consideration, this led to me quitting and actually uninstalling.
Maybe sometime down the line it may strike my fancy more? Somehow I doubt it. So, this is a bit of a let down. Even for a not-full-AAA-priced game, it's too bad, but I guess that happens.
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