Redshirt
Banned
OpenCritic: 68/100
ACG: Thumbs up
For me, it's a budget title. Despite its issues this is absolutely something worth purchasing.
Eurogamer: Thumbs down
State of Decay 2 is a poor return on the scruffy promise of its predecessor, which topped Xbox Live Arcade charts largely, I suspect, for its resemblance to DayZ. It tantalises with the thought of raggedy everyday heroes pooling their myriad talents to survive, only to quantify and busywork all that out of existence.
Destructoid: 8/10
State of Decay 2 comes together as a game that feels designed for players who like to make checklists and chip away at long-term tasks. That notion might sound contradictory to existence in a zombie apocalypse, where death comes fast and often, but engaging with the game from this perspective makes its rough edges seem more like minor smudges.
Gaming Trend: 85/100
Compared to the first game, State of Decay 2 is a godsend, but it’s still far more glitchy than the average game.
IGN: 7.5/10
Combat is satisfyingly brutal and the special zombies inspire some real fear of permanent death, even though the Blood Plague turns out to be more of a sniffle. But the bugs are just as persistent as the zombies, and after a dozen or so hours the repetition of both eventually take their toll, making the appeal of replaying feel more limited than I’d expected for a sandbox RPG.
Kotaku: Thumbs up... I think
For as much fun as I had with the game, I expected a bit more polish.
PC Gamer: 74/100
It’s worth restating here that State of Decay is fundamentally a game about filling up resource bars, and I can foresee a time when I get bored of that. But the size of the world and the endless characters to encounter keep things fresh, and I’m already planning how to do more efficient playthroughs. Life after the apocalypse can’t go on forever, but it can be fun while it lasts.
Polygon: Thumbs down
[...] it just reminds me of a host of open-world games that are more beautiful, more storied, more fun.
TrueAchievements: 4.5/5
If you walked away from the original game feeling flustered from the constant micromanagement of everything, State of Decay 2 isn't going to change your mind. All of those aspects return and in many cases are made deeper.
Trusted Reviews: 3.5/5
An improvement on the original, and with far more variety on offer, but State of Decay 2 suffers from repetitive combat and poor player communication throughout. Fans of survival sims will likely appreciate the greater attention to detail...
Wccftech: 7.5/10
State of Decay 2 is every bit as fun and rough as the first game was in 2013. [...] It's one of those titles that can be described as being more than the sum of its parts.
Windows Central: 4/5
Where State of Decay 2 ascends is in its simulation, which has more depth, drama, and dynamism than ever before. [...] If you can forgive its quirks, State of Decay 2 will infect you like few other games can.
Xbox Achievements: 60/100
State of Decay 2 is a perfectly fine game. Nothing more, nothing less.
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