State of Decay
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| Studio | Undead Labs | ||
| Publisher | Microsoft Studios | ||
| Senior Developer | Jeff Strain Jessica Brunelle |
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| composer | Jesper Kyd Dreissk |
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| Erstveröffent- lichung |
June 5, 2013 Xbox 360 November 5, 2013 Windows Year-One Survival Edition April 28, 2015 Windows, Xbox One |
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| platform | Microsoft Windows , Xbox 360 , Xbox One | ||
| Game engine | CryEngine 3 | ||
| genre | Action adventure , survival horror | ||
| Game mode | Single player | ||
| control | Mouse and keyboard , gamepad | ||
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| medium | Download , CD-ROM | ||
| language | Multilingual | ||
| copy protection | Steam | ||
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State of Decay is a survival horror - third-person shooter from the House of Undead Labs , Microsoft Studios takes on the role of publisher . The video game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 in 2013 . In April 2015, the game was also released for the Xbox One .
action
In the game, players take on the role of shop workers and Marcus Campbell tried the zombie - apocalypse to survive. The action takes place in the fictional Trumbull Valley.
After returning from a fishing trip with his friend Ed Jones , he realizes that the world has been invaded by zombies. The two join the soldier Maya Torres and use a walkie-talkie to contact Lily Ritter. They follow her direction and come with her to a church called the Church of the Ascension, where Lily has established a base with other survivors. She convinces them to stay and so they get to know the community.
As the game progresses, survivors become aware of the presence of the US Army in Trumbull Valley, led by Sergeant Erik Tan and Captain Diane Montressor. They later find out that the aim of the army is not to evacuate the survivors , but to find the cause of the outbreak. You'll also find local citizen leader Judge Lawton, who barricaded the court with local law enforcement . She puts the citizens in her care, taking into account the laws of war, and plans to rebuild the city after the zombie incident is over. Later on, the characters also meet the Wilkersons, who try to make a profit from the disaster and exploit survivors.
The court falls victim to a zombie attack and Lawton dies. Captain Montressor is evacuated, leaving Sergeant Tan and his men behind. Together with Tan, the player discovers numerous corpses at the reservoir and reveals the cause of the outbreak. You plan to leave the valley and set out on the only road that leads out and is blocked by a concrete wall.
While Tan is setting up the explosives , the player keeps arriving zombies. Tan notes that the detonator has failed and the explosives cannot be detonated from a safe distance. He volunteers to detonate it manually, claiming that he is already infected. In doing so, he sacrifices himself and sets off the explosives that destroy the wall. As the smoke clears, the player sees that the other side is also filled with wrecked cars and corpses, meaning that the apocalypse has already spread outside the Trumbull Valley. The survivors leave the valley and the game ends.
Gameplay
The player's task is to survive in an open game world by, for example, satisfying hunger and ensuring health, protecting themselves from the zombies that react to noises or defending themselves and finding a base and expand and move forward in his group of survivors. For this, the player has to explore the world and collect and manage important items such as weapons and equipment ( resource management ). The player can move around either on foot or by looking for vehicles and using them.
The bases can be expanded and improved to increase defense, supply, work and comfort . You also have to build and maintain interpersonal relationships with the other survivors and keep the morale of the troops together. In addition, the player can trade with the non-player characters , help them with their work and recruit them for his group. The story mode contains over 150 characters, all of which have different character traits and are influenced in their actions by the game's actions. The player can decide whether he wants to kill zombies directly, use stealth tactics or use defensive techniques from a distance. Overall, the player can choose from over 100 different weapons. If a character is dead, he remains dead and you can only change characters.
The playing card is 16 square kilometers in size, but only 8 of them are playable.
Development and publication
The game was developed by Undead Labs using CryEngine 3 and is marketed by Microsoft Studios . It was first announced by the developers on August 22, 2012. In 2011, the game was announced under the title Class 3 on Xbox Live Arcade .
The game was first released on June 5, 2013 for the Xbox 360 . In Germany and Australia , however, the game has only been available since June 13th. In Australia, the game was banned until July 25 because of the use of painkillers and other suspicious drugs . The version for Microsoft Windows was released on 20 September 2013 under the Steam - Early-access -Programms and the official release took place on November 5, 2013.
The game was sold over 250,000 times in the first 48 hours, over 500,000 times in the first week and after the four months since the beginning of the early access phase, the game has sold over a million times. In October 2014 there were over 2 million units sold.
A revised Year-One Survival Edition was released on April 28, 2015 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One . An actually planned multiplayer mode has not been further developed since the beginning of July 2013. However, future offshoots should contain this as core content.
Extensions
The first DLC Breakdown was released on July 20, 2013 and added a sandbox mode to the game. Here the player leads a group of survivors who repair a mobile home in order to flee a village. The mode ensures that there is no respawn , adds special zombies and increases the level of difficulty in each new region.
The second extension Lifeline was released on February 4, 2014 and added a new map that depicts the fictional city of Danforth. The expansion also enables military units to be commanded in order to rescue civilians.
successor
The successor State of Decay 2 was announced in a press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 for short) in 2016. The game was released on May 22, 2018. The game was expanded to include a co-op mode .
reception
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The game received mostly positive reviews and received a metascore of 79% for the PC version.
The atmosphere , design and size of the open world, the many freedoms and exploration possibilities in the game, the zombie behavior and survival system, the sandbox possibilities, the dramatic plot and multi-layered characters and that the game is playful despite the many zombie games competitors are praised. Among other things, technical deficiencies and the sometimes little novel plot are criticized. The game is often compared to other zombie games like Left 4 Dead , DayZ , Dead Rising and The Walking Dead .
In the revised version, technical, graphical and improvements in performance and the extended content were praised, but old, adopted errors were also criticized.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State of Decay: This is how the zombie sandbox hit plays. In: PC GAMES. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - Test video for the PC version - GameStar. Retrieved on May 10, 2018 (German).
- ↑ State of Decay: Year-One Survival Edition put to the test - Action Survival Management ... with zombies! - GamePro. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ a b State of Decay in the test - When there is no more room in Hell - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ a b State of Decay in the test for PC: Atmospheric survival sandbox for zombie fans. In: PC GAMES. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ^ Undead Labs - Quick and Dirty Q&A. Retrieved May 10, 2018 (American English).
- ^ Undead Labs - Quick and Dirty Q&A. Retrieved May 10, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ State of Decay - Open World Zombie Survival Announced, Screenshots & Gameplay Trailer - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay zombie FPS stalks the Xbox 360. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - "Singleplayer-DayZ" now also available in Germany for the Xbox 360 - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - Sales ban lifted in Australia (Update: Release has taken place) - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Chris Pereira: State of Decay Enters Steam Early Access Tomorrow. In: IGN. September 19, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ State of Decay - PC version will reach Steam's early access program "GameStar" "in a few weeks". Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - The release date for Steam Early Access has been set - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - PC version gets final date for release on Steam - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - patch problems, sales record and status of the MMO successor - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - Sales pass the one million mark - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay: Zombie Action has two million sales. In: PC GAMES. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ^ State of Decay - Release date of the "Year One Survival Edition" - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay: Zombie Action comes to Xbox One. In: PC GAMES. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - Multiplayer DLC for the single player DayZ apparently no longer an issue - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - Further offshoots should contain multiplayer mode as a core feature - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - release date for »Breakdown« DLC limited - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ^ State of Decay - First information on the content of the »Lifeline« DLC - GameStar. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ^ State of Decay 2 Release Date, Trailers And Latest News | Cultured Vultures. In: Cultured Vultures. April 7, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ^ State of Decay. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ^ State of Decay review: city on the hill. Accessed May 10, 2018 .
- ^ Review: State of Decay. In: destructoid. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - Conclusion & Evaluation - Xbox 360. Retrieved on May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Ryan McCaffrey: State of Decay Review. In: IGN. June 5, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ State of Decay: How well is the version for Xbox One doing in the test? In: GameZone. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .
- ↑ State of Decay - Year-One Survival Edition: New console, old bug. In: computerbild.de. Retrieved May 10, 2018 .