State of Decay Xbox One GS review 5/10

Saw a number of people hyped for this game so thought i'd share the review:

http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/state-of-decay-year-one-survival-edition-review/1900-6416116/

Good:

• The Good Creates legitimate sense of community among your group of survivors
• Permadeath adds tangible tension to every outing
• Building up base & team feels like a less pessimistic George Romero film

Bad:

• Omnipresent bugs ranging from humorous to game-breaking
• Controls lack finesse for more hectic action sequences
• Multiple modes of play fail to meaningfully feed back into one another
• World lacks distinct sense of place

another crappy multiplat on a system with no games. Not with releases like this one that you'll make people purchase your system, MS.

Wasn't exactly hyped on here though, i think people knew it wasn't going to be great.

Curious what happened, the PC version was rated fairly high which I imagine this is not much different than.

Still may buy. I loved the 360 version.

and the wait continuous.

XposBone has no games!

@nyadc: not sure, to be honest i don't know enough about the game to comment specifically, but perhaps it is more suited to pc than console gameplay wise?

@_Matt_: Nah. Was on 360 first.

As i mentioned in the OP a number of xbox gamers sure seemed excited about it :P http://www.gamespot.com/forums/system-wars-314159282/why-no-excitement-for-state-of-decay-rerelease-31995092/

A pity the bugs haven't been addressed since the 360 version.

The core game will still be awesome, can't wait to play it all over again

microsoft was trying to hype this game against bloodborne an stuff what a disgrace

the x1 drought continues

@finalstar2007: ... And yet nearly everyone in that thread couldn't care less.

i repeat, it wasn't exactly hyped on here.

@freedomfreak: oh. Well alright then... Carry on.

Isn't this basically the 360 version with all the dlc? How are the bugs not fixed? It got 8.9 on ign so I'm not sure what to think about this game.

Kinda odd they didn't take the chance of a new port to fix the bugs...

I forgot it was even coming out on the Xbox One, it's an old game that most people didn't really care about to begin with.

lol a game has to get a 8 or higher for me to play it lol

no idea who that reviewer is but its state of decay. if you liked it before its the same great game with a lot of jank.

I think we should all be questioning at this point if all of these games getting bad scores are as bad as they say. It seems as though no game is good enough to appease most gamers anymore, or at least the reviewers.

Are reviewers and gamers in general just in a "don't give a damn" mind set? Do we compare most new releases not to a realistic standard but expect the same thrill we got playing what would become a favorite game? I think it depends.

As a couple of examples let's look at two recently (re)released Resident Evil games; RE Remake HD and RE Revelations 2. I completed Remake HD a few times before Rev 2 released and had played the Gamecube version countless times before that. When Rev 2 came out I played the first chapter and half of the second, got board, and went back to playing Remake HD in an attempt to get the platinum. Between the two games Remake HD is far superior (opinion), yet Rev 2 still received an 8/10 score from most reviewers.

Now let's look at the last year of releases. Most games that would be considered AAA are getting massive backlash from both reviewers and general gamers alike. Some rightfully so given really bad glitches. Glitches aside though, were those games fun? Some of the games that come to mind that were torn apart mostly by gamers (AC Unity, Destiny, The Order), I had a great time with. Not everyone did but you can't please everyone.

I think gamers need to go into a gaming experience expecting one thing; fun. If that's your expectation then you'll more than likely start enjoy gaming again. After all, games are about having fun.

You shared the review because you're a giant fanboy. At least be honest.

Great console gaming on the one.

hehe

Yeah, there wasn't too many people excited for this. I bought it on the 360 and didn't overly enjoy it.

Not trying to defend this game of the score it got here, just gotta say scores are all over the map

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-one/state-of-decay-year-one-survival-edition

Highest is a 90, lowest is the 50 by Gamespot. When opinions vary that much you should do extra research on the game before you buy it.

This is why reviews are shit specially on GS, it's pretty sad how the original version of SoD got a 8 and the Survival Edition gets a 5??? ummmm ok

Never really thought the game was great.

Sucks that they didn't effort into cleaning up the game and getting rid of the bugs. Sounds like a cash-in.

I hope they do make money though. I would love to see their real project (the MMO)

Screamride>The Order.

@TigerSuperman: bloodborne>>>>> XposBone collection!

Yeah that didn't make any sense to me either.

I'm not gonna say that SoD is a proper, functional product. It has glitches and bugs. Had them since launch, and they worked on them, that's true.

But it seems it's one of those cases where this reviewer in particular ran into a lot of bugs, and that would hurt his review. It's like Pillars of Eternity got insane scores across the board, and Kevin V. ran into so many bugs, it hurt the score.

Horrible review, this new version is better than the old 360 version, this does not deserve 5/10. This is almost as bad as Dead Rising 3 get a lower score on PC when its the better version.

Link to hype thread to prove flop?

We had fun with this game years back when it was a great indie game.. Now from the looks of it they just recycled the game with slightly uplifted graphics, more bugs, and little extra content.. This is a well deserved review score... The fact of the matter is these games are not free, and it is in a hugely competitive market..

All these games cost money and there are other better games out there, hence why they got lower scores.

... It's a mild graphic improvement, with many bugs from the old game and little meaningful content.. All with a $30 price tag.. Nothing we have seen warrants purchase of it over the original one.. And Dead Rising 3 has awful performance on the PC and has numerous questionable features like being fps capped at 30fps..

The review hardly compares the 360 and the Xbone version, although the reviewer hints at having played it.

My friend and editor-in-chief has played it and has made the following conclusions:

• The framerate isn't improved apart from confined locations
• The driving physics are noticeably improved however still not perfect
• Drawing distance is hardly if at all improved
• There's weak antialiasing
• The lightning engine is completely revamped
• There are new particle effects and fog effects
• The game automatically records your last 5 minutes before your death and then you can automatically save it / share with friends

He gave it a 7/10, but he gave the 360 version 9/10 back then.

That's some DC.

@Salt_The_Fries: Had a packet of monster lunch. Spicy. Little shit.

So what did this new version actually add?

The rerelease is also entirely penis free, unlike the hidden penile visual assaults of the old version.

Let's face it, TC. You've made this thread because this is anti-Xbox. And you, like @arkephonic are an anti-Xbox fanboy.

You weren't even aware of the game until a few days ago.

Pretty shitty if you ask me.. The game's graphics were not what was holding it back.. It was the overall depth and features.. Though the base, inventory, and team features were cool they were not very well fleshed out... Once you got your base properly situated, zombie hordes and what not became a non issue.. And your base really was never under attack.

They added knives as default weapon instead of a kick which changed the dynamic of melee fights somewhat. Plus:

Survival Edition also boasts new monthly timed challenges, which can be unlocked by individuals or the community at large.

players who successfully complete these challenges are to be rewarded with new secret items in the game.

Microsoft have already teased that the first challenge will likely involve reaching a certain amount of kills using cars.

Other features getting tweaks include the in-game crate drops, which will now randomly spawn across the map.

Players will receive 'mysterious messages' via the radio and will contain the best weapons.

However, the crates come with noise-making beacons add will be surrounded by many undead foes.

The beacon will need to be turned off to stop the zombies flocking to your location, meaning you won't be able to just use your car to clear the area.

And there's more, but I'm not sure which of that applies to the main game and which only to DLCs:

http://www.samanthablackmon.net/notyourmamasgamer/?p=7815

............... So basically they went an easy route in adding some really basic stuff that small dlc's have done in the past.. Instead of trying to refine and develop the core parts in what made the game good.

I remember that thread. I own it on steam already. Game is getting very disparate reviews

damn xboner can't even do console backwards compatibility fail milking properly.

And you my friend, deserve a LARGE. So well put and said. FUN, period. That's how I rate the games I play. Did I have fun playing it? People go on about bad level design when they, themselves have probably never designed a level, done texture mapping or what have you. The ridiculous braking down of a game by some people makes me wonder whether they have a check list next to them while they play, ticking the boxes along the way. So in your own head, analyzing rather than letting go and just seeing if you have fun playing it. Not caring why its fun, just that it is.

I know I enjoy a lot of games because my only standard is having fun. Not resolution, or 8/10 score, or frames per second or blah blah.

Owning both and a gaming PC >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>your fanboy love HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

judging from various MetaCritic review it seems like one of the consistent criticisms is that it wasn't much of a visual upgrade for being a remaster of an Xbox 360 game, however many stated that the game is still quite fun and this version packs a lot of extra content in it, and some said if you haven't played it yet then it's worth playing

given how I never played it on the Xbox 360 I'm still looking forward to playing this

besides, I don't know what 5/10 means anymore, I just finished up playing through Crimson Dragon, 5/10 on here but I serious don't know why it got that low other than it being in vogue to bash anything exclusively Xbox, way more fun than was already pointed out by others that the piece of shit Resident Evil Revelations 2 which I quit halfway through Episode 3 since I too was fed up with how boring it was (yeah, that episode everyone said was the good one) that that game got a much better score on here which was effing ridiculous

Maybe it's like Goat Simulator where the bugs are part of the fun? :P