Findings at launch
- Minimum specs message every time i log in even tho i meet the requirements
- Main screen glitches with controller
- car door sometimes wont open
- join a friends game and lag so hard cars come to dead stops or car hits a wall while ur friend says hes driving down a road when all you see on your screen is a parked car.
- situations where with both mouse and keyboard and controller only have 90 degrees of vision instead of 180 degrees (happens randomly)
- Zombies appear and disappear not because of load distance but seem to teleport all around you randomly
- lack of a tutorial on new changes (some things pop up but there are exclamation points in places with no explanation)
- Destroy a heart location for it to return as soon as you leave
- lack of explanation for quests
- They took out the option for you to park your car in the designated zones and all your bags get put in stash
- my 1st save didn't save and i had to start over 3 times from scratch
- rescued survivors in an enclave and the enclave reappeared in the same location when leaving and returning
- Weird line on the screen at mid level that seems like load distance but you can see it both seen on min spec PC and max spec PC
- No zombies anywhere around you but there is a juggernaut shoot him 4 times and a blood plague horde appears right on top of me in seconds
- Doors and gates don't close behind you letting zombies come is always
- cant pause mid game even in solo campaign
- Pubg rusting junk cards everywhere and usable cars and trucks few and far between
- Balancing issues that seem weird like the play with your friends co op option you cant share loot and even have selected loot drops similar to diablo 3 and path of exile with no way of disabling the feature
Hypothisis
The game is far from finished and it almost feels like undead labs didn't do this at all and another company did it while undead labs was tied to a chair or something. For 80 dollars for ultimate edition i as a consumer expect far more even at launch because in its current state its unplayable for me. It not being on steam likly has more to do with being garbage at launch with issues that were common from the 1st game. Also not wanting scrutiny because the xbox app / Microsoft store doesn't have opinion based reviews. I understand that i shouldnt get my hopes up from a dopped at launch title but with that in mind this could have launched on steam a year ago and been early access for 45 dollars for basic edition and done quite well as well as having alot of workshop and support. Tho i imagine in its current state it would have also exhausted the "refund" section as well.
Conclusion
Its not finished. Undead labs ripped you and me off. You should be disappointed. Microsoft should stick to making games for consoles. I super hope in 2 month there are enough patches that this game will live up to my and your expectations.
Will add to this review if things change or get better if below this line you don't see one its because they didn't.