Late last week, a certain Jez Corden tweet started to spread around like wildfire - a tweet that some corners of the Xbox community believed was teasing a State of Decay 3 summer showcase appearance. While we felt that the tweet was perhaps a bit too vague to report on, we do think that Undead Labs' third SoD title is worth some sort of discussion at this stage.
Somehow, it's been almost four years since the game's very teaser-y teaser trailer from Xbox's 2020 summer showcase, and we've seen nothing on the game since. Nothing, zilch, absolute zero - State of Decay 3 has very much been 'in the dark' since July 2020 and it must be about time we see it again soon.
And so, what do you want Undead Labs to do with this long-awaited sequel? For us, it needs to feel a bit more big-budget to really make a splash in and amongst Xbox's stacked portfolio these days. We liked a lot of what the team did with the first two games, especially from a concept standpoint, but the execution at times left something to be desired - with both games feeling 'janky' to a certain degree.
There's also the question of how should Xbox approach re-introducing this game to its audience. It feels so long ago now since the 2020 teaser that a basic trailer slid into a showcase would feel a bit odd, to us anyway. In truth, we'd like a 'Developer Direct' style showing where we can really get a feel for what the game's trying to do, but sadly, the team has missed that boat - with the 2024 event at least.
With that being said, we're sure Microsoft could dedicate a nice chunk of this year's summer event to State of Decay 3; perhaps dropping a big gameplay demo showcasing what we'd presume will be a huge open world zombie playground for Xbox Series X|S. We're not getting too carried away with Jez's comment just yet, but the closer we get to showcase season, the more hyped we'll be about seeing some State of Decay 3 in action.
Are you excited to finally be re-introduced to State of Decay 3? Tell us your thoughts on all of this down below.
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What do I want to see them do with it?
How about finishing it? That would be great.
The big thing for me is the co-op integration. Drop the guest style. I hated that I couldn't craft from the host resources etc and hated that it gave us no progression, let us do a full proper co-op world where we all contribute the the progress of the same world. As it is in 2, we might as well be ghosts.
Maybe we both have a camp with our own survivors or maybe we just start with 2 survivors each, whatever. Also let us actually build the camp. Even if you keep both auto camps and building camps as 2 different game modes. Basically just copy Grounded.
@RexPowercolt this is exactly what I want. My wife and I will be all over SoD3 if it has proper co-op integration, or at least better than SoD2 did.
Some people seem to want to turn it into Days Gone. I'd rather SoD2 retain its gameplay elements and improve upon them. The overall presentation, quests, and characters could use an uplift, too.
More enemy types. Improved RPG systems. Update combat a bit to have more depth.
Would LOVE see them create a mode that removes ALL the SPECIAL zombies that leaves only regular zombies.
Basically the game becomes walking dead simulator. Dealing with survivors, relationships, food, and shelter, etc.
I wouldn't mind a first person mode. After beating dead island 2 and dying light 2 recently i remember how much fun melee zombie combat can be in 1st person. The community mod for 1st person in SoD2 looks pretty sweet but janky.
I just hope they don't go too far on the live-service online multiplayer direction. The first ones, specially the second, are so good because they are mostly single-player experiences.
A more robust social system.
Make a base anywhere on the map.
More options for base management.
New freaks types.
Or whatever UL wants, I trust this guys. SoD3 is on track to be amazing.
Only recently played 2 as I shifted back to Xbox and I loved it. Hope for more base building with more customisation and in game world events would be good. Maybe season system so like winter changes zombies and what resources are in demand would be cool
An improved online co op system
More background and story missions for individual characters - really make us care when they get chomped!
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