State of Decay 2 will continue to evolve in 2022, upcoming update changes Infestations system
State of Decay 2 isn’t done evolving, including Infestations preparing to get a lot more interesting.
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What you need to know
State of Decay 2 is a fascinating survival game from Undead Labs and Xbox Game Studios, which tasks players with carefully cultivating a community of survivors constantly under threat from hordes of zombies and violent Plague Hearts.SoD2 wasn’t a perfect gamewhen it released despite its intriguing premise, but Undead Labs has surprised players by constantly tweaking and adding to the experience for over three years with plenty of updates. In arecent State of Decay 2 stream, the team detailed some of their plans for future support, including an upcoming update targeting the Infestations system.
Undead Labs has plans for several content updates for State of Decay 2 in 2022, which will continue to integrate various game mechanics and previous updates to create a more seamless experience for players. The team utilizes internal and community feedback to dictate the direction of future updates, which has resulted in State of Decay 2 being a substantially different (and massively improved) game compared to its initial release back in 2018. One major update currently in the works will rework how Infestations work in SoD2.
Infestations are an important system in State of Decay 2, in which hordes of zombies can take over buildings in the area. In the planned future update, Undead Labs is looking to implement the following changes:
These changes and more all work together to ensure that Infestations pose a very real threat to players, especially at higher difficulties, and make it much more consequential for players to ignore the growing number of Infestations on the map (something that many players do with how Infestations currently work). Of course, this update is one of many Undead Labs is planning for 2022, all of which will further improve the zombie surviving experience in State of Decay 2 beyond what the game was at launch.
Undead Labs is also actively working on SoD2’s sequel,State of Decay 3, which is expected to be a massively expanded game over its predecessor. The title is pretty mysterious, but is being built by a larger team and is backed by the full support of Xbox Game Studios.Undead Labs is also known to be expanding its team, going on a recent hiring spree.
State of Decay 3 currently doesn’t have a release window, but when it releases could very well be one of thebest Xbox gamesfor zombie survival fans.
If you haven’t experienced State of Decay 2 yet (or it’s been a while), the game is currently available throughXbox Game Passand isabsolutelyworth visiting.
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