


The Microsoft-exclusive zombie survival sim takes place in the fictional US city of Danforth and the surrounding countryside of Trumball County. However, after two years, a stack of hot-fixes, two expansions and one console generation, State of Decay is finally, tantalizingly, mouth-wateringly close to Undead Labs’ original vision. It seemed that no matter what Undead Labs tried, their reach was simply exceeding their grasp.

Inconsistent textures, immersion-breaking pop-in, poor lighting, disappearing zombies, erratic AI and horrendous framerate drops plagued State of Decay, and even the raft of patches and add-ons couldn’t panel beat the game into shape. The vanilla version hit Xbox Live in 2013 and was mostly held back by the glaring and multitudinous technical issues. State of Decay has been something of a labour of love for Undead Labs.
