Health is scarce, the zombies can move as fast as you once alerted, and most harrowingly, you can realistically only run for a short time before you’re gassed and have to stop for breath. Switching back and forth between one of several player characters, you’ll travel across the multi-town desert region recruiting new survivors, searching vacated shops and houses for supplies, and managing relationships with the people you encounter – both those in your party as well as other humans you’re not aligned with.

Yes, State of Decay is an open-world zombie survival game, but what’s not obvious right away – and glorious once you plumb its depths – is that it’s a full-blown role-playing game. Death is both imminent and permanent, and venturing away from the (relatively) safe confines of your home base at night is downright terrifying. You are no superhuman zombie slayer, armed to the teeth with a stockpile of firearms and a recharging health meter. Play It is not a game borne of this Golden Age of tutorials and hand-holding.

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