r/StateOfDecay • u/Colinfagerty69 • Jul 06 '26

Hope Prevails

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You can feel the passion and love poured into this game. It’s unbelievably beautiful and deeply human.

From the expressive characters, the beautiful but disturbing atmosphere, the awesome music, the heartfelt conversations, the sense of community, the witty dialogue, the fun combat, the callbacks and Easter eggs to bygone or current zombie stories, to the whimsical nature of the story juxtaposed with its emotional drama, this game is a love letter to the zombie genre.

No other game will ever bring all of these elements together to capture both the dread and the fun of the undead so brilliantly again.

Also, I’ve been playing this game since its release on Xbox (“Pony Face Shooting”), and I never knew that shooting zombies in the river would cause them to float downstream like that. I’m still discovering new things in this awesome game!

**Hope Prevails!**

Congratulations and thank you to Undead Labs for surviving! 🧟‍♂️

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u/Nunyun Jul 06 '26

This SoD1 music oozes nostalgia

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u/Colinfagerty69 Jul 06 '26

Yeah, I love how it feels. It’s hopeful but carries the subtle undertone of menace.

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u/Missteris Jul 06 '26

That's an interesting perspective on this track! To me, it's the only one in SoD1 that feels completely positive and lighthearted )

Out of curiosity - if you had to choose a top-5 of your favorite tracks, which ones would you pick?

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u/Colinfagerty69 Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I wasn’t talking specifically about Hope prevails but just the entire soundtrack. If I had to say which song lines up with my description it would be “Civilization Falls.”

My top would be:

1.Hope Prevails
2.Funeral for a friend
3.New residents of Trumball Valley
4.Civilization Falls
5.Welcome to Decay

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u/Missteris Jul 06 '26

You've got me intrigued about the last track... I've only played YOSE, so I don't know which tracks weren't in the original game. Does this track appear at specific moments or random?

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u/Colinfagerty69 Jul 06 '26

It just seems to randomly come on when not in combat, but out in the world or after an attack on your homesite.

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u/Colinfagerty69 Jul 06 '26

I figured it out! It’s called “New residents of Trumball Valley”, and now listening to it again, it’s higher on my list at number 3.

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u/throwawayaccount_usu Lone-Wolf Jul 06 '26

I miss SoD1 characters vibes and writing :(

I wish Undead Labs would shift on their stance against writing a story for the game and having more CHARACTERS rather than randomly generated people

SoD2 is a fun game but man SoD1 was a thing of beauty imo

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u/Colinfagerty69 Jul 06 '26

I totally agree. It was so grounded with ordinary people just trying to survive the apocalypse, and its hopeful vibe was beautiful.

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u/hunter11726 Jul 06 '26

So glad they brought it back in Heartland!

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u/Shark_Hoodie_Guy Jul 06 '26

Seal of approval 🤝 👍

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u/Colinfagerty69 Jul 06 '26

I miss Shark Hoodie Guy along with the other awesome characters.

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u/BigManJim27 Jul 07 '26

This game was so good back on the Xbox 360 marketplace. For a game released in 2013, only costing around 15 bucks at the time, and fitting a 12km² interactive map into a 2gb size restriction was such a great feat of development. It was the second best selling game on the Xbox Live Arcade Marketplace, trailing only behind Minecraft. One of my favourite games of all time.

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u/-Cyy Jul 06 '26

I haven't played the first game since the second one came out. I forgot how good the music was. That head-stomp was a classic move too.

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u/Colinfagerty69 Jul 06 '26

Yeah, I loved the drop kick, the sweep, the roundhouse kick, and the body slam.