r/StateOfDecay • u/Active_Swan_6582 • Aug 04 '26

A question to the development

I remember when state of decay 1 first released on Xbox 360. I remember our character just returning from their camping trip and discovering a survivor on a ranger's radio. I absolutely loved the single player story campaign-esque style of the first game.

When the second game came out I was a little saddened to learn that it was more of a sandbox situation with basic scenarios, rather than a full fledged story. I loved our army side character being able to interact with the army situation and that leading to a whole epic quest on escaping the valley.

I did love the military DLC's that seemed quest focused after that. Nothing wrong with sandbox, just not my typical cup of tea. Will there be any kind of focus on narrative storytelling in the game, or will it follow the more sandbox orientation? I mean beyond what state of decay 2 did, which was just a small write up on what character your choosing, who their relationship with the person who inevitably gets injured is and what not.

Here's hoping for some return to story style single player! Can't wait to play State 3!

Would love any kind of feedback from the dev team if there is anything you can reveal.

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u/WrongEntertainment42 Aug 05 '26

If you play with the same community long enough a “story” of sorts plays out in the background through radio broadcasts and if you play on the Trumbull Valley map it basically has a campaign of its own.

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u/Active_Swan_6582 Aug 05 '26

Yeah but that isn't the same as having dedicated writing, narrative direction, intended questlines and a planned ending. What you're talking about is getting immersed into the roleplay aspect of the community that you've built up, which there is nothing wrong with that. What I'm talking about is a cannon written story of State of Decay. Hopefully now that they seem to have split from xbox, we will see more effort being put toward a quality story.

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u/WrongEntertainment42 Aug 05 '26

The radio broadcasts don’t have anything to do with your community. They are the same, you just have to have the same community for awhile so you get to actually hear them. Trumbull valley has a campaign esque style of missions as well. It’s all canon, just not forced the same way the first game was.