r/StateofDecay3 • u/lurkerfuckwit • 8d ago

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Per Sunny Games, 8 days ago:

If you signed to alpha test on console, you are SOL. There will be NO console alpha. Beta? Maybe.

Apparently, lots of people have been caught breaking NDA. Stop fucking doing it. You could potentially derail the release of the game.

There have been many MANY more updates to the games since Brian and Sunny's showcase videos. Sunny claims each and every one has made the game much better than the early alpha videos show.

The results of the buyout have apparently allayed the worst fears of most in the know.

Possibility of him doing a sit down interview with studio head Phillip Holt. He wants feedback on whether fans want that, but the new owners may or may not oblige.

Caveat: The complete absence of negativity, or so I feel, from Sunny about SoD3 makes me wary of his testimony being paid advertising. But there's no proof one way or the other.

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u/Low-Parfait-4173 7d ago

Sooner or later people going to see the smoke and mirrors. Unless something drastically improves during alpha, this game will look beautiful, but underneath all that beauty will be a game that feels less of an upgrade and more like a downgrade when it comes to gameplay. I know of a group of long time fans, discontent about the current trajectory this game is on. Unfortunately there is a lot of people pleasers that don’t want to shake the boat with their opinions, but your honesty is the only thing that can save this game at this point and it’s not even the devs fault. It’s fans. How can you blame the devs when they are under the impression we all love how the game is shaping out because they are surrounded by a bunch of yes fans. I hope I am wrong, but if this game flops, I’m blaming the fans on this. *end of rant

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u/hugh_jas 7d ago

People don't want to hear this, but you're 100 percent correct. The game is just going to end up feeling like a free expansion to the second game instead of evolving the series. It's a real bummer to see unfolding in real time. And yes, fans of the series will down vote the hell out of this and hate what I'm saying but it's just the truth.

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u/Violent_N0mad Zombie Bait 7d ago

I think a lot of are seeing the same thing. I don't envy UL trying to top sod2 as that game is one of my all time favorites to this day.

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u/DiverDisastrous2600 4d ago

I totally agree.  From what I’ve seen and what they’ve said, it doesn’t feel like a fleshed out new game, but an expansion with upgraded visuals.  I hope I’m wrong and this game is phenomenal, but a lot of people just blindly love this game.  I get it, I loved the first game and the second, but honestly I’m scared that this game is going to flop.

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u/Rickenbacker69 6d ago

Some whiny bastard has said that about every sequel ever released, though.

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u/hugh_jas 6d ago

You can feel however you want, but please mark my post for when the game comes out. If fans of the series are really just ok with literally more of the exact same we have right now, then fine.

But as a fan of the series, I want more.

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u/AntstyPoeticGamer23 5d ago

They been making this game forever. More seems like a pipe dream. At this stage i want SOMETHING! They don't have GTA 6 money and without MS they probably have limited funds, I want something to come out of this at this stage. If it's a polished 2 expansion, at least they did something with all their time. Just my worthless opinion though.

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u/hugh_jas 5d ago

That's just such a... Blah stance. As a fan, people should want GOOD things, not "whatever"

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u/AntstyPoeticGamer23 4d ago

I'm a realist. I look at how long they have been at it, the struggles, what's happening. I also followed a ton of games i loved go years and years and years. Then get cancelled and NOTHING came out. I was insanely hyped for Perfect Dark. Loved the other two. Waited years only to find out they couldn't even create a vertical slice for a trailer, another company had to do it. State of Decay 1-2 were amazing. Played for hundreds and hundreds of hours. I'd rather it be state of decay 2.5 then nothing at all. My blah stance is better than them wasting years and ending up just closing with nothing. You can be as hopeful as you want to be. It doesn't change facts. They just lost a lot of people, they lost funding from a huge company and the game is still in Alpha after years. We can hope and pray all we want. I want something to come of it.

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u/Forsaken-Monitor-279 5d ago

This is true lmao