Played a little State of Decay. Yeah I'm not touching this thing again until release. It has ALOT of promise and is fun but the bugs, glitches and save errors are just enough to make me wait.
Having played it on Xbox, I can confirm that the actual gameplay IS fun. However, there are a few problems...
- If you don't play every day, you're going to come back to a safe house devoid of resources. This can make it VERY hard if you want to move your base or build an upgrade, but don't want to spend hours looking for lumber. It will always be lumber too, because you'll never run out of anything else except bullets.
- Not playing every day tends to have you come back to missing people as well.
- The story is none existent. You have a few story quests but the stuff with your neighbors will resolve unsatisfactory. Main quest is kind of dumb too. Don't really get much out of doing side quests.
- There are tons of guns, but you'll never use one unless it's silenced. Loud guns will bring hordes and strays right at you, making your job a hell of a lot more difficult. Same goes with explosives unless it's against a fatty. Melee is king.
- Cars don't respawn. If you wreck too many cars (and you will wreck MOST OF THEM due to hordes) it can make things difficult. Get an auto shop ASAP.
- There are like 3 voice actors for a cast of dozens. People will start to look alike too.
Basically, it's a fun game... but you need to look past a lot to get there.