#STATE OF DECAY LIFELINE BASE SETUP HOW TO#
#STATE OF DECAY LIFELINE BASE SETUP PLUS#

During one siege I actually witnessed a Zed jump off the top of a wall and instead of landing on the ground, he fell through the bottom of the map.

You'll find Zeds and other characters trapped inside of walls and doors, completely unable to move until you knock them loose in some way. Lifeline isn't without its problems, and most of those problems are the same ones that carry over from the base game. This actually gives you a reason to collect fuel, other than for making incendiary weapons, and can be extremely useful in later points in the game. Lifeline also gives you the opportunity to power your base with generators, allowing you to have more advanced areas within your base and allowing for members of your group to read to increase their wits skill.

#STATE OF DECAY LIFELINE BASE SETUP PLUS#

The military truck and newer pickup can hold up to 6 rucksacks, plus you carrying 1…that's a lot of resources out of one supply run (and you don't even have to unload the trunk). Also, the addition of vehicle storage makes getting multiple rucksacks back to base a lot easier.

The new military truck is around the same size as the pickup from State of Decay, but is a lot quicker getting around. The other new features in Lifeline work well to make supply runs easier for better time management. Sieges add a level of stress that never existed in the original game mode of State of Decay, and completing them caused me to exhale a large breath quite a few times where I thought I was a goner. These siege modes completely counteract the idea having a safe zone, as Zeds will pour in from all over the city no matter how large of a safe zone you create. In the original State of Decay game mode, setting up outposts around your base would allow you an area where you only needed to worry about the occasional Zed wandering into your safe zone. Sieges increase in difficulty as time goes on running through your ammo reserves rather quickly, and making supply runs more crucial than they were in the original State of Decay game mode or Breakdown(the first DLC). Zed's will swarm three entrances to your base, and you will be frenzied trying to keep them from breaking open any of the gates. These events happen on a daily basis and add a large scale defense aspect to the game. The one area where the noise of your guns won't matter is when your base is besieged by Zed's. The one time I unloaded with an M-60 I found myself trapped on a roof, and the more Zed's I shot the more Zed's that came running. It makes sense that the military would have a supply of guns at their disposal but noise draws Zeds, and I have found myself continuing to stick to melee combat when out looking for resources or on rescue missions. When you first arrive at your base, which you can't relocate by the way, your stash is littered with guns and ammo. Undead Labs seems to be pushing the use of guns during this DLC. Sure, they're the same 'go here and pick up this guy' or 'go kill this freak zombie', but the idea that as a soldier you are following the orders given to you makes the reason for doing these mission coalesce better. Combat, resource collecting, and missions continue on the same as they do in the original game, but the missions seem to make more sense with the military backdrop. Lifeline seems to follow the 'If it ain't broke' mentality. State of Decay: Lifeline, though riddled with old issues, is a refreshing take on Undead Labs view of a zombie apocalypse. As the last military unit in the City of Danforth you're not just trying to survive, but follow orders from your commanding officers and possibly save some un-sanctioned civilians in the process.

#STATE OF DECAY LIFELINE BASE SETUP HOW TO#

Lifeline, the second DLC for Undead Labs open world zombie survival game State of Decay, takes what we have known of how to play the game and changes things up. New weapons, new maps, and new characters may be added in, but it usually does little to change the style of gameplay. DLC doesn't usually do much to change a game.

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