State of Decay 2 – Choose Your Own Apocalypse Update Available

Choose Your Own Apocalypse is a brand new free update for Undead Labs’ co-operative zombie-survival RPG State of Decay 2. The update’s main attraction is a couple of new difficulty modes that both make the game significantly more challenging. Apart from that, the update adds a heap of quality of life improvements and introduces 16 new achievements. You can find a list of changes here, an update-related Q&A here, and watch a brief trailer below:

On top of that, this Xbox Wire article shares some additional details. An excerpt:

Starting today, the ever-growing State of Decay 2 community can take the ultimate zombie survival game to its deadliest level with the launch of the Choose Your Own Apocalypse Update. This update introduces the Dread Zones and Nightmare Zones as two new difficulty modes that challenge players with deadlier zombies, more aggressive and resilient humans, a faster-acting blood plague and fewer resources to scavenge. Along with these two new modes are 16 new Achievements for 275 additional Gamerscore.

Available at no cost for all owners of State of Decay 2 and Xbox Game Pass members, the Choose Your Own Apocalypse Update presents more options for players to define what it means to survive. New players can start their community in Standard Zones (the game’s base difficulty level), and Dread Zones are great place for players who want a challenge with additions like armored zombies, more hordes and a faster acting blood plague infection (from about 3 hours to just about 30 minutes). Nightmare Zones are intended for hardcore players who are ready to test themselves against freak packs like screamer choirs and bloater pods along with NPCs who can headshot you right back.