For almost a year now, State of Decay 2 players have fought tooth and nail to survive in the game's harsh open world. If it were up to me, I'd say they deserve something nice for a change. Thankfully, content update 8.0 has arrived, and with it comes the latest and greatest weaponry from... the Second World War.
Okay, we may be going back in time a bit with this latest update, but what the new weaponry may lack in technological advances, it makes up for in how goshdarn cool it is to fire a Thompson into a horde of the undead.
Specifically, players have access to 13 new weapons (9 of them are unique, 4 are variants). Get the lowdown from the patch notes, below:
Community Request: We’ve added a new set of classic weapons from the World War II era: M1918 BAR M1A1 Thompson M3 Grease Gun Surplus M1911 M1917 Revolver M1903A4 Sniper Rifle M1 Carbine M1 Para Carbine M97 Trench Gun There are several ways to get these new weapons: There is a new antique weapons trader who shows up occasionally to sell them (appearing at the same rate as the other traders). These new weapons can also be looted from the same containers as other standard guns in the game. Gun stores are a great place to look. Characters with an interest in historical weapons can also spawn with them. (Look for traits like Rifle Collector, War Reenactor, and the new World War II Buff.) Community Request: We also added four special variants that can only be found in the rare weapon containers hidden across the maps: Barrow Style BAR (a cut-down M1918 BAR) Gangland Strad (an M1A1 Thompson with a drum magazine) Graveyard Shift (an integrally-suppressed M3 Grease Gun) T4/M2 Carbine (a fully-automatic variant of the M1 Carbine)Alongside these fancy new (old) guns, update 8.0 also brings with it the ability to demote leaders, transfer items to base from a parked vehicle, and unload ammunition from weapons in your inventory. Check out the details here.
Per Nick's review, we're quite fond of State of Decay 2 around these parts. Us co-op enthusiasts were practically begging for a cooperative mode when the first State of Decay was released, so it was pretty exciting to see this wish fulfilled so effectively. The game offers online co-op for up to four players on PC and Xbox One.