Does this game still have the ridiculous "no pause" that the first game did?

[onewhofound]

State of Decay 1 might have been a good game but I never played it because the game continued to play even when you weren't playing like some moronic browser game. Does this game have the same mind numbingly stupid design decision or should I buy it?

[MagikarpMagi]

Originally posted by onewhofound:

Does this game still have the ridiculous "no pause" that the first game did?

No

[onewhofound]

Neat, I'll have to pick it up then. Still a bit salty about wasting the money on the first game but happy the devs grew a brain in the interim.

[Wizzerd]

Just gotta make sure the setting to 'host multiplayer' is not on otherwise it won't pause when you press escape.

[onewhofound]

Originally posted by Wizzerd:

Just gotta make sure the setting to 'host multiplayer' is not on otherwise it won't pause when you press escape.

Meaning there is a setting to allow an always-on world for multiplayer? Cool, I can get down with that too.

[Wizzerd]

Originally posted by onewhofound:

Originally posted by Wizzerd:

Just gotta make sure the setting to 'host multiplayer' is not on otherwise it won't pause when you press escape.

Meaning there is a setting to allow an always-on world for multiplayer? Cool, I can get down with that too.

It means that when multiplayer is turned on you can semi-seamlessly invite strangers (like a distress flare) or friends to your game.

[sidvanhound]

They also removed that silly Mechanic from the game you bought but never played. 🙄

[onewhofound]

Originally posted by sidvanhound:

They also removed that silly Mechanic from the game you bought but never played. 🙄

I mean, I played it for 45 minutes kid. Thankfully I realized that its designed was fundamentally flawed before the refund period was up.

[DivineLion]

they removed it from the first game

[onewhofound]

Originally posted by DivineLion:

they removed it from the first game

Really?! I might have to go back and give it a try now

[MagikarpMagi]

Originally posted by DivineLion:

they removed it from the first game

Did they do that recently? I played the Year One Edition in September and it was still in the game.

[Wizzerd]

You can pause with the ESC menu but not with the inventory/base/community menu

[onewhofound]

Originally posted by Wizzerd:

You can pause with the ESC menu but not with the inventory/base/community menu

Not that kind of pause, I mean the game keeps playing even if you aren't playing it.

[Enzane]

I played a fair amount of State of Decay and did not find the game continuing when logged off not all that bad. I never lost a survivor when logged off. It was actually beneficial at times since when you logged back on you often had a fair amount of supplies brought in my your survivors added to you inventory. I even left the game for five months, logged back on had not lost one survivor in my group. Haha did not have much left in supplies such as materials, meds, or food, but everyone was alive.

[onewhofound]

Wow, if only ten thousand fanboys had told me the stupidest game design decision ever wasn't that bad then maybe I would have wasted (more of) my time.

[sidvanhound]

Originally posted by onewhofound:

Wow, if only ten thousand fanboys had told me the stupidest game design decision ever wasn't that bad then maybe I would have wasted (more of) my time.

Your post was answered quickly and politely but you continue to ♥♥♥♥♥.
Use your precious time and F.O.