State of Decay 3 studio founder says he wanted it to be the "ultimate fulfillment of the survival fantasy"

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Jeff Strain has discussed the vision he had for State of Decay 3 before his departure from the series.

Earlier today, in response to questions put to him by Kotaku, Jeff Strain has posted his answers about his time at the studio and his departure from it.

One question Strain was asked was what he envisioned for the third instalment in the zombie survival game. The series founder expressed the lofty ambition he had for the title, saying that he expected it to be the “ultimate fulfilment of survival fantasy we pioneered with State of Decay”.

“It’s a game of interacting simulated systems, and the deeper the simulation, the richer the emergent mechanics and sense of agency,” he added.

“Well, like many projects making the difficult transition to triple-A, there were a ton of unknowns, and worse: unknown unknowns. I got to work on SoD3 when it was easy — what I call the ‘You know what would be cool’ phase of development. The hard work of turning ‘You know what would be cool?’ into an actual game happened after I left,” said Strain.

While you wait for State of Decay’s third serving of zombie action, check out our pick of the 10 best zombie games that will take a bite out of you. If you need some advice when it comes to surviving the video game zombie apocalypse, check out our State of Decay 2 tips.

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