I just played it for four to five hours. I have gamepass but knew I would end up getting the DLC so I bit the bullet. Honestly it's a bigger, somewhat prettier and far more customizable version of SOD1. It is still janky as all get out and I have run across some crazy bugs, like multiple cases of my partner warping back to base for no reason at all. It is getting hammered by quite a few sites for the jank, bugs and graphics a bit too harshly for what is a budget game at $30 (the rest paid for the upcoming DLC). The game is just a blast to play. The combat is really good out in the open (indoors, especially at night is a cluster**** waiting to happen). Scavenging is still a blast and all the extra customizing of bases, etc, ticks most of the boxes of what I enjoy. It really is overwhelming at times with all of the things at your disposal and decisions to make. Night time is crazy. Just dark as all get out. Love it and hate it all the same time, seeing the sun rise after a long night is a pleasure.

Completely ruined my first play-though by not defending my base (watchtowers are your friend) and we had a level of depression among the group that would make a emo person blush. Lost one player in the melee and followed it up by losing one of the two original starting characters you get to pick from during a night attack on a plague heart which was completely on me. I spent too much time trying to blindly dodge in tight spaces while the AI controlled player got trapped and devoured before I could get to him. Made plenty of other mistakes so I just chalked it up to lessons learned and started a new group. Did not help that I spent the first few hours playing w/o a partner and that kills you in regards to resources. Two players plus a car = lots of rucksacks. Nice touch making vehicles run out of gas and most vehicles you find on the road are completely empty and many that require a repair also. Adds another management tick while trying to gather as many supplies as possible.

They also throw out achievements like crazy, I had 20 in the time I played it.