The Most In Depth State Of Decay 3 Trailer Analysis And Breakdown

[@tedfitzpatrickyt]

Fire breathing screamers, plague walls, and gargantuan juggernauts- what’s not to love

[@ashtonfrancis112]

Fire breathing screamers not loved.

[@Ash-pr2ws]

@@ashtonfrancis112 Fire breathing screamers are dope.

[@oju1iann]

@@ashtonfrancis112definitely not fire just glowing plague

[@TimmyTOnTheFly]

@@ashtonfrancis112then don’t play it. Stop complaining 🤡🤦🏽‍♂️

[@PhillinRoyal]

@@TimmyTOnTheFly relax man. Loser. Go outside.

[@natedawg8778]

No one deserved to be at Undead Labs more than you Brian! Keep up the good work. As far as SOD3 goes, I want them to take their time and release a polished masterpiece rather than russing it out.

[@GeorgeChacon2112]

100% agreed. That being said I'm crossing my fingers for holiday 2025. Finally a AAA budget for this amazing humble team

[@Jpjetsfan]

Your passion and excitement for the State of Decay series brings me absolute joy!

[@BrianMenard]

Thank you so much

[@shamzer0374]

WHEN you have a character in SoD3, @Brian Menard, they should make him sneeze randomly with your weird-ass sneeze and attract nearby zombies! "Funny sneeze" is the trait and is a positive morale booster for the community.

[@DollFaceKilla]

Yesssss lol and talk about being a granny slapper before the apocalypse 😂

[@FrankTastic]

Can't wait for SoD 3, super hyped for it but if there is 1 thing I'm wishing for, it would be that I hope there is a more "advanced" survivor customization. Doesn't even have to be creating your own survivor from scratch, but I mean the clothing system. Instead of simply changing a full outfit / hat like in SoD2.. you can change shirts, add or remove a jacket, switch the pants, change boots, add gloves or even a mask, etc etc. Something I always wanted in SoD 2, allows me to be more immersed with my community with how I wanted each survivor to look within the group and be completely different compared to other communities I created where everyone just wore the hoodie fit, which I still wish I could add gloves to.

[@Viewfromtheturret]

Having weather tied to specific maps would make some sense. Trying to have four seasons while on one map would be sort of weird considering most games only take place over a few weeks. So having the snow map and rainy season map could be good.

[@xkinsey3831]

Oh yeah for sure. It'd be dope if the maps were maybe in different places in the US too, like maybe a map in New Mexico for a desert-y map kinda like Drucker County, they could do one up in New England for a map like Providence Ridge that could be snowy, maybe even a map in the south like Louisiana or Florida for a more swampy kind of environment, that could be interesting with the plague too. I think it'd be a cool evolution since some of the maps in 2 were somewhat same-y.

[@BrianGivensYtube]

I really want to see: -Car crafting and customization (like in Days Gone) -Basic crafting benches on your vehicle (molotovs, bolts, bandages) -Armor crafting and customization -More variety of bases with customizable slots -Some horror-ish elements when exploring highly infected areas at night -Boss enemies where you have to fight with your whole community in an infected area and you can switch between people during the battle What are some other ideas??

[@oric4281]

I want to be able to keep zombies out the base: -if we could build/reinforce fences around your base that they will have to destroy before they can get in. - Craft traps -border windows - call enclaves for reinforcements I feel like there should be penalties for letting zombie get into your base, maybe damages to the building or lower harvest on your crops from poisoning the soil Infestation should have more of an impact on the map, maybe if an infestation is around a certain amount of time it birth a plague heart

[@JGawley]

Way more in depth things like a relationship system where characters in your community can develop different relationships with one another. Maybe have two characters that are in a romantic relationship or a really long friendship get bonusses when they are on missions together. Also gives you more purpose to keep certain characters alive etc

[@OmeGames]

To add to that, I would also like if they made a way to sell vehicles, better than just have them laying around doing nothing .

[@fury6163]

I love the idea ​@@JGawley

[@Khaozreigns]

6:19 Brian's smile ready to Hadouken!! that juggernaut lol.

[@Ash-pr2ws]

Highly recommend to use < and > buttons to move frame by frame when a video is paused. Helps a lot with taking the best shots the fastest way.

[@BrianMenard]

Thanks for the tip!

[@michaelvial125]

Thanks for uploading Brian. For the devs: I have over twenty years of gaming experience, one thing i always wanted to see in SOD was the ability to develop or build your base how you wanted. I don't mean have a small or large plot and build a workshop, or farm etc into that empty slot. I mean firstly decide where you want to place the small or large slot manually, and then place your choice of what you want, also be able to extend fences/walls etc and use different materials, wood, sheet metal, concrete. Or better yet have the ability to convert any POI into a base, the amount of players i have heard say..i wish i could change the Hopsital on the hill to a base, or the large warehouse in Trumbull valley near the damn, etc, etc..i feel that is one thing that has always been lacking with this game.

[@SussedRage]

This is one of the main reasons I bought a Series X so I'm super happy (and relieved) they went in this direction

[@YuhHuh519]

We’re gonna be 2 generations past the the Series X by the time SoD 3 comes out bro😭

[@-kold]

im glad they're taking their time, i was there waiting for sod2s release and it really did take a year before that game to really seem like a finished game. ended up being my favorite zombie game ever in a few years and what i wanted from it. state of decay 3 has so much potential to take that spot and then some

[@aron6998]

You know it’s getting real since he now has a SoD 3 information playlist lol

[@JulioCezarValenca]

Integrate all SOD2 maps into a single large map for SOD3, adding Mount Tanner and Danforth. Each area as a specific biome, Mount Tanner with snow and Danforth as a radioactive area, which would justify new mutations...

[@fury6163]

That is a great idea

[@tambardo7973]

A ferral will burst out the mass next to the repair van

[@tedfitzpatrickyt]

no feral in this trailer unfortunately

[@Anthony-mf3pu]

You are THE SOD2 guy in my eyes, glad to hear you spent time with UL and to hear the positive things you had to say.

[@ArranMinshell]

It felt eerily similar to SOD2, I want to see more of that first trailer vibe! Zombie deers and snow!

[@ForrestFox]

You think they'll bring back the ability to set up fortification (Well.. nail shut windows) like we could in SOD 1? I kind of miss that ability, was hoping they'd expand on it even more for SOD2 but instead they had it removed :/

[@liquidmilk5323]

Brian's right, folks, in saying we shouldn't rush the release of SOD3. Remember what happened to "No Man's Sky" and "Cyberpunk", eh? That's right, those were a disaster at lunch and last thing we'd want is for State of Decay 3 to go through the same, so it might take longer, but at least we're hopefully going to get a more polished and complete game after all that wait :)

[@tambardo7973]

Let them cook what ive seen in this trailer looks great so far

[@SuperPassword97]

I just hope there is a breakdown style game mode like sod1 that’s something I missed having in Sod2.

[@Cilla903]

Rewatching this now. But that bulb reminds me of the plague wall. Maybe that’s how the plague vines spread and we may have to destroy it to stop the spread of the vines.

[@grievous5243]

We are so back lfg 🔥

[@716MMA]

Its going to be amazing I hope they take their time with it.

[@Tunnsy]

What we want to see in State of Decay 3 1. Improved driving mechanics 2. Drivable motorcycles and especially the heavy ones 3. A ability to use zombies for our interests 4. Improved character stories 5. Firecamp to let our community set around for a cards game or a story to tell 6. A way where we can lure a zombie to our camp lab and do some tests/researches on it 7. And i hope the characters focus more about other character's death, not like in SOD 2 throw a sad line or two... 8. Animals the ones that could have your back and help if you're in danģer Like dogs and foxs Thanks.

[@TheSuperPsychoKiller]

Maybe we are able to hunt animals as food sources.

[@Talenvar]

Absolute 🔥🔥 First and Third Person mode both, let us pick what we want and when ... more options the better - and changeable over the shoulder swappable please for 3rd person. Also gave UL a shoutout from us thanking them as you asked, both on their X and on their discord.

[@audiofreak]

I love the fact that you stopped in the middle of a sentence to take time for your children. That makes me a fan even more!

[@topfragin2073]

I would love if they added first person for that extra realism feel and a city map would be sick, as well as realistic graphics for the zombies and combat and more base customisation like being able to build defences anywhere around your base or in it (that it fits into)

[@jansarmiento5321]

Watching from philippines. Thank you!

[@nelly5389]

Woo been waiting for this!!!! Let’s go

[@SDOTFILMS]

We did kind of seen some small gameplay. Where they were saving the girl on the van. Its looks good. Im gunna be excited to see B playing this sod3.

[@JonBonZombie]

THE ONLY REVIEW THAT MATTERED TO ME

[@Jfromtexas]

Thanks Brian! I am so hyped for this game!!!!

[@atlricanprince4202]

Omg i cant wait when I saw this trailer I was like I can't wait to see what brian menard thinks!!!!!!

[@Patrick-jq3lw]

If you look at headlights as he turns water is in the shine

[@SharkyGamess]

GASSED! Can't wait for the the SoD3 playthrough Brian!!! Gonna be a banger man.

[@space8065]

Yo Sharkygames, I didn't know you like state of decay. You just became legendary to me.❤

[@robertjepojepson1127]

Hey brian just wanna say love your videos on sod2 you got me into this game and helped me get brave enough to try dread difficulty even though I've nearly broke my mouse a few times with stress getting messed up lol but keep up the great work bro

[@jeremyacke1303]

In the first trailer they suggested that animals could also be infected but showed none in this trailer.

[@juicybear7696]

Irrelevant

[@jeremyacke1303]

@@juicybear7696 I’m not suggesting the game will be garbage. I was merely stating that the trailer had no animals in sight and didn’t the first trailer also have snow?

[@AveryVaiVada]

@@jeremyacke1303 I heard that the first trailer was more of a statement that they were working on it and havent forgotten about the series rather than an indication of what it will actually be

[@gustavoflores5038]

@@AveryVaiVadawell that’s garbage.

[@thatpepper1785]

My theory is, in the trailer, the girl that gets jumped by all the zombies with the hunting rifle, i think she was trying to take on a plague heart. Why else would there be a ridiculous amount of plague in a building that's glowing a ridiculous amount?

[@drunkmenchi744]

That bulb on the ground makes me think Plague Flower/ Plague Bloom. Maybe all that plague growth is from pollen/spores.

[@danielstallworth6648]

If ferals can climb on cars I'm gonna be screwed

[@JeanCarlos-ro5id]

Hahahah

[@GreyPewPwn]

I'm so incredibly excited. Played the first two but never got really into it until watching your SOD2 vids. Now I'm invested! Cross platform would be dope too since it's not PVP.

[@angusjim1933]

Tbh I was starting to think SOD3 was a myth like a Black Plague Heart, i was so happy to see the Trailer and cant wait for more to come

[@JonBonZombie]

The black plague heart is real I've killed like 5 of them on stream. I almost didn't believe it either lmao

[@TheJokersBack1987]

Undead Labs working with The Coalition has really paid off on this game. Can’t wait to play this game.

[@jobe616]

🎵Bronto gas watch it pour it's made from a dinosaur 🎵

[@jasoncarlton2324]

Brian on A three hour trailer breakdown of SoD3. I'm in.

[@fritznacorda9319]

Most of people don't see the "Fov" thing in the trailer where there was a part that the fov of driving the car is in first person, i think there is some kind of options that you can choose for fov in sod 3

[@hasefayman5749]

38:55 not gonna lie,that van was your last drive in Brian🤣

[@Scarecrow-wz7tm]

I wonder if the glowing egg looking thing could be what bloaters evolved into ( not being able to walk anymore) so now they are more like landmines.

[@MrDerekRobinson]

I can see how the multiplayer aspect was overlooked in this trailer via the radio call because its typical that enclaves typically call out for help. So it easily can portray an enclave element rather than a multiplayer element. They definitely did an amazing job on this trailer overall.

[@nelly5389]

1:07:28 is this providence ridge? The woods and the gas station and the stores across the street remind me of providence ridge

[@nelly5389]

Yall heard the man: LET EM COOK 🔥 lol

[@jbaunh]

I think The Bronto gas station fell apart because it was hit by a car. I hope the time jump isn't too big. I'm still hoping to see Izzbee, Hoffman or Lily.

[@AgentAugust]

A couple things I would like to say. I just started the video. The sod 3 trailer looks like it will have drop in co -op similar to division 2 does where you can send out an alert to ask for help and people can join your session. But you could lose your character…ie bring the annoying one who keep starting fights….Also after watching Brian playlist of the game mode breakdown both recently and 2 years ago. I want the normal zombies and feral of SOD 1, they seem way more of a challenge than what we have in the current game. Just lower their health of the lowest difficulty levels. It’s almost sod 2 normal zombies are a slower and wait their turn to hit you unless their sod 1 counterparts. And breakdown ferals…seeing a pack of those would be terrifying. Also facilities management of SOD 1 was better as well. And lastly want a new enemy type and also zombie animals as well…predators and prey.

[@fernandezmarlou3456]

Bro you've earned my subs ❤

[@BrianMenard]

Thank you so much!

[@ikechukwuokafor2844]

Really hyped for this 🔥

[@argonaut_jay]

Btw that smg is an MPX. MP5 replacement and fires 9mm.

[@gurugamingkiwi]

Bro! I am finally getting to watching this man! I held off while I did my own review as I'm pretty sure you have already nailed *everything* and didn't want to lose my fire 😄 Now I will see what I missed !

[@gurugamingkiwi]

BTW I LOVE scarcity - it makes everything valuable!

[@keashaneverts4452]

I Knew you wouldnt let us Down Brian !

[@Jceecs]

Let’s do this

[@Elvis-m3i]

Just like that, I’m back to Xbox. This is the way.

[@The_Makr_]

The over the shoulder angle for SOD3 trailer was throwing me off. Hope they go back to the SOD2 angle for sure. Looked like it's hard to get a bead on the zombies.

[@armygalhel7006]

Comments count! Can't wait to see you crash your first car in SoD 3!!

[@forwardgaming1151]

Shotgun focus seems like devs maybe hinting at weapon customization.

[@nothinfancy4u644]

Opinion: if I had to guess on what those egg looking sacks could be. Maybe sleeping or hybernating ferals? 🤔 I would love to see maybe some hybrids. Example: feral Juggernaut. Feral that's build more towards being tanky like a juggernaut. Or a juggernaut feral that's build more towards the agility of a feral. I would like to see if maybe if ferals could be extremely agile. Like could jump on top of a car from the ground then from the car to a roof of a building. Maybe run along walls. I feel like seeing a feral rip it's way through its own kind just to get to you as a player would be terrifying. Maybe ferals are build different and approach more like a cougar or a mountain cat. Sneaking up on you. Or staking the player. Maybe they go from two legs to running on all 4 limbs. And able to run ( on 2 legs) and then go into cheetah mode at keep up with the cars... For me personally the multiplayer aspect of the game (or any multiplayer game) doesn't appeal to me. As I'm not a babysitter. & don't have time to hold people's hands who don't what their doing. Or will end up being a liability. E'm i asking that everyone is a pro. No. I'd rather deal with A.I. or solo than dealing with a 13yr old phone scrolling kid who's squeaky voice is constantly crying help through the headset every nano second. If I also had to guess on the plague system. I'd say maybe hearts could appear & get out of control like infestations. Maybe plague areas grow and consume more of the map. (Start small - grow massive) If left unchecked What were your thoughts on not seeing any guns suppressed? It's how many years into the future of this universe. & they haven't figured out that loud ass guns is a big no no. It's also mentioned the S.O.D.3 universe has been picked over. So super duper mart will likely be empty. But hunting seems to be a even less likely story seeing as how in the first trailer the doe/elk. Was totally infected. & will they become a threat. Unless you want to eat infected elk... The water is probably not any better. Not likely you'll find any good fish. My guess. Is seeds. & garden. Persistent maps would be nice for seasons starting in Jan ending with snow in Dec. To give that: day/week/month counter. time has passed feel. I don't like the idea of it always being snowing or always summer biome. 3 months per season is quite a long time. But you also get to experience it all instead of doing 4 different maps just to get a taste of different weather systems. It's my opinion. And my thoughts. Before any comment warriors came at me in the comment section. Keep in mind it's all good vibes and nothing but respect for everyone. I'm not discriminating anyone or anything. Everyone is loved and should feel welcome. ❤

[@tygzbg]

Not sure if this was noted, but maybe Trecy will be around as a voice character regarding the plague walls?

[@deadlyfun9305]

Imagine if they were to add a survival system as in depth as green hell where you have to check your body for wounds and have to keep an eye on your carbs and whatnot 😅

[@kappa171086]

as soon as I saw the trailer I thought of you 😂

[@JonBonZombie]

. deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources. "universities offering an eclectic mix of courses"

[@PashaOCE]

been playing since the demo launch of Sod1 on xbox. I hope they take their time with 3 as I've done nearly everything, in sod2, from homeless runs to 0 guns, to 1 survivor etc. and I would love a game I can play however I want again. So I am not worried about when they release it. I hope they release it in 2 years, that way we know all of the expectancies are most likely going to be met.

[@wiffy3067]

I do hope you can invite random people into your game/ get invited by randoms to play together in this world. The random matchmaking in sod2 is great.

[@MythronVET63]

It's called a rainforest for a reason it rains quite a bit it doesn't rain all the time but the trees are so big that they put out hundreds of gallons of water and yeah typically when you go to the lake or in the forest there's usually a lot of water

[@ShystaMcDoogle]

might just be a plague melon or plague pumpkin. kinda looks like it's something growing on a vine. maybe somekind of birthing pod for a new type of special.

[@joshuakeeling2440]

I enjoyed the breakdown as for my take about the snow in one trailer and this one having no snow what if that is a way to show the weather changing like the season changed and now we are in either after the melting of the snow or in the fall. To me it would be kinda like beating a dead horse with show us snow twice imo.

[@ert45ful]

The small sub gun looks like a sig sauer MCX

[@DoEDoE40]

I would say the time skip is 3-5 years a Kmart closed and about 3-5 years later and it looked like it was in an apocalypse

[@NeganMOX]

Seeing the new Juggernauts and Screamers makes me very afraid of what they've done with the ferals.

[@riconyce3024]

What happend to the infected annimals from the first SOD 3 trailer? Brian, anything you can share on this?

[@MythronVET63]

If they add Wildlife I want to be able to save a wolf and keep it as a companion train it to drop off explosives by the zombies and then run back

[@nikodemkowalik2222]

I like the idea of crafting and all that stuff but I don't want it to be the only way to obtain guns, crossbows etc. I'd like to be able to go on a looting trip and find these things in the world from time to time. I bet they will also be obtainable through missions and trading ofc

[@murdrmittenz9013]

I'm really hoping for the ability to swap shoulders & no auto holstering of weapons, I wanna be able to melee with my rifle butt and have to switch to my melee manually

[@jasongorkisch]

41 minutes in - I think you first see those balls inside the plane in Heartland when the army guy wants to test his gas grenades

[@nelly5389]

@Brian Menard one of the things from 2 that I hope they address is the “plague sample miracle grow fertilizer” Tressie was cookin up in Trumbull Valley 🤢 my friends and I have an ongoing theory that the deer from the original SoD3 trailer ate some of Tressies “miracle grow” and went crazy. Seemed like a lot of foreshadowing when Lily was talking to Tressie and was like “let’s distribute it all over”. If not at the least, let it be the cause for more mutations among the freak Zombies. Sorry for rambling haha 😅

[@michael7844]

I’m hyped for this!! Sounds like a lot of the wish list items made it into the game. I’m here for the crafting and upgrading of gear!! Can’t wait to try out this multiplayer aspect as well.

[@tedfitzpatrickyt]

I was thinking about the “normal” zombie at the beginning of the SOD 3 trailer. It looks like freaks have mutated, hopefully we’ll see “normal” zombies that look mutated - that first zombie looks like he became a zombie not long ago. But for zombies that have been zombies for years, it would be cool if they looked more monstrous.

[@diegosigua2106]

wait....thats a Dino plushie keychain of the Bronto gas station! Homie who died was from Trumbull Valley!!! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[@DanXRojas]

What I think is if it’s a new game and we all have to restart are communities they should put a mission at the beginning of state of decay 3 of are forever community getting overwhelmed and everyone dying then after the short game play of trying to defend your base the game will start with a cinematic were you choose your lone survivor that makes a new community Kind of like the tutorial mission in state of decay 2 just it’s endless zombies until your wiped out

[@BrianMenard]

👀 man that’s a good idea

[@DanXRojas]

@@BrianMenard it might just be me not wanting to lose my favorite survivor but it doesn’t really matter as long as it’s a more pure survival sod like set up camp not choose a base location already given

[@theFormerYous2]

There has been progression in the SODs, so to me the spores and overgrowth is just a product of the plague mutating and possibly even evolving. Now that would be something if the plague evolves in-game, having to experiment with a new cure, or even just make the plague cure less effective 😮 or not guaranteed to work where you need multiple doses similar to booster shots.

[@emmanuelfebres7080]

I expect they do better for the Hard Hitter trait that upgrade the damage rate. That guy would be the ferals smasher head😅

[@TonyCampbellOfficial]

This game looks badass. I need a new tv and console when it drops

[@nathandaniels4269]

Have you seen the Infection Free Zone game that came out in April, i think. It's a zombie survival game. You can actually put your hometown in the game lol

[@AstralVampire666]

1:32:40 It’s funny cuz I joined games where the person was on their car with a bunch of zombies surrounding them

[@natehaladay5485]

That is soo funny

[@AstralVampire666]

@@natehaladay5485 I know right. Funny stuff right there

[@chrisshergie1030]

whoa that fps on the 2nd trailer indicates they are a long ways away from

[@BrianMenard]

the second trailer was from the second game i was just using it as a example to show in engine stuff so people could kind of draw a conclusion on what SOD 3 might look like. A lot of people thought the new trailer was CGI but they would be very very wrong lol

[@chrisshergie1030]

@@BrianMenard ohhhhh! that explains alot...

[@anthonycross3394]

Brian.....hey Brother sorry I missed the Live, I just got back from the doctor so I WILL catch up later.....PLEASE buy Crystal the RIGHT camera so Her videos are Clear !!!!!...... yes, I always watch Her too !!!

[@TonyCampbellOfficial]

Once infestations get too big they should turn into plague hearts. In sod2. Not sure what 3 will be like. Hopefully badass

[@infinitycgr]

Any story canon relating to past characters? What I want to know

[@argonaut_jay]

Seasons would be way more immersive than just straight biomes

[@ohawk3y3o]

Categorys of rounds that can cause weapon jams or fails to fire causing user to have to do a reload animation before firing again

[@ohawk3y3o]

Just a thought on how to go forward with lack of ammo in the apocalypse I.e old rounds would be professional round back just has some wethering Makeshift rounds would be like an rookie attempting to make rounds and nice rounds would be when some has specialized in munitions with the lowest rate of failure

[@gronkasaures-rex9711]

Id love to see the ability to enlist multiple followers, coupled with better AI behavior like stealth kills and not standing inside hordes. Imagine going on dangerous loot run with your gang, reminds me of filling a razorback full of marines in Halo 😂

[@hideofujii]

Let them cook at least one LEGENDARY CLOWN JUGGERNAUT. (that would make funny noises if hit with melee)