Decided to give State of Decay 2 on PC another shot. It was such a disappointment last year, even with how low my expectations were, but after a year of updating and patching, they at least took the game from being on the verge of unplayable, to being an alright game, that really only cements it as a very underwhelming sequel.
I did put a good few hours into my new game run tonight, because it's the type of game you can put a stream or podcast on with, and get a better experience that way. It's mostly just a resource management game, so no real need to focus on it too hard and I think that's how I'll get through this game as otherwise it's such a weak survival game. Maybe State of Decay 3 will be the ACTUAL sequel, with needed features like instant follower switching, more interesting survival elements, and far better building/community features, but otherwise I'd recommend against getting the game unless it's dumb cheap or you just want like a totally average zombie game to pass the time with.