7 Days to Die

I used to play this game with my friends quite frequently- as it used to have a lot of potential. Even in an unfinished state the core gameplay was enough to keep us distracted for hours at a time.

However since the 'official release' things took a turn for the worst. Many of us were surprised at this news because it still feels like the game is incredibly unfinished and totally lacking in basic functionality at the best of times. It feels like Fun Pimps just threw in the towel after twelve or so years of extremely erratic on-and-off again updates.

So what does that leave us, the community with? Well after 10+ years of development they finally crawled out of 'Early Access' with;

• An insane price hike from the initial $25 all the way up to $45.
• Overly complex and totally unnecessary changes to existing mechanics and UI that were easier to manage years ago.
• A complete lack of an overhaul on many of the game mechanics that ACTUALLY desperately needed optimization.
• Slightly better zombie models over the course of about 8 of the development years. (depending on who you ask)
• New buildings with pitfall traps that make solo exploration a total nuisance on higher difficulty levels.
• A massive nerf to XP gains when performing actions which makes grinding even more tedious.
• Scrapped features they planned for 1.0 including the highly anticipated NPC Bandits and 'better' Character Customization.
• The removal of entire biomes from random gen maps including; The Burned Forest and The Plains.
• The removal of existing features such as Leg Armor, Empty Jars, the Siren, and many reinforced blocks and spikes.

This game is a perfect example of scope creep and what happens when a team like The Fun Pimps can not get a clear picture of what they WANT to put into a game versus what they CAN ACTUALLY put into a game without wasting years of development time. Even if they continued to update 7 Days to Die, it would probably just be more of the same sporadic updates that offer little to no value to an already gutted game.

It's truly a shame to see a game with a lot of potential become stagnant after so long- but there are thousands of other games on Steam that put a lot more foresight into their projects and manage their time significantly better.

I can not recommend this game to anyone- ESPECIALLY at the current price.
If it goes on sale for around $10 or below, maybe pick it up if you have some friends to play with, otherwise steer clear and save your money for better purchases.

I really struggle with my feelings for this game. It's consistently the thing that I stare at the longest, when it comes to being bored...and gazing at my Steam library for something to do. The game is fun...but that tends to only last for an hour before I find that I'm tired of having played the same thing for a decade. I just...want this to be something more than a tower defense game. Or a base defense game. The developers have just...hard coded this thing into a really specific experience...and it bothers me. Especially in a time, where some of the most successful and revisited games on Steam...are the ones that have had ~tons~ of mod options. Are there mods for this game? Yes. Do they alter the experience? Dear god, no.

Want to work through a destroyed city and rebuild the thing, to look somewhat modern or hardened? Well why would you do that, when zombies will just destroy any block you set down. Any interest in playing through a Metro like scenario, where you primarily live underground...and only come to the surface for the most necessary materials or items? Too bad, zombies can sense you under the ground...even if you turn horde nights off. And don't even get me started on the biomes. The fact that you can't go in as a mod-maker to set different options and difficulty bits for those things...is beyond annoying.

Additionally, there seems to be...no concern or interest in refining the PvP experience, or setting options for that sort of thing. What if I want to play with my community, and designate certain zones on the map that you can't build in? Maybe there's a 10 v 10 dynamic that I'd like to set, but I want to edit how land claim blocks behave to fine tune against griefing? Sucks to be you I guess.

Anyways, reviews are just a means for venting when you have more than x hours, since people automatically write you off for simply being jaded or upset about change. Have a good day.

Cops. And if, say, the power goes out during the game or some other random glitch occurs, all your progress goes down the drain. If everything is so broken and after 10 years of development you still haven't implemented a backup system, at least once a game day or in any form at all,
THEN WRITE ON THE TITLE SCREEN THAT OUR SAVES BREAK. SO PEOPLE CAN SAVE THEIR FILES THEMSELVES,
NOT FIND OUT HOW TO DO IT FROM YOUTUBE WHEN 50 HOURS OF GAME PROGRESS HAS GONE TO WASTE.
The game was interesting, but because of this crap, I will never play it again. It's a pity that a refund can no longer be made. In 2024, you can't save to the cloud? Are you serious? I do not recommend this game to anyone who wants to play fairly. It will just waste your time and then break down.

[h3]The development studio, consisting of several people, made a not bad game with wide possibilities.

The game is just so disappointing now. Early on this game was a mix of exploration, crafting and improving your skills. It was jank, sure, but the gameplay loop was solid. Using skills improved them naturally over time. Level ups were gained both by killing zombies and using skills, and said levels could be used for some nice buffs, and to unlock techs. And quests existed as a side option for even better loot.

Then the developers decided exploration was MANDATORY. Now the game is 100% about exploration, "dungeon exploring" and quests. Skills no longer improve by using them; instead you have to find books. At certain book intervals you get access to new tech. Baseline tech was HEAVILY nerfed, so you basically can't make anything until you find a certain number of books. Leveling up via skills is no longer viable, so you have to kill zombies and do quests to do so. Thing is, leveling up barely matters anyway, because they only provide minor buffs to specific things and my god do you level up so slow that it barely feels like it matters.

Which means if you want to be able to craft, you know, the premise of the game, you have to explore and use the quest system to get enough books to do so. Thing is, the quest system is so boring. Fetch quests, dig up a certain location quests, kill all zombies at a location. Oh boy isn't it great that they decided to shove this dull nonsense down our throat?

Every pre-fab building is considered a "dungeon" and when you get close enough zombies just spawn right on top of you. Dungeon exploring CAN be okay, but it feels less like exploring an actual zombie apocalypse and more like going through some 8 year old's attempt at a labyrinth. Yes, Timmy, zombies breaking through the wall and falling down from the ceiling IS cool, but it's just annoying when LITERALLY EVERY HOUSE does this. I don't feel like I'm clearing a building when I enter somewhere now, I fell like I'm wadding through a scripted encounter, just hoping the next GOTCHA moment doesn't actually catch me off guard.

And aside from disliking the change in direction, combat is just... its just so bad. Stealth archer route can be fine (be prepared to yell "how did that miss?" a lot though), but in what world should zombies LURCH FORWARD when you bash them in the skull with a bat? Knockback seeming works in reverse in this game. Combat was never great, but when its highlighted by being thrown at you so often due to the structure of the game, it gets on your nerves far more.

Maybe this is just the downside of getting involved with a game during its Alpha. The game that it has become, and the game that I started playing it as, are just too different now for me to enjoy it anymore.

After all this time that i have played and enjoyed these, YEARS, of being in early access. I can not give my thumbs up to this game for the many smaller reasons that just keep stacking up against this beautiful creation. The first, devs don't seem to want to listen to the fans that have already spent the money and are offering input. Second, the decision to disable the players ability to modify scripts and have fun with game play and experimentation.

Awesome survival/crafting game. Even better with friends, it’s definitely come a long way

Good game, good stuff, promising, genuinely enjoying my time. Impossible to pitch a 45$ game to my friends that STILL clearly is unfinished. This is still an early access title, no matter what the devs may say, there is still quite a lot that needs to be worked on, this whole "out of early access" meme to justify a massive price hike is getting old, and tons of games are doing it. Please either drop the price down to 30$ or at least put it on sale for something reasonable. alpha 21 to v1.0 was not worth that price increase my dudes.

Before I dive in, I want to make it clear that this is just my opinion. If you disagree, that's totally fine. Now, onto the review.

The Game
The game itself is decent, but for how old it is, it’s shockingly unoptimized. The graphics look like they were made by a 3-year-old, and the performance is terrible at times. I have an RX 7800 XT and a Ryzen 7 7600X—not exactly low-end hardware. My PC can run most modern games on medium to high settings without a problem. Yet, in this game, I sometimes drop below 60 FPS in big cities, even on max settings.

For a €44 game, this level of optimization is unacceptable. I can’t even imagine how people with lower-end PCs manage to play. It’s frustrating because the gameplay and core concept aren’t bad at all. If the developers prioritized better optimization and more frequent, substantial updates, this game could be great.

What’s even funnier is how the modding community has done a better job than the actual developers. Mods like Darkness Falls completely outshine the base game. The amount of effort and creativity modders bring to the table makes it clear how much potential the game has.

The Developers (TFP)
The Fun Pimps (TFP) deserve some criticism. First off, they’ve made a lot of promises they never delivered on, like bosses and raiders. On top of that, they seem to limit how players can enjoy the game. For example, they nerfed the ability to fly through horde nights with a gyrocopter by adding flying enemies. I get that it might seem too "cheesy," but why take away creative options?

Even worse, they’ve reportedly said they dislike horde bases—the very thing that makes the game fun for a lot of people. Building and defending a fort during hordes is the best part of the game! Running around aimlessly during a horde just isn’t fun, and if I had to do that, I’d probably stop playing altogether.

The Verdict
If you enjoy survival games with hordes and plan to play mods, get this game—but only on sale or through a cheaper site like G2A. At its current price of €44, it’s a joke. Honestly, the modding community has created a better game experience than the developers. At this point, TFP should just hand over development to the fans who actually know how to make the game enjoyable.

Avoid buying at full price. Wait for a discount.

I've known of 7 days for many years and I've always loved much of the survival aspects and the game play loop of it.

I always enjoyed watching the game slowly evolve and I was excited for what was to come next.
But over time TFP kept changing already fine mechanics and game play, and to put it bluntly, smashing them into a million pieces, restricting creativity forcing players down a singular path, or just removing it outright with no clear reason.

I can't bring myself to play it anymore!
The constant uprooting of mechanics paired with a complete change in game direction mid development from a open world survival craft Zombie game, to some generic looter shooter RPG with a painful dependency on trader quests that give you the true meaning of monotony!

I could list a million different things I don't like but I don't have the brain power or care to do so!

I love this game and wished it turned out differently. :(

Also, WHY IS THIS GAME NEARLY 60 SMACKAROONS-

Am I missing something?

I bought this game in 2015 and played it on and off until about 2019 or so. Now that 1.0 has been out for a while I was like "Let's see what happened" and... It somehow runs worse than ever, combat feels terrible and it looks like the graphics havent improved one bit. Do I need to activate the newest version somehow? How is this 44 Euros now?! How is this a fully released game? Idk man, surely there is some box I need to tick to get the 1.0 version, right? Cuz what I just played just has a few more weapons, a few less frames and no visual improvements...
Maybe I'll try getting Alpha 20 to run haha that one was pretty good

The devs have made several attempts to fix the game. Good! But their approachs are usually unwise, much like using regular tape to fix a leaking pipe. The whole game is basically duct taped together now to think about it. Everything they tweaked become a pain in the ass to deal with. And yes, they do not listen to their fanbase. 2/10 playable but no fun, no fun at all.

This is by far one of my favorite games. There are lots of different play styles you can do. I mainly play on the base game, so no mods. There are a ton though that I have seen used that seem like they can add even more styles of game play. This will forever be one of my go to games. I play it at least once a week. It's fun by yourself or with a group of friends. There are also a bunch of changes coming to the game to make it cross platform. Which is going to be so exciting!

This game is very intriguing, I like the vast world, and how the progress of the game differs where you live/Classes/weapons and how far you are in the game. I was just excited to play it again as much as solo or together with friends is very fun. 7 Days to Die is one of the best survival games ever made! This game is unique, has a lot of content and the crafting option is amazing! (you can't get bored easy) The devs have done a fantastic job and I'm very happy that the game is now officially released! I'm playing this game since the Alpha version and seeing it evolve to the next level is very exciting!
I highly recommend it!!

Great Survival game and Decent graphic also I got the Good Price of this game the time that still on Early Access

This is a great game. I've played it for years and had many enjoyable moments. However, I will say DO NOT purchase this at the $45 price point. Is it worth it? Yes. But this game used to be $20-$25 in alpha, and absolutely worth the money. Since 1.0 dropped, the price jumped and honestly... it just makes them seem greedy.

TLDR- even after damn near a decade of "dev time," just no.

The gameplay loop is empty and boring as ever. Search one house >kill maybe 4 zombies >fill inventory >deposit shit at home box> repeat ad infinitum over greater distances> every 7th real-time hour of gameplay lock the doors and kill a few zombies for 15 minutes.
Skill level ups are relegated to RNG via random books you find.
"Abilities" are just 4 pages of 5-20% loot-damage buffs.
"Combat" may as well be cookie clicker with how "diverse" each weapons playstyle is.

Now for the bitching

The last time I played this game was September in 2017. After putting 15 hours into it recently, I don't understand what the developers have been doing for the last 7 years to call this the full release. The asset packs have been given an /S "HD" /S repaint, fucking billboard objects and 0 depth to textures everywhere. I don't think a single sound effect has changed or been added in 7 years of "updates." The vendors are now a constant source of "run 'x' miles>kill 10 zombies>return to vendor" missions. Oh and the most fucking baffling thing. You don't level up your shit anymore. Sure there is a menu full of passives, all of which amount to a paragraph that says, "increase/decrease, gathered/needed materials, increase loot chance for "x" items, or damage dealt/received by 5-20%" but... like all of your equipment... the things you rely on to stay alive... nah, fuck you. go loot everything you can interact with and pray that pile of paper bags and condoms has the book you need to level the proper skill. "Aww, you found that book on farming you wanted lil Timmy. Just 29 more copies to go and you'll know enough about seeds to understand that you can harvest the seeds from your crops you just grew to plant more!"

Past me was a gullible dumbass for buying this shit 8 years ago.

Superb replayability, only need some additions to story and better optimisation

Only play with a friend.
Can't for the love a god open chest nor interact with things at the same time.
Died to level 2 orange skulls at night to 3 bear, 2 whatever the hell are those blind black things 5 times in a row.
Got AK T2 from random loot.
Can't find a pistol.
Always need to drink beer to play. irl

Really great survival with particles of horror.A lot of stuff that you can do and a lot of fun as well.We waited for full release for a long time and we got it.Of course it costs it price and time.

After Beta released this game is so much beautiful, great improvement in the graphics and the characters creation now actually look good.
Best game to play with a lot of people, create your community and friends. I don't recommend this game for single player.
If you like to build this game is for you, the freedom of building in this game is the best from any other game.

One of the best zombies games out there. best base building, hoards of zombies crafting, looting shooting full of action packed brain blasting . Fight for you life. 7 days to die mods are super sick. Best game for any zombie lover out there. Lock and load and hit the streets with your boom stick.

Interesting game to play with friends, more of a looter shooter than survival but surviving blood moon is always a fun challenge.

The game is incredibly addictive. Updates bring a lot of new content, but sometimes you just want to see a full release...

Simply fun, well designed, good crafting system, good progression, really entertaining and very enjoyable.

Good co-op survival with poor optimization, especially in cities.

The game lets me dig anywhere and everywhere. Zombies can be a problem but if I tunnel down fast enough, they can't catch me. I roleplay as Gaetan "Mole" Molière from Atlantis and it's the most fun I have in any of these kinds of games. You can mod the hell out of custom servers for you and your friends. Check it out!

i was playing this game back during alpha and I will say its definitely a better game. At most though this game is a 30 dollar game. 45 USD is steep. Like really steep.

Valheim is $20.

This game is the same price as Skyrim, a finished polished AAA game with original music, voice acting, a complete storyline...

Idk really wanna play this with my friends but I'm not going to push them to spend 45 dollars.

5-10... 15 max. If the price were $20 even this would be a thumbs-up positive review, but at the current price it's just not a good buy.

I've been playing this game since 2017 and it has changed both, alot and not at all. Crafting, graphics, models for objects and enemies... all those things have been improving over the years, but only slightly. The interface, for example, is still ugly as hell just like it used to be back then. It's not bad... but if the UI was a woman, it would be a very plain, dog-faced woman. 😏 Therefore I highly recommend getting the "SMX - By Sirillion" mod, which drastically improves everything about the entire UI of 7 Days to Die~! It's the most downloaded and most endorsed mod for very good reasons. I just can't play without it anymore. xD But v1.0 also brought us new character models and it was about damn time for that! Finally, you don't get eye cancer anymore because the updated models and armor sets are vastly superior!

Aside from the unpleasant UI and some minor annoyances here and there that aren't game breaking (sometimes enemies will hit you through walls, but you'll learn to adapt to this rather quickly and even use it to your advantage every now and then), I love this game more than any other survival game I've played, including Minecraft. Yeah, I just said that. No, it wasn't a joke. 7 Days to Die has that "just one more..." effect, where you should be doing other things like taking care of your chores, or grabbing something to eat... but why waste time with real life food when you can eat delicious [Bacon and Eggs] ingame and flush it all down with some healthy [Pure Mineral Water]~? It's good for your digestion and will hydrate you for days! Sure, other survival games have that effect on you aswell, but with this game I just don't want to stop... just one more building to loot, just one more wall to upgrade, just one more quest to finish... oh look, a crafting skill magazine! Now I can make steel tools which are way stronger than iron tools... alright, I'll go back to my base and craft those real quick but then I'll call it a day! What's that? An air drop with fat loot just 1 kilometer from my current position? Alright I'll go grab that real quick before returning to make my new tools but then... THEN I'll call it a day!

And this cycle never ends! If that sounds intruiging to you and you liked other survival games, you should definetly grab 7 Days to Die aswell! However, the price has drastically increased with the 1.0 version and you might want to wait for a sale. Minecraft has way more content to offer for a much lower price and it has waaay more mods, adding even more content while 7DTD's amount of mods is rather limited in both numbers and variety. Now this may sound like Minecraft is the superior game, but I really wouldn't say that. Both games have different approaches and it's up to you which one you prefer. 7DTD takes the horror movie route à la 28 Days Later while Minecraft goes for a more child friendly fantasy setting with swords and magic. Where 7DTD focuses on survival and combat, Minecraft focuses on building and having a good time with your creations... but don't worry, this game has plenty of building options aswell~!

Are you still reading this? What are you waiting for? Go click on "Add to Cart" already~! ♥

One of the best Survival games out there, if not the best, i have been playing 7DTD since 2015 and still enjoy in everytime. A good game to make friends and to play with friends.

I bought this game thinking it was a "open-world survival craft sandbox with zombies". While it does sound generic or something of an Early access scam that plagues Steam, the devs did deliver a worthwhile production. It scratched the itch that I liked at that time, and I had a ton of fun, specially after installing mods and overhauls like Undead Legacy or Darkness Falls.

However when 1.0 dropped, they pretty much turned this game into a "open-world RPG sandbox with zombies". A lot of the stuff I liked got simplified (well tbh everyone pretty much looked the same in MP because theyre donning a leather dusters and cowboy hats). They gave the guns more of the improvised/scrap-look (AK when from looking like a worn gun to something that came out of rust).

The current 7 Days to Die doesn't scratch that itch anymore. Specially when you keep doing quests that pretty much defined your gameplay loop. It used to be a lot more tame, you pick a house or spot as your base, build or fortify it for that dreaded 7th day, hoard items into that base, loot every house for anything of value, and do quests occasionally for extra resources. But now Quests are so impactful that you'll end up doing it most of the time, and if youre unlucky they'll keep sending you to same spots which can get boring if it happens too often.

TL;DR : Be aware that youre buying this game which functions too much as an openworld sandbox RPG rather than an openworld sandbox survival game.

game sucks

it was very good in the past, but has been totally transformed and imo degraded, from sandbox survival into an arcadey quest simulator. it holds up pretty well if heavily modded

Nice and fun, especially on SteamDeck. The only minus - boring quests after a couple of hours.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☐ Beautiful
☐ Good
☑ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☑ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☑ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☑ No Story
☐ Some lore
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☑ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

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---{ Author }---
☑ https://vojtastruhar.github.io/steam-review-template

movements sucks. skills are dumb. make it more like a survival not like mmorpg skill leveling and stuff. so many bs and the zombies animation sucks. and also the building block is like minecraft.

Great for a few hours... better after that. No endgame gets old and should be put in by now. Lots of mods though so don't feel like vanilla is it, not by a long shot.

The game plays smooth on pc and handheld device great game. pimps you done it a
gain

7 Days to Die is a unique blend of survival, crafting, and horror, focusing on building, scavenging, and defending against zombie hordes in an open-world setting. The intense gameplay and multiplayer experience make it highly engaging for survival fans like me.
The 1.0 major brings significant improvements, including enhanced graphics and smoother gameplay, mechanics elevating the survival experience.
It’s a great experience, whether playing solo or with a few friends, and it’s even better after the latest updates.
7.5/10

7 Days to Die is one of the best survival games ever made!
This game is unique, has a lot of content and the crafting option is amazing!
The devs have done a fantastic job and I'm very happy that the game is now officially released!
I'm playing this game since the Alpha version and seeing it evolve is very exciting!
I highly recommend it!! :)

I really LOVED this game. Nothing good last forever. IMO to many changes for the worse. the books the jars and the clothing being the worst for me. If it was still 12 bucks id recommend it but now its just a bummer.

I've owned this game for years. This game is still worth about $12. If anything the devs have made the game less fun over the years. They focus on eliminating items like clothes and bottles, limiting player progress and give zombies excessive jiggle physics. This game has less content in it then it did years ago, they just polished this turd's graphics and doubled the price.

7d2d during alpha was a game without polish, janky animations, and it was still an absolute blast to play. It was an amazing open sandbox where you can play how you wanted to play, and each and every play-through could be completely different and unique.

Now, it's a linear, boring, typical RPG with locked down paths and requirements for everything. Skill points determine what books you find. Books are how you progress everything. No longer can you find great things Day 1 that might change how you choose to progress. You are locked in, and it is boring and predictable.

During alpha, I would have given this a solid 8.5/10. Now, after release, the best I can offer is a 5/10.

Very good game. Great to play solo or with friends. The progression is nice and you always have stuff to do (until "endgame"). The points of interest are all very well made (despite sometimes being too big and feeling like a maze).
The only thing that I wish that it had is some sort of boss. Greater enemies that you could encounter, bigger enemies (not those bears and dogs. Bigger!).
It would be nice to have a "endgame goal" as well. After leveling up almost everything I felt a lack of motivation to keep playing. I had no objective to go after. Something that takes time and effort to put to the test my endgame character.
8/10 - Would recommend

I use to recommend 7 Days to Die to all my friends, even gift it to them so I could play it with them, but I no longer do that because it seems the developer has made several bad choices in my opinion. The last couple of updates have been so lack luster, Nothing more than new models and textures for the most part and that coupled with the price hike I don't think is fair. Them announcing a new game really showed to me where the development time has been focused and its not on the core 7 Days to Die experience anymore. The other thing that I find horrible is linking the crafting system to the looting system. The only thing this did was massively inflate the grind and added 0 fun to the game.

I have suggestions for things they could do to improve the game, one of them I've wanted for ages is to rework the electrical system so that battery banks work correctly with more than 1 solar input, and that if you don't provide enough solar it draws partly from the batteries rather than just shutting stuff off. Tied to this I'd love to seem some form of logic added to the triggers and traps and even switches. I'd also like to see some actual new stuff added to the game, new weapons, tools. The Armor change was a neutral one, gearing up based on where your focus is I like. But if you're going to do something like this, please give us some way of picking which visual armor we'd like to wear too. And revert back to the old progression system, the one based on loot is such a boring grind.

The only way I can recommend 7 Days to Die is if you are interested in some of the large conversation mods. I recently gave Darkness Falls (Version for alpha 21 of 7 Days to Die) a try and that was a lot of fun. It reverts some back to the old level based crafting system and adds 2 more teirs of tools and weapons and armor to the game. This is a lot more fun than just inflating the grind for the gear that is already in the game.

The devs are putting a lot of effort into inventing new ways of making this game into complete garbage.

I went into this expecting to write a positive review.

I have played this game almost since it came out on steam, and it has gone through many changes. I played this game less and less as it diverted from a survival game to a role playing game. I loved this game as a survival horror game, and I felt like the developers ruined it by trying to make it into a role playing game. I didn't touch this game for a few months, but I decided to go back to it to get some achievements done. I decided to experience this game as the developers intended, as a role playing experience. I spent my days doing the quests the traders provided me, and i spent my nights building up my base. During this time I started to respect the vision of the developers, and I though I was starting to understand their perspective on this game. I did this until the horde night, expecting to face a couple zombies like I had for every other first horde I've been through.

The zombies completely destroyed my base.

I had one gate left, and I barely was able to produce enough stone arrows to defeat the horde by the time the sun rose. Really? I played the game exactly as the developers intended, and i still got f'd over by the horde. I have never had this problem in the updates prior, it is only in this most recent version that the first horde has completely destroyed my base. I really love the idea of this game, and I know it could be the closest thing to a 3d Project Zomboid if the developers went in that direction, but instead they are progressing so far down this RPG development line that i can't even get enough ammo to make it through the first horde night without spending every hour before the 7th day doing quests for a trader. I don't normally write reviews, and I'm sorry for ranting, but I originally bought this game hoping for it to evolve into a survival horror experience and instead I am left with role playing game slop. This game is stuck coping with its original premise of scavenging resources to survive weekly hordes while the developers want it to be the next World of Warcraft.

Been playing this game since it first came out and I can't get enough of it. The multiplayer is incredibly well done and really enjoy the building and defending aspects of the game. I love to see how this game has evolved and hope to see more good things as its officially released now.

I played through quite a few of the early access versions, I was disappointed when the full release came out because it feels like a complicity different system. They have removed things that do not make logical sense to remove like glass jars, and the levelling system feels so frustrating and disjointed now. I honestly loved this game and just want to go back to playing the betas.

Hear me out, cozy gamers. It's actually pretty nice being able to go through and just build up your base, do a little digging around for supplies. There's farming, mods for animals, you can control all aspects of difficulty. It's cozy apocalypse survival. Plus you can dig holes. Really deep, long holes. Really enjoy this title and the graphic update has made the game even more of an enjoyment.