7 Days to Die

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  • Summary: It’s an open-world sandbox game to play alone, via splitscreen, or online, that gives you an enormous amount of freedom to choose how to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. You’re dropped into a harsh environment with almost nothing – not even clothes on your back. Through scavenging,It’s an open-world sandbox game to play alone, via splitscreen, or online, that gives you an enormous amount of freedom to choose how to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. You’re dropped into a harsh environment with almost nothing – not even clothes on your back. Through scavenging, crafting, and hunting, you’ll eventually put together the basic items you’ll need to live. You’ll have to deal with cold, heat, hunger and thirst, and there are wild animals that see you as prey. But that’s not the worst, because you’re not alone — the undead wander all around you. Slow and relatively easy to avoid by day, at night they become merciless, fast-moving killers, hungry for your flesh.… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 14 out of 17
  1. ZTGD
    Jul 5, 2016
    65
    Stiff and smooth animations just make it comical at times. A moment of screen stutter also occurs when the game auto-saves at times, highly annoying but I was able to largely get used to it. All these issues aside, I was still having a blast playing this, and I can see myself stepping into the world of 7 Days to Die on and off at times.
  2. Windows Central
    Jul 24, 2016
    50
    With a user interface barely optimized for controllers and a release three years after its initial alpha, it feels that consoles are a mere afterthought of the original vision.
  3. COGconnected
    Jul 7, 2016
    45
    What 7 Days to Die does right is provide a hearty selection of crafting and allows you to team up with friends locally or online to enjoy some co-op action. But is it worth picking up? For the simple fact that there’s better examples of world-building engines out there with a large fan base and even larger servers, I say pass.
  4. IGN Spain
    Jul 5, 2016
    36
    7 Days to Die tries hard to provide the same experience we had on PC, but it fails in its attempt due to the controller adaptation and the visible graphical downgrade.
  5. Destructoid
    Jul 11, 2016
    30
    It's disappointing to see this sold on Xbox One and PS4 (with a retail release!) as if it is completed game. It clearly is not. After some substantial updates, I'd potentially want to give it another chance, but as is I wouldn't want to spend another minute with it.
  6. High-Def Digest
    Jul 1, 2016
    30
    I am struggling to understand why people would choose this over some of the really excellent survival games out there. Maybe on PC it’s really great. On the Xbox One it is not.
  7. ICXM
    Jul 1, 2016
    10
    Although the visuals are indeed terrible, they are the least of this game’s problems. I was wrong to be optimistic; I’ve played plenty of dreadful games on Xbox One, but this is one of the worst ones yet.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 44
  3. Negative: 20 out of 44
  1. KidSalami
    Jun 29, 2016
    10
    I had friends rave about the PC version, so I wasn't sure what to expect. But man what a great game. I'm really loving it and I'm notI had friends rave about the PC version, so I wasn't sure what to expect. But man what a great game. I'm really loving it and I'm not normally a fan of this genre. Immersive story, great art, top stuff...I know it sounds cliche, but 7 Days is a legit masterpiece. There I said it! Looks amazing on the big screen. I'm inviting some friends over, and sending the missus out to the movies. Check it out, people.… Expand
  2. Hppyslyrbnny
    Oct 13, 2019
    10
    Awesome game needs, work. All in all i am still holding out for an update soon.
  4. AlucardTyrant
    Jun 27, 2017
    9
    Good game, I liked the plot that every 7 days a horde is hunting you. It has its flaws but I think nothing serious, as we know this in itsGood game, I liked the plot that every 7 days a horde is hunting you. It has its flaws but I think nothing serious, as we know this in its alpha version. I would really like to update it to version 14, 15 or 16 that is currently, this would give more rating to the game. Espro with anxieties that they can pertain the update for XBOX ONE. Thank you very much for your support… Expand
  5. PorchBandit
    Dec 28, 2022
    5
    Oddly enough, the game is not able to be reviewed for PC. This is strange and probably because Xbox and Playstation have stricter rules onOddly enough, the game is not able to be reviewed for PC. This is strange and probably because Xbox and Playstation have stricter rules on selling/classifying products Early access.

    I will admit since I'm doing this for the console version I can't give it any more than a 5 because I did play it on console and it was incredibly janky and poorly ported especially with regards to the controls. If my review were for PC it would likely get a higher mark. And all my experiences I'll mention in the written section are mostly PC. It's a fun game. With a notable amount of jank. I'm pretty forgiving with that jank because it seems to be part of the charm but also because of what it tries to do. Some jank I dislike but much of it is just goofy fun in this game character models are gross but the modern versions zombies are pretty nice. The buildings and landscapes aren't the prettiest but the flexibility with building/digging/deconstruction makes it hard to truly make a breathtaking world. There are Some weird pathing issues and weird building restrictions but for the most part the game seems to function as intended.

    One complaint I've heard is how the devs seem to "fight the player base" adding enemy mechanics to defeat certain strategies. I don't know where I stand with that. On one hand it would be frustrated to have a ironclad defense just to have zombies dig under me though I commend the effort into keeping the players fresh and on their toes and I will say, as a whole they give you allot of options to customize difficulty outside of just easy, medium, hard. The game can be grindy and unforgiving but I had no issues when I tailored the difficulty to my liking.

    Auto generated maps are fun but definitely a source of allot of said jank. I don't hate this game by any stretch and have got my money's worth out of it. If you tend to have problems with less than gorgeous 4k games...probably don't buy. If you don't like horde mode games you can turn it off. Overall it's a fairly basic survival game experience but can be dull at points, especially if you turn off hordes completely. HOWEVER, I know on console the port just didn't feel very good. And actually felt frustrating to get used to. If your PC can handle it or you mean to get one soon I'd hold off. And Make sure you have friends to play with.    … Expand
  6. StealthMonkee55
    Jul 8, 2016
    3
    The premise of the game is good and that's what attracted me to it. The wonky combat, glitchy zombies, technical issues, tedious UI, graphicsThe premise of the game is good and that's what attracted me to it. The wonky combat, glitchy zombies, technical issues, tedious UI, graphics and frame rate issues just totally ruined it for me. By day 14 I could no longer ignore the fact that this game was more frustrating than fun. I couldn't defend myself on the highest game play level against zombies because of the ridiculous combat mechanic coupled with the game freezing momentarily each time I desperately needed a head shot -or -walking off a platform in my base straight into the horde below because the frame rate drops to 0 as I'm moving forward to line up a shot. Why even put the effort into digging trenches and building massive spike walls when most of the frantic zombies just glitch spin right over your defenses during horde attacks? The game has real potential but the execution is abysmal. This is half a game and was not ready for full release on console.… Expand
  7. Markini
    Apr 28, 2022
    2
    What an abomination of a video game. If you’re going to make an open-world survival horror game, you need to have more details, betterWhat an abomination of a video game. If you’re going to make an open-world survival horror game, you need to have more details, better graphics, and better sound. There is a concept that has promise, but it takes several hours of playing to go anywhere, and even when you do get somewhere you'll be disappointed.… Expand
  8. PremiumR98
    May 24, 2020
    0
    guys its a bad game what a surprise thashy indie low quality game

    dont bother even thinking about it

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