7 Days to Die

 Xbox One
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5.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 128 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 58 out of 128
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 128
  3. Negative: 53 out of 128
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  1. DiegoLeone87
    Dec 15, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Gravissimi Bug che eliminano tutto quello che viene creato ogni 30 giorni di gioco… Expand
  2. True_Reclaimer
    Jul 13, 2016
    0
    Its like Goat Simulator but with zombies. Plays like minecraft but if you were running a corrupted alpha filled with more game breaking glitches than you could list. Words cannot describe how bad this game is. But numbers can - 0/10
  3. 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, 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 combatThe 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
  4. ItsBlueRockTHIN
    Jul 26, 2016
    4
    This game had ALOT of potential but unfortunately I would say it is very unfinished. The survival part of the game is not very good as it is almost impossible to craft good weapons or items as all you find are empty cans or paper. The amount of items built into this game is enormous, like 40 times what minecraft has but honestly most of it is not useful.
    Now the creative part which is    This game had ALOT of potential but unfortunately I would say it is very unfinished. The survival part of the game is not very good as it is almost impossible to craft good weapons or items as all you find are empty cans or paper. The amount of items built into this game is enormous, like 40 times what minecraft has but honestly most of it is not useful.
    Now the creative part which is more fun is filled with glitches that probably won't be fixed for a long time and is not as easy to play as you think. If you were attacked and killed while building in creative(which happens alot), you often spawn 10 minutes away from where you were, which is very frustrating to play.
    The graphics are a bust if you care about it.
    Graphics 3/10
    Gameplay 4.5/10
    Price 5/10
    Plot No Rating
    Overall 4/10    … Expand
  5. Mongoswede
    Feb 20, 2017
    0
    This game is basically a realistic version of Minecraft with a less cryptic crafting method set in a world with more determined monsters. The game has a short learning curve and after a little time you become quite efficient at crafting and surviving. In single player mode the game is relatively stable and generally allows for many hours of continuous play before freezing or glitchingThis game is basically a realistic version of Minecraft with a less cryptic crafting method set in a world with more determined monsters. The game has a short learning curve and after a little time you become quite efficient at crafting and surviving. In single player mode the game is relatively stable and generally allows for many hours of continuous play before freezing or glitching out. However in multi-player we have noted a game session will only last about 1.5 hours before crashing. Each game crash proves to be a gamble on whether your crafted world will load properly again....as corrupted saves are all too common and the game likes to reset causing players to lose objects from storage boxes all the way up to complex built structures. Many a player has gone for a jaunt on the mini bike, experiences a game crash, and reloaded with no mini bike in site and many miles of walking back to their home base.

    If the developers can patch the crashing and improve the game stability I can see playing and enjoying the game. right now its a gamble and many players are getting frustrated and walking away.    … Expand
  6. Maniac1952
    Apr 13, 2018
    2
    The games itself is fun to play and can be challenging. Problem is that with the 3 times my son and I have played we get so far into the game (usually the 4th to 6th week) and the program crashes and wipes out a portion OR ALL of what has been developed. Now that the resources have been gathered and depleted it is almost impossible to reclaim what was lost (guns, minibikes, ammo and theThe games itself is fun to play and can be challenging. Problem is that with the 3 times my son and I have played we get so far into the game (usually the 4th to 6th week) and the program crashes and wipes out a portion OR ALL of what has been developed. Now that the resources have been gathered and depleted it is almost impossible to reclaim what was lost (guns, minibikes, ammo and the chem and work stations). If that isn't bad enough, it will randomly kick the 2nd player or the host which kicks everyone. This game isn't worth the $30.00 paid for it.… Expand
  7. LocoSuppressor
    Apr 24, 2018
    2
    I bought this game for $9 at Christmas. I had heard lots of great reviews of the game from friends who play it on PS4 or PC.

    Let me start by saying I love a lot about this game. Once you establish your first base and start getting your skills built up, it becomes exciting. The crafting, hunting, mining elements are enjoyable and the large wandering hordes and screamers make a session    I bought this game for $9 at Christmas. I had heard lots of great reviews of the game from friends who play it on PS4 or PC.

    Let me start by saying I love a lot about this game. Once you establish your first base and start getting your skills built up, it becomes exciting. The crafting, hunting, mining elements are enjoyable and the large wandering hordes and screamers make a session interesting. That is, until the inevitable first MD5 crash happens and you lose everything (or close to it).

    The game has a lot of promise, but it is easy to lose the desire to play it when you are dealing with issues like multiple game crashes per session, slow rendering maps, in-game lag that messes up combat or causes your bike to park itself in a rock/tree even though you parked it in an open area near that item. Glitches that move your bike and stick it inside concrete blocks, so you have to cut it out, loss of most of your stuff if you use a POI as a base and a MD5 crash happens.... all of these just ruin the game.

    In the past 2 weeks, I have had 2 worlds get corrupted from multiple MD5 crashes. In a 10 hour streaming session this past Saturday, the game kicked me and my buddies no less than 15 times. It made for a very frustrating experience and has me considering moving on to another game until they release some fixes.    … Expand
  8. splitpolygon
    Jul 15, 2016
    4
    This games underlying features are great and it reaches for something even more, but the simple most basic features every other game seems to achieve flawlessly; this game simply doesn't. Its an amazing crafting crafting game wrapped in a hot mess.
  9. hopposai78
    Jul 22, 2016
    2
    started out fairly solid game crashing bugs and corrupting games ruin a good experience. after three play throughs and being unable to progress for an extended period of time before the game freezes up, crashes, and refuses to ever load again.
  10. Jebus48
    Jul 21, 2016
    0
    I loved the concept of this game, however that's all I loved about it. After playing it for 4 hours, I kindly called Microsoft and asked for my money back. This is an alpha version that should be in the preview program, not retail. This is not a true Telltale game, they had nothing to do with making this game. I wish they had though. If you like Minecraft don't buy this. Not even close toI loved the concept of this game, however that's all I loved about it. After playing it for 4 hours, I kindly called Microsoft and asked for my money back. This is an alpha version that should be in the preview program, not retail. This is not a true Telltale game, they had nothing to do with making this game. I wish they had though. If you like Minecraft don't buy this. Not even close to the fun of Minecraft. Pure garbage.… Expand
  11. Steelcore1085
    Jul 22, 2016
    0
    I have never hated a game I've ever played. In fact, I had a lot of fun on basically every game I've played, but this game is just garbage. I have never in my life played a game where it's impossible to find anything useful, where it's incredibly easy to die, where the AI are nearly impossible to kill, where it's nearly impossible to rank your characters up and rank your weapons up, whereI have never hated a game I've ever played. In fact, I had a lot of fun on basically every game I've played, but this game is just garbage. I have never in my life played a game where it's impossible to find anything useful, where it's incredibly easy to die, where the AI are nearly impossible to kill, where it's nearly impossible to rank your characters up and rank your weapons up, where it's like playing on hard difficulty when you're playing on easy difficulty, and that is incredibly buggy and glichy. Holy **** the glitches and bugs that exist in this game make it impossible to play. Oh man, the lag... Every 45 seconds it lags...

    I get it's meant to be a survival horror game, but it's not enjoyable when you reach a point where you burn through your food and water faster than you do in real life. It's not fun when the game spawns zombies right behind you and they relentlessly chase you even when you're far out of their range. It's not fun when you're hiding in the attic of your refuge and they somehow know where you are and go after you. It's not fun when objects are so scarce that all you do is focus on those objects and can't do anything else.

    This game is literally a broken game, and doesn't deserve to be called a full game. This game has existed for almost three years and the developers still didn't make it a working game at all. It's not worth $30 like what we paid. We will be returning this crap game tomorrow back to the store. It's quite literally the worst game I have ever played.    … Expand
  12. D4u2s0t
    Jul 27, 2016
    0
    7 days to die has a great premise, and great potential. But, the execution fails on nearly every level. Saved games become inaccessible, the game constantly kicks you to the dashboard, and glitches plague the experience at every bend. Built doors become inaccessible, you fall through the floor, just really too much to write about. IF this game is patched, and starts working as7 days to die has a great premise, and great potential. But, the execution fails on nearly every level. Saved games become inaccessible, the game constantly kicks you to the dashboard, and glitches plague the experience at every bend. Built doors become inaccessible, you fall through the floor, just really too much to write about. IF this game is patched, and starts working as intended, it IS worth a 2nd look if you like survival games. In it's current state I really can't recommend purchase.… Expand
  13. YourMimscar
    Jul 23, 2016
    0
    The game is like Goat simulator, but it is worse.
    I fainted while trying to playing this game.
    The game crashed 10 times in a hour, that's just stupid.
    Gameplay is Zombies, you guessed it.
  14. PremiumR98
    May 24, 2020
    0
    guys its a bad game what a surprise thashy indie low quality game

    dont bother even thinking about it
  15. Broyax
    Jun 4, 2023
    0
    Je suis impressionné ! tout ce qu’ils ont réussi à démouler en deux ans et demi, c’est un monde ouvert tout vide avec le moteur Unity, ce moteur 3D tout pourri, laid comme un pou qui fait chauffer les cartes graphiques comme s’il s’agissait du dernier Crysis ou Battlefield… jamais vu ça, ni entendu ça d’ailleurs : je préfère arrêter, non seulement parce que c’est nul à chier mais surtoutJe suis impressionné ! tout ce qu’ils ont réussi à démouler en deux ans et demi, c’est un monde ouvert tout vide avec le moteur Unity, ce moteur 3D tout pourri, laid comme un pou qui fait chauffer les cartes graphiques comme s’il s’agissait du dernier Crysis ou Battlefield… jamais vu ça, ni entendu ça d’ailleurs : je préfère arrêter, non seulement parce que c’est nul à chier mais surtout parce que je veux pas voir les ventilos jarter du boîtier à 100 000 tours/mn (ça pourrait être dangereux, décapité par 2 ventilos en plein vol !).

    Donc graphiquement, c’est juste immonde. Mais tout le reste est à l’avenant…. et effectivement, il s’agit d’un jeu pas fini (qui sera fini quand ?) mais qui prend ton pognon tout de suite, bien avant d’être fini. Un jour. Tellement pas finie leur daube qu’on se demande s’ils l’ont seulement commencée ? Les menus sont dégueulasses, l’ergonomie (c’est quoi ça ?!) n’en parlons même pas…

    Quant au « jeu » lui-même… c’est une putain de simulation d’éboueur. Il en faudra du temps pour ramasser tout ce qui traîne et fabriquer un centre commercial. D’autant qu’il faut bouffer et boire. Par contre, on tombe sur un lit abandonné, on voudrait dormir… et ben on peut pas ! ah oui c’est vrai, le jeu est « en développement » ololol… Il en faudra du temps… comme le personnage (que l’on con-trôle) qui se déplace à deux à l’heure et lorsqu’il court, et ben en fait il marche. Et il se fatigue en plus !

    Quelle honte d’oser vendre cette grosse merde injouable ! même qu’on me paierait très cher, j’en voudrais pas. 7 jours pour crever d’ennui ? non au bout de 7 mn, t’es déjà mort ! (critique écrite en 2016).    … Expand
  16. DirtDog13
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    This is, by no stretch of the imagination, one of the worst games I’ve ever played. From graphics to game play, there isn’t a single positive about 7 Days to Die. It’s a game that should have been relegated to the waste bin. Let’s start with graphics. For using the Unity engine, the graphics are some of the worst I’ve seen. The draw distance is completely unacceptable for the generation ofThis is, by no stretch of the imagination, one of the worst games I’ve ever played. From graphics to game play, there isn’t a single positive about 7 Days to Die. It’s a game that should have been relegated to the waste bin. Let’s start with graphics. For using the Unity engine, the graphics are some of the worst I’ve seen. The draw distance is completely unacceptable for the generation of console. Gameplay: movement is bad. Slow and lethargic, it’s a chore just to move around. Combat is horrendous. Actions are stiff and boring. It doesn’t help that with how poor the draw distance is, there’s no real use for the stealth mechanic as you’re not going to see the zombies until it’s too late. The menus system is clunky. Trying to get the list of recipes to scroll was problematic at best. The positive: the crafting, amount of crafting recipes, and the ability to queue craft is a good idea - it’s just with how poor the rest of the game is, it’s completely overshadowed.

    This game needed another year or two of development - if not that it should’ve been discarded and never released. Don’t waste your time or money on this. It may be on a game pass, but it’s still not worth it.    … Expand
  17. 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, 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.
  18. Stan_Osbourne
    Jul 7, 2022
    2
    Probably the worst zombie survival game I have ever played. It's even worse than DayZ. Terrible graphics part, the sounds in the game are so-so, but it is played in 30 frames - just awful. Nobody has optimized the game, and most likely never will.

    In principle, the same as Minecraft, from which all enemies were cut out, except for zombies, and all other activities, except for basic    Probably the worst zombie survival game I have ever played. It's even worse than DayZ. Terrible graphics part, the sounds in the game are so-so, but it is played in 30 frames - just awful. Nobody has optimized the game, and most likely never will.

    In principle, the same as Minecraft, from which all enemies were cut out, except for zombies, and all other activities, except for basic survival. Extremely boring and not a pleasant experience, I do not recommend it. Glory to Ukraine!    … Expand
  19. Valkai
    Jul 29, 2022
    0
    Es un mal videojuego, aburrido y poco intuitivo. Es una copia de Ark Survival Evolved pero en cutre.
  20. JackFrostyG
    Aug 29, 2023
    4
    Pros:

    - Fun with friends. Building a base inside a town and clearing it of infected is a fun little adventure to be had with a group of friends. - There are plenty of different items and skills which can change your playstyle depending. For example you can use light armour and a bow and upgrade sneaking skills to be harder to detect and faster. - The random generation of maps can    Pros:

    - Fun with friends. Building a base inside a town and clearing it of infected is a fun little adventure to be had with a group of friends.

    - There are plenty of different items and skills which can change your playstyle depending. For example you can use light armour and a bow and upgrade sneaking skills to be harder to detect and faster.

    - The random generation of maps can be fun as it adds a bit of variance to the game.

    Cons:

    - The graphics are fairly bad. I normally don't focus too much on a game's graphics but 7 Day's graphics are noticeably poor.

    - There is no endgame. The only thing to do is continuously complete quests and fight the 7 day horde. Other than that you begin to realise that there's nothing tied to the end game and it feels shallow.

    - The achievements are insanely buggy. Most of the tracked ones just don't track progress or unlock.

    - Melee combat becomes fairly stale. The gist is to back step to avoid a swing and then use the cooldown period to attack. There's not much more to it than that.    … Expand

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#25 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2016
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#13 Most Shared Xbox One Game of 2016

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35

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 14 out of 17
  1. Game Over Online
    Aug 9, 2016
    30
    It is with a heavy heart that I tell you, dear reader, to avoid this game at all costs. It barely qualifies as the sum of the features it claims, and this port was given absolutely zero effort in making it functional for a console audience. Robbing a real “fun pimp” of thirty dollars will provide you with a more satisfying experience in survival horror than this thing will.
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  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.
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  3. The Digital Fix
    Jul 19, 2016
    40
    7 Days to Die had the potential to be something impressive but with frequent glitches and game freezes it falls well short of being the game it could so easily be.
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