7 Days to Die

In winter, I died because of overheating.

GTA 6 trailer released. Elder Scrolls 6 and GTA 6 will come out. This game is still in alpha.

[b]7 Days to Die[/b] is a zombie survival game where, every 7 days, a huge horde of zombies will descend on your location and try to eat you. You are given a week to prepare to defend yourself against this horde by crafting weapons, ammo and defences for your location. But you’ll also be needing to monitor illness, hunger and thirst the whole time too. That’s the basic jist of it, but there’s a little more to it than that. The game has a levelling up system with so many perks to choose from and ways in which to specialise your character. It’s an almost perfect levelling system that makes sure every perk you take makes a noticeable difference in your abilities, while also reminding you that you’re often choosing one skill at the expense of another. You could, for example, be really good at fighting but not know how to cook anything and constantly be on the verge of starvation. You could be really good at harvesting raw materials but struggle to find high tier loot from containers in cities and towns. You could be really tough but really slow. You could be able to jump fifteen feet in the air but be really flimsy. It’s the ultimate challenging but fair levelling where perk selection comes with rewards and consequences. Well, at least if you play on regular levelling. If you want to, you can set XP gain at 300% and get upwards of 2000xp for a single zombie kill, if you like playing on easy mode. I find that is too easy, but I also find the default levelling too slow, so I play on 200% XP gain, personally. Even so, there are other ways to get experience other than killing things. You can harvest materials, upgrade things you build and complete quests for local traders. Most traders are assholes. They’ll tell you to leave them the hell alone, but still give you 5000 XP and sixty bullets for killing three zombies down the road. They also help level things out a little if you haven’t specialised in many combat perks; being a reliable source of early game ammo, guns and explosives. However, they also sell stuff for crafting and skill magazines if you’ve done things the other way around. This game is also a little like [i]Minecraft[/i]. You can smack trees, make wooden blocks and build elaborate cube-based structures with them. Normally I find a relatively defensible structure in the wilderness – a house, mansion or junkyard – and build defences around it. You can make barbed wire, wooden spikes, dig trenches, build walls, craft shotgun turrets, machine gun turrets, spot lights and all sorts. Ultimately the world is a sandbox, the levelling presents interesting choices and drives compromise, and the difficulty of the zombies and their attacks scales well with the player. You never feel like the zombies are unfairly tough or pathetically weak. Well, unless you exploit their pathfinding over rough terrain or find yourself having not made and reliable defences by the time the horde comes for you. So, what are the downsides? Well… It’s early access. Forever. This game has been early access for 7-8 years and is still in alpha, a long way from beta. There’s lots of bugs. Lots of placeholder text. Weird world and terrain generation that can break the zombies entirely. The thing that doesn’t help is sometimes the developers have odd priorities. Should they put some actual text in place of those placeholders, or make a new zombie model? That’s not to say they don’t fix bugs – they certainly do! But it does mean sometimes they would rather make zombies with jiggly boobies first. The only other reasons not to play this are inherent to the survival/crafting genre. If you hate micromanaging arbitrary hunger and thirst bars, it’s not going to be for you. Nor will it be if the tedious task of building defences isn’t surmounted by the pay-off they provide when done. [b]THE GOOD[/b] - Lots to do - Fun with friends or alone - Sees regular updates - Thriving modding community [b]THE BAD[/b] - 10 years in Alpha is a long time - Major patches tend to force server wipes because they change so much stuff [h1]7/10[/h1] DISASTER | BAD | MEDIOCRE | OKAY | [u]|GOOD[/u]| GREAT | AMAZING | MASTERPIECE [quote] If you like this review, then please consider giving it a thumbs up. I've also reviewed other games that you might find interesting. If so please follow [u][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27418263/] Top of the Chart.[/url][/u]

Bought 7 Days to Die years ago during its early Alpha days, refunded it after 15 minutes. I recently gave it another shot, and wow, it's now one of my favorite zombie games! Graphics aren't amazing, and the game can be a bit wonky. Despite still being in Alpha, it feels pretty much completed. The devs keep adding new content and updates, it’s truly a testament to their dedication. What sets this game apart from others in the genre is its authentic survival essence. From dodging zombies to dealing with resource shortages, infections, wildlife, and even the occasional unpredictable building. It keeps you on your toes. Crafting, exploring huge maps, looting and the skill progression all add tons of depth to 7 Days to Die. Building bases allows you to be very creative but also requires careful planning. The best part? It's a blast with friends, often leading to unexpected hilarious and memorable moments!

Day 1 - Got attacked and almost killed on my first night. Then I went Rambo. Fought my way out and ran to a house. Hid in the attic until the sun came up. Day 2 - Found a few weapons and some rudimentary armor in the house next door. And the upper half of the owner. Gotta stay mobile until I find a place to settle in and make it defensible. Day 5 - Snuck around and scavenged houses for food and potable water. No sign of...people. Am I the last one alive? Day 10 - Found an abandoned military outpost. Made a door and barricaded myself inside of the largest tent for now. Will scavenge the surrounding area during daylight only. Night of the 10th day - They're everywhere. Oh God. They walk right by my tent. I'm cowering in a corner behind a desk with a pistol and a wooden club that I wrapped in some scrap iron. Only 15 rounds of 9mm for the pistol. I hope that they don't decide to tear the tent down around me. Day 11 - Began collecting resources. I think that I'll try sleeping tonight. Day 12 - They woke me up 2 times, but never took notice of me. I'm glad that I don't snore. Day 25 - Have been fortifying my position, dug a trench to trap the undead. Only the "Spider Zombies" can get out. I need to contain them somehow. Day 50 - Currently I have a fortress surrounded by metal tipped log spike traps 3 deep so they can't escape. Then I just stand on my roof and snipe the spider zombies. Collect loot and smile. I think that I'll be ok. Day 79 - Been farming. Food is plentiful now. Weapons and ammo are easy to make. I built my fortress on top of a deposit of iron, lead and potassium nitrate, with coal deposits poking out of the ground all around me! What luck! Day 1?? - There's no end to them. I heard a scream the other night. Not one of them. It sounded...human. Female. Close. By the time I made it outside at first light, all I found was a pool of blood and entrails a half mile from my fortress. Next to the carnage I found a purse with some pictures of a pretty young blonde lady with a cheerleading outfit on in one picture, in another she was in an expensive looking dress cuddled up to who was probably the star quarterback at her high school. The last picture was her with what must have been her family on vacation at an expensive looking beach house. They looked so happy. Her driver's license said that her name was Cindy Batross and she was 17 years old. There was a notepad with illegible scribbles and crude drawings of people eating each other. I cried as I realized that she saw my lights and was desperately trying to make it to the safety of my home. What may have been my only hope for companionship was now in the rotting stomach of the undead. Stardate 4/20 Delta V - Venison stew is good. It's lonely here. I found pictures in houses and I talk to the nice people in them. You want to be my friend, Jimmy? Ok. I promise that I won't chew on your bones. Day whatever - What was that noise? They scratch inside my skull sometimes. I saw the cheerleader. She doesn't have a stomach anymore, but she walks around with a little smile on her face and coos sometimes. Then she screams when I try to talk to her from my roof. Maybe I should let her in. Maybe she just wants to be friends. Night time now. She didn't want to be friends. Only my iron helmet kept her from chewing my face off. I cut her head off with my hunting knife. She didn't have any manners at all. Hump Day - I sewed her head back on and sat her in a chair. We talked for hours while I cooked some vension stew for us. She's nice, but a little cold. I hope that she's on the pill. Year of the Rat - I caught that ♥♥♥♥♥ Cindy looking at one of the other guys in the photos today. She denied it, but I know there's something going on while I'm out risking my life for us. Ungrateful ♥♥♥♥♥. Judgement Day - Cindy had to go. I had no choice. I had told her too much about Mrs. Doubtfire and she was plotting a coup to reap the benefits of our trade agreement with the rabbits. I loved her, but now her bones are scattered in the ashes. The Day I Die - Spent the last 30 winters here. I lost my mind a long time ago, though I regained some of my faculties after much reflection. I can no longer keep up with my home. It's only a matter of time before they break through. I never did find anyone else. No one came. The supply drops stopped long ago. I can only assume that the rest of the world succumbed to this hellish plague. The undead continue to march in all directions. I have stockpiled a large amount of explosive devices, guns and ammo. Tonight I will open the bridge to my door for them and when they are clamoring to peel my flesh from my bones, I'll let them in. The world will see the last survivor, not dying peacefully in my sleep, but raging against the darkness in one last epic battle. But I won't let them kill me. When it's finally hopeless, I'm going out on my own terms. Let them eat what is left of this shell after my spirit departs. Those damned fools won't make me one of them. My life is over. I can hear them now. There must be close to a hundred. It's time to face my fate. Here I come, Cindy. I'm sorry for everything. NOTE: This is a dramatization of in game events and doesn't represent actual game play. Don't get me wrong, the game is amazing and I can't wait to see where they take it for the end game. BUT, this little story was entirely made up in my head based on my experiences in the game and a fateful first encounter with a cheerleader zombie that seriously freaked me out. And based on the positive comments so far, I may turn this into a short story.