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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  1. Positive: 15 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 42
  3. Negative: 18 out of 42
  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. UltraDude
    May 23, 2018
    6
    Boring without friends, game runs like crap also.........................................
  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. 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 gameThe 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
  8. 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. TheThis 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

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