7 Days to Die is a survival/crafting game set in an open world overrun by zombies. I played the PC version on Game Pass and spent 4.5 hours running around, crafting, and bashing zombie heads.

First of all, I want to preface this by saying I didn't play with anyone else, and I don't really like this style of game in the first place. I didn't even know this thing came out 9 years ago...

This game sucks. I didn't enjoy even one minute of my time playing it. The map is too open, with little interesting to stop the monotony. The building interiors are all based on 3-4 different models. It looks like shit, with graphics that would've seemed dated even in 2013. But the worst sin of all, in my opinion, is that I didn't feel any better off survival-wise after spending almost 5 hours with the game. I was still scrounging for scraps, with a club in my hand and naked as the day I was born. I did not feel like I made any progress at all.

This feels bad even by the standards of the genre. I know it's in "early access", but it's a mess, and I would've been better off watching paint dry instead of playing this.

Reviewed on May 17, 2022


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