Buy 7 Days to Die at your own risk

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨thallamabond@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨games@lemmy.world⁩

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TL:DR

$45 ‘stable’ release, comes with same unfulfilled promises from 8+ years ago.

I really enjoyed this game, I have over 1000 hours on steam and have no idea how much I played on ps4. Hell, the reason I built my pc was to play this game (and custom cod zombies). That being said, I would not pay $45 for the current ‘stable’ release, probably worth it under $10.

My main beef is $45. Thats how much you charge for a finished game, but this is far from finished. Their own roadmap includes crossplay, weather upgrades, a wardrobe, NPC’s, and bandits. This roadmap is 18 months long, if they can deliver all of their promises the game will be 12 years old then. (They will not)

NPC’s and bandits are especially interesting to me, because I bought this game for pc in 2017, not too long after reading this blog post

…tumblr.com/…/bandits-weve-got-the-heavy-bandit-a…

This is just about how every alpha has gone since then, big youtube and twich promotions, lots of promises, and then, a small, incrimental update.

Last, but not least, the current game kind of sucks. The hitboxes are better than when they first updated the UNITY engine after a16, but still shit. There is a spot in the zombie’s shoulder that if you hit them with an arrow, the game chokes for a couple of frames then they do a cool spin. Each and every poi has invisible barriers (and has since a16) which cause agro, so walk in room, back out, slowly hit with (object). Skill progression is tied behind xp based points, reading rng magazines, and there is a perk that increases your loot, but there are other perks to increase the specific magazine loot.

Really didn’t play much since a17, but I’ve played a few hours of each alpha since. This 1.0 is no different, but I cannot get over that price.

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SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m not saying the game is worth $45 but I also struggling to square how someone can have over 1000 hours across two machines in a game and say it’s not worth $45.

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- thallamabond@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I literally bought and played two different games that aren’t this game. And both were better than this. It’s the nature of pre release.
  
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  - SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    So your reasoning for whether a game is worth the price or not is if there is a better game for the same price?
    
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- CallMeButtLove@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I think the point OP is making is they’ve easily spent enough time with the game to have credibility on the matter. They easily got more than $45 worth of time out of it, but that doesn’t change the argument that $45 is way too steep a price for the current state of the game.
  
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  - SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    They clarified it - they’re saying the game isn’t the same game they played anymore. Changed a lot
    
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warm@kbin.earth ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

My main beef is $45. Thats how much you charge for a finished game, but this is far from finished.
Well to be fair, they charge $80 for unfinished games these days.

But yeah the state of the game doesn't scream 11 years of development. I think this was just their final cashout to be honest.

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iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Imagine complaining about paying $45 dollars for something you got 1,000 hours of entertainment out of. Absolutely wild attitude.

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- thallamabond@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Let my say it differently, I bought a game for 8.50 7 years ago. Not only did the game engine change, the gameplay changed completely. The game today is not worth 45
  
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- CallMeButtLove@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Considering OP owns the game already they aren’t complaining for their own sake. They saw the price others would pay and felt that was ridiculous.
  
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- Harvey656@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I always go by the hour rule, 1 hour = 1 dollar, if I put that much time into a game, I’d say it was a deal.
  
  Also the game is pretty darn fun, even with it’s issues. So the price is fine. Has dedicated servers, join off steam friends, and zombie bears.
  
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smokin_shinobi@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I was blown away they wanted 45 bucks. I feel like I saw it for 7 dollars a few times a year.

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- bassomitron@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Probably their last attempt at milking more money out of it before it’s forgotten to time. I was wondering if Xbox or PlayStation have a hard time limit on how long an EA game can remain in such a state, seeing as this one has been in “alpha” for over 10 years on PC and 8 years for PS4/XB1.
  
  Either way, the game is janky as hell. I’ve tried getting into it, but the jank is just too much to ignore for me. It’s insane they’re asking $45 for such an unpolished mess that’s pretending to be complete and hasn’t really added much meaningful content in ages.
  
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- fpslem@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Yup, I picked it up for $7 to play with friends last year. It’s worth double that, but not $45. I still play with them sometimes but it isn’t my favorite.
  
  Somewhat unrelated, this game has one of the worst menu systems I have ever seen. It’s astounding how unintuitive it is.
  
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fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
0.045¢ per hour is pretty good value.

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- originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  especially after building an entire pc for the game. whats 45$?
  
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  - thallamabond@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I think I paid half price so $8.50.
    
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ouch@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I have played 7D2D over the years, and can confirm the quality issues. I don’t recommend this game. They could have made a masterpiece, but ultimately spent all time rewriting various systems in the game for no purpose.

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the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The core problem with 7DTD is a lack of direction. The devs have spent the last however many years rebuilding the core aspects of the same over and over and over again instead of just deciding that they like what they have and refining that. I’m convinced this is what they’ll continue to do even after the “1.0” release they just did.

The only thing they’re sure of is that the players are playing the game wrong, and they will mercilessly nerf any particularly powerful strategy, trick, etc. that doesn’t fit wit their confused definition of what the game is. Really, the best thing I can say to someone interested in the game is, look at the end-game horde base builds. They follow bizarre logic that only follows around the nonsensical whims of the developers. It feels less like you’re surviving a brutal post-apocalypse and more like you’re playing a tower defense puzzle game. Something like Sanctum if it was a zombie survival game, ran like trash, and didn’t know what it wanted to be.

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ShadowRam@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
7 Days has by FAR .. the best random gen world generator of any game.

Absolutely worth it.

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Cyv_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I played this with some friends. I’d say if you want to try it, get it on sale and mod it. Mods add a bunch of stuff like balance changes, new skills, etc.

Just be aware what the shortcomings are and understand that the devs have a history of overpromising and under delivering. If you like the game as is, nice. If you’re buying for future features then you do so at what I consider great risk.

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- thallamabond@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  “Just be aware” is perfect here.
  
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Mataresian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The biggest problem I have with the 45$ is not for me buying it but it makes it very difficult to convince most of my friends to buy it just to try it out. And multiplayer does make this game much nicer.

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Chocrates@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I feel you. I bought it a few years ago to play with my wife. Her clan was super in to it.

Sadly I just didn’t like it. Not sure why. But that is just me. $45 is a lot for early access but I don’t begrudge paying it, myself.

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gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Agreed. I installed a few times since a17 (when I dropped it), but it hasn’t been the same since then. Definitely not worth the current price tag.

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Snailpope@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I truly appreciate your opinion, I only have 488 hours but I’ve been playing since alpha 14 or 15. I have been super happy with the overall advancement of the game and game play. Honestly, I haven’t seen a reason why 1.0 is unstable, it is the smoothest, most thought out version I’ve played so far. I feel like The Fun Pimps have been listening to the community and have done such a good job properly addressing real issues.

That being said the issues you seem to be having definitely would annoy the shit out of me, who knows maybe they are I’m just not realizing it (I get overly confident and die alot)

I am and will always be in the ‘wait till it’s done’ crowd of games. While most games seem 60% done at launch, 7days seems closer to 90% and I’m really enjoying it.

I do hope they fix the problems you’re dealing with, and fulfill the promises they’ve made in a timely manner.

Thank you for your consideration, have a wonderful day

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Matty_r@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
For this type of game, performance is really inconsistent. Without even building a mega base etc, sometimes it’ll decide to just start moving as a slide show at like 20 fps. When I first load it it runs nicely at 100fps (with some tuning of the graphics).

Its especially bad if you go into a new town. Sometimes it’ll go fine, but chances are it’ll run like shit until you close the game and reopen it.

(3070ti, 5800X, 32gb ram, nvme drive)

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Toneswirly@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Its a big ask for a janky experience, but 7 days has, as you said, 1,000s of hours of content. Its not perfect but it is rare, and thats worth something IMO.

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- thallamabond@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  <$10 :)
  
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SolOrion@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m really enjoying it quite a lot- I first played around a20, and then I picked it up again recently.

It isn’t a perfect game, but it’s a pretty decent experience that’s very unique.

I don’t think it’s worth $45. That seems a bit excessive. $20 or maybe even $30? Sure.

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