

Just traveling through a newly generated world and checking out all the new locations will consume much of our gameplay upon its release.
I purchased 7 Days to Die on the Summer Steam Sale last year along with another game. I don't even remember the name of the second game I purchased. Once I installed 7 Days to Die, I was hooked. While initially frustrating due to the lack of a good tutorial at the time, The Fun Pimps (creators of the game) have since addressed this issue and many more. I even purchased a copy for my daughter who is not really a zombie fan. I wasn't sure she would even play it but since it was only $10 at the time I was willing to risk it. I told her I had bought it for her and then I went to bed. When I woke up the following day, I found she had been streaming the game all night on Twitch and she was as hooked as I.
A few days ago, I got my wife interested in playing. My wife's experience in PC games has been limited to some games on Facebook but she has watched me play 7 Days to Die and has watched while I was watching other YouTuber's play. The game is very configurable to the point where I was able to turn the zombie spawning off to give her time to become familiar with the controls and learn the game a bit. I will probably be purchasing her a copy at the regular price and I feel it is well worth the money. Not long after buying 7 Days to Die last year, I got caught up in all the hype surrounding No Man's Sky and purchased a copy of that for $50. I wish I had just bought two more copies of 7 Days to Die and given them to friend's. It would have been a much better use of my money. If you MUST have it at a discount, it will probably be on sale again during this summer's Steam Sale.
*Warning* this is a pre-release version of the game or what is commonly referred to on Steam as an Alpha. There WILL be bugs but the developers have been doing a pretty good job of handling those. There are a few that have not been addressed which can still be annoying (as of Alpha 15).
- One of those is the water physics in the game. Sometimes if you take out a good bit of water, the water around it will make a rushing sound as if to fill the void but it just continues on even though the water would have immediately filled the void in real life.
- Sometimes zombies have an abnormally long reach and can hit you when there should have been no way.
- The hit boxes for certain blocks can be off at times. Digging with a shovel and aiming straight ahead will sometimes remove blocks to either side, up or down instead of the block where you are aiming.
- Sometimes there is "clipping" where a zombie, animal, etc. will be partially inside a block and you cannot hit them in the head because the block is in the way.
- I have seen a deer climb a bridge. :-)
These are all relatively minor annoyances. The game itself is very good and highly addicting. If you've never played it before, I highly recommend grabbing a copy at your earliest convenience. If you have never seen it played, check out my series on YouTube.