Review: 7 Days To Die (PS4)

Set in a brutally unforgiving post-apocalyptic world overrun by the undead, 7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first person shooter, survival

Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• Zombie survival gameplay. Scavenge, Create and craft items ala Minecraft.
• Craft weapons, Traps, Items, Clothing, Armour, Blocks and even vehicles.
• Open world with random seeds so every game world is different.
• 2.23GB download size.
• Chilling soundtrack.
• Two player splitscreen.
• Tutorial quests (optional) help you get the basics down.
• Deep crafting system, You can further expand these with recipes you collect and earn.
• Can build houses, Grow crops and defences like spiked walls.
• You can opt in to a random seed world spawn or a pre made area.
• Game options are actually quite plentiful. You can choose modded game options to give greater control like zombie health/strength/spawn rate, How long a day is and more.
• Has a full day/night cycle.
• Has a food/energy mechanic along with hot/cold effects. You can also get sick and get drunk.
• Weather system including rain and fog.
• Full Platinum trophy.
• The worlds are huge and have distinct areas like Desert, Industrial, Towns and even burned areas where the floor is LAVA ( not really) and enemies can set you on fire. Oh and snow I like snow.
• Can place markers on the map.
• Air drops randomly spawn and always carry decent gear. Be aware they can disappear off the map.
• When continuing a game you can change settings, Perfect for fine tuning or correcting mistakes.
• Auto saves a lot.
• Easy to read recipes and menu options.
• Beds act as a spawn point. Upon death you can choose to spawn at your bed or near it. Handy if your house has been over run.
• Every 7 days the horde will appear in great numbers and come hunting for you.
• Full online co op support.
• Really great atmosphere of survival.
• Addictive gameplay thanks to the looting mechanic.
• Zombies are kind of intelligent, Re acting to noise and line of sight. They can become more aggressive as time passes and knock down walls and doors.
• You can loot shelves, boxes, cars and even find sealed gun lockers and safes.
• Treasure maps give vague clues to its where abouts.

Cons;

• Pop up happens a lot.
• Some textures can be really ugly and low quality.
• Really dark palette of colours, A lot of browns and blacks.
• Menus are so vast and in depth but can easily become too overwhelmingly and feel clunky.
• Combat is unsatisfying, Very much a simple punch move punch affair.
• Animations are not the prettiest, Noticed more in co-op as your mate just bobs up and down as he walks, Stuck animations and general gankiness is yours to see.
• Frequent game crashes or server disconnects.
• Can only save four worlds.
• Stamina and hunger/heatstroke meters are brutally short. No way to tweak them or even turn it off.
• Frame rate drops.
• No way to skip night.
• Text is rally small in local splitscreen.
• Co-op you start miles apart.
• Long initial load on boot up.
• No co op makers to help see each other or share markers on the map.
• Everytime you play online, You have to sort your inventory out, Put on armour etc.