Anyone play these games, and if so, how are they?
7 Days to Die
Thanks for any input.
I just got this last week on PS4 (which is certainly inferior to the PC version). I was super iffy on the purchase, because the game got a bad rap on console release (for good reason) as it was basically an alpha build with lots of issues even compared to the PC version (which was also very buggy a while ago).
But it has couch co-op split screen, which is harder and harder to find these days. My girlfriend and I are LOVING IT. We're obsessed with it. Its like if Minecraft, The Walking Dead, and Fallout were all thrown together in a blender. Don't expect a story--its all gameplay. The graphics are not very good and the player character animations are downright bad when you see your co-op partner murdering zombies. But damn is it fun and addicting. The resource gathering, eating/drinking/temp control survival aspect, the crafting and building, the atmosphere...we love it. You really feel like you're trying to survive in a Walking Dead-esque zombie apocalypse.
Its not perfect. As I said, the graphics are not great. Maybe not even good. It can be a little glitchy (but we haven't experienced any real issues here and it constantly auto-saves--no re-loads if you #### up--so the one or two times we had to restart the PS4 because of an error we haven't lost any progress or anything). It is hard (unless you lower the difficulty--I did make it so that zombies only walk at all times, for more of that Walking Dead feel, whereas the default setting is for the zombies to run at night). The mechanics, crafting, inventory management, etc might be too much for some people. We love it, but it depends what type of gamer you are--if you don't mind how Minecraft generally works, if you've ever played that, its similar and similarly clunky--but addicting imo. Also the drawback of the couch co-op is that if you're using it, it has to be an offline local game, you can't play with others online while you have two people on the same console--that doesn't bother us, I think it would be a nightmare to also have to worry about other players taking your resources or killing you online anyways--although I could see it being a blast to play with a group of friends if you were all on the same page and allied. But offline couch co-op is what we use the game for, so I can't speak to the online experience.
Basically its rough around the edges, but it is basically the only game in a REALLY niche genre (at least on consoles)--it gives my girlfriend and I EXACTLY what we were looking for---a crafting/building/survival zombie experience that is difficult but rewards creativity, planning, and exploration.
It was listed between $25-30, but I got it cheaper with some trade-ins...I think its definitely worth that if you like this genre of game at all. Its the best $15 I've spent in a while and we've only had it a week and already put a ton of hours into it--we had a couple "practice" runs where we got destroyed by the first night 7 horde and now we're on day 33 or so and really getting the hang of it.
Any article you find on google about this game will probably be about its horrendous critical reception upon release--a lot of time has passed since then and the game is 100% playable and enjoyable now, has been updated and patched a ton, and to us is great. Especially at less than half the cost of a brand new AAA game that might give you only 25 hours of campaign or something. But on the flip side, if you're looking for a really polished, graphically stunning experience, this isn't it.
). I get this doesn't work for everyone but I'm a little surprised about the level of anger/hatred this is causing.
Seriously though, I don’t think it’s just the one thing that’s got everyone (mostly Reddit I believe) upset. It’s a combination of a bunch of things in this case. 
