SCUM, Miscreated or 7 Days to Die

almoststew1990 · 30 Dec 2018 at 18:07

Which of these games should I pick up in the Steam sale? Or something else? I am looking for a balance of PVE and PVP but perhaps more towards PVE. Like the original DayZ mod but not a buggy mess.

hughtrimble · 30 Dec 2018 at 18:15

The Long Dark

(PVBear, PVWolf and PVMoose but no PVP though!)

Digital X · 30 Dec 2018 at 18:52

Long dark is very good. PvCold too

Miscreated recently hit version 1.0 and looks great. Can drive vehicles in that one. Have not run into many people though.

Bishie · 30 Dec 2018 at 19:52

SCUM is the closest to DayZ in terms of gameplay, whereas 7 Days to Die is the most polished. I've played all three, but my vote goes to 7 Days to Die, as it's a sandbox RPG with an in-depth building system.

horrorwood · 30 Dec 2018 at 22:29

7 days to die if you have friends to play with. I have ermm... 589 hours on it

Best to play PVE though, its not really a PVP game imho.

Mark A · 31 Dec 2018 at 00:16

I absolutely love 7 days to die. It's probably best played in coop with a few mates, but I also enjoy playing solo. The PVE is the best I have encountered in any of the survival types games I have played and has a really in depth leveling, crafting and building system. I haven't tried playing PVP, but I'd imagine it wouldn't be the best choice for that. For £5 its a steal, considering i have like 500 hours in it and still not bored as the devs are still actively updating the game and each update adds a ton of new content.

The Long Dark does also look like a great game. You won't go far wrong with either. I'm going to pick up the Long Dark myself I think.

Shashman · 31 Dec 2018 at 01:15

Scum is good (definitely the best looking of the 3) but it gets a bit boring after about 50 hours. Server restarts/crashes every 10 minutes are a big bummer too.

I've just bought 7 Days to Die after reading what you guys had to say about it and watched a couple of videos

And yes I bought The Long Dark last week, and Stranded Deep...and The Forest :cool:

. Yeah I'm on a bit of a survival thing at the moment

Stranded Deep has quite a Subnautica vibe to it. Actually very relaxing!

Digital X · 31 Dec 2018 at 01:53

Stranded Deep was my goto for a long time. I followed it for years.

Shashman · 31 Dec 2018 at 11:53

It's still getting regular updates

Souness · 31 Dec 2018 at 20:17

I really dislike the new alpha build for 7 dayz. It takes needlessly long to level things up now, I hope they tune it before it goes live.

bJN · 1 Jan 2019 at 11:13

Alpha 17 has certainly changed the pace of the game somewhat, but I think, and like, that it adds a bit more difficulty now. Especially in co-op.