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
https://joelhuenink.tumblr.com/post/144526427828/bandits-weve-got-the-heavy-bandit-armor-done-and
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.
I’m not saying the game is worth $45 but I am also struggling to square how someone can have over 1000 hours across two machines in a game and say it’s not worth $45 lol
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.
They clarified it - they’re saying the game isn’t the same game they played anymore. Changed a lot
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.
So your reasoning for whether a game is worth the price or not is if there is a better game for the same price?
I said that dumb.
7 days to die is a different game now than when I bought it.
My main point with this point is $45 is too much.
Ahhhhh ok that’s makes sense haha