Why 7 Days to Die Is An Immersive Survival Experience
7 Days to Die is a renowned open world survival craft experience, developed by The Fun Pimps, and belonging to the same video game sub-genre as video games such as Minecraft (2011), Terraria (2011), Wurm Online (2012), DayZ (2013 Arma II mod), 7 Days to Die (2013 Early Access), Don't Starve (2013), Ark: Survival Evolved (2017), DayZ (2018 video game), Rust (2018), among others.
What Are Open World Survival Craft Video Games?
In open world survival craft video games, players are often challenged with hostile, unknown environments, in which the player character must collect resources in order to survive (hence, the sub genre's name) as well as to build shelter, tools, and better means of survival in general. This sub-genre became mostly known with the success of Minecraft (2011), which introduced to many players the concept of procedurally-generated, randomized, immense game worlds. The concept of a procedurally-generated game world also introduces to players the concept of an everchanging experience, in the sense that the each game world will always be unique. For this reason, the sense of discovery and adventure in such worlds is always the sense of exploring a new and unique game world. Minecraft has been thus known as a video game that pushed the boundaries of the sense of adventure in a video game and allowed players to use their imagination in order to shape these video game worlds.
The Unique Aspects of 7 Days to Die
7 Days to Die (2013 Early Access), while having some elements similar to Minecraft (2011), such as the survival gameplay aspect, is uniquely distinguished by the fact that, unlike Minecraft, 7 Days to Die takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. Hence, the overall aspect of the landscapes of 7 Days to Die is of a deserted, abandoned land, overrun by zombies and by the post-apocalypse environment of the ruins of human civilization. In this sense, while 7 Days to Die features a gameplay that is overall similar, in principle, to the gameplay of Minecraft, the atmosphere of 7 Days to Die is uniquely distinct in the sense that the overall experience of the game is that of surviving in a post-apocalyptic environment.
The Immersive Experience of 7 Days to Die
While the post-apocalyptic aspect of 7 Days to Die is not a barrier to the sense of adventure that players have in this game, and neither to how these players are able to use their imagination to shape the game worlds of 7 Days to Die, it is interesting to note how different the experience of surviving in a post-apocalyptic environment can be in an open world survival craft gameplay. In this sense, while the player character must look for resources and build shelters, they are inserted in a landscape of constant threat by zombies and in the constant presence of ruins and overgrown nature, which are classic characteristics of the post-apocalypse. In this sense, 7 Days to Die is able to provide a unique immersive survival experience, allowing players to use their imagination to build their shelters and in the best ways to survive in this video game environment, as well as providing this constant post-apocalyptic experience of living as an outsider in the ruins of a long-forgotten civilization. In this sense, players who enjoy the gameplay of open world survival craft video games such as the one of Minecraft (2011) but look for an experience in a different landscape and environment, could find a very intersting experience in 7 Days to Die (2013 Early Access) due to this post-apocalyptic aspect.
Indeed, open world survival craft video games are a sub-genre known to inspire the imagination of players, as well as to be a great video game experience with friends, as well as a great single player video game experience. In this sense, players who enjoy solitude in video games could find a very interesting experience in 7 Days to Die considering that this game takes place in a deserted, ruined landscape of the human civilization, providing a quite unique, and solitary experience for players who enjoy this aspect, when the game is played in single player. For these reasons, 7 Days to Die is a very interesting and immersive survival video game experience for players looking for an open world survival craft experience, either in single player or with friends. It is also true that some players have a unique preference for post-apocalyptic environments, and in this sense, 7 Days to Die is a very interesting experience.
Other Aspects of 7 Days to Die: Playing with Friends and Modifying Difficulty
Of course, such as Minecraft (2011) and other open world survival craft video games, 7 Days to Die (2013 Early Access) can have the opposite effect of solitude when played with friends, in which groups of players can adventure in these game worlds, build their shelters and survive the zombie threat. In this sense, this game is also enjoyed by players who enjoy challenges, as several aspects of each game world can be modified according to the preferences of players for challenges. These modifications of the difficulty and of the challenges of each game world also contribute to provide a unique game experience for each game world, and are also quite interesting for players who enjoy improving their knowledge of video games, surpassing new challenges and being challenged by video game environments. Considering that the game worlds of 7 Days to Die are unique, and that various aspects of the game difficulty can be changed in each game world generation, there is an important variance in the gameplay experience, providing replayability, sometimes referred to as replay value in the video games community.
Due to its replayability due to various modifications that can be made to the game world during its generations, as well as the uniqueness of its game worlds, as well as its unique post-apocalyptic video game environment, 7 Days to Die provides a very interesting, unique and immersive survival video game experience for players either looking for an enjoyable solitary video game experience, or for a fun video game experience with their friends. In this sense, 7 Days to Die can be played in multiple, different ways, either in single player or with friends, providing unique video game experiences through its different game worlds and modifiable game difficulty. At the same, 7 Days to Die also provides a unique, atmospheric experience for players who enjoy the open world survival gameplay in a post-apocalyptic environment.