Is the game worth it?

[Joneksi]

Is this game worth the money? What makes it fun?

[SleepyEyez]

I don't like survival, tower defense, looter, nor grindy games, which this game is. I mainly play puzzle games and action games, and bought this game after watching a Twitch streamer struggling at manipulating AI in August 2020.

Even though the melee combat is bad (compared to Nioh), the ranged combat is serviceable (compared to Horizon Zero Dawn), and the story is... left for imagination, what this game has (or had) is good puzzles in the form of hidden mechanics and good trap combat.

I enjoyed spending time uncovering AI pathing algorithm, hidden Bait Trap mechanics, and floating structures logic. With those combined pieces of knowledge, I had lots of fun in speedrunning (escaping the island), and also in manipulating AI behavior. Made some friends in multiplayer too and also met trolls and egoistic jerks, lol.

Is it worth it for you, I dunno.

[Chris P. Nutts]

I just checked your profile and did see you also having 7 Days to Die... well NOTD is mostly the Horde Mode which was removed from 7DtD. You also can disable the Waves for exploring the map which is necessary recommended for the first hours so you can check out where to find Crossbow and other weapons and ammo.

The map is not randomized, so it's even the same and so its not that catchy like 7DtD with its random Seeds, but if you had like the Horde Mode of 7DtD you will also like NOTD.

Here is a good example for the Main part of the Game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvEWviF6yTs or if you like traps with a bit more of BOOM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjbstPzlw9U

"Building traps over the traps to shred the Zeds and make sure you're staying alive as long as possible." xD