So a few of you may remember a friend of mine and an old member of NOR, RT. Recently he introduced me to a new game that was basically a survival horror Minecraft, 7 Days to Die (7DtD). Athough it is somewhat like Minecraft, this game is far more robust the Minecraft is.The game is set in a post apocalyptic world over ran with zombies and you are the last known survivor... or so you thought! It is quiet a beautiful game even in its Alpha11 state, it was first funded through Kickstarter a few years ago and has since moved along quiet nicly and improved in many ways. Raising over $500,000 the game was fully funded and was able to add some extra that really polished out the game. The game is on Steam for $25 so it's pretty good for what you get, and you retain the game when it launches from Alpha.
Like I said it is still in Alpha but surprisingly has very little bugs or over all problems, sometime this summer it should move onto Beta. During this there are a multitude of playthroughs with every new game being a brand new generated world, that is internally different then the last. Or you can venture through the Story Mode which features a world called Navezgane placed somewhere in a self made and inspired Arizona state. When I mention Minecraft many probably think blocky worlds but oh no this is very far from that, With the amount of extra funds they were able to raise, they created a world that resembled a modern lifelike style but still keeping the fully destructible and the creativeness of Minecraft.
With the recent Alpha11 update new underground cave systems and upgraded textures and ambient lighting, along with improvements to the quality levels to many items such as food, weapons an many materials. Soon to be added is transportation. The player has to follow a certain survival pattern to, well, survive
which is to hunt for food from the roaming wild life, harvest crops from a farm you found or created yourself, or from supply drops that the player has to track down in the world. There is also the standard health bar that depletes from zombie attacks, stamina that you have to maintain to run and use your various weapons and tools, then there's the hydration which you need to keep jars of water on you to replenish. The mechanics are quiet nice and you really feel emmersed into the game, to where with food and water you have to fully cook your raw food before eating and water that you get from rivers or lakes need to be boiled before hand.You start out in a random sport of the map with basic supplies and scavenge to create what you must to survival this brutal world. Hopefully early on running into one of the hundreds of POIs (points of interest) in the world, such as a small town or abandoned store, or possibly having to build your own zombie proof stronghold. While finally settling down in your home base, you have to find supplies and therefore have to venture out into the world and find buildings filled with items to aid the player, grocery stores, gas stations, logging districts, police stations, warehouses, and many more are spread through the world. Each biome the map generates is set with interesting ambient noises for each, theres a snow biome, a desert, burnt forest, pine forest, a wasteland and others, each with their own risk and reward.
RT may not be a member of NOR in SWTOR anymore, but he's a NOR at heart. In 7DtD a player can rent a server for people to play on and that is what RT did for all of us. He wants others that are interested to be able to play with each and have a good place to start out with so others can thrive on their own world.
If you have the game or have been looking into it, or just have never heard of it before then I recommend you come play with us on own NOR Dedicated Server. Myself and RT have been creating a pretty awesome survival world that allows players to learn the game and the vast crafting tables, and theres a lot of it.
How to play on the server!
In the tab "Connect to Server" there will be a list of servers to connect to, at the bottom where is says "IP" you'll want to type in the specified IP address of the server, then next to that is the port number with again type the port into the specified zone, then hit the plug looking button and you'll connect to the world. At first you'll spawn randomly in the world but if you hit the "M" on your keyboard you will open your map. In the top left corn with be YOUR coordinates, and the bottom left will be the coordinates of your mouse. You will want to find location 175N by 775W, this will be the base we have started. Right click on that location and set your way point and start heading that direction following your compass on the bottom of the screen.
Name of server: NOR Dedicated Server
IP: 69.162.114.226
Port: 27503
Website: http://7daystodie.com/
Check out the game and whats been newly added to wet your appetite!
Right now I've only got screenshots of the game world and I'll get some of our base next time to show it off to you guys.
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