You'd be surprised. Day Z was bad in that respect. 7 Days to Die was just.
I'll quote a few things I've said of it the past week, but it's repetitive:
I'll happily give a breakdown based on it, though.
1. Crafting. Oh boy. Too bad supplies are scarce and no matter how many cars, trash bags, and boxes you raid, you probably won't be able to craft what you need to, and that's even with drops being more frequent. It only gains depth when you figure it out, anyway, as they don't have a beginner walk through of any sort in regards to crafting.
2. The online. The online. Can we not. People take the fun out of this when you constantly find your base being hacked. No pity whatsoever there. It's an every man for himself sort of world. The "hacks" aren't limited to this however, people have been known to increase their attack damage, reduce the defence of others, choose their spawn spots instead of it being random. Some are clever enough to set your ping low enough you can't tell there's a hacker present that minute. This is if you're on an open server, mind, and my impression is >October 2014. I don't think they've worked on anticheat since then.
3. By above merit, PvE is fine, I guess. You don't come across that issue just playing co-op with a few friends, but your friends aren't always going to be available to play. It gets boring then, anyway. There's only 1 map, though it's huge, but even online it's difficult to come across people with how massive it is if you're playing fairly. It's a fairly barren map, too.
4. The zombie AI is dreadful, so if you were looking for genuine scares from them, you won't get that here even at highest level. Their movements are obvious, you can get away really easily, even if they're just a few paces away. It's almost like they're oblivious to your existence. Weird for a survival game. The combat is subpar, as well.
5. Early game is a bitch. End game, though, ha. Suddenly you're an OP wonder, with all these unlocked skills. At that point, you don't even need a base for anything. It's repetitive though. Collect, craft, build, repeat.
