When comparing The Fifth Day vs DayZ, the Slant community recommends The Fifth Day for most people. In the question“What are the best survival games on PC?” The Fifth Day is ranked 28th while DayZ is ranked 33rd. The most important reason people chose The Fifth Day is:
A command prompt is used in game during the hacking of robots, giving a cool real like feel to the feature.
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Pros
Pro Hacking system that feels real
A command prompt is used in game during the hacking of robots, giving a cool real like feel to the feature.
Pro Good crafting system
Crafting seems to be the main goal in The Fifth Day, using things found through scavenging and hacking the player can the start building shelters, which is the key to survival.
Pro Active community
There are many people to play the game with.
Pro Focuses on horror aspects
In addition to the constant threat of zombies, DayZ is great about building psychological tension between players.
Cons
Con Jarring volume levels
Being an early access game, there is no music yet which means vast moments of only low level ambient environmental sounds to then be contrasted with extremely loud encounters.
Con Lots of walking
Like most open world survival games, there is a lot of walking in what is mostly an empty world.
Con Might be abandoned
Developer has abandoned this game. Not a single update for months and no information on the status of development.
Con Steep learning curve
The game has many complexities that are either poorly explained or not intuitive.