When comparing The Fifth Day vs The Forest, the Slant community recommends The Forest for most people. In the question“What are the best survival games on PC?” The Forest is ranked 2nd while The Fifth Day is ranked 28th. The most important reason people chose The Forest is:
The graphics really stand out in The Forest, from the realistic looking foliage to the terrifying creatures in the forest. Remarkably the graphics are on par with any AAA game, which is quite a feat for an indie game.
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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 Great graphics
The graphics really stand out in The Forest, from the realistic looking foliage to the terrifying creatures in the forest. Remarkably the graphics are on par with any AAA game, which is quite a feat for an indie game.
Pro Awesome AI
The AI is really cool and will hunt around for the player. Also if the player kills or injures one of the tribesmen many times they will try to drag the body away or even cry over it.
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 Still early alpha - very glitchy
As the game is still in early alpha, it still contains many glitches, some of which are game-breaking, such as the infinite ammo glitch.