When comparing The Fifth Day vs Miasmata, the Slant community recommends Miasmata for most people. In the question“What are the best survival games on PC?” Miasmata is ranked 18th while The Fifth Day is ranked 28th. The most important reason people chose Miasmata is:
Clues are hidden all around the island of Eden. No one is here to lay out exposition so you must find them all to unravel the mystery!
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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 Mysterious story
Clues are hidden all around the island of Eden. No one is here to lay out exposition so you must find them all to unravel the mystery!
Pro Scavenging
Use your scientific skills and clues from your journal to find the three ingredients to cure you from your plague.
Pro No HUD
Miasmata gives you a clear view into the world to see the beautiful island around you. You interact with paper maps, compasses, and journals along your journey to discover the cure to your illness.
Pro No Combat
You are weak from your sickness and cannot combat against the fierce predator hunting for you throughout the island. The only thing you can do is try to get away when the predator is near.
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 Mixed quality on visuals
This game’s scope is very impressive especially since it was created by two brothers but it does show in the graphical quality of the game at times with muddy textures and odd animations at times.