EDIT 05/21/2021

If you are not playing on modded servers - don't bother playing. It still spawns you with a light stick and piece of fruit..and that's it. They took away spawning with a melee weapon. To get anywhere, you need to get away from the coast to find ANY sort of decent loot including food.
Zombies are beefed up so they never ♥♥♥♥ off at this point.
Playing vanilla servers isn't just a grind - there's no reward. It's a waste of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ time and isn't remotely fun whatsoever.


+++EDIT 10/16/2017+++

After watching a few good YouTube videos I figured I'd give it another go. Here is the result:

Pros: There are none

Cons:
1: More than half of the servers do not work, and will not connect. This goes for custom servers as well.
2: This has turned in to "run to find food until you die trying to find food." Out of 3 hours playing this game today, I found one can of food. ONE. (1). Yes, I got away from the coast. I went to the middle of the map and still only found one.
3: If we have to run away from the coast to do anything, why do our characters automatically spawn hungry? This game is not fun whatsoever to play.

I also think that the fact that this game is still $34.99 is an insult to the gaming community. It's literally not worth more than a dollar. When the game first came out and was buggy as all hell but was actually FUN to play and you could actually find things without the devs ruining the map and the spawns for loot, it was worth that.

My Old Review:

This game over time has drastically declined. I do not recommend anyone spend money on this. Play Arma III mods because they're 100x better than this game.

Pros:

Frames and overall optimization of the game has drastically increased

Cons:

No loot spawns in the south or coastal anymore, almost EVERYTHING of value is in the northwest.
You run and run and run. Thats 90% of the game.
They don't spread out the loot spawns and probably never will.
People camp the only loot spawns there are (more of a reason to expand them)


This game will never be as good as it was upon release.
For the sake of your wallet, do not spend money on this game.

EDIT 05/21/2021 If you are not playing on modded servers - don't bother playing. It still spawns you with a light stick and piece of fruit..and that's it. They took away spawning with a melee weapon. To get anywhere, you need to get away from the coast to find ANY sort of decent loot including food. Zombies are beefed up so they never fuck off at this point. Playing vanilla servers isn't just a grind - there's no reward. It's a waste of fucking time and isn't remotely fun whatsoever. +++EDIT 10/16/2017+++ After watching a few good YouTube videos I figured I'd give it another go. Here is the result: Pros: There are none Cons: 1: More than half of the servers do not work, and will not connect. This goes for custom servers as well. 2: This has turned in to "run to find food until you die trying to find food." Out of 3 hours playing this game today, I found one can of food. ONE. (1). Yes, I got away from the coast. I went to the middle of the map and still only found one. 3: If we have to run away from the coast to do anything, why do our characters automatically spawn hungry? This game is not fun whatsoever to play. I also think that the fact that this game is still $34.99 is an insult to the gaming community. It's literally not worth more than a dollar. When the game first came out and was buggy as all hell but was actually FUN to play and you could actually find things without the devs ruining the map and the spawns for loot, it was worth that. My Old Review: This game over time has drastically declined. I do not recommend anyone spend money on this. Play Arma III mods because they're 100x better than this game. Pros: Frames and overall optimization of the game has drastically increased Cons: No loot spawns in the south or coastal anymore, almost EVERYTHING of value is in the northwest. You run and run and run. Thats 90% of the game. They don't spread out the loot spawns and probably never will. People camp the only loot spawns there are (more of a reason to expand them) This game will never be as good as it was upon release. For the sake of your wallet, do not spend money on this game.