Holmes108

Yes! I've only dabbled with a few mods in this game, and one of the did exactly that, and it was a game changer!

I don't think having an 'unfinished' game in Gamepass is an issue at all, as long as it's clearly marked as early access, which the PC version is. I think the bigger issue is having such drastically different versions in the PC and Console version available in Gamepass. It's going to lead to confusion and frustration. People have come to expect that games that are available on both platforms through the MS store often (usually?) have some combination of cross play / cross purchase / cross progression. It's really a shame the console version couldn't have been sorted in time for the Gamepass release, but it is what it is I guess.

Perhaps it took time to populate, but I see an option to buy the PC version through Microsoft now. Also an option for a free trial which is nice. (Not sure if there's a demo on Steam).

First you say that most players aren't on this forum, and don't know about the event. Then you say referring to them as a "handful" is ridiculous. Which is it? Personally I think you were right the first time. There are some of us hardcores that are eager, and are active on these forums. A handful of the forum people complained about the event. But most people aren't aware of it, and don't care. They will play the new version when it comes out. Most probably won't even be aware of or bother with the experimental build. That's a subsection of 7DTD players that will check the beta option in a game. Of those, the amount obsessed with getting the next version (which totally includes me) are a subsection of those people. Then the number of us that were actually that butthurt about waiting 3 days longer than some streamers is an even further subsection of that! Yeah, handful seems like the appropriate word to me.

This is exciting news! I don't want to be that guy (the release date guy), but how long historically to experimental periods tend to last? I'm unfortunately relegated to playing the game through Geforce Now, and if I understand correctly, I don't think I can launch experimental through that service (if anyone knows otherwise, I'd love any tips you have).

I love the game in it's current state, and don't personally post about requesting release dates or have an interest in bugging. But this is kinda hilarious on a forum for a game with an 8 year alpha phase.

The menus were definitely the same, but it's been so long I honestly don't remember exactly how the console handled it, be it with a free moving cursor, or if it just handled jumping the cursor around better.

Yes please! I originally found and played this game to death on the Xbox. I've only recently started playing on the PC, and am having a blast. But I was kinda shocked that the controller support is so much worse than it was on that old, abandoned version. I realize it was a different team, but it was still surprising, as the work has already (in a sense) been done! I find controlling my character is just fine with the controller, but the other stuff, navigating menus, the map, etc could come a long way still. I'm also still hoping we bring this game back to the Consoles in it's new form though too. Big fan.