@KitRedgrave Honestly, I realised recently that while I MIGHT enjoy a lot of survival games, I DON'T because... there's not a lot to DO in them. Sure they're "wide open sandboxes" but... in the end it's just... playing with a lego set.
Sure it's fun to build stuff especially with other people but you have to actually create the fun YOURSELF, which... isn't easy with a small group of two or three folks.
If there's a plotline, an end condition, that sort of thing, that makes it MUCH more fun.