The Infected is a surprisingly decent survival sandbox game, though it definitely has a fair number of problems. Just to keep things simple, I'll just list the basic pros and cons. (If you want some more extensive feedback, I did a game review video I'll link at the end.)

Pros:
-A fairly good build menu, allowing you to build a diverse variety of items.
-Every buildable item for the most part has its own specific purpose that separates it from the rest as unique.
-An in-game season system, where you experience all 4 seasons of the year, each of which can influence the gameplay.
(Currently, it's really only winter that feels like it plays a major role, but hopefully eventually the other seasons will offer additional specific gameplay opportunities.)
-Some mechanics, like the hunger/thirst system, have a surprising amount of depth. You actually need to eat a variety of foods to stay healthy. You can't just survive off of an endless amount of one food type, like you could in other games.

Cons:
-The zombie AI is dreadful. If you even hit them once, they'll run away like 50 feet, stop, then come running back, roaring at you as if they just remembered you still exist.
-The hit registration on many of the weapons are really narrow and unreliable. Unless you're standing still, face-to-face with a zombie or animal, it's more likely than not that your melee attacks will miss altogether.
-The actual base-building is really glitchy, especially when placing down walls and windows. The outline keeps jumping around making it hard to place properly.
-Crafting needs to be a bit more streamlined. Too often, you run into instances where if you want to craft multiples of something, say turning stone into sand, you can't simply drop down 10 rocks and get back 100 sand, you need to do it all 1-by-1. It's needlessly time-consuming.
-The in-game tutorial is dreadful, completely unhelpful. I have a fair bit of experience with survival sandbox/base-building games, and I still was confused by this game. I ended up watching a few YouTube walkthroughs to get started, and while I'm grateful to the community for making those, it shouldn't be the community's responsibility to do what the developer didn't.

I know it may seem like I'm coming off as overly negative, but I honestly do feel the game has a lot of potential. What major problems it has, the developer can easily fix over the course of this early access period, if they want to. Whether or not they will though remains to be seen.

My full video review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23W2FDnDzqQ

The Infected is a surprisingly decent survival sandbox game, though it definitely has a fair number of problems. Just to keep things simple, I'll just list the basic pros and cons. (If you want some more extensive feedback, I did a game review video I'll link at the end.) Pros: -A fairly good build menu, allowing you to build a diverse variety of items. -Every buildable item for the most part has its own specific purpose that separates it from the rest as unique. -An in-game season system, where you experience all 4 seasons of the year, each of which can influence the gameplay. (Currently, it's really only winter that feels like it plays a major role, but hopefully eventually the other seasons will offer additional specific gameplay opportunities.) -Some mechanics, like the hunger/thirst system, have a surprising amount of depth. You actually need to eat a variety of foods to stay healthy. You can't just survive off of an endless amount of one food type, like you could in other games. Cons: -The zombie AI is dreadful. If you even hit them once, they'll run away like 50 feet, stop, then come running back, roaring at you as if they just remembered you still exist. -The hit registration on many of the weapons are really narrow and unreliable. Unless you're standing still, face-to-face with a zombie or animal, it's more likely than not that your melee attacks will miss altogether. -The actual base-building is really glitchy, especially when placing down walls and windows. The outline keeps jumping around making it hard to place properly. -Crafting needs to be a bit more streamlined. Too often, you run into instances where if you want to craft multiples of something, say turning stone into sand, you can't simply drop down 10 rocks and get back 100 sand, you need to do it all 1-by-1. It's needlessly time-consuming. -The in-game tutorial is dreadful, completely unhelpful. I have a fair bit of experience with survival sandbox/base-building games, and I still was confused by this game. I ended up watching a few YouTube walkthroughs to get started, and while I'm grateful to the community for making those, it shouldn't be the community's responsibility to do what the developer didn't. I know it may seem like I'm coming off as overly negative, but I honestly do feel the game has a lot of potential. What major problems it has, the developer can easily fix over the course of this early access period, if they want to. Whether or not they will though remains to be seen. My full video review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23W2FDnDzqQ