After trying for three hours I still haven't successfully started a game. Complete waste of time. Also the loading waits just to get to the title screen are horrendously long and I'm running it from an SSD. I don not recommend getting this game as it appears broken.

Yes this game is 2 dollars on sale and it's amazing. still has a playerbase and looks great for a game this old. Very fun to play with friends.

It's the first and the OG entry of the tide-series... and its the most brutal out of the 3...

It doesn't just hold up well... its a great experience, even being 10 years old and having 2 more 'refined' entries out by now, its still very very much worth playing and actually offers higher replayability than the other 2 imo.
The weapon/combat/crafting system was really fleshed out already back then and kinda made me realise how much Darktide was lacking when it released...

There is no temporary health or toughness system, everything depends on your wits, skills and ability to cooperate,
the community is still pretty active and very newbie friendly...

If you are on the fence for this (and like me, you did it all backwards...), definetly get it!!! Its darker than 2 and more unforgiving, but its very immersive, great fun and at least as good as the later entries.