To be fair, i'm definitively more of a creative sandbox guy, not a hard core survival guy, the visuals and positive reviews are what has drawn me to Subsistence.

The visuals are beautiful and the game seems to run well, that's about all the positive things i can say about the game.

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The game resource management is too far removed from reality to be truly immersive.
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I guess what breaks the immersion for me the most, are these things:

The disproportionate need for food and water, and the complete lack of basic resources. Humans can survive without food for about 3 weeks. And without water for about 3 days. In the game you will have to eat and drink so often that you have little time to do anything else but to search for food and water. Water cantines are enough for single drink, and they do not stack in the inventory. Taking up your limited space.

Apparently lack of protein will kill you within a game day, the plantlife (except kelp) is completely devoid of proteins.

Natural fibers are one of the most abundant resources in the world, unless you find yourself suddenly in middle of Gobi, or the Sahara, you can't literally make a step in the real world without tripping over it. In the game you have to search for tiny, camouflaged plants that give single fiber.

While trees are plentiful, You get 3 logs from cutting down a tree, and you can't tell which trees you have already harvested and which ones you can still harvest.

Takes 5 boxes of gunpowder to make single 9mm round. And it takes at minimum 2 rounds to kill a chicken or a rabbit.
While i've never taken a pot shot at a chicken, i can kill a rabbit with a single shot from a .22, a 9mm handgun round would most likely make a mess of the rabbit.

I can't pick back up my own arrows? What is the point of using a bow then?

Weapon handling when looking down the sights is oversensitive and twitchy.

I could go on, but i think there is no point. i will try in another 6 months and see what has changed.

To be fair, i'm definitively more of a creative sandbox guy, not a hard core survival guy, the visuals and positive reviews are what has drawn me to Subsistence. The visuals are beautiful and the game seems to run well, that's about all the positive things i can say about the game. [TL:DR] The game resource management is too far removed from reality to be truly immersive. [/TL:DR] I guess what breaks the immersion for me the most, are these things: The disproportionate need for food and water, and the complete lack of basic resources. Humans can survive without food for about 3 weeks. And without water for about 3 days. In the game you will have to eat and drink so often that you have little time to do anything else but to search for food and water. Water cantines are enough for single drink, and they do not stack in the inventory. Taking up your limited space. Apparently lack of protein will kill you within a game day, the plantlife (except kelp) is completely devoid of proteins. Natural fibers are one of the most abundant resources in the world, unless you find yourself suddenly in middle of Gobi, or the Sahara, you can't literally make a step in the real world without tripping over it. In the game you have to search for tiny, camouflaged plants that give single fiber. While trees are plentiful, You get 3 logs from cutting down a tree, and you can't tell which trees you have already harvested and which ones you can still harvest. Takes 5 boxes of gunpowder to make single 9mm round. And it takes at minimum 2 rounds to kill a chicken or a rabbit. While i've never taken a pot shot at a chicken, i can kill a rabbit with a single shot from a .22, a 9mm handgun round would most likely make a mess of the rabbit. I can't pick back up my own arrows? What is the point of using a bow then? Weapon handling when looking down the sights is oversensitive and twitchy. I could go on, but i think there is no point. i will try in another 6 months and see what has changed.