Update: I've gone back and enough of the previous issues were fixed for me to now recommend. Also, the third issue in my list (scrolling menu) was caused by having a Razer Tartarus Pro plugged in - Generally this gets treated as a keyboard by most things, but the thumbstick is occasionally recognised as a games controller. This was giving a constant input and made the menu scroll infinitely. Unplugging this device fixed the menu.


Original Review:
Oof, this needs more time. I hate to give this a thumbs down because I am a huge fan of what 3D Realms and Slipgate have been doing so far, but this shouldn't have been released as a finished product. Please Fred, take this down and relaunch in another six to twelve months.

Bugs/issues seen in my 11 minutes of play time:

1. Menus, UI, interface AND cutscenes were all stretched on my 21:9 monitor so "ultrawide support" was a bold claim
   
2. Text prompts when loading a game save were default dev strings (example: load_UI_Last_hub_blah)
   
3. The main menu would constantly try to scroll up to the top, making navigating the menus impossible - I tried unplugging all controllers and USB devices except those needed to play to no avail (kbm) - Will try on my other machines (three laptops and four desktops) to see how easy it is to repro
   
4. The loading times are crazy - I have the game installed on a gen 4 SSD with read times of ~7000MB/s and all initial game loads took upwards of a minute - Long enough to make me think the game was crashing
   
5. Ambient occlusion implementation is bad - Seems to multiply the further away you get so some NPCs had massive drop shadows
   
6. Option to scale the HUD and interaction prompts was nice, but didn't apply to the interactions: So when I tried it on my 4k 16:9 TV to see if my ultrawide was causing issues the HUD was massive, but the "press F to bleugh" was miniscule
   
7. Might not be a bug, but the font usage is really haphazard - Some places use a unique looking font, others a generic one, but the only thing that's consistent is that it's inconsistent
   
8. I'd have to replay the original to see if this was the case, but the AI is crazy erratic - Even nudging someone would send them into a frenzy - But the original was jank too so who knows

I was really looking forward to this because I loved Kingpin, and I love what companies like 3DR, Nightdive and etc are doing with all my favourite games - But this one is a disappointment. Please do the right thing guys and put this one back in the oven.

Update: I've gone back and enough of the previous issues were fixed for me to now recommend. Also, the third issue in my list (scrolling menu) was caused by having a Razer Tartarus Pro plugged in - Generally this gets treated as a keyboard by most things, but the thumbstick is occasionally recognised as a games controller. This was giving a constant input and made the menu scroll infinitely. Unplugging this device fixed the menu. Original Review: Oof, this needs more time. I hate to give this a thumbs down because I am a huge fan of what 3D Realms and Slipgate have been doing so far, but this shouldn't have been released as a finished product. Please Fred, take this down and relaunch in another six to twelve months. Bugs/issues seen in my 11 minutes of play time: [olist] [*]Menus, UI, interface AND cutscenes were all stretched on my 21:9 monitor so "ultrawide support" was a bold claim [*]Text prompts when loading a game save were default dev strings (example: load_UI_Last_hub_blah) [*]The main menu would constantly try to scroll up to the top, making navigating the menus impossible - I tried unplugging all controllers and USB devices except those needed to play to no avail (kbm) - Will try on my other machines (three laptops and four desktops) to see how easy it is to repro [*]The loading times are crazy - I have the game installed on a gen 4 SSD with read times of ~7000MB/s and all initial game loads took upwards of a minute - Long enough to make me think the game was crashing [*]Ambient occlusion implementation is bad - Seems to multiply the further away you get so some NPCs had massive drop shadows [*]Option to scale the HUD and interaction prompts was nice, but didn't apply to the interactions: So when I tried it on my 4k 16:9 TV to see if my ultrawide was causing issues the HUD was massive, but the "press F to bleugh" was miniscule [*]Might not be a bug, but the font usage is really haphazard - Some places use a unique looking font, others a generic one, but the only thing that's consistent is that it's inconsistent [*]I'd have to replay the original to see if this was the case, but the AI is crazy erratic - Even nudging someone would send them into a frenzy - But the original was jank too so who knows [/olist] I was really looking forward to this because I loved Kingpin, and I love what companies like 3DR, Nightdive and etc are doing with all my favourite games - But this one is a disappointment. Please do the right thing guys and put this one back in the oven.