Recent reviews by mrkingsize

Wow, mixed. I did not expect that.
And I absolutely do not understand it.
I'm 14 hours in and am just getting the sense of the sheer scale and complexity of the game. How can you even say the game is a certain way if you do not understand it. I don't think people understand it yet.
I've read a bunch of top level negative reviews, and I'll address just two.
The top one is to do with the credit system and how it gimps you arbitrarily and unfairly.
Maybe this was the case at the time of that review and it's been since patched. Right now, recycling the methane ore gives you credits, and selling equipment and consumables you don't use at the supply store gives tons of excess cash. 100% invalid and unfair criticism at the moment.
Another top negative review, with a few more hours in goes into a bit more detail, and is more balanced. Unfortunately in the end it still gets it wrong by criticising the size ... and scope? Game is too big. Inventory fills up too quick. Too many consumables. Too many possible debuffs. It's just a criticism of complexity.
The game does not force you to loot everything... You will need to loot some things, yes. Methane .. always, definitely copper. Iron, you don't really have to because you can recycle equippables for it. Random equipment is worth some cash, but you can still pick and choose and be efficient. The materials, junk and story items pages will never fill up. This is actually one of the most generous inventory systems of survival games.
Combat is good. Different styles of monsters with different strategies, somewhat complex ai.
There is a ton of content. Stuff, people, dialogue, little quests, mostly fetch stuff that has you travelling around, but the rewards are worth it. The game boils down to managing your time, and there are some things that can be ignored without a penalty, and in fact maybe should be ignored. There's always the threat of the infection to race against.
What i'm getting at is yes, the game is complicated and big, but that's not a bad thing. It got smaller the longer I played it, and realized what I should and should not do, and that's a good thing. Games should reward you for learning them.
I enjoyed Subterrain one, so I'll admit, i'm a bit of a fanboy. But that doesn't mean i'm not right. I don't think anyone knows everything this game has to offer yet. The sheer scope of content combined with the work the developer is putting in still makes knowing the game unlikely. And most of all, I am 100% sure people do not know how to play it properlyl.
I'm looking forward to playing this one for awhile.

EDIT

OMG there is a fast travel feature

Good.

good game