6 people found this review helpful
Recommended
1.5 hrs last two weeks / 1,638.4 hrs on record (88.4 hrs at review time)
Posted: 21 Dec, 2016 @ 1:51am

Early Access Review
This game is Awesome!

First of all only 1 guy is the developer and he is doing an awesome job! He is updating a lot and obviously enjoys working on this game! That's a big plus for me wanting to play it! From crafting to running away from bears and wolves, to harvesting tomatoes and cotton, it has the ability to keep you engrossed in just trying to stay alive.

Likes: Looks great, crafting is easy and fun, You never truly feel safe as there is always an air of urgency about completing everything you are working on quickly. Even getting from point A to point B can have you worried!

You become very aware of your environment and learn how to read the lay of the land quickly.

Building is easy and fun with lots of cool options (solar panels, water resevoirs, work benches and much much more)

Difficulties to be Aware of: Bears and wolves are stupid strong and will kick your ass all over the place a lot. That said you learn to live with them and can build firearms and munitions to destroy them. Good luck on that!

When you die at the time of writing this you have only a few minutes to get back to your body to get your stuff back. This urgency is both sometimes fun and sometimes a pain in the ass. Once you die enough you will eventually get the lay of the land and know where you are but at first it will seem a bit overwhelming... just saying expect it then live through it!

Tips and Hints: Fire is important early on as weather can impact you heavily. Make sure you have lots of wood. When you scavenge for supplies run them back to your base frequently to drop off / stockpile As YOU WILL die quite often having large stashes of stuff on you = very bad idea if you cant get back to your body in time.

Night time is extremely dangerous as vision is severly limited. (Still fun running around though... if your a maniac) Be wary of your environment, bears and wolves will growl when you are close, too close they attack, so learn to listen to your environment then react accordingly. Failure to do this results in your immediate death. While running about be cautious when cresting hills or anythig where vision is limited. I can't tell you how many times I ran up over a hill right into a bear. Don't do it, really take in your surroundings, take your time moving around, you will live longer!

Crates randomly drop all over the place assiting you in your mission to live longer here is some useful information,

Green duffel bag looking drops with a + sign usually have food, sometimes some nails. These will sustain you so always keep an eye out for them

Blue duffel bag is for ammo supplies and sometimes nails for building

Wooden Crate has building supplies of all sorts in it

SPECIAL GREEN CRATE: this crate is different size then all the rest. You need a special key to open it where you do not for the others. It has mega loot in it of all sorts of useful items. I wont tell you how to make the key that you will have to figure out yourself like I did!

When mining quite often you have to crouch to be successful in accessing your mining node, remember that!

Shift + W key lets you run, You and the shift w key will become very close friends

ALL IN ALL this game kicks some serious butt and should be played by way more people! If you like a game where you actually have to use your brains, do some crafting, adventure, and really just try to stay alive then this is a game I thouroughly recommend for you to try.

DO NOT BE FOOLED by the false sense of security you may think you have. You will log in and it will look peaceful, the sun will be out and you may not even see a bear or wolf. As you wander around aimlessly looking for supplies or chopping wood from trees you will think "mmmm the sun is warm, life is good, that chicken looks tasty," but within a mere instant your life could be on the line. ALWAYS be ALERT (for the love of all things you hold dear) and your chances of living will be tenfold! Oh and of course enjoy playing the game, while you are freaking out about running out of daylight! Keep your cursing to a minimum when you die and you will curse, just get your head back in the game and keep given er!!!

Sitting on the fence trying to decide if this is the game for you? All I can say is hop off of the fence, purchase the damn (fantasticly wonderful, and make you scream at the same time... in a good way) game and enjoy something that doesn't come out to often. A real bonifide solid game that fires up on all cylinders! That's my two bits for now, Cheers!
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