I loved grounded 1. But just as 1 was buggy, badly optimized and lacking content in its early access its the same here. Granted its to be expected with early access to some degree but there are just some things where I scratch my head.
For example no custom game swapping as of yet but they add other trivial things like playgrounds and bug racing. You would think being built upon the first game this is an easy thing to add.
The bugs and performance I can slightly overlook since its in its 0.5 stage but some mechanics in this game are just straight ass. Slow walking on webs is just stupid. Its insanely slow and the only counter is a full set of spider armor. But who wants to carry around a whole set of a different armor every time you explore just so you don't waste 10 minutes slow walking on webs.
The raids suck ass also, you can build walls, traps everything but the enemies will just spawn in your base. We had a raid and 3 mosquitos and butterflies just spawned right on our head instead of approaching your base like in Grounded 1.
Some enemies on Whoa! just have too much health. Im okay with them doing insane damage, I like a challenge, but the insane HP buff they get just makes fighting tedious, and dont get me started on your buggy perma dying, so you can go waste your time getting new eggs all the time. If only this function could be turned off... (sarcasm)
Also why are there spider webs literally infinitely everywhere? Im not joking like the whole yard is 50% spiderwebs in a lot of areas. One time use of dandelions is also stupid, I much prefer Grounded 1 where it had durability. Also when that masked stranger hacks your screen its too much visual clutter, like come on you dont have to make my whole screen buggy (pun intended) and purple. Especially when you planned a bossfight happening at the same time you get this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
All in all there is some positive things to be said, the new omni-tool is amazing QOL, the new buggies are very nice and have lots of mechanics. Base building is nice and hot deposit is something every survival game needs.
Its just so weird how on some things they regressed and on others they improved.
The story is good so far, its enjoyable. The map is big, really big thats cool. I like the combat a lot.
Conclusion; is the game good? Not good enough yet. Its fun enough to play with a friend but it has a lot of frustrating aspects that need to be polished.
