Really fun game to play with friends. I loved the forest and this was a great sequel. The story was a bit all over the place, there are a lot of different plots and they all don't really come together. The companions were fun (quite buggy now and then tho). The "antagonist" felt like he was making mild cameos rather than being someone I was against, I didn't feel as connected to him as I did the red man from the forest.
However my major gripe is with the female companion, Virginia, is so clearly written by a group of men that haven't spoken to a woman in the last 5 years. She's wearing a white swimsuit which is affected by rain making it transparent, the default tracker Icon is a heart and the achievement to max her friendship is a wedding ring? This would be fine if she had any dialogue or any indication that she is more than just a confused mentally unstable science experiment? But she is clearly not mentally there as she spends her time walking around aimlessly and giving you dead animals and berries. It makes the player character high key come across like a predator.
Not to mention in the "true ending", [spoiler]where its only been 5 MONTHS!?!?! and she's heavily pregnant? Did yall do the deed like a week after getting her extra limbs removed? did yall get married like a month ago? Its such a strange relationship the developers constructed[/spoiler] and is again very clear on the lack of a woman's input on the implementation of Virginia.
Now does that ruin the game for me... not at all... maybe a touch... kinda sours the ending. But its still tons of fun with friends, combat is great, building is a learning curve for sure, and the modes of transportation around the island is a welcome addition. All up an enjoyable experience and I hope the devs maybe read this and take it as constructive criticism and make more conscious decisions for their characters in the next game.
