Survival: Fountain of Youth

So I recommended this game, but I hope they will change what I put in here and make it a really good game. I've played this through a few times, and its usually a year or two between each playing. But just finished it I think for the 3rd time, can't remember. But I usually get to towards the end, knowing there was something that made me stop playing this game, but its mostly pretty good. Then it hits me. After I make the Ark I remember that it is slower than the other ships. Or at least a lot slower than the one I had right before it, and it kind of ruins the whole game for me. Because as soon as I make the ship I make plans to move everything onto the ship and make it a mobile base. Then I jump on board and fast travel to the first island where all my stuff is and then go to make it to my base and bam...slower. Then as I was writing this I thought why not at least let the Ark tow a faster boat so that I can get somewhere jump to the smaller boat a zip whereever. So I ran back to the game and tried to hook up a boat to the back using the winch...nope.

I can understand some of the negative reviews and what they're saying, especially regarding game breaking bugs, but I personally never encountered anything game breaking. Yes. the grind can be tedious, and sometimes finding things can be a little hard, but I didn't mind the challenge as it helped me not rush through the game. I personally loved this game. I loved a true player versus environment game as a lot of games tend to have human/creature enemies, but this was straight up just animals versus player. I enjoyed the story. I like the building, but I wish there was more to build. I have yet to try the construction mode, so maybe I just haven't stretched building to its max. I have a few more achievements to get through, but overall, I kept coming back to this game and enjoying it each time! I would recommend this game if you're someone looking for a survival experience set in a time before modern luxuries. Hope this helps if you're thinking of buying this game :)

sorry guys, i gave it a red hot go, but it just feels clunky, the movement, the interaction, the menus. gameplay wise like crafting and such i love all that but just couldn't get over that weird clunky feeling and personally i didn't like the menu layout.

Alors, c'est une grosse déception, je ne m'attendais pas à un truc fou mais là c'est tout le contraire. Déjà c'est plutôt moche pour un jeu de cette génération, même pour un indé, mais soit l'important c'est l'intérêt du jeu... Et là c'est pire ! Toutes les actions de craft et de collecte de ressources passent par un menu. Ça casse complètement l'ambiance et les possibilités d'immersion. Un exemple : Je me promène sur la plage, la soif ravine ma gorge, je vois un grosse noix de coco accroché au sommet d'un cocotier (oui, nan, les cocos ne poussent pas dans les palmiers). En toutes logique je sors ma lance, l'œil sur l'objectif, la main assurée, je propulse mon instrument de mort dans les airs (ok c'est juste un bâton pointu)... Et rien !? La lance passe à travers la coco, l'arbre et va se perdre dans la pampa. Voilà il faut cliquer sur le tronc du cocotier pour ouvrir un menu sélection le nombre de cocos qu'on veut récolter (dans la limite des stocks disponibles, offre non cumulable) choisir l'outil qu'on veut utiliser et cliquer sur récolter. Il ne reste plus qu'à regarder la barre de progression avancé pour avoir sa coco. Sérieusement, il est où le fun. Il n'y a pas une seule animation où on voit nos mains couper du bois ou assembler des éléments pour fabriquer quelque chose, c'est d'une tristesse abyssale. À oui, et en parlant de tristesse abyssale, attendez de voir le système de combat : le conquistador qui se fait mettre à l'amende par un chien de prairie, c'est magique. Bref 2 heures c'est très court pour se faire une idée, je m'y remettrai peut-être plus tard mais ça ressemble tellement à une punition que c'est pas certain du tout.

The game would be so much better if I didn't have to spend 2 hours searching for a single rock to progress. The tools damage way too quickly, especially when you need a rock to repair them and can't find any. Despite the rest of the game being enjoyable, the time having to be spent finding basic materials takes the fun out of it entirely.

Took a few attempts over the last couple of years for this one to click with me, but once it did I thoroughly enjoyed it. The way it handles time is a little odd to get used to, and there's some jank here and there with various things, but overall this is an incredible enjoyable survival game. A special note here is that I think this is one of the best integrations of a narrative as motivation in a survival game. The story itself isn't anything ground breaking, but its enjoyable and it legitimately gives the palyer motivation to advance. Really happy I gave this another shot :)

Pretty fun story, lots to do and the sound design is top tier! I've actually been using this game to help me sleep. Made a small cabin by the water and when the thunderstorms roll in, I get a fire going and the audio alone puts me to sleep. Big fan of that!

It's like they designed every single aspect of this game to be as tedious and frustrating as possible. It's just not worth the headache.