I have played this game for a lot of hours, I have enjoyed this game. I have watched it over the years.
And have been disappointed.
The devs have been both glacially slow in making progress, dropped promised features, and are actively hostile to the playerbase.
Examples:
The Ocean biome - it was on the initial roadmap; I understand timelines and plans change, but basically leaving it untouched for 5 years, then claiming a 1.0 release, that's just dropping something that should have been here.
Trashing items - The game had no ability to get rid of unneeded items for years, and everyone complained. The devs said no, repeatedly. Until finally giving in - but doing it spitefully by making it a mid-game unlocked item, that when you use it damages everything in a wide area near it. This made it technically possible to remove items, but not in a very useful way.
Item Handling - For quite some time, the devs have been strongly against QoL features such as Quick Stacking, Take All, Craft from Chest, and so on. They not long back relented on Quick Stack and Take All, though only on individual containers, no single stack to nearby chests, and continue to say no to Craft from Chest.
These lack of features means that modding is really a necessity for me to enjoy the game. Which is another hostile move by the devs. Bringing the game to 1.0 they added achievements. But any sort of mod disables them. So they refuse to make improvements to the game, and push people to mods, and then punish them for using the mods. Of course, the modders worked around it within hours, but that's simply a lack of competence on the dev side.
Lastly, the community. Because it took 5 years, the community ended up with only the most emotionally invested players, and the level of toxicity is ridiculous. I have seen less "git gud" gatekeeping in CoD and Dark Souls communities. It's really a shame, because the community is damaging a game that could be an absolute classic.
So despite having played a lot, and planning to play more (with mods), I can't recommend this game, because the only way to make any progress in improving the game is to make the devs see it.
