Western Rye

Take my early thoughts with a grain of salt, I am an overly positive person when it comes to early access! I will try to be honest without being brutal, because I like the foundation a lot here! So already played a couple hours, and actually did release a video for it on youtube if you want to check it out. Shameless plug: https://youtu.be/vq-LZn1qJWQ I love early access games, this one is definitely early access. The western setting is done well, the player movement is decent, the enemies are a your typical early access zombies, and the building is your typical building mechanic, build the item, place it on your hotbar and place the item. The placement is ok, but there are some strange clipping and rotation issues. The Good: -Atmosphere and music is good, feels like a western adventure! -A bit of story, that seems interesting. Zombies, nefarious humans, and some mystery. -You can build your own base, get animals, fish, hunt, and fight zombies. -Interesting map and built world, and the map seems large! The needs work: -Movement needs a bit of refinement, the melee combat is a bit clunky, but works ok. -The world looks cool, but does seem a bit hollow, buildings seem like a decent placed shell, but has no depth or weight to it (if that makes sense) -character creator needed, there are some light customization options, but could use a touch up and a few more options. -missions are a bit vague, the first building mission says build 16 pieces, but not which ones, then build 8 more, but no clue which ones, and finally place the items.... I placed all the items and could not finish the base so I made a really makeshift ugly base as I frantically placed items hoping it would work. It also did not tell you how much wood to gather the second time. -Could use a quick tutorial before sending you to your first mission and fight.

This game is honestly unplayable right now. The controls barely work, and there are basic interactions that simply don't function. For example, if my friend picks something up, I can't even pick it up afterward myself. Myself and three friends all bought this game specifically so we could play together, and we can't even do that because the game is so broken. What's the point of buying a multiplayer game if you can't actually play it with your friends? We tried to make it work, but there are so many bugs and broken mechanics that it's more frustrating than fun. This game needs some serious fixing before it's worth recommending to anyone. We cant even set our controls to anything other than what they have available. The devs have 2 hours to fix these problems or myself and my friends will be getting refunds. Save your money until the developers actually fix the game.

Sadly I don't recommend this game, The game concept is fine and it felt ok but things that were redflag right from the start. 1 . The tutorial/quests text you can hardly read there needs to be a backsplash for the text so people whom have eye sight issue can read the text. 2 . The placement of weapons, When holding pistols and rilfes it just looks weird/strange and cheap. 3 . Riding a Horse I couldn't even turn the thing (not sure if this was a bug or is just a me issue but it just wouldn't turn, I tried other horses and same thing) 4 . The Npc text boxes seem cheap and nasty no thought or love put into them, like an old style paper backsplash to make you feel like your in a western would have been good. I know this is EA, and I understand this is indie devs, and I'm normally happy to spend money to support indie devs but I have been burnt way to many times, and this screams one of those times, I hope to god I'm wrong and all this is fixed, because the concept of the game feels good but it just doesn't feel good enough for me to buy and keep.

Cool concept, I just don’t believe it’s worth the price yet. Right from the start, the game has you look for a hatchet, which was surprisingly difficult to find. The looting system definitely needs some polishing—a buddy and I ran around for a dumb amount of time just trying to find this one item. That being said, the visuals, movement, and combat are all very appealing. At times, it almost gave me a Red Dead Redemption feel, and I really have to applaud the game for that. My biggest issue is that after completing objectives, you’re often still left feeling confused and unrewarded. There’s definitely potential here, but I think the game needs more time and polish before it feels worth the current price. I’ll be keeping an eye on it and hoping things continue to improve. I genuinely wish the developers and the game the best of luck!

A very short review - the game is in the worst possible state. It's a joke. I played like 5 min and textures went crazy. I couldn't quit because the quit is on credits. Kids playing with unreal engine. I've done better games while learning 3d engines. I'm requesting a refund. This kind of game should not be allowed to be sold.

I've played a lot of Early Access games and I know there are issues going in so let me word this in a way thats helpful for the Dev's and anyone wanting to try the game. Pros: Crafting is very deep. You start with your own homestead and horse. Gun play is fun, guns are decent enough. Horses are very pretty and handle well. Building is easy and resource friendly. Farming is nice and cooking is good. The towns look real , buildings look very period. Landscape looks awesome, mining seems fun as well. CONS: Altho the story line seems fun there is no clean way to return to a spot once you die.NEEDS A DEATH MARKET ON THE MAP. LOOT BAGS DO NOT RESPAWN, if you die you drop everything you have with no way to get it back. Need a death marker ON THE GROUND to say "HEY...HERE IS YOUR STUFF" There is not clear way to know what you need to complete crafting quest. Game needs more explanation of how to get items. You need nails? The store has them but wait...you cant buy them ! How do i craft them? no one knows. Game is good but game needs work. Not worth the price AT THIS TIME ! I have high hopes that they will address these issues , today I cant recommend this game to a friend until the above issues have been at least made better. I like the game , its not worth what i paid. I would gladly change my recommend to yes once they fix these issues :)

Played for an Hour and i enjoyed myself. Rough around the edges, yes but it is in early access and i hope the devs continue updating the game. (to the devss) please do not let the negative reviews keep you from flourishing.

This game is unenjoyable at this stage. I love survival games, I was really intriged by the theme, I know it's very early access, but holy ... other devs did so much better in releasing their game into early access. The combat is made terribly. When you die you lose everything (!!!) and your stuff from the inventory and the toolbar is nowhere to find. Even your bag for expanding your inventory is gone. Your guns are gone. Everything is just gone! Multiplayer is crashing all the time in midgame. I died, my girls game crashed. So no chance for the riviving, nothing! There is no feedback button or form or anything. Also the loading times are ridiculous. By the time of loading the game like 3 times because of the crashes, and just try it out a little bit, the two hours for refunding are over.