First of all - forgive my langauge - I played demo that was available temporarily back in October - it had potential, however not once would I have expected the developers to be so incredibly sloppy, that the game is quite literally unplayable once you start it up. I will for a minute ignore atrocious layout of the UI - you could technically live with that, but seing this after loading and restarting:
https://steamproxy.net/id/Almaravarion/screenshot/2037366476154350141/
and then this:
https://steamproxy.net/id/Almaravarion/screenshot/2037366476154350840/
after respawn is a mark of sloppy work far beyond just an Early Access release. If you start up Early access release You expect it to work. Not work well mind You, or in a stable manner, both of those are parts to be fixed in early access, but work AT ALL in the first place. Which is staggering, that demo itself happened to have worked well at the start, and with no issues whatsoever.

With such a sloppy work (and mind You - it is not a first few minutes after release, and I doubt somehow I am the only one around with the issue), I have no trust in development of this game. Shame as I was looking forward to it.

Count me out, and good luck. I may take a look at it when it leaves early access... IF it leaves early access as intended in the first place.


==P.S.1 - 19.07.2023;==
It seems, according to pinned note on the forum, that the issue stems from incorrect settings being applied as default depending on some system locale.

sooo, everything is good, problem found and I can get back to recommending this game?
Hell no. If You go to Steam Store you will see a list of 10 languages that are supported.

Non-English regional settings will leave derped out settings system.
On top of that - even if language IS set to English, but other OS elements are set up to regional, then it will STILL derp out the settings, due to the game itself not respecting the language choice.
On top of THAT even IF you swap both of the above you should not even dare to try using default settings anymore.

If you ignore all of that - the 'supported' languages will have translation which are.... doubtious at best.

The question now becomes - what do the DEVELOPERS, consider as SUPPORTING a language, in a product they charge 30 USD for? Certainly it is neither the language technically, and certainly not a region.


==Update/reply post-dev reply; 19.07.2023==
Thank You very much for Your response. I appreciate the relatively swift fix, and I am aware of the issues regarding localisation. I also am aware that increased number of supported languages lead to higher presence on Steam Store. My biggest gripe with it was quite stark incompatibility using default settings; Issue that frankly I strongly believe should not have appeared, given its systematic, region wide presence.

Honestly speaking the quality of translation itself is not as high priority as far as I am concerned, it was used more as a highlight of the systematic issue, as frankly there were cases where the translation was seemingly software translated, or translated outside of context, and I am not going to blame You for that.

The hotfix itself, did indeed fix the issue that prompted me to write this quick opinion piece (as frankly I am nowhere near comprehensive enough to call it truly a review), unfortunately the core issue behind the lack of recommendation was based more on the 'location' of the bug (pun unintended), being first thing that appears when launching the game, as well as regional presence (basically all countries using , and . in a different order than e.g. UK), rather than the severity of the bug itself, which might indicate the amount of testing done on out-of-region testing of the interactions with the world.

This, together with positive outlook of a demo and Your swift response, certainly does promise this project to have a good future, and I will certainly follow the updates, I am not so sure I am eager to recommend this game as it is currently yet. You may consider it erring on a side of caution.

Nonetheless, I wish You best of luck (both in-development and overall), and I must admit that I hope to see the day, where out-of-early-access version will join the list of games that I will be happy to buy multiple copies of, both for myself and my friends.

First of all - forgive my langauge - I played demo that was available temporarily back in October - it had potential, however not once would I have expected the developers to be so incredibly sloppy, that the game is quite literally unplayable once you start it up. I will for a minute ignore atrocious layout of the UI - you could technically live with that, but seing this after loading and restarting: https://steamproxy.net/id/Almaravarion/screenshot/2037366476154350141/ and then this: https://steamproxy.net/id/Almaravarion/screenshot/2037366476154350840/ after respawn is a mark of sloppy work far beyond just an Early Access release. If you start up Early access release You expect it to work. Not work well mind You, or in a stable manner, both of those are parts to be fixed in early access, but work AT ALL in the first place. Which is staggering, that demo itself happened to have worked well at the start, and with no issues whatsoever. With such a sloppy work (and mind You - it is not a first few minutes after release, and I doubt somehow I am the only one around with the issue), I have no trust in development of this game. Shame as I was looking forward to it. Count me out, and good luck. I may take a look at it when it leaves early access... IF it leaves early access as intended in the first place. ==P.S.1 - 19.07.2023;== It seems, according to pinned note on the forum, that the issue stems from incorrect settings being applied as default depending on some system locale. sooo, everything is good, problem found and I can get back to recommending this game? Hell no. If You go to Steam Store you will see a list of 10 languages that are supported. Non-English regional settings will leave derped out settings system. On top of that - even if language IS set to English, but other OS elements are set up to regional, then it will STILL derp out the settings, due to the game itself not respecting the language choice. On top of THAT even IF you swap both of the above you should not even dare to try using default settings anymore. If you ignore all of that - the 'supported' languages will have translation which are.... doubtious at best. The question now becomes - what do the DEVELOPERS, consider as SUPPORTING a language, in a product they charge 30 USD for? Certainly it is neither the language technically, and certainly not a region. ==Update/reply post-dev reply; 19.07.2023== Thank You very much for Your response. I appreciate the relatively swift fix, and I am aware of the issues regarding localisation. I also am aware that increased number of supported languages lead to higher presence on Steam Store. My biggest gripe with it was quite stark incompatibility using default settings; Issue that frankly I strongly believe should not have appeared, given its systematic, region wide presence. Honestly speaking the quality of translation itself is not as high priority as far as I am concerned, it was used more as a highlight of the systematic issue, as frankly there were cases where the translation was seemingly software translated, or translated outside of context, and I am not going to blame You for that. The hotfix itself, did indeed fix the issue that prompted me to write this quick opinion piece (as frankly I am nowhere near comprehensive enough to call it truly a review), unfortunately the core issue behind the lack of recommendation was based more on the 'location' of the bug (pun unintended), being first thing that appears when launching the game, as well as regional presence (basically all countries using , and . in a different order than e.g. UK), rather than the severity of the bug itself, which might indicate the amount of testing done on out-of-region testing of the interactions with the world. This, together with positive outlook of a demo and Your swift response, certainly does promise this project to have a good future, and I will certainly follow the updates, I am not so sure I am eager to recommend this game as it is currently yet. You may consider it erring on a side of caution. Nonetheless, I wish You best of luck (both in-development and overall), and I must admit that I hope to see the day, where out-of-early-access version will join the list of games that I will be happy to buy multiple copies of, both for myself and my friends.