I have 31 hours as of this posting. I have really enjoyed my time in game, however I have run into a fundamental flaw with the games design regarding multiplayer/co-op.

This game was only purchased because it was sold as being co-op, and its true that you can play with other people but only to a degree.

I will give an example of an issue my GF and I ran into.

I just got to the point where I can upgrade my base tent into a full building. This is my save and my GF is invited to play. The building requires that certain materials be placed into the hopper for it to be built the next day.

So I had my GF to gather materials while I read out to her what she needed to gather. She placed all the materials except nails, i had placed the nails. So, the building should be ready to be built. NOPE. It still said she needed to add nails, or conversely I needed to add 20 gum wood, 20 hard wood, all the iron, tin plates etc. Because it was "cheaper" for her to just add nails instead of me RE-ADDING all the materials (outside of the fact we used all our iron), she added the nails...BAM all materials were there, we just needed to sleep.

So we wake the next day, no building, still a tent and I look at the material box and it still required all the materials.


There is a museum in game. You can purchase a camera and take photos and place them on the wall. Because this was my save game, I was able to place pictures. When my GF logged in, I wanted to surprise her with a camera as a gift. We both took pictures of each others characters. I updated one of the pictures to have a picture of her. She tried to do the same for me, but could not change the photo on the wall.

This makes her feel like she can not contribute to the world in a meaningful way. She plays as a sidekick, not as someone who has any ownership of the world. This is a terrible flaw in the games design.
This is not true co-op. This is her being invited to my game.

Because of this, I can not recommend this game for folks who want to play co-op. If or when this changes, I will change my review.

I have 31 hours as of this posting. I have really enjoyed my time in game, however I have run into a fundamental flaw with the games design regarding multiplayer/co-op. This game was only purchased because it was sold as being co-op, and its true that you can play with other people but only to a degree. I will give an example of an issue my GF and I ran into. [h1]Example #1[/h1] I just got to the point where I can upgrade my base tent into a full building. This is my save and my GF is invited to play. The building requires that certain materials be placed into the hopper for it to be built the next day. So I had my GF to gather materials while I read out to her what she needed to gather. She placed all the materials except nails, i had placed the nails. So, the building should be ready to be built. NOPE. It still said she needed to add nails, or conversely I needed to add 20 gum wood, 20 hard wood, all the iron, tin plates etc. Because it was "cheaper" for her to just add nails instead of me RE-ADDING all the materials (outside of the fact we used all our iron), she added the nails...BAM all materials were there, we just needed to sleep. So we wake the next day, no building, still a tent and I look at the material box and it still required all the materials. [h1]Example #2[/h1] There is a museum in game. You can purchase a camera and take photos and place them on the wall. Because this was my save game, I was able to place pictures. When my GF logged in, I wanted to surprise her with a camera as a gift. We both took pictures of each others characters. I updated one of the pictures to have a picture of her. She tried to do the same for me, but could not change the photo on the wall. This makes her feel like she can not contribute to the world in a meaningful way. She plays as a sidekick, not as someone who has any ownership of the world. This is a terrible flaw in the games design. This is not true co-op. This is her being invited to my game. Because of this, I can not recommend this game for folks who want to play co-op. If or when this changes, I will change my review.