Recent reviews by Massy

Unironically the best game I've played in years.

It's been a long time since I've spent 2.5 hours in something and felt like I've got so little out of it as this.

Is good.

Originally written at 30 hours of gameplay. Still holds true at about 3000.

One of those games where all the reasons you should like it are the same reasons you may dislike it.
The same systems that inherently incentivize player interaction, discovery, atypical character progression/goals/motivation, also by their very nature breed conflict and enmity.
Different people may describe the same encounter as both "I was hunted by a gang of bandits because I snuck into their territory to gather plants" and "I was griefed again and there was nothing I could do".

The game includes, among other things:

• Full-loot PvP pretty much everywhere
  
• A combat system that (mostly) emphasizes player skill over gear/level
  
• The choice to be just as insufferable or saint-like as you can muster
  
• A complex, and somewhat "unsolved" meta. Most builds are viable in some way
  
• Forced first-person perspective
  
• Varied PvE encounters
  
• Deep crafting system
  
• Territory control
  
• VOIP ranging from cheeky banter, to Eastern Europeans with a shallow vocabulary, most of which would get them banned from Twitch.

If you need a TL;DR here's one:
It's a bit like playing Dark Messiah of Might and Magic in the Old School Runescape Wilderness while sometimes being chased down by Polish PK gangs from Tibia online.

Ikkje verdt det med mindre du får det på salg. Har kun 9 minispel. Utan å prøve for hardt kan eg koma på minst 18 til som var i originalen, som uteblir her.
Ikkje so mykje å klage på når det gjeld det som faktisk er der.
Hadde lett betalt fullpris for ein enkel port av originalen, men 400kr for detta her vert for drygt.

Having a blast so far. Hope it continues that way.
I had major stability issues at the start, but after going through the small checklist of easy fixes I haven't crashed in two days.

Edit 4 years later: It did not continue that way.

Removed the most visceral and intriguing element of the experience. Can't behave like that.

Epic Games befouls yet another good game with their grubby mitts.

Excellently crafted visuals, varied and thematically on-point soundtrack that never gets grating, and a focus on the overarching feeling of dread rather than in-your-face jumpscares. There are very few games that succeed this absolutely in creating/emulating an aesthetic and feeling.

I struggle to find more to say about the game that doesn't border on spoilers. It is a VERY good game, even now in early access.

Not worth your time unless you're exclusively looking for a YouTube/Twitch bait meme game.
The devs, by their own admission, do not care about making a good videogame, they care about making money.

Also don't try to give them constructive criticism on their Discord server, they will ban you.