4 people found this review helpful
Not Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 1,025.3 hrs on record (76.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 23 Dec, 2016 @ 2:32pm
Updated: 23 Dec, 2016 @ 2:33pm

Early Access Review
Short version:
Game 7/10
Community 0.5/10

Long one:
As many other reviews have mentioned, the community around this game is incredibly toxic. On two separate servers I was mocked for not knowing how to begin, when there is no in-game tutorial (even a single pop-up with the basics of hit trees to get wood, hit dark grey rocks to get stone, and pick up hemp or hit cacti to get cloth would have been enough; though the map and sleeping bags could really use an explanation as well). And so after visiting a few extra-game websites to figure out how to start playing what's really a pretty simple game, I finally began.
After waking up naked, I ran up to a tree and started hitting it only to hear someone whisper "Hey, buddy" behind me. I turned around and he killed me with a gun. I woke up naked somewhere else and arrows immediately started flying past my head. I jumped around a bit until the other fellow finally pulled out a gun and killed me. Third time's the charm, right? Nope. After waking up naked, I started running away from the spawn area, only to get sniped at and finally killed by a couple of guys who were quite some distance away.
Finally on the fourth try, I was able to functionally start playing. After a couple of hours, I had a reasonably functioning base; cue a guy trying to sneak up and kill me with a silenced rifle. Luckily he was a terrible shot and I got lucky; I killed him first. I took all his gear and started exploring to see if I could find some of the stuff I couldn't craft myself. About 10 minutes later, I was dead and being looted by a guy with a machine gun.
After restarting again and getting a friend involved (who also was new to the game, but strength in numbers), I got a reasonable base and plenty of supplies. Had high quality metal bars smelted and could craft most of the stuff in the build menu. That was when I realized why everyone sat around killing other players: Unless you're really interested in just exploring the island, there's really only about 10 hours of gameplay here. By that time you'll have a fully functioning base, good armor, and at least a semi-automatic rifle. At that point, might as well just hunt new players as there's not really anything else left to do.
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