Recent reviews by Browny

10/10 best Bear Rugs ever.

Atrocious Tutorial with little explanation of the 'why' the downstream effect, etc. So bad that it stopped me multiple times (from moving forward in Tutorial). tried, but so much lacking here that it would be a frustrating start for most people.

Aside from some initial challenges (learning curve during first campaign game and lacking tutorial guidance) it is suprisingly simple and intuative to play.

Most chill game/wallpaper/god-mode game I've owned.

40+ hours in and Lvl 20. Still very buggy, very grindy content/progression, lacks story depth. It goes really deep in some areas (almost too far) and clearly barely scratches the surface on others. Mechanics and movement is also not very intuitive for a game relying pvp and largely fighting - working on the movement engine and mechanics would go a long, long way. So, too, would better story content and depth of options for lower level players. It is evident this game focuses its depth and economy on social interactions, and little balance otherwise to counter unless it is purely farming. Will see where this goes, but for now lacks polish and is a very disappointing roll-out for a game from a studio affiliated with literally the most wealthy/valuable Co. in the world.

pro tip: bathrooms for guards.

Cannot even get past tutorial; (controls do not allow you to skip while in middle - have to exit completely) AND, it warns you in tutorial to be "careful not to let the fish strain the line"... yet 1/10 of a second strain and it completely snaps... near impossible to reel in. Tried 5 times; there is no warning or cushion - it just completely snaps the moment a warning light comes up. If this is the level of bugs at startup, I would wait for them to work that out.

I upgraded my computer to an i9 and GTX 1070ti... and it is still slow as you progress.
this game needs some major optimizations. Fun, but you need a super computer to play (perhaps not in the beginning, but as you grow every item [seemingly] gets it's own dedicated AI partition and you drop from 100+fps with 4 hearthlings, to around 35fps at ~15-20 hearthlings. And I am not even on max settings.

I have THOUSANDS of hours on survival games, and while this has potential, both he balance and the UI need some major overhauls before I can recommend.

a) backpacks need to de-spawn after a period of time (if they do, it should be shorter)
b) building capability is miserable.
c) the game feels like you absolutely need more than 2 players... they should just come out and say so.
d) ability to empty, exchange and transfer items needs to be made easier.
e) balance of Aggro and health is a major pain point (large, high health insects are impossible to handle with fewer than 2 people)

Yes, it is early access, but I feel some user-testing should have uncovered some of these issues - and if they did, they would fix before release.

One of the best Sim games out there. SCS is an active group, always updating and adding great content. Do not need a monster computer to run it, as their settings allow for many levels of machines, with corresponding quality. Addicting, too.