Well I really hate how the quests and NPCs voice lines are written. It completely break the immersion of a medieval simulator. Sometimes they do jokes that would never exist in the medieval ages, referring to modern times. Specially in the first map. I started to play on it and hated the game because of this immersion breaking thing.

But then I gave another change and played the second map, that for me it is changes a lot. It feels like the devs were more experienced and grounded when they created Oxbow, including map design, decorations, locations and quests. It's a pitty that there are not voice overs for the quests.

Now going back to the survival part of the game, it is really good.
I really wish you had more customisations for the buildings, because your town is gonna be looking like a copy/paste since there are not many variations, specially for the houses. But if you are careful enough, it is possible to overcome this by placing it correctly and using tons of decoration, to make it more realistic and immersive.

The default map configs for technology (unlocking buildings) and seasons are very weird. It takes soooo long to unlock a sitting bench or any basic decoration or buildings. Also everything is super expensive in the beginning.

But since it's a map config, you can always adjust the gameplay to your needs, like increasing tech gain to 500% or so, meaning that this problem is easy to solve.

The NPCs are a bit stupid but just the fact that they can be your settlers it's amazing.

But overall the game is super good, it reminds me a lot of Kingdom Come Deliverance and From the Ashes DLC.

I still have to play more to unlock a few things, but I already recommend this game because it's exactly what they promised it to be. Just don't start your first game in the first map, like I did. xD

I really hope they don't abandon the game, and that they add more combat features for late game.

Well I really hate how the quests and NPCs voice lines are written. It completely break the immersion of a medieval simulator. Sometimes they do jokes that would never exist in the medieval ages, referring to modern times. Specially in the first map. I started to play on it and hated the game because of this immersion breaking thing. But then I gave another change and played the second map, that for me it is changes a lot. It feels like the devs were more experienced and grounded when they created Oxbow, including map design, decorations, locations and quests. It's a pitty that there are not voice overs for the quests. Now going back to the survival part of the game, it is really good. I really wish you had more customisations for the buildings, because your town is gonna be looking like a copy/paste since there are not many variations, specially for the houses. But if you are careful enough, it is possible to overcome this by placing it correctly and using tons of decoration, to make it more realistic and immersive. The default map configs for technology (unlocking buildings) and seasons are very weird. It takes soooo long to unlock a sitting bench or any basic decoration or buildings. Also everything is super expensive in the beginning. But since it's a map config, you can always adjust the gameplay to your needs, like increasing tech gain to 500% or so, meaning that this problem is easy to solve. The NPCs are a bit stupid but just the fact that they can be your settlers it's amazing. But overall the game is super good, it reminds me a lot of Kingdom Come Deliverance and From the Ashes DLC. I still have to play more to unlock a few things, but I already recommend this game because it's exactly what they promised it to be. Just don't start your first game in the first map, like I did. xD I really hope they don't abandon the game, and that they add more combat features for late game.