Recent reviews by alf

I swear you spend 90% of this game trying to fend off gray dwarves. And then, when you finally accomplish that, the other 10% of the game is spent trying to fend off the gray dwarves that try to attack you after fending off the first swarm. Then, if you're lucky, you get to fend off even more gray dwarves.

They are not impossible to fend off, and they are rather easy. But you can't do anything in this game without a swarm coming up trying to attack you in any little thing you are trying to do. It would be awesome if the devs could actually implement a block of time where gray dwarves would not spawn...like 5 minutes of every hour even would be a lot less wearing than the constant barrage of gray dwarf attacks.

If you are lucky though, and get 30 seconds to play the game, then the game is quite nice. But there are flaws. The map is big, the grind is real, and the rewards dont really justify the grind. There doesn't seem to be much challenge, and lack of a decent reward system makes this game rather meh.

There needs to be more elements to this game that make it worth playing. I propose the following:

-Some people like building while surviving...focus on maps and diversity that cater to this
-Stop the endless wave of mobs, especially gray dwarves. I understand you can only get resin from dwarves, but as survival goes, resin should not be so easy to obtain. You should have to hunt the dwarves, not the other way around.
-Not being able to traverse the mountains without defeating the 2nd boss is unnecessary. Let it be the wolves that get you, not the freeze.

Whats to keep having players come back? The first few hours of the game are great, and I really enjoyed them. But the more time you spend in game, it seems like such a chore and not something you want to keep coming back to. A lot of people have already started to mention several improvements including some of the things I offered. It has promise but without improvements, this game will become wet, and will become cold, and will lose stamina.

Back in the winter Steam sale of 2014, I downloaded the game and purchased "x" amount of golden eagles. I got about 3 months premium out of it. It was an awesome game. I was able to level up, I was able to shoot down planes and win sometimes. But I have no idea what happened, but they have pushed so heavily for a pay to win model. First of all, it's impossible to grind past tier 3. Not to mention you have to pay to actually get something that wont get shot down within 5 seconds of spawning. Its become super expensive and something I can not see myself playing. You spend too much for what you actually get. This is why I haven't spent more money on the game. Do not expect to have fun if you are FTP. You will lose 100% of the time. You will not have fun. You will become frustrated and you will give up just like everyone else I know.

Valve refuses to do anything about the rampant hacking, and refuses to ban individuals who hack. This is a joke of a game and so is every update they send out.