This is one of the best games I've played in recent memory, and I'm very glad Sony backtracked on mandatory PSN linking so I can keep playing it for the foreseeable future.

I was immanently frustrated by the micro-transactions facing way the mechanics work, I quit and uninstalled when I realized the primary way you augment an NPC's stats is artificially constrained as to what NPCs you can use what augmentations on. There's no in game reason and it adds nothing, it was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. It is a good game for what it is, a base-builder so casual you can let it run in the background, but whatever you do don't spend any money in game, it's not worth that.