This game has got a lot going for it from an enjoyable gathering system, well designed dungeons, good social systems and many great activities both pvp and pve. But like many western MMOs it feels like much is too watered down. For a game that makes the bold choice to not have classes and instead focus on weapons that have associated skills, they really needed to nail that system being amazing and it's just decent at best. You can only have 3 active skills at once per weapon and the skill tree only has 6 skills total to choose from. This contributes to the combat feeling quickly stale with any weapon, but contributing even more to that is the fact the weapons just aren't that fun in general. Even with 15 weapons to choose from I couldn't find a single one that felt really fun to use regularly besides the bow. The hatchet also resonated with me as a fast agile weapon but having one tiny hatchet in one hand feels aesthetically wrong. Like the fantasy should be dual hatchets or a hatchet and shield, it feels incomplete. For a game that went all in on weapons-only gameplay, the weapons need to be a lot more fun and versatile than they currently are in their watered down state.

The game is also just riddled with bugs all the time, granted usually nothing too game-breaking anymore. But like people on PS auto-declining all invites until they reset the game, random crashes on consoles, input issues. Nothing that would detract from the game in major ways, just minor ones.

Overall a good game to play if you got lots of friends with you but watered down in some crucial ways that make it hard for me to enjoy personally on its own merits.

Leaving this recommendation. For those who come after.

Beautiful fun game with compelling storytelling, enjoyable crafting, a hoot with buds and randos. Highly recommend. Only jank I notice is it's hard to position yourself to be able to use the interact button for things bu t otherwise having no issues.

Oh my god, maybe the best fan remake of a game ever? They even completely redid Xen and NAILED IT in a way that blows the original out of the water. This is THE definitive Half Life experience now.

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