2 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 42.4 hrs on record (33.4 hrs at review time)
Posted: 14 Dec, 2021 @ 2:19pm
Updated: 14 Dec, 2021 @ 2:21pm

There are few things about this game that are very conflicting to me. I like it very much and it has real charm to it and its own unique visual style. It is not your standard survival type of game. Devs went for much more focus around the story aspect with elements of survival with constraints, so world is not yours to conquer but to adapt to. So to list some of the pros and cons.

PROS:
- unique approach to survival, you adapt to the world and not otherwise
- charming visuals
- interesting background to the story
- different modes + challenges giving you a lot of playtime to cover
- base price covers all episodes of the story(maps and new challenges added for free) that were released until now
- it bleeds this Canadian winter atmosphere from every corner

CONS:
- lack of depth to existing mechanics, number of mechanics and I'm sure this partially comes from how the world limits you but there is a lot that could be done to expand and make game more interesting without rewriting whole game
- for every time that I wanted to say graphical side is charming I also notice how low res and clunky models or terrain can be
- lack of jump or even vault is at least irritating, I do also understand devs didn't want people to sneak outside of bounds or jiggle AI but you can improve upon those as even 1 foot tall snow is too big of obstacle for a player character
- sometimes very buggy including ex. random damage going down the slope caused by character floating and falling down and breaking their legs or wrists, getting stuck on terrain with no way of getting out

There are some cons but still the game is one that I would recommend.

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OUT OF REVIEW COMMENTARY:
I do like this game... however I cannot help but notice that devs seem to ignore some of the feedback and are hostile at least to ideas that conflict with their own. Example being a mod by community that was created to address a real need from people to play and survive together, which was attacked and almost taken down(I think) but survived the onslaught and is still in development. Besides that main dev controversial issues with Geforce Now and you owning your game to launch it there(???).
Besides that Im sure that this game would benefit very much from some map creation tools for the community to build maps to share with each other. However we can only hope for this.
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