When I bought this game for ~$10AUD many years ago, it was a buggy, unoptimized mess. But it was was cheap and an indie title. And it was fun. Many years later, this game has barely changed. It's still unoptimized. It's still buggy. It's still missing half the promised features.

In many ways, I believe this game has gotten worse. I don't like the recent magazine changes or the water changes.

The developers have been stuck changing existing systems over and over. If you go back over patch notes, they have repeatedly changed how clothing works, how progression works, etc.
This has resulted in no one being happy. Some people might like the recent changes. But over the years, so many things have changed, everyone is bound to prefer certain older mechanics. The developers just seem to want to force people to play the game their way but it's meant to be a sandbox.

All this game needed was to be finished as it was, not continually changed. My playstyle has been ruined.

Its current price is also insane. Even if this was polished, it is a very high asking price. This game is only worthy of an indie game price. I don't care how many developers are working on this. The game's development feels like it's one or two guys working on it.

Despite this game "leaving" early access, it still advertises as pre-release software.

Let's hope a competent studio works on a successor.

When I bought this game for ~$10AUD many years ago, it was a buggy, unoptimized mess. But it was was cheap and an indie title. And it was fun. Many years later, this game has barely changed. It's still unoptimized. It's still buggy. It's still missing half the promised features. In many ways, I believe this game has gotten worse. I don't like the recent magazine changes or the water changes. The developers have been stuck changing existing systems over and over. If you go back over patch notes, they have repeatedly changed how clothing works, how progression works, etc. This has resulted in no one being happy. Some people might like the recent changes. But over the years, so many things have changed, everyone is bound to prefer certain older mechanics. The developers just seem to want to force people to play the game their way but it's meant to be a sandbox. All this game needed was to be finished as it was, not continually changed. My playstyle has been ruined. Its current price is also insane. Even if this was polished, it is a very high asking price. This game is only worthy of an indie game price. I don't care how many developers are working on this. The game's development feels like it's one or two guys working on it. Despite this game "leaving" early access, it still advertises as pre-release software. Let's hope a competent studio works on a successor.