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If you're looking for a SQUAD-esque experience this scratches the itch a bit, sadly in the current state i can't recommend it.

some background:
Since this is mostly the conflict gamemode, i'm gonna focus on this, and also WCS which is the primary mod that is popular (modern guns, vehicles, some addons for quality of life,...)
i come from mostly SQUAD, some arma 3, and alot of other shooters.

1. servers
you're in queue 40 min of the time, after that it's a gamble if you're i either a laggy server, server filled with fith clueless gamers or a game where people play along and there is communication.

2. gameplay
there is so much hassle to deal with that 90% of your game is just driving (more on this in a second), looking at the map and finding the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ depot. 9% are simple gunfights which are fun, but getting killed after driving for 3 minutes and doing it over again get very frustrating. 1% are large teamfights on objectives attack/defense where people don't teamkill, there are layers in combat (pvp, vehicle warfare and shoppers) that can last quite long, these are very fun, sadly they don't happen often.

3. gunplay
while it's mostly there, actually shooting people just feels like you're in a 150ms server. there is no shot indication (no blood, twitch or particle. Getting a long range hs feels nice, watching him flip to the ground. but a 1v1 high movement gunfight is just a gamble if you'll get the kill or not. Laying down unconsious is a ♥♥♥♥ mechanic. i get why it's there, but jesus does it get annoying after a while, and it's litteraly just me looking at a screen waiting for nothing. atleast give me a map overlay or something.

4. leveling
this i feel is really nice. You get rewarded for PTFO and also getting kills. This should get expanded on (private is starter AK, level up gives better guns/sights, grenades,...)

5.communication
i've switched to only PC servers (no crossplay). There are people with open mics shouting to 64 people, there are people who don't say a word and probably don't even have audio enabled. Some laggy servers have voice chat that is just jumpy radio chatter.

6. last thoughts

finding a game that scratches the SQUAD itch after the horrible rework is still ongoing.
While i'm keeping an eye on this game (hoping the playerbase gets better ones the whole youtuber popularity thing is calmed down and actual decent people are populating servers) in current state it is to much of a headache to play.
While i trust that finding a group and playing with friends is 100% the way to go, after 22 hours of gaming i've had maybe 2-3 hours of actual fun and engaging server time, and a whole lot of of frustrating, laggy laying down uncinsous, getting to objective for 5 minutes and dying because of a rock on the road,...

mix between tarkov and arma. It's a good start, if they update performance and get content going, could be excellent.

A polished version of the free ANSI version, which makes the learning curve way smaller and visuals/music way more enjoyable.

I liked it more than most MMO's i've played, good questing.
fix dungeon queu's please

I don't like it that you have to buy this seperate to just survive, but with a sale it's a pretty good buy.
Still a bit buggy from time to time, servers could be better, otherwise a fun multiplayer battle royal game

I have been waiting for this game since E3 2013, big fan of sci-fi space exploration games (got star citizen and played ED).

The first couple hours i was getting crashes every 15 minutes, stutters were bad and fps was low.
After updating OpenGL, changing settings and the ini file i got it to run semi-decent with 60+ fps and only stuttering while i was in the atmosphere with my ship or there was alot of stuff going on at ones.

I write this review 15 minutes after my last crash, which deleted my 10 hour save game. I have tried numerous things to get it to work again, only to get the initialize... start screen of a fresh run...

Ok, now that i have the bugs/PC problems taken care of: GAMEPLAY

after visiting more than 50 planets, in the starter star systems and the star systems only reachable with upgraded drive, i have to say that the diversity of flora/fauna is really good. There were dinasours, flying whales, walking pumpkins, some stuff thats not even comparable to anything we know off. Some planets have nothing on them, some have forests and seas with incredible eye candy looks to them. It is a explosion of color, so it may not be for everyone.

Finding new technologies is fun at first but gets tiring after finding 100+ techs that i'll prob never use since they take up to much inventory space or are just useless.

Finding a new ship was fun. I bought a space ship that had alot of inventory space, and after that i fould multiple crashed ships that upgraded my slots every time. There could have been more variations in looks, most looking symetrical and plain. The weapons were dissepointing since there is only 1 type of rifle with upgrades, and 1 type of mining laser with upgrades. There is no choice for different gameplay mechanics, it's all the same. Well atleast for the 10 hours i have played, there could be a difference late game, but from what i have seen on livestreams, there is not.

Talking to aliens, getting milestones, the Hold-click mechanic and interfaces are way to slow for me. milestones stay on the screen for 10 seconds while you can not do anything in the meantime. interfaces from ruins and aliens take way to long to load. I want to get these boring things over with so i can explore, mine and trade more, not have to wait for some stupid extra word i learn.

Last thing: Multiplayer. This game was advertised to have multiplayer support, eventho it was very minor feature, it was making people want to buy the game. When people ''met''(they could not see each other and there were differences in terrain) the developer just dodged the question if it was just a singleplayer game with a online database. Well, it's the latter.

Final verdict:
Gameplay: 6/10 - slow gameplay that is fun but gets repetitive. discovery and exploration is a mayor plus point for me.
PC port: 3/10 - made for PS4 in mind, PC controls suck and performace is lacking.


I do not recommend buying at this time. Maybe after a couple weeks/months when they fix performance and add more stuff it will be a good buy if it's on discount.

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