Truly a refreshing survival game. Note that my review is based on a Solo experience,

The secret to this game's success is actually simpler than you would think. This game manages to remove the stress of the constant looming threat of starvation, and changes those mechanics in a way that instead of being penalized for not eating, you are given bonuses of different sorts based on the food you eat. These bonuses are necessary to survive but food is relatively plentiful.
This might make it sound like this game is not challenging, but on the contrary this allows the game to focus on creating enemy types that are unique, and very difficult.
The grind for materials is difficult as well, you will only have the ability to mine metals after defeating the first(admittedly easy) boss, but this will still be at least a few hours in.
It is still clear this is an early access game from the lack of variety in building and crafting options. But I have experienced no bugs in my 40 hours in game, which is incredible for an early access game that just released a month ago. I am playing solo, and I don't expect to beat the final Boss(5 total) until 70 hours.
It should be noted this is a game you will need to pull up a wiki for, as you will for most survival games with any degree of complexity. Not that difficulty varies wildly based upon the seed that generated and I found success much easier in my second world. If at first you don't "sucseed" *pause for uncomfortable chuckles*try again.
Ship controls need work, but are interesting in that you may have to wait for the winds to be in your favor to be able to go where you would like, lest you fight a zig zag course that way. While you may initially find this frustrating; it keeps sailing interesting as opposed to games where you just point the bow in the direction you want to go, and then go read a book or something.

All in all an excellent game, and for an early access title it is an incredible game. I'm at 40 hours as of this review, and I will easily put at least another 30-50 into it. In around a year, with all of the support this has received, it is likely the content will be expanded significantly, at which time I will likely revisit, if not complete an entire second playthrough.

Truly a refreshing survival game. Note that my review is based on a Solo experience, The secret to this game's success is actually simpler than you would think. This game manages to remove the stress of the constant looming threat of starvation, and changes those mechanics in a way that instead of being penalized for not eating, you are given bonuses of different sorts based on the food you eat. These bonuses are necessary to survive but food is relatively plentiful. This might make it sound like this game is not challenging, but on the contrary this allows the game to focus on creating enemy types that are unique, and very difficult. The grind for materials is difficult as well, you will only have the ability to mine metals after defeating the first(admittedly easy) boss, but this will still be at least a few hours in. It is still clear this is an early access game from the lack of variety in building and crafting options. But I have experienced no bugs in my 40 hours in game, which is incredible for an early access game that just released a month ago. I am playing solo, and I don't expect to beat the final Boss(5 total) until 70 hours. It should be noted this is a game you will need to pull up a wiki for, as you will for most survival games with any degree of complexity. Not that difficulty varies wildly based upon the seed that generated and I found success much easier in my second world. If at first you don't "sucseed" *pause for uncomfortable chuckles*try again. Ship controls need work, but are interesting in that you may have to wait for the winds to be in your favor to be able to go where you would like, lest you fight a zig zag course that way. While you may initially find this frustrating; it keeps sailing interesting as opposed to games where you just point the bow in the direction you want to go, and then go read a book or something. All in all an excellent game, and for an early access title it is an incredible game. I'm at 40 hours as of this review, and I will easily put at least another 30-50 into it. In around a year, with all of the support this has received, it is likely the content will be expanded significantly, at which time I will likely revisit, if not complete an entire second playthrough.