Is this game a finished product?

[Pyroxide]

Been enjoying myself, finished all mining levels and cleansed the ocean. Now I have the mission (WIP) fins the last giant... Nobody in the underwater kingdom wants to talk. I feel like Ive hit a dead end with no proper ending even though this game came out of early access. What am I missing here?

[Arandur87]

Is this game a finished product?

No.

[Gothic Purple Goblin]

It wasnt ready to leave EA thats for sure.

[Ascawien]

In name, yes. In reality, sadly, no. It has a LOT of content that will likely last you a good while but as the main quest is 'WIP', I think it's more than fair to say it's most definitely not 'finished'.

[LordBlade]

Originally posted by Pyroxide:

Been enjoying myself, finished all mining levels and cleansed the ocean. Now I have the mission (WIP) fins the last giant... Nobody in the underwater kingdom wants to talk. I feel like Ive hit a dead end with no proper ending even though this game came out of early access. What am I missing here?

No, the game's not even remotely closed to being finished.
There's a lot of WIP portions. Some areas aren't implemented yet. The whole merfolk thing is just a placeholder with no conversations or relationships available.
You can't finish the main story.
Some of the romances are missing bits.

The game is fun, but it's not finished and never should have come out of Early Access.
When you release a 1.0, the game is supposed to be feature complete.
I know plenty of folks who had bought the game on release and then refunded when they found out it wasn't finished. I'm hoping that doesn't hurt the company too much, because the game's good so far, and I'd like to see it finished someday. Though that's probably at least a year away.

[DirkPrime]

No it's like .65 of EA. Feel like they should know that 1.0 means complete game from start to end with no wip. I can understand not having all the clothes yet or some dlc areas not open yet but complete dialogue missing and so many things not done including main quests...

[Spectre]

What's missing?
Plenty.
You can see it for yourself in another post that talks about it.

Originally posted by Phantom:

Finished the altars (again) and the museum (again)

-Main quests WIP
-Unfinished ocean content
-Max town rank cannot be achieved
-Ocean max rank cannot be achieved
-Museum with 100% donation does not achieve max rank
-Town heritage max rank cannot be achieved
-Savannah access does not exist
-Dig site unlock does not exist
-Altar rewards are insulting (catch a years worth of fish get small bait, literally 100 worth in money... aka nothing --- the rest are equally bad every single time)
-Altar completion rewards only 2/4 work
-Fishing, fossils, treasures, etc are terribly bad RNG
-NPC conversations often have "has nothing more to say" or are worded in garble
-Farming - auto harvesters/planters are still bugged
-Farming - auto chests are still bugged
-Farming - moving things at the farm is still bugged
-Farming - animals are still bugged (but not as often) and can go awol
-Levelup rewards are minimal and often have more negative than positive bonuses if taken
-Rings effects (buffs) turn themselves off constantly, you have to reequip them to get the benefit basically anytime you switch maps (enter a building, go to a different layer of the mine, etc) or they don't work
-Food effects are hit or miss for if the effect is actually applied - might be under the same conditions as rings
-Storage is an issue with 5 ranks of each item and each rank takes its own spot
-Catching is still bad hitboxes - using traps is infinitely easier
-NPC friendship rewards are minimal - ex give 100,000,000 in rare stuff, they will give ya 0.01 worth of stupid common stuff back
-Pets are bugged, more of a nuisance than anything
-Barn animals are mediocre for everything (source of income, difficulty to manage until you have auto stuff, things that need them)

Actually I'm done writing out a list, a hundred other major glaring issues exist...

Forgivable in EA
NOT forgivable as full release

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1158160/discussions/0/4033598370568254683/
Most of the core stuff like seasonal festivals and what not are there in-game, but it's definitely missing a lot for what it should be in 1.0. When you only have two out of the four altar offer rewards working but the other two rewards don't exist at all despite being listed in-game (Dig Site and Savannah unlock), you have a problem already.

[Lily27]

I agree with everyone. I hope the game will soon become the Full Version of the game we all have been waiting for and at least include the Main Quests, the Savannah and the Dig Site. I mean, how many times do you need to start the game over and over again, since you can't save separate game files.

[Descend]

Agree, it's not finished. However I still highly recommend the game because it took me about 90 hours to complete everything this version has to offer and I have had a lot of fun doing so (3rd playthrough). The team should bring out the missing content asap though, it's not a good look having a 1.0 release that isn't finished.

[Coke-u-nut]

Originally posted by Pyroxide:

Been enjoying myself, finished all mining levels and cleansed the ocean. Now I have the mission (WIP) fins the last giant... Nobody in the underwater kingdom wants to talk. I feel like Ive hit a dead end with no proper ending even though this game came out of early access. What am I missing here?

Is it finished? No.
Are they claiming it's not early access? Yes.
Should it be? No. lol
Regardless, there's plenty to do. And their roadmap looks like they're going to add a bunch of stuff soonish too.
Worst case though, Stardew's expac is coming out soonish too XD