This game is a gem, but if the amount of reviews appropriately telling you that the game has a boatload of bugs still has you on the fence, here's a few things that might nudge you the right way:

1. This has the best grappling hook you've ever used in a game (yes, including Spider-man games' web swinging). It'll be hard for you to get used to in the beginning, but that's because the game allows for pretty fast speeds led by a proper physics system, and your body weighs like it should.

2. You get the wing-suit about 262 hours into the game (yes, I still don't have it). You've seen it in the trailer, you know you want it, the devs know you want it, and you'll have to call in sick to work a couple of times to get it. If that bothers you, please refer to point 1.

3. The devs are actively working on the game, primarily focusing on bug-fixing, which is good because it absolutely needs it. Nothing game-breaking, but a lot of them. Nonetheless, if bugs bother you too much, please refer to point 2.

4. I have no clue how much procedural generation they used, if at all, but every island I've visited had its own individual look and feel, with its own specific puzzles (some of which involved the terrain and the movement system in cool ways). They had landscapes ranging from open archipelagos and tall mountainous spaces. Some areas have crazy ravines , while others an awesome group of tall islands connected by massive vines that will definitely create a long-running feud between you and gravity. They all feel like they were made for you to fully utilize (and frankly abuse) the movement system.
If any of these seem a bit massive, please refer to point 1 and 2.

5. The ship system feels a lot like Sea of Thieves, if that game let you build your own ships and bolt as many weapons onto them, however unreasonably. At first, they feel a bit basic and slow, but you soon start unlocking better and cooler-looking parts that quickly make you forget about the floating piece of wood you started with — the one that vaguely resembled Tom Hanks' raft if someone had super-glued Marty McFly's skateboard to it.

The bad

1. It feels like it has a decompressing issue when the game tries to load a chunk as you're approaching it or when crossing a specific point on an island, which then makes the game stutter momentarily; I could be wrong about the reason, but this needs to be addressed because it can lead to breaks in the gameplay's otherwise awesome momentum.

2. It's got some issues and performance can take a hit sometimes, but it's nice to know they're actively working on these and that they are very responsive on Discord.

TL;DR:
This review is pointless because nothing matters, you're a nerd, the cake is a lie, and I just wanna go back to grappling myself to death — or whatever other dumb way of dying this game seems to encourage.

This game scratches an itch unlike no other I've ever played.

Some games have come close, like No Man's sky, and Sea of Thieves. However, the concept of Lost Skies and by extension its predecessor, World's Adrift, describes an incredibly unique gameplay experience. Endless worlds to discover, intense situations, and amazing picturesque screenshots. Also, you can get quite technical with the ship design if you're into that.

If you are reading this review soon after I posted it, the game is still in Early Access and is quite buggy. If you're new to this community and are unsure of whether to buy, I encourage you to join the discord and wait a few weeks to buy. The game is extremely playable once you look past the cave bugs(which are being fixed as I write this).

There's so much more to come!

while the solo game play is fun and has very few problems, the co-op game play is a bug ridden unplayable mess that consistently crashes and deletes your ships so i don't recommend it at this time.