Great example of a potential diamond in the rough plagued by the most toxic head developer I've ever seen. When first starting out a while back, the game was fun and learning the mechanics felt good. Patch after Patch, the developers prove how out of touch they are with good design and engaging mechanics. The game is trending in a direction that is going to make it even more unfriendly for new players who can't access the information clearly (as most of it isn't included in the game itself) and I can truly seeing launch being a complete blunder after the last 3 patches. Don't be shocked if core systems aren't working on launch weekend or for several days afterwards.

I do think the game has an interesting enough gameplay loop at endgame but the developer's are reaching above their weight class with every new implementation and, despite hearing that "We're only a 6 man dev team," we are constantly getting updates with more bugs than any 6 man team can reasonably manage in an efficient time-frame. This, on top of the main developer using a "No holds barred Q&A stream" to basically belittle the current testing players for their suggestions and concerns instead of taking valid criticism, is the main reason why I can no longer support this game. It sucks because some of the devs are actually pretty cool but the lead is so woefully out of touch with his playerbase that it single-handedly answers the question of why he isn't working with a larger game studio anymore. You can't have the company face guy being this condescending and childish towards your testing playerbase. Hopefully they don't butcher launch too much and put someone else on the team as the frontman but my fingers aren't crossed on this one.

The game at its core has the potential to be fun and engaging. Sadly it is plagued by a toxic developer. The game has changed a lot over my years off and on checking in on it. Some good and some bad. Mostly the player base has no idea what is happening due to vague or nonexistent patch notes. The developers straight up said it takes too much time to make patch notes and cuts into their development time. So they make them vague on purpose! They are trying to make a cake and choose to skip an important step because they think it isn't important.

Major game mechanics are changed on a whim. Then reverted later for no apparent reason or feedback from the developers. Core progression mechanics are consistently broken.

The few developer streams I have tuned in to were terrible to say the least. The company facing guy should not throw tantrums and be childish about valid concerns and critiques when brought up. Dismissing and talking down to their player base. Their discord is ruled with an iron fist by moderators that get off quoting their odd rules and silence any constructive criticism to try and better the game and player base. A lot of the rules exist as an excuse to ban someone.

Game has good bones, but a very toxic dev team with inflated egos and seemingly no game design document.

Very mid