Pros and cons

[OldCur]

What are the pros and cons. Thinking of getting the game.

[Vivaldi]

I will tell you this,

PRO

This game is really good and worth the money. (I have enjoyed it for over 200 hours at least)
The development team is active with the playerbase and does listen to feedback and makes you feel part of the games development itself
Weekly updates

CONS
- Early access (If you understand what early access means this is not really a con, but generally people do not know what it means)
- It's a small development team, it could probably use a few more programmers

[Riganti]

I would just get the game! If you like the look of it get it. Be prepared for bugs and things not going to plan occasionally. That's part of the fun with EA games.

Check the reviews and look for the positive ones. The more detailed ones tend to give balanced reviews pointing out the faults and the good aspects of the game. The negative ones tend to be salty players who expect a more complete game.

This is one of the best and well polished EA game I have come across.

[Retro]

Pro: they are from toronto seems to be an elite team of indie developers and developers,
2. if they start drifting i'll apply there and hopefully get hired and restructure the greatness of the game

[SourceUnknown]

Pros: Weekly updates, WEEKLY! Communication is great and they make you feel like you are really a part of development! They are doing EA better than some bigger development teams, like Funcom!

Now for the game..... Sandbox adventure game that focuses on lite survival elements. Forget micromanaging eating, drinking, sleeping, wearing 10 outfits to control body temp....Blue Isle takes the micromanagement out so you can get into the action and hours of fun!

Building: Build your castle anyway you like with a intuitive building system with many different types of structure pieces and decorations. This is probably one of the best building mechanics in any game that uses it! Hands down, easy to use and fast to build with a system that cuts out the tedious work of actually crafting the pieces, then having to lay them down....Youll only need to gather the materials in your inventiory and hit B and your building the base you want!

Gathering Materials: Once you hit level 10 you have the option to acquire the gathering spell....dont feel like wacking on a tree all day for a couple of logs? Stand at a good distance and gather that lumber with 1 click of a mouse button! Easy!

Crafting: One of the better crafting mechanics that allows for queued up crafting and getting that XP while you do something else! Along with items that give Magic Propertyy can help obtain Rare and Epic gears and weapons! Theres a lot to craft in Citadel!

Taming: Tired of spending 5 hours to tame a pet only to have to spend countless hours harvesting food to keep it alive? Not gonna happen here! Take down that beast with a few mintues of taming and youre a instant beast master! Hunger? Not when you fill their belly with magical scrolls that are easy to craft and add hours and weeks into keeping that beast tamed as long as you need them! Easy!

Skills: A wide selesction of powerful skills at your fingertips. Keeps you at the top of the food chain whenever you venture into the deep dark landscape teaming with dangerous lifeforms!
Dont want to spec into just one type of weapon or skill? NP! Earn the XP and spec into anyhting you want and be a master of all! Or use the respec potion and give other weapons and skills a try! The choice is yours!

Dungeons, Bosses, Hidden places to find and conguer! You are in control of your destiny in Ignus and there shall be no one to hold your hand and tell you what to do! The choices are all yours!! What are you waiting for young mage? Get in there and fulfill your destiny now!!

[Zanktus]

PRO
- A good mixture of Skyrim, Survival (like Rust, Ark) and Harry Potter.
- You can freely build whatever you want.
- Good progression system for you character (you can increase stats and learn crafting stuff, spells and other).
- Taming (up to 4 creatures) with mounting them and leveling.
- Active developers, patches are arriving on weekly basis and it seems like they are listening (mostly). You can even follow their trello board.
- You get experience for literally everything: Hunting, crafting, gathering, exploring and so on. It is very rewarding.
- Talking about exploring, the world is very beautiful and it makes a lot fun to explore caves, mountains and whatever. The view distance is also one of the biggest I've seem so far in a open world RPG. You often say to yourself "wow what is this??" while you get eaten by a big Balrog walking around burning.
- Group play with experience share and building rights. Good for coop play, I had tons of funny times playing with friends.


CON
- Low playerbase, if you have a friend it makes a lot fun, but playing solo is boring.
- Bugs. Well it is in early access, so bugs are a given. So far I haven't encountered game breaking bugs, just a few minor ones.
- Endcontent is kinda limited for now. After reaching max level and exploring the complete map, it is kinda boring. So take your time and don't rush things.
- Just a few spells so far. You have a lot items for building and crafting, but just a few spells to be a fleshed out mage. The spells so far are good, but a mage needs a lot more.

Seriously this game is gorgeous and makes so much fun. Yes it has issues and bugs which sometimes are a letdown. And it misses features needed for endgame gameplay. But you like sandbox games which includes the world and atmosphere like Skyrim did, this is your game.
Servers are kinda dead right now, so pick up a friend or two and dive into the world.