Don't buy this game

[Luminary]

OK... I am going to get lit up for this post. (how dare I express an opinion!) But I don't think new comers should buy the game, it's too frustrating.

After almost 2 hours I have started 5 new easy games and I can't progress at all. I can't build basic survival items without rope, I can't stop the shark from eating my raft without rope and I can't seem to find rope. It seems like the only way I could progress is to get lucky enough to get enough rope within the first 10 min of the game. I don't know why devs don't setup players with enough goods for them to survive the first hour of the game, so people can learn how to play the game... I play easy mode to learn the game. My biggest regret is that they already got my money.

[Luminary]

Amazing... I read other game dicussions , people say many things for different reasons on the steam forums... all valid, as the purpose of a forum is to have an open dialog. But one thing that almost always happens, angry dismissive responses; your a troll, your an idiot etc. It would be funny if it wasn't so depressing

Some people had reasonable responses, thank you I will consider that before I post something like this again.

For the rest of you, there are probably 10 people who read a post without responding to every one person who does. There were probabaly lots of people who didn't like this game. You don't represent anyone but yourselfs.... take it easy.

And I think you are missing the point, I could have spent more time figuring out the game, I could have come onto the forums to ask for help (and did as the previous post points out.) But i don't want to work that hard, i didn't think the game was worth that level of effort.

And think like a business for a moment, if any business anywhere wants money from people, it should take this kind of feedback. Again a 3 to 5 minute in game tutorial would have made me a happy customer.

But please, keep teling me I am a moron who just doesn't get it.

[Operation40]

i've suggested it before, but an early game quest line could help guide players to basic survival.. the crafting menu is a bit overwhelming at first when you're trying to loot and got the shark attacking and trying to figure out what you should be building first.. there's no time to leasurely browse each item's description in each category to even know that a rope is craft-able...

though I don't know if that would've helped the OP or not.. but i'd figure if the quest was like, "gather 2 leaves, craft a rope".. it would maybe help.. maybe..

[Blerch]

Originally posted by Luminary:

Amazing... I read other game dicussions , people say many things for different reasons on the steam forums... all valid, as the purpose of a forum is to have an open dialog. But one thing that almost always happens, angry dismissive responses; your a troll, your an idiot etc. It would be funny if it wasn't so depressing

Some people had reasonable responses, thank you I will consider that before I post something like this again.

For the rest of you, there are probably 10 people who read a post without responding to every one person who does. There were probabaly lots of people who didn't like this game. You don't represent anyone but yourselfs.... take it easy.

And I think you are missing the point, I could have spent more time figuring out the game, I could have come onto the forums to ask for help (and did as the previous post points out.) But i don't want to work that hard, i didn't think the game was worth that level of effort.

And think like a business for a moment, if any business anywhere wants money from people, it should take this kind of feedback. Again a 3 to 5 minute in game tutorial would have made me a happy customer.

But please, keep teling me I am a moron who just doesn't get it.

You keep talking about this as a business. Really, its a simple game mechanic you didnt understand. I suggest not buying a game you havent seen played before if you go straight to blaming the game for not being able to learn.

Also, if a business has a customer who clearly doesnt understand the product, they dont issue a refund. A sandwich is a sandwich whether someones thinks its a sandwich or not. Nothing was wrong with the sandwich, you just didnt know how to eat it.

[Operation40]

i don't understand all the hostilaty.. i don't agree with the OP's language, but I see thru it.. I see a new player having some trouble.

I think the game could do more to help explain what to do at the beginning (how many of us knew how to use the reserach table?) I may not agree with the OP's reaction, but that's not going to cause me to have an overly hostile reaction.. I just don't get it.

also, the struggle is real, only not rope, but scrap. new game last night I swear I looted 10 barrels before a single scrap. a quest line could give small rewards (like scrap) to smooth out some of that RNG

[warmer]

It is pretty obvious to me that the OP posted without looking at any wiki sources for crafting. The game is really simple and straight forward. I haven't bought the game yet, because I played the alpha in itch.io and I felt it was far to easy. Once more content is added I will buy this, but currently the game isn't nearly challenging enough once you know how the crafting system works.

[Willsy]

Just LOL!

[Teckno]

I can see a simple 3 minute tutorial helping some people. Everyone is different, not everyone can adapt and learn new games as others. Some people are really good at video games, some people just need a little help to get started.

That being said. You shouldn't have "Don't buy this game" in your title because you were unable to learn a game that would be overall to most people, simple. You are instigating others to come in here to start ♥♥♥♥ with that type of title. Its wrong to have that title with your type of argument behind it, the argument doesn't support it. You should rename it to "Tutorial for Begginers Please?" Or something along those lines. Than everyone can come together and give their opinion if the game needs a tutorial or not. The argument would be surrounded by, Just because you believe there should be a tutorial doesn't mean the game should have one. And. Just because you believe there shouldn't be a turorial doesn't mean the game shouldn't have one.

Also. Your telling people to not buy this game because it doesn't have a tutorial, plus complaining about dying in the game. What did you expect to happen when you did that. So you acting all surprise about the reasponses your getting itsn't helping anything.

Luminary, if you actually took the time to read what I had to say. I'm sorry if I came out a bit harsh, but this is my honest opinion in reasponse to what you had to say. Your free to try to change my point of view, I have an open mind, at least I try to keep one.

In my own opinion. I feel this game is pretty simple and easy to learn, I enjoy playing it when I do. I'll do my best to not forget about the game when I get bored of it, I'm sure more things will be added over time.

[Anonymous Helper]

Ok, that's quite enough of this. I'm closing this topic to avoid further escalation. And people, please, try to be more civil with your responses in the future.