Probably the most boring survival game I have played

[EnStorEn]

No depth to anything. Survival mechanics don't matter much since both food, water and shark becomes non-issues ten minutes into the game. Gameplay loop is probably the most uninspired I have seen.

[Sarcast]

I think you've mistaken the discussion board for the Steam review section.

[Kara]

Originally posted by BlackMuckla:

No depth to anything. Survival mechanics don't matter much since both food, water and shark becomes non-issues ten minutes into the game. Gameplay loop is probably the most uninspired I have seen.

If you only played 10min then you don't know there are more enemies than the shark. After you play longer you will know the shark isn't nonissue the moment you leave your raft to explore an island. He will likely bite away the foundation holding your anchor. Just because this isn't a hard survival game like The Lone Dark doesn't mean it is poorly made. You got this game on sale AND there is new content currently. You don't have much room to complain...

[Rio]

Indeed. I don't believe you've given it a fair chance.

[steveman0]

I can understand the OPs perspective. As far as depth of gameplay, it's still lacking. The construction elements are fine in some creative sense but lack gameplay depth. The devs are making good story progress but the basic gameplay elements are still quite shallow and in need of greater variety to keep things interesting.

[Rio]

I expect nothing less from you.

[Grezko]

Originally posted by steveman0:

I can understand the OPs perspective. As far as depth of gameplay, it's still lacking. The construction elements are fine in some creative sense but lack gameplay depth. The devs are making good story progress but the basic gameplay elements are still quite shallow and in need of greater variety to keep things interesting.

Here you are, I was wondering how much time you'd need in order to start dumping on the new update.

Out of pure curiosity - have you even tried the new update ?

[steveman0]

Originally posted by Grezko:

Originally posted by steveman0:

I can understand the OPs perspective. As far as depth of gameplay, it's still lacking. The construction elements are fine in some creative sense but lack gameplay depth. The devs are making good story progress but the basic gameplay elements are still quite shallow and in need of greater variety to keep things interesting.

Here you are, I was wondering how much time you'd need in order to start dumping on the new update.

Out of pure curiosity - have you even tried the new update ?

Honestly no. I'm very underwhelmed by the patch notes and what I've seen so far from the additional feedback others have given. It's very disappointing given the amount of time they've spent on it. Like the OP, I've found the early gameplay loop very simplistic and, though they've done a lot to extend the relatively short progression path to date, the new update doesn't address the core issues with lack of basic content.

I bought into EA because I saw what appeared to be a very solid engine with a reasonably multiplayer foundation on the expectation that the devs were positioned well to begin injecting notable gameplay content to fill out the core gameplay loop. Unfortunately, that still hasn't really happened. There's a lot that could be done to liven up basic life on the raft so that it isn't just a grind. I've got a lot of other games that I've yet to complete that can give me a complete experience so I've got little reason to burn out on this for a disappointing experience when I can instead wait for them to finish.

I think much of it just comes from burn out on EA in general. Too many devs appear to be jumping into it well before they're really ready. I thought this team was different but given the time it takes them to get new content out I can only assume there's a ton of work under the hood that they've still got to work out that's holding them back.

[Grezko]

Criticizing without having even tried it - can't say i am surprised.

[steveman0]

Originally posted by Grezko:

Criticizing without having even tried it - can't say i am surprised.

I have played the game and the parts of it that bored me have not been addressed with this update. The new story bits look fine but I play games for the gameplay and that hasn't notably changed. Verly little has been done to add much in the way of gameplay depth. The core loop is still relatively dry.

The extension of the story was certainly needed as the end came quite quickly but I find a long drawn out meh of an experience just to fill time isn't as important as the individual moments themselves being filled with meaningful choices. A lot more can be done to liven up the discoveries when sailing about as well as deepening the ways in which you go about addressing your basic necessities. Right now it's fairly linear and repetitive.

I don't really have a good reason to slog through some grind just to see story bits that I can experience when the game is more fleshed out. When there is a bit more variety of play to make that progression a bit more fresh then I'll check it out. I was hopeful that with so much time in development since the last patch they'd have a few dozen new early game features/items/crafting systems to liven things up but there were no such surprises.

[V]

shoo...back under your bridge! you know...there are other survival games you might prefer instead of trashing one some of us actually enjoy.

[Makani]

Originally posted by BlackMuckla:

No depth to anything. Survival mechanics don't matter much since both food, water and shark becomes non-issues ten minutes into the game. Gameplay loop is probably the most uninspired I have seen.

good bye

[Rio]

Originally posted by steveman0:

whining

Then stay quiet until the game is finished, play it, then give us your feedback.Until then, you're literally just being someone who rains on the parade because you personally don't like the band leaders.

[Grezko]

Originally posted by steveman0:

Broken record plays music

Enjoy life man, don't be so negative.

[deejK]

Shark ate up my raft while I was exploring an island and I can't create a new raft, love it, lol.

[Blaze1961]

To each their own........I really enjoy this simple game.