Thinking about buying it does it worth it?

[Vistoraso]

I'm thinking about buying it but I'm worried about the early access status, I've bought several games like this before and it tends to lack a lot of development, so I was wondering what is the real status?

I loved grounded, enough to play it several times, but I need something different, you can't just live off one game.

[Drudackus]

It would take a very rare wordsmith to convey a full picture of the experience of playing this game, because much of what it offers is experienced in its feel. I highly recommend looking at a few videos on youtube, or whatever similar platform your prefer.

The game includes survival, crafting and building elements, along with exploration and combat. There is an array of settings to moderate various challenges to your taste. For me, the most influential aspect is the game's ability it evoke the wonders of childhood exploring a garden and all the creatures that live there.

[Humpenstilzchen]

I have bought this game right when it went into early access on steam and I can say the devs are very dedicated.

They have added alot of things in all this time and polished quite some rough edges.

It´s still a small game and not a game that will entertain you forever but it´s lovely and you can feel the love the devs put into it but you also feel that the dev team is small and that they are not as experienced as devs from big developments studios but they are very active, very dedicated, very nice, they always consider feedback and often times respond directly to it and always in a nice positive tone even if it is negative feedback.

I would say it is worth it and the devs deserve to be supported. I have bough many many early access titles and many of them disappointed me but I have a good feeling on this one.

[Vistoraso]

Already purchased, 0 regrets

[Stephen]

This game is not nearly as good as grounded, but if you love grounded and are looking for something with a similar theme, and you're okay with this being not as good of a game then I say go for it.

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by SMASH:

This game is not nearly as good as grounded, but if you love grounded and are looking for something with a similar theme, and you're okay with this being not as good of a game then I say go for it.

It´s not a fair comparison tbh. Grounded is a finished game since Sept 2022 and got quite a few post launch updates that added more content and polish and even now its mp is barely working for a lot of people due to multiple login and random disconnect bugs of that XBox Server crap that never got really fixed.

Grounded was pretty barebones as well during development and given that it is developed by an industry veteran like Obsidian entertainment and even backed by Microsoft it is a shame they did not fix the immense amount of clipping issues that make arrows, spears and bugs gltich into other assets like rocks or the ground itself.

I could list many more issues in grounded that get entirely ignored by Obsidian which doesn´t make them look good in my books but I don´t want to go offtopic too much here.

Give smalland some time, it is coming together quite nicely considering it´s made by indie devs and they at least listen to their customers.

[✰♡ Shotgun Panda ♡✰]

The only thing I can add is I actually had zero interest in playing when my husband suggested it Monday. I've played all kinds of survival games, so I said screw it and gave it a shot. I actually ended up liking it more than I thought, and as the builder, the building pieces are beautiful.

Only sad because I just hit the last content wall in the new area and have nothing left to do. T_T

[Maelstrom]

I'd put on the same tier as Subnautica - it's great at what it does but the static map ensures this is a 40-100 hour game, not a thousand hour game like Valheim or No Man's Sky.

Also it's a survival game so expect to restart a few times while you figure things out, especially if you haven't played these kinds of games before.