Played Early Access for 8 hours (Wasn't really into the game at the time, but still fun)

Now I've played 320 hours and gotten every achievement and my god has it been the best 320 hours spent in a game period.

+ Some of the best progression I've seen in a Survival game

+ Has a story with a beginning and an end, so you have something to aim towards constantly.

+ Has one of the best building systems and a fun hauling system in place, so this also makes for something to aim towards.

+ Has RPG elements, and plenty of them as expected from an Obsidian title. Stats that can be acquired through Milk Molar candies and items to get through the progression

+ A rather large open world/garden to roam in. All areas are open from the beginning pretty much, but requires better gear, otherwise yo screwed, but you can go there! (Goes back to Fallout pretty much)

+ A full underwater system and places to go there too, though short lived, it's still fun during that time.

+ Best inventory/chest management I've seen.. All Survival games I will compare to this moving forward and I HAVE. (Press N to deposit all current items to a chest that has that exact item already in it) Build structures and items from Chests within distance. (Goes for Pallets too, this is where you store hauled grass planks and weed stems)

+ 1.2 added so much great stuff from Boss improvements and new enemies like the Wasps and Wasp Queen

+ Fantastic combat system that is easy to learn and once you learn enemy attack patterns they become much easier to deal with, so it's not unfair, it's all about how YOU learn about them. (You can cheese them too, if that's your thing)

+ Potions and Cooking. Potions are simple to make, uses a base ingredient which is required and 3 ingredients that you can freely choose what to be. Be it grass fiber or pebbles.. Just as long as 3 items are used. Food is made using a variety of jerkies and other meats, but they provide long lasting boosts, which is stacked with potion effects.

+ Base defense (Once you've pissed off some bugs long enough)

+ Base defense II, these are spoilers, so I won't mention the name. But you gotta defend these points using anything at your disposal. Build defenses, walls and other things and stock up. (This provides an achievement when all are defended and some small items to aid your journey temporarily)

+ Weapon and Armor upgrading, these materials are found throughout the areas you visit, so look carefully. They are finite during the first half of the game.

+ Mutations (This is basically leveling in the game besides stat boosts through the other mentioned means) These are earned doing their respective things, such as attacking enemies with the specific weapon that the mutation improves. Or simply running out of breath over and over again etc. (Like Fallout/Oblivion skills) Initially 2 can be activated at a time, this can further be increased with the other mentioned stat boost system.

+ Dude it's just great... Buy it if you like RPG's and Survival Games.


- Farming is extremely disappointing. Even with the latest update it's slow and very expensive compared to the alt methods of acquiring those items.

- Medium is a tad too easy in my opinion.. The reason why I don't play Whoa! (Hard) is because it makes your item durability drain SO FAST! And that grind becomes tedious fast.. But that's just me. In order to avoid that, you'd have to fully upgrade your stuff, which is not possible until late game.

- Pets are awful.. Don't bother unless you play Custom Game.

- Some minor frame rate issues with a lot of light objects like torches and so on.

Played Early Access for 8 hours (Wasn't really into the game at the time, but still fun) Now I've played 320 hours and gotten every achievement and my god has it been the best 320 hours spent in a game period. + Some of the best progression I've seen in a Survival game + Has a story with a beginning and an end, so you have something to aim towards constantly. + Has one of the best building systems and a fun hauling system in place, so this also makes for something to aim towards. + Has RPG elements, and plenty of them as expected from an Obsidian title. Stats that can be acquired through [spoiler]Milk Molar candies[/spoiler] and items to get through the progression + A rather large open world/garden to roam in. All areas are open from the beginning pretty much, but requires better gear, otherwise yo screwed, but you can go there! (Goes back to Fallout pretty much) + A full underwater system and places to go there too, though short lived, it's still fun during that time. + Best inventory/chest management I've seen.. All Survival games I will compare to this moving forward and I HAVE. (Press N to deposit all current items to a chest that has that exact item already in it) Build structures and items from Chests within distance. (Goes for Pallets too, this is where you store hauled grass planks and weed stems) + 1.2 added so much great stuff from Boss improvements and new enemies like the [spoiler]Wasps and Wasp Queen[/spoiler] + Fantastic combat system that is easy to learn and once you learn enemy attack patterns they become much easier to deal with, so it's not unfair, it's all about how YOU learn about them. (You can cheese them too, if that's your thing) + Potions and Cooking. Potions are simple to make, uses a base ingredient which is required and 3 ingredients that you can freely choose what to be. Be it grass fiber or pebbles.. Just as long as 3 items are used. Food is made using a variety of jerkies and other meats, but they provide long lasting boosts, which is stacked with potion effects. + Base defense (Once you've pissed off some bugs long enough) + Base defense II, these are spoilers, so I won't mention the name. But you gotta defend these points using anything at your disposal. Build defenses, walls and other things and stock up. (This provides an achievement when all are defended and some small items to aid your journey temporarily) + Weapon and Armor upgrading, these materials are found throughout the areas you visit, so look carefully. [spoiler]They are finite during the first half of the game.[/spoiler] + Mutations (This is basically leveling in the game besides stat boosts through the other mentioned means) These are earned doing their respective things, such as attacking enemies with the specific weapon that the mutation improves. Or simply running out of breath over and over again etc. (Like Fallout/Oblivion skills) Initially 2 can be activated at a time, this can further be increased with the other mentioned stat boost system. + Dude it's just great... Buy it if you like RPG's and Survival Games. - Farming is extremely disappointing. Even with the latest update it's slow and very expensive compared to the alt methods of acquiring those items. - Medium is a tad too easy in my opinion.. The reason why I don't play Whoa! (Hard) is because it makes your item durability drain SO FAST! And that grind becomes tedious fast.. But that's just me. In order to avoid that, you'd have to fully upgrade your stuff, which is not possible until late game. - Pets are awful.. Don't bother unless you play Custom Game. - Some minor frame rate issues with a lot of light objects like torches and so on.