Recent reviews by Liquidthex

Wickedly addictive, very enjoyable easy going game

It works good but I really hate that it counts towards hours played as a video game.
It's not a video game, it's an app, and it should be classified as such on steam. I own other software on steam such as DisplayFusion Pro and it does not count towards game hours played.
I've since purchased it a second time on the microsoft store just so that I can launch it without continuing to count up hours.
Soon it would be my top played game on my profile, it's already #2.
I regret not purchasing it elsewhere to begin with.

Please switch this to "Application" instead of Game. It's not a game, and it shouldn't count toward games played.
I'll update my review once this critical yet simple update is made.

This game has a great aesthetic that is ruined by whatever sadist balanced the gameplay.
The juggle of food+water+shark very quickly becomes pure tedium. It's not difficult, it's just busy work; You can set your watch to the shark attacks they're just constant.
You lose all your inventory when you die unless a teammate revives you. What kind of crap is that? Quality single player experience, there.
The game auto saves when you die, only 1 save, you can not have a backup save game because we wouldn't want you to enjoy your experience, no you're in our torture machine and you will take it.
Your tools are not repairable, you just have to continually rebuild them, and they don't last long. And they're expensive if you want ones that aren't trash.
Growing does not yield a net positive in seeds (at least for palm trees), which is like, not how growing things works.. in general...
Let's see here.. what else..
The weather is purely visual; Even though the entire deck of the raft can be underwater it doesn't matter your fires keep going and your boxes are fine, storms are nothing but a slight annoyance.
There is no reason to actually build any more of a raft than just a platform to put down a few crafting items, i.e. there's no reason to build a roof over your head or any kind of actual shelter.
The game will stick you with busy work collecting random sea junk for hours before you can even BEGIN the story. Basically just be prepared to just be building a raft to survive on for hours before you have any clue of any direction in the game.
There's no real rewards; Rare loot involves things like a shoe you can place on your raft, and a light source that doesn't produce light.

In the end I just wanted a nice casual Raft experience but this is a pure torture simulator.
I'm a regular Rust player. I know torture. This is torture.

Very very grind-y.
I highly suggest installing mods that allow you to sprint & increase crafting speed.
I was about 8 hours in when I decided to do that and I STILL took 60 hours to complete the game WITH mods.
It's WAY WAY **WAY** too grind-y
But that being said?
The art: Absolutely fantastic A+++++ +
The characters: Hilarious and adorable
The story: Compelling and interesting
The atmosphere: Very immersive & enjoyable

Totally enjoyed this game.

This is an absolutely fantastic game.
For people who are really into factory-style games (factorio, space engineers, etc) this is not a let down like some others (satisfactory, astroneers).
10/10 would recommend very excited for the future of this game

As of 7/31/2020 I think the game needs a lot more development work (enemies would be nice, but highest priority i think should be fixing multiplayer desync issues)
However, it is a huge amount of fun and is absolutely worth the $$
This game is exactly what I expected it would be and more, very very satisfied, and I have high hopes for the future!

Really sad that they decided to chop parts of the game out and sell them as DLC. The game feels incomplete without them.

Super fun online, just wish it had local co-op !

Dungeon Keeper was one of my favorite games, and this is an excellent spiritual successor.
It is not perfect, what re-creation ever is? But it is absolutely very well done and fun to play.
It does not have the same feel as the original, nothing will, but it was a very enjoyable experience.
It is priced very well even when it's not on sale as it is a 20-hour experience, not a 40 hour.

I thought I was getting into a nice EcoSim but it turned out to be a horrible RTS game disgusted as Ecosim :(
Sadness. I wish I could get a refund for this.