Some of us hate our jobs, media, student loans and want to escape to a quiet island. Just from the time it took writing this review with the game running in the background, my fire went out from running out of wood (unrealistic) That sort of thing will kill this game from ever being excellent. The time clock runs SO fast. I mean jeez 24 hr day compressed into what 30 minutes I'm guessing? The sun exposure is clever but that takes days not minutes to be an issue. I have 4000 hours of play into Farming Simulator, a lot of that was just hanging around enjoying the fruits of my labor so to speak.

At least put in a exploration/enjoyment mode like Subnautica did so people could enjoy the game without worry about time pressure, etc. Crabs in real life really cant hurt a person easily so take away things like my health going down because a crab attacked me. Save that stuff for the Tiger sharks, jellyfish etc. It shouldn't be a chore to cook crab, make cooking fun.

Sadly the fire running out was the last straw. I really don't want to hobble (broke me leg climbing a tree) around the island to find more wood just so it can burn out in a few minutes while I read a Merry Xmas text message. I was really excited to play this and push further but I'm going to quit now in hopes someone will reply to tell me this has been updated to the game I so want it to be. What stinks is I didn't even get to go swim around the coral reefs or do anything fun yet...

Definitely worth giving them $10 even for donation on sale to further progress this game but I really hope this can become a relaxing, survival getaway rather than always work and drama. I feel rushed and doing chores and never get to sit and relax and enjoy. Just always in a hurry to go from one task to another. This game should be slowed WAY down to where the user can control the speed of time so you can explore, enjoy the campfire, sunset, etc and not always be thirsty, hungry, tired and sun burnt from barely being in the sun. I like the idea of sun exposure but you burn up way too fast.

its good and fun its like the forest without people trying to kill you and with more water to explore

I played this when it first came out years ago. It was pretty fun. I streamed it and got a few people buying it. I just tried it out now. Tutorial is useless. I got my raft stuck at 16 minutes after taking a while to figure out how to move it then realise I can't push it by walking into it but I can drag it. Went to another island to get some more sticks to make a fire, made the fire and then it disappeared and my sticks were gone. Did I say the tutorial sucks? I would avoid this with a wide birth. Raft is a far better game even if it's more arcadey.

I do have a question, why has my island had three wrecked boats, another 5 wrecked boats and two other islands have wrecked boats. Would you see all the boats and get the hint?