This game brings me so much joy. I love that you are allowed to adjust the settings to your liking to make the game easier and more enjoyable to match your personal play style. Tbf I did not change much, just set stamina to unlimited. It's so pretty, so peaceful... the right balance between challenging and relaxing. And I have hardly ever been so happy and excited about finding loot in a game. You find these little carts and abandoned camps and you have to really look for what's lying around and because the game is so grindy (especially at the beginning) when you find a bronze tool you are like "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ THAT'S SO COOL". As you watch your village grow and change through the seasons suddenly ingame years have passed and time flies by as you're having fun....
I also think the gameplay is pretty balanced at this stage in terms of game progression. Sure, it still is a grindy game but the progress and milestones do feel rewarding and I like that you can still unlock things realtively late into the game. I hope the developers will keep adding content as there are loads of things I'd like to see in this game in the future.
Also - this is a small thing, I guess - but I'd still love to see it: Please let me play a woman in the SP campaign too. And then whatever kid pops out can be my legacy :D I love that you can play a woman in the COOP mode - please let me be one in SP, too.