After playing this game for 35 hours i can say with confidence that although the game has alot of potential, i cannot bring myself to actually recommend it especially now that its out of early access. Gameplay inconsistencies, plotholes, scaling and balancing issues, general worldbuilding is all rife with issues. In my playthrough i played with the setting that adapts your enemies to how far you've come in the game, i believe this was a mistake however i really dislike that gaming trope where enemies get harder or easer to beat based on the region you find yourself in as it is extremely immersion-breaking for me, however the adaptive mode seems to be done so absolutely god-awful that any sense of progression is thrown out the window once you get powerful enough. If you want a hardcore game that sets you in an engaging world as a mercenary band go play Battle brothers.

After playing this game for 35 hours i can say with confidence that although the game has alot of potential, i cannot bring myself to actually recommend it especially now that its out of early access. Gameplay inconsistencies, plotholes, scaling and balancing issues, general worldbuilding is all rife with issues. In my playthrough i played with the setting that adapts your enemies to how far you've come in the game, i believe this was a mistake however i really dislike that gaming trope where enemies get harder or easer to beat based on the region you find yourself in as it is extremely immersion-breaking for me, however the adaptive mode seems to be done so absolutely god-awful that any sense of progression is thrown out the window once you get powerful enough. If you want a hardcore game that sets you in an engaging world as a mercenary band go play Battle brothers.