I'll preface this by saying that I don't regret buying the game and that I do believe most people will get some hours of entertainment out of this. More than that - I also believe the game's potential could be expanded upon if the devs feel like it (which is always a gamble).

However, using gen Z (or gen alpha - I can't keep track) terminology - it's giving early No Man's Sky.
The game grabs aspects from pokemon, survival games and colony games, but none of those aspects are really well done.

The combat is extremely repetitive, simple and boring. Combined with poor pathfinding of enemies and alies as well as early access glitches and you've got yourself a mob slayer you just slice through. (I am playing on normal, but I feel like the harder difficulty would make it longer, not more fun)

The survival aspect of dealing with the temperature and hunger is nothing more than a little inventory inconvenience.

The base management will probably end up being the most decent aspect of the game once they fix pathfinding so that your pokemon won't get stuck falling down a cliff and once the raids become more challenging.

But my main issue is the same one we all had with no man's sky. It lacks purpose.

For now I would not recomend this game. I do hope they fix the bugs, improve combat and add some purpose to the game in the form of quests or a better RPG skill system, or a sense of actually having to try to survive against the pokemon, enemies and elements, but I have my doubts.

I'll preface this by saying that I don't regret buying the game and that I do believe most people will get some hours of entertainment out of this. More than that - I also believe the game's potential could be expanded upon if the devs feel like it (which is always a gamble). However, using gen Z (or gen alpha - I can't keep track) terminology - it's giving early No Man's Sky. The game grabs aspects from pokemon, survival games and colony games, but none of those aspects are really well done. The combat is extremely repetitive, simple and boring. Combined with poor pathfinding of enemies and alies as well as early access glitches and you've got yourself a mob slayer you just slice through. (I am playing on normal, but I feel like the harder difficulty would make it longer, not more fun) The survival aspect of dealing with the temperature and hunger is nothing more than a little inventory inconvenience. The base management will probably end up being the most decent aspect of the game once they fix pathfinding so that your pokemon won't get stuck falling down a cliff and once the raids become more challenging. But my main issue is the same one we all had with no man's sky. It lacks purpose. For now I would not recomend this game. I do hope they fix the bugs, improve combat and add some purpose to the game in the form of quests or a better RPG skill system, or a sense of actually having to try to survive against the pokemon, enemies and elements, but I have my doubts.