The final release update for this game is a joke. It is frankly insulting they raised the price on the game after it.
The faction rework was hyped up alot but ended up being just a few more missions and items for the factions. The 2 side factions (Church of the Husk and the clowns) don't even get their own outposts which could have been cool if the devs put in some effort, making them fit the theme. Instead they chose to give them little ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ enclaves in stations which frankly makes no lore sense, lore aside it's just extremely lazy and feels like they just wanted to rush the update out to get more money out of people. The new missions for the factions as well are a joke. There is not much new to them and in general the update almost doesnt add anything new mission wise. it's all just versions of the older stuff.
The Separatist faction is a joke as well, when we were visitin their outpost the first time we expected it to look all cool and special. YOU GENUINLY CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE AFTER PLAYING A BIT, they all look the same, it's absolutely shameful, they didn't put in any heart or effort to make things look interesting
If you wanna progress either the clown or the husk quest chains you get screwed because you gotta pray the outposts you visit have the right enclave that you want which is incredibly frustrating. It would be genuinly so convenient if the outposts were marked on the map with whatever enclave they have, but QoL stuff is a mystery to the devs.
Lastly the gameplay loop is literally the same, they didnt fix it one bit. In area 3-5 the spawn rates for the enemies are just unreasonable. Wow i'm sure it'd be so fun if out of nowhere like 5 normal hammerheads spawned and hit us without any chance of stealthily dodging and avoiding them (it's hilarious to me still that normal hammerheads are more dangerous than golden ones since they ignore being shot and choose to just hit you). Or if you are swimming through and infront of you there is just a hammerhead matriarch that instantly spots you and annihilates half the sub, have fun spending 5-10 mins repairing! No threat to your mission or life or anything, just a waste of your time mostly.
They couldn't even be bothered to change how the AI works for any creatures for variety or anything, it's all just ''oh giant metal box, time to RAM IT'', only difference being spinelings, which just shoot you with heat seeking missiles which is just so fun. I have not gotten to see the ending just yet, my crew are at zone 5 but frankly whatever it is its not worth it because the current game is just so lazy and the basics are still messed up.

Please do not buy this game until they put in atleast some effort in to the sub factions and add atleast some variety to the missions, the devs clearly do not care and wanted to rush out the update. Then there is side stuff that you would only know if you were around the forums and such.
the devs wanted to completely ruin the talent system for the majority of the playerbase by not letting you pick like half of them, screwing over crews of 2-6 players (aka the ideal experience). Luckily the community kept telling them how awful these changes would be, so they reverted them and luckily a disaster was averted. I genuinly look forward to what other awful ideas pop up in the development in this game. There is so many features the average player could think of that would be better, more interesting and creative than what the devs come up with, while the devs go for the laziest most boring option possible. I am genuinly sorry for you if you wanna kill an abyss creature and think it'll drop something even SLIGHTLY interesting after they said they added cool drops to them.

The final release update for this game is a joke. It is frankly insulting they raised the price on the game after it. The faction rework was hyped up alot but ended up being just a few more missions and items for the factions. The 2 side factions (Church of the Husk and the clowns) don't even get their own outposts which could have been cool if the devs put in some effort, making them fit the theme. Instead they chose to give them little shittty enclaves in stations which frankly makes no lore sense, lore aside it's just extremely lazy and feels like they just wanted to rush the update out to get more money out of people. The new missions for the factions as well are a joke. There is not much new to them and in general the update almost doesnt add anything new mission wise. it's all just versions of the older stuff. The Separatist faction is a joke as well, when we were visitin their outpost the first time we expected it to look all cool and special. YOU GENUINLY CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE AFTER PLAYING A BIT, they all look the same, it's absolutely shameful, they didn't put in any heart or effort to make things look interesting If you wanna progress either the clown or the husk quest chains you get screwed because you gotta pray the outposts you visit have the right enclave that you want which is incredibly frustrating. It would be genuinly so convenient if the outposts were marked on the map with whatever enclave they have, but QoL stuff is a mystery to the devs. Lastly the gameplay loop is literally the same, they didnt fix it one bit. In area 3-5 the spawn rates for the enemies are just unreasonable. Wow i'm sure it'd be so fun if out of nowhere like 5 normal hammerheads spawned and hit us without any chance of stealthily dodging and avoiding them (it's hilarious to me still that normal hammerheads are more dangerous than golden ones since they ignore being shot and choose to just hit you). Or if you are swimming through and infront of you there is just a hammerhead matriarch that instantly spots you and annihilates half the sub, have fun spending 5-10 mins repairing! No threat to your mission or life or anything, just a waste of your time mostly. They couldn't even be bothered to change how the AI works for any creatures for variety or anything, it's all just ''oh giant metal box, time to RAM IT'', only difference being spinelings, which just shoot you with heat seeking missiles which is just so fun. I have not gotten to see the ending just yet, my crew are at zone 5 but frankly whatever it is its not worth it because the current game is just so lazy and the basics are still messed up. Please do not buy this game until they put in atleast some effort in to the sub factions and add atleast some variety to the missions, the devs clearly do not care and wanted to rush out the update. Then there is side stuff that you would only know if you were around the forums and such. the devs wanted to completely ruin the talent system for the majority of the playerbase by not letting you pick like half of them, screwing over crews of 2-6 players (aka the ideal experience). Luckily the community kept telling them how awful these changes would be, so they reverted them and luckily a disaster was averted. I genuinly look forward to what other awful ideas pop up in the development in this game. There is so many features the average player could think of that would be better, more interesting and creative than what the devs come up with, while the devs go for the laziest most boring option possible. I am genuinly sorry for you if you wanna kill an abyss creature and think it'll drop something even SLIGHTLY interesting after they said they added cool drops to them.