TL;DR*- The developers are slow to progress this game, as you can tell by how many years this game continues to be in "Early Access". Even with all the time spent, they still somehow manage to break crucial parts of the game that degrades it rather than upgrading it; namely the Performance. This game used to run like Minecraft on full graphical settings, smooth and flawless. However the latest patch have degraded its performance down to bits and playing on multiplayer servers is far from easy; Immense FPS drops causes gameplay overall to be challenging, especially when FPS drops occurs near zombies (which it often have done). I have to run the game on bare minimum in settings, since otherwise the game will end up crashing whenever I play on multiplayer servers. What is even more of a back pain, is the texture glitch that seemingly only appears in multiplayer servers you aren't hosting. This patch have upsides too ofcourse. The mass amount of various blocks, tools and equipment added allowed further variation in gameplay, which became more enjoyable overall.

*TL;DR
- The developers spent a long time patching the game, where they did a good job adding more stuff to increase variation, only to create new issues and worsening the performance.
- Pros: More prefabs, more tools and weapons, more blocks, more challenges - more variation and extended gameplay.
- Developers are too slow to progress the development of this game - lack of dedication?
- Cons: Even worse performance for A18 than in A17 (the developers must fix this ASAP), texture bugs causing extended difficulty and forces you to play with the lowest setting - not very enjoyable.

Note: I still like this game and I would very much like the devs to be more dedicated and spend less than a year to release a couple of patches. Do I reccomend this game? If you consider yourself patient enough to wait a year for an update, sure. If you want to play a game that runs smoothly and only have minor issues, then no. Overall, I would say no to this current situation.

TL;DR*- The developers are slow to progress this game, as you can tell by how many years this game continues to be in "Early Access". Even with all the time spent, they still somehow manage to break crucial parts of the game that degrades it rather than upgrading it; namely the Performance. This game used to run like Minecraft on full graphical settings, smooth and flawless. However the latest patch have degraded its performance down to bits and playing on multiplayer servers is far from easy; Immense FPS drops causes gameplay overall to be challenging, especially when FPS drops occurs near zombies (which it often have done). I have to run the game on bare minimum in settings, since otherwise the game will end up crashing whenever I play on multiplayer servers. What is even more of a back pain, is the texture glitch that seemingly only appears in multiplayer servers you aren't hosting. This patch have upsides too ofcourse. The mass amount of various blocks, tools and equipment added allowed further variation in gameplay, which became more enjoyable overall. *TL;DR - The developers spent a long time patching the game, where they did a good job adding more stuff to increase variation, only to create new issues and worsening the performance. - Pros: More prefabs, more tools and weapons, more blocks, more challenges - more variation and extended gameplay. - Developers are too slow to progress the development of this game - lack of dedication? - Cons: Even worse performance for A18 than in A17 (the developers must fix this ASAP), texture bugs causing extended difficulty and forces you to play with the lowest setting - not very enjoyable. Note: I still like this game and I would very much like the devs to be more dedicated and spend less than a year to release a couple of patches. Do I reccomend this game? If you consider yourself patient enough to wait a year for an update, sure. If you want to play a game that runs smoothly and only have minor issues, then no. Overall, I would say no to this current situation.