This is one of those games that kept getting better. I picked it up in 2016 and it was a blast and perfectly playable, and I came back to nearly every major alpha update for a fresh playthrough. The 1.0 basically fixed almost all my complaints about the game by making crafting relevant again, and making armor matter. Still could use a polishing pass, but the game is fantastic and I highly recommend it if you like survival crafters.
And yet the netcode still sucks balls, to the point where the game becomes unplayable with 3+ people unless you put the time in to make a dedicated server for it.
There were also some very baffling decisions made for 1.0, like how there is now armor with a skill point chance on level up, apparently. Not sure how that one works in practice, but it doesn't sound like a well thought-out update.
Simultaneously one of the jankiest, yet most fun games I've ever played and I've been playing it since pre-alpha. Idk how they did it but got it is so good/bad
Pass. There was a point when this game was enjoyable, but that was many updates ago. I might give it another try since I still own it but I'm not expecting much from these self destructive devs.
lol just openly admitting you haven't experienced the remotely latest... Go ahead and keep judging things on assumptions. That always works so well for people...