Craft The World - Dig with Friends

... and a miss. They tried, really, really tried, to make players happy with a reasonable multiplayer experience but missed the mark again. It is better than the original MP mess but not by much. Once again they have added gimmicks instead of simply allowing you to "dig with friends". The base is now there, you can join a seemingly regular game with multiple folks. However as of the first monster wave, they just keep coming, wave after wave, no end. About ever five minutes. So, you get about an hour of what you want, then it devolves into a what amounts to a poor mans RTS. The infuriating part is folks used to counter complaints about the Biome system with "its difficult to code" etc. Well, its all there now, they simply had to force you into this "survival" mode for reasons unknown. And it could be fixed with the greatest of ease and allow people to toggle it on and off. I get that it would upset the balance of the game have double the dwaves, but for gods sake at least make it a choice. And there is no workable solution in creative mode. Spawn cubes are not remotely the same thing. Simply allow players to enter the campaign mode with other players Its all there now, just allow the survival toggle). Done and done. Unreal my level of disappointment with this release. I gave it two stars since the other little changes they added were great. Stackable beds, new monster models, etc. But since this is clearly a MP release and was an utter failure at it, I can go no further despite loving this game.

Nowadays we definitely know the network service game depends could be used for DRM purposes. But, also, service dependence means there will be no network play when (not if but when) service will be shut down... Not really good approach for "good old games" - there're many good old games with dead multiplayer, and looks like we've got another one. My personal position - won't buy this DLC (even with 100% discount) until the situation fixed (it lacks just one field for IP address), but surely buy it for full price after that (to show support). It's not Steam, it's GOG.

My kids were all excited about getting to play together with Dad on a world so with the sale we got each person their own copy of the game, plus dig with friends and other DLC. We all tried hosting, and as soon as someone else tries to join the game freezes and crashes. VERY buggy and unusable in it's current state sadly. Out money and mending broken kid hearts now.

Even tho I am using GOG Galaxy, this game mode is broken and it won't start at all, It is a money grab. And there's no information available online on how to make it work.