Pine

The world is nice to look at, but practically everything else is a mess. The story and characters are boring. Granted, I stopped playing a couple hours in, but I just don't see story or characters get any better. Platforming is clunky. Combat isn't responsive enough. The faction affinity mechanic is annoying, and the donation system is broken (several times I donated stuff to a faction only to have them hate me more in return). Crafting is okay-ish, but the limited inventory makes handling of crafting resources a pain. And resources spawn only in specific places that aren't marked on the map, so you have to keep track of the locations yourself.

The most glaring bad thing is the stutter in this game, framerate drops to zero very often. It has no real graphics options , which is not helpful. It really spoils the fun factor of the game. The game itself is not bad, but please can the developers fix the stutter? I have Ryzen 5 6 core cpu, and gtx 980ti, 16 gigs ram, and it can't play without stutter, it appears to be a common issue, even on much higher spec computers than mine.

I'm really trying to enjoy PINE but the performance just gets in the way. To give some context I'm running this on an i7-8700 + RTX 2070. The gameplay and art direction are pretty solid I just wish it ran better.

rebindable but clunky controls, making mandatory platforming and combat even more frustrating. long loading times. annoying typewriter effect for text display. annoying gibberish without a separate speech volume setting. hunger, stamina and constant resource-gathering to keep them up, along with non-refilling health. hold instead of press to interact and pick stuff up. from what I've read it gets worse later with a questionable reputation system and whatnot but I threw in the towel after an hour or so. price is crazy too.

I bought it full price when it first came out. I was bored to death and the trading system was not what the original trailers advertised. I expected an advanced trading system where I could profit! Nope! no profeits, mostly loses as you lose neturality with other races just by trading to get those resources the race you want to befriend desires. Uhhh! So must waste of time trying to improve my relationships jsut to see them drop to enemies with once friendly action to another race.