I'm seeing a lot of reviews referring to the timer in the game that initially scared me off from buying it while it was on this sale. After doing some research through Steam's discussions and in other places I decided to take the risk and look into it and at least as far as I've managed to play (a few hours, maybe 5 days ingame) there has not been a single timer. The game beyond that is a mixed bag, though; and one I find myself liking overall. A couple of thoughts, in no particular order: -The UI is a bit clunky. I have seen that they are planning some revisions on the dialogue system that look more appropriate and I hope this polish extends to inventory management. --Inventory capacities are small to encourage you bringing things you need with you, but setting up storage and managing these things is a hassle. There are no shortcuts like CTRL click to quickly drop or move a stack to the storage container. Additionally there is no feedback when you're changing the quick item slot that an item goes into, but this is something that you can get used to prety quick after a moment of fumbling. -The game is absolutely gorgeous and atmospheric. Sound and visual design are top-notch. The temp voices are like you've suddenly started listening to the parents from Peanuts, but that IS temporary so whatever. The VA that IS there (in Russian anyhow) is enjoyable even though I don't speak the language. There's a lot of gorgeous particle effects and solid visual design in the game. -Combat is clunky. I like that you can't shoot from the hip, but the melee attack is largely useless and anything less than a headshot feels like wasted ammo. The Chernobylite ghost guys take an obscene amount of bullets if they're not shot in the head and the soldiers fared similarly. This may be a hard difficulty only thing. -Scarcity of resources is weird. I'm playing on hard mode for both difficulties, and find that I have too much ammo, too little of anything else. Is good, not great. Yet.
