A lot of reviewers seem to think the game was too difficult or too vague with its mechanics. Frankly I have no idea what these people are talking about. Its very easy to get a grasp on all the mechanics and systems. The game is also easy as hell. its kind of challenging in the beginning when you have few supplies, putting you in bad and stressful situations, which is what you want from a survival game. But quickly you start to gather an excess amount of supplies, you always have everything you need. if you get all the backpack upgrades and raft inventory upgrades (neither of which are expensive to make) you can hold even more supplies, ensuring you always have what you need in a SURVIVAL game. The game has a rain system, its bad to be out in the rain so you should seek shelter once the storm comes. this creates some neat moments when a storm arrives and you quickly have to get back on the raft and search for an island that has some shelter. but you can get an upgrade which is very cheap to make that puts a tent on your raft, meaning that you always have shelter all the time whenever you need it. The rain literally stops being a threat! and resting barley eats into your hunger and thirst, and I mean barley. but it restores tons of your exhaustion meter, there is literally no point to exhaustion once you get the raft shelter! I realize I have been horrifically negative, but I do like this game. it looks wonderful, decent music, and while the gameplay wasn't challenging it was still somewhat enjoyable. I recommend it if its on sale.
