This is a "hope the RNG favors you game". Now, I said, "it's not a survival game", I mean it. In the beginning, before you know what you're doing, when you're stumbling around, constantly restarting after dying every 2-3 in-game days, it's all about survival. But once you know where the two main 'civilization' points are, it's a 'bee-line to one of those cities and live there while scavenging nearby ruins and to buy better equipment" game. The game is all about scavenging, avoiding dangers, and carefully exploring. If it didn't have permadeath, or if you know one of the small handful of ways to undue the permadeath, the game becomes enjoyable. In that ase I'd give it a 4 star rating, it's still nto a survival game, but without permadeath it's a fun game and I hear it's got a plot worth trying to find and experience. With permadeath? It's just "pray the RNG doesn't end your run" before you can get anything done and force a restart.
