Wow, never before has my chafing need for "unga-bunga" been scratched more by a survival-crafting game.
I'm honestly surprised this isn't more popular than a select few Youtubers giving it just 20mins of their time. First off, the game expects you to learn and figure things out on your own. There is a tutorial option but trust me when I say it's mostly just there to help you not immediately hate the game out of your own ape given confusion and it's great! It's not very often I feel so blatantly respected as the player of a game, so for Devs to expect a brain cell from me? How mind blowing in and of itself! And what makes this work is the clear amount of time and effort that went into making this game a digestible experience for a blind playthrough. EVERYTHING is there for you to become immersed as monkey.
Secondly, it's almost just a sandbox. But... So nothing is just handed to you, it's there for you to learn so now what? We as a species survived and changed by experimentation and innovation, and so will you in this game. Although this extends to more than just tools, you will need to learn to crawl before you can walk. Quite literally. And this extends to everything, from learning about various latent dangers to what a rock does. And so although unspoken, your primary "quest" is to learn how to evolve at all lest you doom yourself and tribe to stagnation.
So I'm not sure what people don't like about this game. I get that it's a little repetitive but aren't most if not all games? I mean, there has to be a gameplay loop. What I can't help but wonder is that maybe people just didn't have the patience upon it's release. They played it for a moment and just got mad when the game wasn't spoon fed. They refused to accept that they needed to adapt in order to overcome or even understand. Our ancestors, the proto-humans, did this once. And they who refused to adapt perished, while their still curious brethren made it out alive: So what kind of gamer are you?
