Recent reviews by D40LF

I rarely ever leave reviews for games, but after some recent news from the development team, I feel the need to leave my feedback. This game is, overall, a good game. The concept is cool, and it's a lot of fun for anyone who enjoys playing around with big machines, constructing things, etc. I have had many hours of enjoyment from the co-op mode with friends, but there are a lot of issues with this game.

A lot of issues seem to stem from co-op desync, at least in my experience. You lift items with the crane and it often sends them under the map or flying off across it. You'll be trying to dig a hole but your friends cannot because they don't see the same amount of dirt as you so at best they cannot help you progress or at worst their vehicles roll over/take off. More desync issues happen during the building process that make you unable to progress with the project. Usually, restarting the game fixes the issue. But these issues have been there since day 1 and now will never be addressed.

A recent announcement was made that no further updates will be made for the game. There would've been at least two more years of content here but the developers chose to abandon the game instead. This also means that none of the bugs I've mentioned here along nor the ones stared in many others reviews left here. This is a disappointing move made by the developers here. I am leaving a negative review because this decision is following a trend I am seeing far too often in the gaming industry of releasing half-finished games, and then abandoning them once they've collected enough money. If another game is to be released in this series, I will not be purchasing it. For me, this move has ruined your reputation and there is nothing to say that you won't do it again in a few years.

The complete silence from the team in response to comments left by others on their most recent announcement only serves to cement my opinion. It is a shame that we will not see any new content for this game, but to call this half-baked game which is loaded with bugs 'finished' is despicable.