TL;DR: Not worth the price at the moment, but they're making progress. Check the reviews in 6-24 months.

This is a mixed review. There's much fun to be had, but it's still too early. The moment-to-moment gameplay feels a lot like Subnautica, and I feel TLC isn't doing enough to push the genre forward. They've added construction on a boat, and a different story, but you will continue to get frustrated by: never having enough storage or inventory capacity, every interaction requiring you to wait 2-3 seconds for it to complete, annoying gating in the tech tree, not being able to use the fun weapons because their ammo uses nonrenewable resources, etc.

I wouldn't be so negative if it weren't already at Subnautica pricing with a statement saying they're considering raising it as it develops. It's currently less game than Subnautica and on track to match it in a couple years. They should aspire greater and innovate more on gameplay if they want to charge more, especially while the game's buggy like this.

TL;DR: Not worth the price at the moment, but they're making progress. Check the reviews in 6-24 months. This is a mixed review. There's much fun to be had, but it's still too early. The moment-to-moment gameplay feels a lot like Subnautica, and I feel TLC isn't doing enough to push the genre forward. They've added construction on a boat, and a different story, but you will continue to get frustrated by: never having enough storage or inventory capacity, every interaction requiring you to wait 2-3 seconds for it to complete, annoying gating in the tech tree, not being able to use the fun weapons because their ammo uses nonrenewable resources, etc. I wouldn't be so negative if it weren't already at Subnautica pricing with a statement saying they're considering raising it as it develops. It's currently less game than Subnautica and on track to match it in a couple years. They should aspire greater and innovate more on gameplay if they want to charge more, especially while the game's buggy like this.