Recent reviews by dubspool

its ok

The combat is super streamlined, possibly to enhance the horror experience, but I find it to be extremely annoying. It's nearly impossible to kill anything early-game on normal or hard difficulty.

Stranded Deep is a fun game, don't get me wrong, but I personally think it has a LOT of room for improvment. First, let's start with the good stuff. I think the game has come a long way from its original launch, with many optimization improvments, graphics, gameplay additions and tweaks, and much, much more.
Even though this game has many new and extensive randomized worlds to explore, I feel like it gets monotonous fairly quickly. Once you have established a base of operations and a sustainable food supply, exploring doesn't really seem necessary. I have been down this path in the game several times, where I fear going out too far and losing track of where I am, therefor losing my base.
The same thing can be said about exploring. The more adventurous you feel, the less obliged you are about building a base you have to keep going back to to store supplies. I feel like this is somewhat what the developers intended, encouraging you to explore and see everything there is to see, but at the same time I feel that it is also something that defeats the point of building structures and settling on an island permanently.
Thank you for reading my review on Stranded Deep, and please, please don't feel like my opinion is the word of all and not pick up this game. It is a very fine survival game, and I feel like the first 30 minutes are the funnest. Thanks! :)