Recent reviews by Hath

I learned more about myself than I expected by playing this. Thank you.

If you want PvP, shoot other players. If you want PvE, don't shoot other player (under any circumstances). This allows you to have the experience catered to you. Well done, Embark.

It has absolutely been worth the wait. I'm not a JRPG kinda guy, but this game is especially fun.

They fixed the problems we were dealing with, so now I can confidently call this a good purchase

Bad optimization and awful walking-sim missions.

2026 Edit: Some of these fights are absolutely terrible. The Final Fantasy crossover fight is not balanced around all of the weapons, and it shows. I can't go in there with a Horn and actually play the game, because of the billions of too-fast-to-react-to, one shot, AOE attacks.

I really tried to give this game a chance, but they are repeatedly letting the playerbase down with their decisions (financial or gameplay). Perhaps they should talk to the fighting game team over at Street Fighter about how to balance BOTH parties so that the attacks are reactable and fair instead of miserable and punishing.

I'm sure there is a smoking hot babe at the top, I just haven't gotten there, yet (very fun and satisfying game; learn to love the runback).

The game is starting to feel like it suffers from the blueprint issue and specifically blueprint bloat. All progress is tied to scrap, and scrap is so hard to achieve when there are clans, cheaters, and general just bad actors. Originally, Rust rewarded players for grinding a bit and reinforcing, now we're forced to engage in combat to make progress or just get raided and lose the hours of progress you spent.

I used to enjoy Rust, and while I had some good times with the current patches, I don't like playing it as much as I enjoyed watching it. Call it a skill issue, but gaming isn't my job and I don't want it to FEEL like one.

OUTSTANDING Demo. I still haven't gotten my fill of Multiplayer and Solo runs, yet. There is so much to enjoy, even with the product as unfinished as it is. The quality and depth of gameplay is just so fresh.

It plays like Risk of Rain X League of Legends X Path of Exile X Hades. If you think I'm wrong, try it out and let me know.

Yes. It is fun AND hard; I hope the devs continue with their current trend and take feedback on some of the things that need changing before the official release.

My biggest (spoiler-free) gripes: the late-game levels are too big, and the end-game maps are even bigger; there needs to be more mobility added to the game, or they gotta shrink the maps a bit. It was hell getting through the final two levels of the final act.

My biggest (spoiler filled) gripe is that the molten warrior boss, whatever his name was, runs back into the lava too damn much for Warriors to have a fair chance of fighting 90% of the time, ESPECIALLY if they built for Fire damage, like I did. Could be a skill issue, but I did eventually beat him solo after changing my build slightly with a new 2H Mace. Lastly, I think the second ascendancy bosses all having some form of flight is cancer. I hate standing on the ground while they fly away and having to find out where the hell he's landed afterwards. It feels like Monster Hunter without the mount or a whetstone.

TL;DR Great game with a few flaws, but we can trust GGG to iron them out.

Very good. I recommend playing blind (but with your eyes)