Missing the charm of the first 2 games and there is less bio diversity. The auto generated maps can become very samey, I vastly preferred the hand crafted maps of the originals. The story might as well be non existent. But, playing online with friends carries this game. If you get in a vc with people it's fun to just explore the ocean. If you try to compare this to the other EO games it falls very flat, but on its own it's a fine game that could've maybe used more time in the oven but has strong online.