ill be honest i think im just done with this until... the full game is finalised? or at least until a big enough update releases that this is worth investing more time in. i really love slime rancher 1 and i want to enjoy this--and i think i will when its finished!--but for right now theres just not enough content to justify playing it for more than a few hours. with there being no end to anything and no actual quests or anything to strive towards, this is more of just a "have fun with ur slimes" game than anything else. which is fine! i love the graphics update and the looks of the new map and i love the new slimes, theyre all so cute, but theres just nothing else to unlock or do after you explore the whole map and find all the new slimes.

the new map feels too large in a way that is bothersome.. like navigating the locations feels a bit stressful and theres so many twists and turns its easy to get lost and not have a convenient way to get back home. a minimap would be useful, or a waypoint/marker system at least. the gordo's feel like an afterthought and instead of unlocking new areas to progress to they just kind of... exist in the map and dont really give any benefits. harvesting resources is better in this game and has more purpose than the first, but overall i just.. feel like theres not much here until a huge update or a finished game is released.

im excited for a full release and i think ill really love it! but for right now i think im finished with this

i wish there was more to this and that i could rate it higher but... the entire game is basically just grinding until you can craft the best gear because any fight without it is tedious and time consuming. a certain npc thats needed for a lot of main quests only shows up every 3 days and half the time u dont have enough money to buy whatever hes selling for the quest so u have to grind through another 3 day cycle. material drop rates r annoying and the entire game is just kind of..... slow. i finished it! but i dont feel like its worth ever replaying. maybe with a friend/partner itll be more fun, and i know my boyfriend wants to play this together so maybe thatll be better but for now as a single player game its just kind of... fine.

this is everything. the moment i saw this on steam i knew itd be right up my alley and im so glad to have been right about that.
the atmosphere is incredible, the art style is so pretty and calming and the soothing tone of the daytime segments immediately drifts away when the sun sets and the horror kicks in. the fishing mechanics are rlly fun, genuinely enjoyable, and theres something very relaxing and enjoyable about just going around and fishing and enhancing ur boat. even when u max out the boat theres still a challenge to it, the night segments are tense and theres still dangers to watch out for--which is awesome btw the lovecraftian edge to this and the fish mutations and the story itself are all so fascinating and cool. i loved spending time just flicking through the enyclopedia and reading about all the fish types!! smth about this game just incentivizes you to seek out every side quest and collect every fish and it rlly scratches that collectathon part of my brain.
literally loved this so much and i cant wait to give it time to cool off so i can replay it fresh

also a day later i still cant stop thinking about this game. dredge is about love its about taking care of people and trying to do good and its about love so strong that it destroys the world or you sacrifice yourself to try and keep it alive. love this game

this is like fun initially and a very interesting premise and concept, i love the pixel art style and the mechanics and running my little pawn shop. but im kinda like sick of losing and my story ending because i dont want to choose options that place me as complacent in the dystopian setting here. this is just a personal issue and i know its a video game its not real etc etc but personally i just cannot bring myself to mindlessly report people for no reason or exploit them. it feels bad and shitty! and i wish the choices u make had more impact and were still winnable scenarios yknow. so this is an abandon for me. its fun while it lasts but i dont think ill ever be able to "beat" it or achieve many of the endings and thats okay bc i enjoyed what i did play!