i had high hopes but i just can’t seem to get into it. i tried once and abandoned it, tried again and still no luck. maybe third time will be the charm :(

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Break stuff. Upgrade your crowbar. Break harder stuff. Rinse and repeat. What's not to like?

Having put nearly 100 hours on this game, let me paraphrase the poet here - me likes. Can't say it is a story rich game, but the story has a twist. You start with a crowbar and can break some stuff and get materials which allow you to craft new clothing and tools and also upgrade current equipment which eventually allows you to break more stuff that gives you higher end material that is needed for further upgrades or higher end tools.

At some point you can even build a house, with decoration and such. Have to say that I didn't see much of a point of having a home built. Would be nice if at some point you started to get swarmed by bad guys at night and taking refuge at your home, with properly built defenses was your only option, would add a cool layer of replayability plus some use for your home base (apart for using home portal to store exceeding materials). The tower defense elements are already there.

Some usefull stuff is pretty well hidden if you don't follow a guide, like the power fist and the khopesh which are pretty usefull (not sure you can get all timed crates in time if you don`t have the power fist to clear a path). Even the sledgehammer which is kind of a must have to complete the game, needs to be found in a way that is not clear if you don't follow a guide (or simply try to 100% the whole map, which you'll eventually need to do anyway...).

While it is open-world most places cannot be accessed unless you have progressed "the story" to a point, which doesn`t bother me but sometimes it is a bit frustrating trying to figure out how to open a checkpoint just to eventually find out that it will simply open automatically at a certain point in the story.

All in all it is a great game, recomended.