There are elements I do like here about this game. There is the foundation for something to enjoy. However, here are the reasons it fails for me:
1. You cannot zoom out to "see the big picture" so you are always scrolling around, be it your camp or the world.
2. Resources. There are parts you need for end game that really, you cannot make yourself.
3. Never seems enough in terms of resources, you're ALWAYS shy something, and I've put it on EASY mode just to see if I couldn't figure out the key to the game, and it still went sideways for no reason mid-game. What's that, you have 2 working lumber yards, oh sorry you're all out of wood can't make anything! It's just... dumb.
4. The world map, as stated above, you cannot zoom out, so you cannot really see it all to understand what's going on, lots of scrolling around constantly.
5. Nutrition! What's that, you have 4 big farms, 2 ranches and 2 cook houses, sorry but some of your people cannot figure out how to eat.
The list could go on here, but the TL:DR is bad mechanics that I think the devs though would be "challenging fun" are just, irritating at this point.

I wanted to really love this game, but the more I delve into it, the more annoyed I am getting at just astoundingly bad design baked into the game.

There are elements I do like here about this game. There is the foundation for something to enjoy. However, here are the reasons it fails for me: 1. You cannot zoom out to "see the big picture" so you are always scrolling around, be it your camp or the world. 2. Resources. There are parts you need for end game that really, you cannot make yourself. 3. Never seems enough in terms of resources, you're ALWAYS shy something, and I've put it on EASY mode just to see if I couldn't figure out the key to the game, and it still went sideways for no reason mid-game. What's that, you have 2 working lumber yards, oh sorry you're all out of wood can't make anything! It's just... dumb. 4. The world map, as stated above, you cannot zoom out, so you cannot really see it all to understand what's going on, lots of scrolling around constantly. 5. Nutrition! What's that, you have 4 big farms, 2 ranches and 2 cook houses, sorry but some of your people cannot figure out how to eat. The list could go on here, but the TL:DR is bad mechanics that I think the devs though would be "challenging fun" are just, irritating at this point. I wanted to really love this game, but the more I delve into it, the more annoyed I am getting at just astoundingly bad design baked into the game.