An Amazing Game with Huge Potential — A Few Suggestions After 176 Hours
After playing Enshrouded for 176 hours with friends, I have to say that this game has an incredible amount of potential.
It is genuinely fun, and many of its mechanics are extremely well implemented. The parkour, gliding, terrain modification, building, farming, exploration, and progression systems are all enjoyable. Combat also feels fluid, responsive, and dynamic.
There are only a few things I would personally change or add:
Shared World Hosting
It would be great to have an easier way to share a persistent world with friends without depending on one specific person to host it every time.
Ideally, players could assign trusted friends to a shared world, and whoever launches that world first would automatically become the host. The other players could then join normally. When the final player disconnects, the shared world files could be synchronized so that everyone receives the updated version the next time they launch the game.
There is currently a way to do something similar by manually copying and replacing save files, but the process is tedious and inconvenient.
I understand that a proper synchronization system like this might be technically difficult to implement, but it would strongly encourage more players to create long-term cooperative worlds with their friends.
Summonable Pets and Mounts
A system for summoning combat pets or mounts would be a very fun addition.
The map is already quite large, and if the developers plan to expand it further, mounts would become even more valuable. We already have gliders and fast-travel towers, but having additional ways to travel through the world would make exploration feel more varied and enjoyable.
Mounts could have reasonable restrictions. For example, they could be unavailable inside the Shroud. The existing taming system could potentially be expanded to include mountable creatures.
Another interesting possibility would be stealing a dragon egg, raising the creature from birth, and eventually unlocking it as a mount. Systems like this would add more gameplay, progression, and memorable experiences to the world.
Combat pets could also have different roles, such as:
Healing and support
Damage
Tanking
Utility
Many people play Enshrouded alone, and having a support companion could make the single-player experience more accessible without removing the challenge.
Character Aesthetics
I think several players feel that the character proportions look slightly strange. The characters appear very short and wide, which makes almost everyone look like a dwarf.
I understand that this is part of the game’s artistic style, so this is only a personal opinion, but additional body types or proportion options during character creation would be appreciated.
Combat and Skills
I like what the developers are doing with the skill system, but there still seem to be too few active combat abilities.
As a melee tank, much of my combat currently feels like:
Click, click, click, click, click, click, right-click, and R.
That is essentially my entire combat rotation, and after many hours it can become repetitive.
More active abilities, weapon skills, combos, or attacks triggered through different key combinations would make combat much more engaging. A system with more mechanical variety, somewhat inspired by games such as Black Desert Online, could make each combat style feel deeper and more rewarding.
Final Thoughts
I want to thank the developers for creating such a fun game.
Even one of my family members, who was never really interested in gaming before, has already played Enshrouded for more than 160 hours. Because of that, I can honestly recommend this game even to people who do not normally play video games.
It is especially enjoyable with friends, but it is still a great experience in single-player.
Enshrouded is currently a 9/10 for me and absolutely worth recommending. I am excited to see how the game continues to evolve.
