Stars Reach

Absolutely loving my time in Stars Reach. When you start exploring the social sandbox, it just clicks. This is something that truly hasn't been tried before anywhere else. Highly simulated worlds in a true sandbox MMORPG setting, something for everyone here. I'm writing this one Day 1 of the Alpha (AKA Steam Early Access), and it's rough around the edges, but I can wholeheartedly recommend this game even at this stage. Addressing the controversy: Just don't expect a finished game, they're not joking when they say they're EARLY and gathering feedback to improve the game. This isn't a pretend EA launch, you're actually here early, your voice matters and we can shape the game itself. If Minecraft could do one of the first ever Early Access sales before even reaching Beta, so can Stars Reach. It's cooking, it's already fun.

If you're not expecting an AAA game from an indie developer and like gathering/crafting you'll Love this game... Has potential to be the next SWG.

Not ready for beta, and as it stands, game instructions are jank. "Worlds" are just small maps given to you as chunks. I've tried to make it fun, but it's just not. Most boring combat I've seen. Most boring resource extraction I've seen. Nothing about this game is innovative or anywhere near what's hyped about it. Worst game purchase I've made in years.

40 million for this? Did they buy gold toilet paper for the office? Seriously. I could have made this myself, alone for 40 million. Hire me. In all seriousness this is a "we failed, we're trying to recoup some of our losses by launching on steam before shutting down." This is basically Ashes of Creation 2.0 If you do buy into this game, just know that this is very likely the reality of the game and you're basically buying it and hoping it survives long enough to be something good. Definitely do your research, I thought it would at least be playable but it very much was not. The lag was unbearable

This game should not even remotely be considered early access at this point.. Its barely even passable as alpha quality and is borderline unplayable. I can not recommend this game at this time, in a few more years it may be ready for an early access period. What are you doing Steam?

It's still Alpha so patience is required for the next 6 months or so. The depth of this game is STAGGERING; as a small example, journalist is a profession. A must get, must play item for anyone who likes the idea of a sandbox, player-driven MMO, reminiscent of Star Wars Galaxies.

So I played in the playtests before and it seems like the same issue I had before is still there. THIS GAME IS SO CONFUSING! Simple things like obtaining recipes, skills, XP in certain skills are way too complicated! Example: it seems you cannot even cook a basic skewer which I have the recipe for. Apparently I need a skill to cook that. you cannot get said skill without getting XP and points in cooking which you cannot achieve without cooking anything!!! Also, this game is really not even ready for EA. It plays like an Alpha test. I cannot recommend this game at all till they make it a lot less convoluted and confusing to do basic tasks in game. I have never been more frustrated in a survival game before!

A rare case of refunding a game TWICE 1st attempt: played about an hour and the game was a laggy, rubberbanding mess. Wouldn't even acknowledge when quests had been completed. Literally impossible to progress. Refunded. Then I saw reviews had gone from "mostly negative" to "mixed" and thought I would repurchase and give it another try, given I had some more of my 2 hours of grace time left. 2nd attempt: I could not even get logged into the game. Spent multiple attempts just staring at a loading screen which refused to progress, watching my remaining minutes of my 2 hour refund window slip away. Refunded. I gave this game the best shot I could, but it just simply is not in a state to charge money for it at present. I hope it will be one day, but that day is not today.