LentThem posted:

In some ways this game reminds me of playing an MMO on a private emulated server. It has the assets/gear/quests, it has mobs standing around in small groups (sometimes all facing the same direction for no reason) without idle animations or patrol routes, and it has all the quest-related items/mobs not spawning until you take the quest so locations are inexplicably empty when you first arrive.

I do appreciate that so far the quests generally have some story behind them with multiple solutions rather than "collect 9 bear pelts for me" (with the exception of the land dispute sidequest between natives and colonists that forces you to run around town multiple times for legal guidance).