I can see so much potential in this game. The visuals and audio are exceptional, story plot is solid (and mimics game devs current demise lol), with a bit more polish and UX this game can go far. Here are my 2-cents:
- Show, don't tell (but ig this is due to time-constraint). I'm presented with a wall of text for tutorial, but I still don't know what to do when I get into the game. I have way too many people initially in the settlement that I can't fully trust, so the game's first 5 minutes is just reading texts upon texts. If the gameplay revolves around reading texts, ya need to really amp the polish and juice of text-reading; click outside to close UI, click on item to open Item book, click faction emblems to open Faction book, etc.
- What's the purpose of the game? Am I playing to win? Until everyone dies/resources drained? What are the consequences of my actions?