Played a fair amount of this but I feel like the game is lacking in it's current state. The core mechanics are a lot of fun but I wish there were more modes or more reasons to play. Ranked feels kind of pointless to grind through other than unlocking the harder tracks. I got up to Platinum before putting the game down, but I was still consistently getting top placements so I'm sure I could have gotten quite a bit further if I just put the time into it. Maybe I'll come back to this in a year to see how it's developed, but there is just not enough in the game right now, which is a shame because the core gameplay is quite fun.

Super conflicted about my time with this game. Had a lot of fun with it at some points but kind of hated it at others. I played about 12 hours of this and while I think I could have gotten a lot out of this game if I chose to continue with it, I don't really have the time for a game this long if I'm not absolutely loving it. I thought that the gameplay in this was alright but really I was just playing to interact with the characters and see the story. I thought the main quest line was extremely uninteresting and the actual gameplay during those quests was really boring on top of that. What I found to be actually worthwhile was the side quests. There was one in particular that was quite sprawling, and I actually found the story more engaging than that of the main quests. There was obviously a ton about the game that was just frustrating as well, whether that be the movement on planets or the inventory system. I guess I just found the game to be a mixed bag. Glad I checked it out but would rather play a more condensed and focused RPG.

Played about 10 hours of this which was enough to know it isn't for me. I was honestly just finding the game a slog to get through. The story seemed solid enough but I wasn't fully invested. The gameplay was solid as well but I could not stand the level design. It really made the game feel like a chore to play. I also just feel like the game was not paced very well. The pacing made it feel like an RPG but that's not what the game was really trying to be. All of the RPG elements felt half-baked and I would have just liked to see a condensed version of this that truly embraced that it was an action game at heart.

Put about 13 hours into the game at launch and it honestly wasn't doing much for me. As someone who adored the first game, this felt a bit lacking. The story was not engrossing me much at all, and while I think the core gameplay was definitely improved, I think I preferred the level design of the first game over this. I liked the more complicated levels of the first game and personally found that the more open level design in Survivor added very little to the gameplay for me. I might come back to this one day and just push through the main quest to see what happens. If I do I will update this.