Survisland
- April 14, 2024
- Super Trampers Studio
- 3h median play time
Get on Steam"Survisland is a Role Playing game that offers both single-player and multiplayer options, including co-op and PvP. The game features good graphics and realistic mechanics, such as a metabolism system that includes muscle, fat, protein, water, and calories. Players must use real-world logic to survive on a deserted island, where interactions with the environment and wildlife can impact their health and well-being."
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game offers a unique and complex crafting system that requires players to think critically and experiment, providing a rewarding survival experience.
- The atmosphere is immersive, with beautiful graphics and sound design that enhance the feeling of being stranded on a tropical island.
- The game has potential for growth, with active developers who are responsive to community feedback and plans for future updates, including multiplayer features.
- The crafting system can be overly complicated and unintuitive, leading to frustration for new players who may struggle to understand the mechanics.
- There are numerous bugs and performance issues, including poor optimization that can result in low frame rates and glitches that disrupt gameplay.
- The tutorial is lacking and does not adequately prepare players for the challenges of the game, making it difficult to progress without external help or guides.
- gameplay69 mentions
- 9 % positive mentions
- 86 % neutral mentions
- 6 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by a unique and realistic crafting system that requires experimentation and resourcefulness, appealing to survival game enthusiasts. However, many players find the mechanics poorly optimized and frustrating, particularly due to an unskippable tutorial and a steep learning curve for beginners. Despite these issues, there is optimism for future updates that may enhance the gameplay experience.
“This game has a unique crafting system and gameplay; there is a small dev team, but updates are reasonably frequent.”
“The crafting and survival mechanics are deep and intricate, requiring experimentation and resourcefulness – just like real survival.”
“For people that enjoy survival games, actually grind, and try to figure out game mechanics, this is an amazing game.”
“But the unskippable tutorial that forces me to go through the crafting mechanics step by step... I have ADD, I need to find this stuff out the hard way.”
“Don't buy this, you will regret it. It would be okay if the crafting mechanics weren't so dumb and complicated; it is just so idiotic how they have made the crafting. It totally takes all the fun out of the game.”
“It's really hard to figure out the crafting and mechanics.”
- graphics43 mentions
- 35 % positive mentions
- 56 % neutral mentions
- 9 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players praising their beauty and potential, while others criticize performance issues such as low frame rates and poor optimization. Many users report that even high-end systems struggle to maintain smooth gameplay, leading to frustration with menu navigation and overall experience. Overall, while the graphics show promise, significant improvements are needed for a more enjoyable experience.
“Beautiful graphics.”
“Graphics are beautiful, stable fps, didn't have any bugs... totally worth the money.”
“The graphics are pretty good - like Ark but seem quite heavy on the system and surprisingly so because while it is an alive environment there's not necessarily all that much going on.”
“Frame rate is so low... graphics are not that good yet fps drops a lot.”
“This game is good as far as gameplay, but it does not run very smoothly and graphics quality is poor. I'm running it on an RTX 2080, and it doesn't matter where I put the graphics settings; it still runs like crap and looks like crap. I really hope the devs fix it.”
“My PC can usually get 60+ fps on graphically demanding games with medium settings, but this game can barely give me 5 fps with minimum settings and 800x600 resolution.”
- stability17 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant stability issues, including numerous glitches, poor optimization, and a dysfunctional crafting system that can lead to frustrating gameplay experiences. Users have reported frequent freezes, particularly on loading screens, and recommend patience with the tutorial despite its awkwardness. Overall, while the game offers rich crafting and exploration, the bugs detract from the overall experience, especially for a 1.0 release.
“Fussy details, pitch black nights, dysfunctional tutorial, and glitches spoiled the game for me.”
“Poor optimization and buggy crafting system (could not chisel a stick into a handle).”
“Freezes on loading screen.”
- optimization16 mentions
- 13 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant optimization issues, with players reporting high GPU usage and various bugs, such as resources falling through the game world and a malfunctioning crafting system. Many users express frustration over the overall performance, indicating that the game feels poorly optimized and lacks engaging mechanics. Despite some anticipation for future improvements, the current state is largely viewed as unsatisfactory.
“Game optimization is crucial for enhancing the overall experience and performance.”
“I am looking forward to the improvements in performance as optimization progresses.”
“I know it's just a matter of optimization because my GPU usage is maxed out when playing this game and I have an AMD VII graphics card.”
“I could go on and on about the horrible optimization and bugs such as resources and tools falling through the mesh.”
“Poor optimization and buggy crafting system (could not chisel a stick into a handle).”
- story14 mentions
- 14 % positive mentions
- 57 % neutral mentions
- 29 % negative mentions
The game's story is minimal and primarily revolves around survival on an island, with players starting in a basic state and needing to gather resources to progress. Many reviewers express a desire for a more developed narrative and clearer goals, as the current experience lacks direction and tutorial support. Overall, the storyline is considered basic and does not provide much engagement beyond the survival aspect.
“The storyline is fairly basic - you are on an island group with just your underwear (to conform to the 'comics code') and it's up to you to find the necessary resources, craft them into 'things', and progress your own storyline.”
“It takes more involvement than a game like Minecraft, Valheim, or most other survival crafting games that exist (Vintage Story being the only thing I have played that is more involved) and requires you to actually go through the steps of making what it is you want to make, rather than just running up to a crafting bench and pressing a button.”
“There's no story, no goal, nothing to achieve but staying alive.”
“This game has no real tutorial on how to craft and has no story or anything to actually do in the game.”
“I wish the devs would add some kind of real tutorial on how to craft and a story on how you arrived at that island, and give the player some goals more than just walking around trying to hide from the sun.”
- grinding9 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Reviews indicate that the grinding aspect of the game is perceived as overly tedious, with some players finding it frustrating and unfulfilling. However, others appreciate the grind as a necessary part of the survival crafting experience, suggesting that enjoyment of the game may depend on one's tolerance for repetitive tasks. Overall, the game seems to cater to a niche audience that thrives on this level of grind.
“It's too tedious to ever succeed and the devs dropped the game once they figured that out.”
“It's too tedious to ever succeed.”
“Bottom line: this game is for the tedious survival crafting lovers!”
- atmosphere4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is widely praised for its stunning visuals and immersive sound design, creating a captivating and beautiful environment that enhances the overall experience.
“The game is beautiful and the atmosphere sounds spot on.”
“Love the atmosphere; visually great.”
