there are so many new cool things in this build and i love it for that, but its so annoying to play. not hard, not complicated, but annoying.
i absolutely love the new base and the new towers you have to take care of, also the new ping system. (although the ui for the two XYZ buttons not differentiable enough sucks, and them not working some times) but so many things feel like they are not makeing the game harder for the player, but more annoying.
the ATV having basically a second gas percentage to take care of that isn't effected by much is annoying, and it being more of a pain to fix sucks, I FLAT OUT do not wont to go outside and get codes or use the ATV because of this. being able to have fun exploring is such a integral part of the game for me, and i cant really do that anymore in a way thats fun and not stressfull. if the battery lasted a long time [like 7+ days with a lot of time driving] and was only effected by other things like a having a vehicle that is almost about to brake for a long time [ie blow 40%] making the battery less efficient would be better. its also complicated to replace the battery with not having the exact tool or not knowing what button to press,
repairing the transformers via mini game is fine but is so tedious, if it was 1 or maybe 2 mini games randomly out of the 3 it would be fine.
having so much content people enjoy behind 7 days is just a hassle , i completely understand wanting new players to get a baring on normal the game is fair, but new players do have to go out of there way to do that stuff a lot of the time, it would be so much fairer to have it be 3 of 4 days not 7. customization makes this game so interesting compared to other games, and is what gets a lot of people into this game. being able to show and talk about what you did in the game.
the new controls are fine there easier to use but are bugy (it is early release, big grain of salt) and sometimes unintuitive.
my main problem with the tutorial is it would often ask you to do something but it physically wont let you until later, making asking you to do it pointless; it would tell me to put the drive in that slot and i fiddle for minutes just trying to get it in when i physically couldn't. also if you did the thing it wanted you to do with out clicking the text it should let you leave, should still make these things required but you can take them at you own pace with that change.