Aww, I kind of liked the game being a cleaning simulator. Also bleeding can be mitigated by disabling physics damage. So any bleeding you do is from combat.
> Now imagine being a new player without a shovel. You can’t even buy one from the store, and it only spawns in a few hidden locations that new players somehow have to discover on their own
Yup, agree completely. I think one issue with the game's design, is that there are "secrets" you are just expected to know. Either have an sub-optimal gameplay experience or have the wiki open the side.
- Traversing sucks? -Oh there's that hidden pair of boots at TR3.
- Battery drain makes ATV unusable and the charger costs 2000 points? -There's one at TR2 for grabs!
- The start is too hard! -Sell the 43 MREs in that hidden log!