There's a lot of mixed comments on here so I'm just going to poke my nose in.
First off, if you're expecting a fully functional online game such as neopets, subeta, flight rising, or many others, you are going to be disappointed.
My suggestion? Don't go into this expecting a fully functional game.
This game is in *closed Alpha* currently. It's not a finished game - heck it's not even in beta yet. It says that right at the top that it's in Alpha :P
What it IS, is an amazing opportunity to get involved in something from the beginning. How many times have you joined a site years after it opened, wishing you could have been there from the early days, and not missed out on things you'd have otherwise been involved in?
This is an opportunity to get involved in something from the time of its development. And the staff? Hell the staff is one of the most involved groups I've ever seen, and one thing I love about them is that as they do things (behind the scenes or not) they regularly ask the community's opinions about things. They have a suggestion channel on their discord and they actually pay attention to it, unlike a lot of places where requests fall on deaf ears.
One of the biggest frustrations I have as a masculine-presenting guy (who also loves pet games, fight me) is that these sorts of sites always seem to favor feminine leaning outfits. When I first started getting involved, I noticed that it was the same here too, much to my dismay. But rather than sulk silently, and poke around the few outfits that worked for me, I brought it up in the suggestion board. Another male member said they felt the same.
And do you know what happened next?
The artists took that to heart! They began ensuring that there were more masculine-style options in their works. Now I have more choices than I know what to do with.
It feels awesome that, despite guys generally being a minority in games like this, feelings on the matter were still taken to heart and kept in mind as things moved forward. My avatar is currently a very grumpy Mer-man thanks to this bundle. My avatar is usually grumpy, but now he gets to be grumpy under water ;)
Heck, they even have an androgynous model - nobody has to fit into a shoe-box they don't feel comfortable in and everyone can make an avatar that they feel actually reflects them. There is no Professor Oak here creepily asking "are you a giiirrrlll? Or a booooy?"
Anyhow - don't look at this as paying for an unfinished product. This comes as part of an enormous, amazing bundle, for a fantastic cause, and you get to be there to watch as things develop and unfold. You can voice yourself and be heard, and impact things. As you can see from some of the other comments made on this item, that the staff are involved, respectful, and they take the feelings of their players seriously.
And if you don't enjoy getting involved until things are more finished... well there's like a thousand other games in the bundle you can play and I for one hope to see you later on when there's even more to enjoy :)
Peace.
Figment User - Sin, #27