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Exactly, My Summer Car is what I thought of as well. But that's a game I specifically play to be amused by its tediousness. 

Aight, first of all: Lemme start this off by saying, if I didn't care as much about this game as I do, I wouldn't write this feedback post. VotV is one of my comfort games, to watch online, to play, to stream. So it really bums me out to say that I dislike what v 0.9.0 has changed in the core gameplay.

Don't get me wrong, I do not mind playing mini games to fix generators. I do not mind the change in core gameplay aspects like the hash codes, or adding the tapes. I DO mind giving the ATV, your MAIN method of moving around and exploring the world a battery you have to exchange on the THIRD day and replacing it costs 150 points. Yes, the Update adds more ways to get extra money like the tapes and hash codes, but to get the hash codes I need a working ATV. To fix servers I need an ATV. To fix generators I need an ATV. ESPECIALLY if I need to do 4-5 signals in the first few days. How am I supposed to get all of this done? AND clean the base? And find fun things/explore?

Honestly, the ATV needing a battery now that gets depleted by anything you do is what genuinely spoils this update for me. The ATV already needs fuel. Why add a secondary issue? Yes, I know, solar battery may fix this. But that one costs 1,500 points, which is... a lot. As I said, the ATV is the MAIN way to move across the map to do your job. I rly hope the dev/dev team reconsiders the handling of the ATV or adds an option that removes the battery depletion on ATVs, similar to how food spoilage can be turned off etc (basically every change I do NOT mind is an option I can turn off or on, but everything I dislike can't be changed).

I also really think that adding little steps like screwing open the backs of the consoles to install modules now and having to make sure the electricity is off - while it's a fun idea - adds a lot of tedious little extra steps that while realistic, are NOT fun (at least not to me). Maybe there's a market for those who would love a realism mode. I personally don't. Figuring out all these extra steps is relatively irritating and killed Dr. Kel at least once lol

And while I do love the new base and would love to be able to take my time cleaning it and exploring everything else in this update, I just don't think I can bring myself to play this, if this overly realistic/tedious direction is where VotV is headed. 

I really hoped for a fun update with lots of new events and such. But instead I got a scope creep focusing on things that didn't need changing in the first place.

Please let this one cook and maybe add some of the core ingredients of this update. So far, sadly very disappointed.

UPDATE:

Just wanted to add that I made a copy of my main save in which I ended up grinding money, then bought the solar panels and sent them to my actual save. Makes things a lot less annoying. Still hope that the dev will reconsider the ATV battery drain.