The Wild Eight Reviews

Imagine I told you I was going to build you a house. I tell you that you can buy the house when its done, or you can pay for it now and if you pay for it now, not only will it be even better when it's done, but I'll actually give you a discount! You see the plans for the house and the discounted price and decide yeah, you're going to buy it now before it's done. Couple months later, theres just a foundation, some framing and the early stages of a plumbing system and I look at you and say, "Hey uh, I'm bored so I'm guna have my buddy finish this, maybe. I don't really know what he's guna do with it. But I'm guna go build a different house now. Enjoy!" Thats what this is. I can't believe this is legal.

My wife and I are having a lot of fun playing this game after the kids are in bed. The last update upset me because I considered the game unplayable with food spoiling so fast. A quick patch from the developers seems to have cleared up any issues I've had.

Abruptly abandoned by devs that went to work on another project. The game itself was decent with friends but don't expect anything else but a grind with eventually no payoff. I really think this game could've been something good with time and updates.

Hello, i feel like this game could be great fun, that is why i wanted to leave a feedback, might as well do it here. I only click yes because i trust this is a WIP and there is still a lot to look forward to. As for the positive traits: -Fun to play with friends -a large enough map, random elements too -the quests are fun enough when you play them for the first time -character progression keeps you busy for a while Negative would be: -Not much fun to play with random people, because there are no means to interact(simple chat, and you can drop items, thats it) -The quests are the same every time you do them, they may spawn in a different location, but it changes nothing -Map is not endless, you reach the border of it and you die, this was the thing i tested straight away when i launched it for the first time. -There are 2 actual structures you can build - workshop and tent. Survive this. This game really lacks depth, like: -diversified crafting(everything in 1 place, seriously? crafting is a great jewel of any survival game, you cant just ignore it) -more building options(there should be an option to live in a tent, other than that i think player should be able to build whatever he wants, put whatever he wants in the room and make a building whatever he wants it to be) -psychological aspects(buffs, debuffs, moods and stuff, or you might just replace all your characters with robots - might be more fun) -actual traumas(not just health bar, permanent injuries and deseases included, why is there medecine added to this game?) -more interaction options(this is a co-op game, after all, so basic stuff like tagging other players, radio beacons, inspecting other players, custom written biography would be a highly recommended addition, to my mind) -definately character customization options(i d expect to see people in characters i am playing: with traits, skills, personalities and not simple pawns, i mean even strategy games have much more "realistic" and "alive" characters, even though you dont play them directly. As for character development, it should be about chosing, not about grinding xp then purchasing a skill that everyone else will master too) -somewhat real animals(who give milk, wool, eggs, whatever. Tamed animals behave wierd, but it doesnt matter, they are pretty much useless anyway, just a carriage you cant even ride, or just a pet wolf that ll run around a bit and die imminently, because you cant train it. Cant feed them vegetables or meat either - only special food, and deer cant just eat his share of grass, or whatever it eats naturally, while wolves lose their ability to hunt when they become tame - not much fun) -temperature is important in a survival game(one temperature bar and a fireplace(and furnace) is not enough, it seems the temperature is always exactly the same throughout the whole game, and you can just run around in a t shirt, periodically lighting up a fire. Have you ever been anywhere beyond california? it gets colder in winter in alaska and its pretty much green for a few months in summer) -electricity(so you have 5 generators with you, and you cant use them, you keep chopping that wood and throwing it into the fire) At least this is what i d expect from a survival game with RPG elements, and nothing less. I actually had no idea you cant even build a simple wall in here when i bought it, i mean there are structures on the screenshots. You cant even enter your shelter (character disappears into it, what?), cant sleep without wood either, why? I ve played for about 25 hours, i got some of the characters to max, did most of the quests, there are literally no reason i should play again ...yet. I hope this game will receive some new features so it doesnt feel like you do exactly the same thing over and over again if you start a new game.

In dired need of Moderator/Official server. Cause this game is slowly dying. Upvote only because it was fun when there's people to play with.

This is an ABANDONED game. There has not been an update made to it in over a year. The issues it had then are still there now. It can be fun but there are tons of quests that you start and just about a minute later as you have completed it by simply turning on an item you are left with a WTF moment. Your main base is incomplete in my opinion. There are glaring X's on rooms in the building with no access to them and then are rooms you have to hunt down the keys to open. Looks like a project started and never completed to me. There are quests where you work to find a solution to free a person who talks to you then you get everything done and either nothing happens or you find them long dead. How was a dead person talking to me? The game is meant to played co op or multiplayer obviously. There are just too many things you must do just to survive in this very harsh environment. There are things that are normal and then the supernatural appears to remind you the world you are playing is anything but normal. Busy dodging wolves and bears get attacked by a ghost. Walking along and bump into a werewolf (called a mutant once you harvest it but obviously a werewolf in appearance). There are issues with save games not working properly once you make them. Nothing makes you more angry than to have 70 days played in this game and then reload to play some more and just instantly die when you load in or it just puts you in a load loop and you never get in at all. If you enjoy old incomplete games then knock yourself out playing this one.

The start of the game, especially with friends is fun. Me and my best friend are loot goblins and walked every inch of the map checked everything left no stone unturned, however near the end of the game it was garbage. It felt rushed left more questions than answers and not in a good way. There was tons of bugs and glitches, instances where missions that you've completed were left uncompleted, my friend or myself couldn't get to certain places if the other was too far because the game doesn't register. It feels more complete than when I first got it, but it is still a buggy mess. Side bar, why even have a mission to help someone out of the arcade, when it literally cannot be done?? Fighting was a disaster, co-op was a disaster I'd pass on this game if you want to save your sanity.

It starts off strong. Positives: - Survival mechanics are pretty great, managing hunger, cold, health. - Great concept - Interesting storyline Negatives: - Bugs - Very bland, disappointing ending - Repetitive and strange pacing This could have been a really fantastic game. The style is great, the basic mechanics are pretty good. But it's clear the developers phoned it in pretty early. It's unpolished, buggy, and lacking just... Love. I was compelled to finish this as I wanted closure on the storyline and to see where this game went. Quality of the game degraded over the course of the story- less voice acting, worse performance, just falling flat on its face. I loved the premise, I enjoy the mechanics, but the pacing is strange. Harvesting resources tends to be unbalanced- getting leather and tendons vs. wood and ore, it's very skewed and can making crafting vastly unavailable. I want to recommend this but I just cannot. As great as it started, and as compelling as the concept is, it just ends up flatlining halfway through and feels like a time sink with no resolution.

14 hours into the game with my husband, and I'm not sure what issues people are referring to, that make the game "unplayable". We have had a few minor glitches/bugs but absolutely nothing that detracted from the game. I can only imagine those reviews were older, because for us, it has run nearly flawlessly (ie: maybe 2 minor glitches in 14 hours) As a casual gamer, this game has been easy to pick up, interesting to play, and just challenging enough to keep it interesting, not overly frustrating. The game also is very pretty visually, and the multiplayer is fantastic. Very pleased, and looking forward to the numerous updates planned by the Devs.

WARNING: ABANDONED GAME Yet another abandoned game that had great potential and would be great even today, except as usual there are many game breaking bugs that were never fixed for 5+ years. - Items randomly disappear - Crafting an item fails; the end item poofs but you also lose the hard earned resources - Nothing in the game seems to respawn and yet you're expected to survive not to mention the game touts that it is built for multiple people; this makes it unsustainable for even 1 player - Saves are randomly wiped - Corruption of files between coop players - Interface fails to update skills bought and forces a restart of the game - Many "skills" don't actually function and were reported 3+ years ago from the date of this review - No real precise or comprehensive information to find out things about the game; trial an error is the only way and often is extremely obtuse. Anyway, another bummer in the massive floating bummer pile.