After my third island, the raft became stuck in the water and would only spin in circles when I paddled, and even dragging it to a new spot wouldn't get it to move when I started paddling. Which of those three identical smudges was I headed for?Īnother problem with travel is related to the raft itself. With such a tiny inventory (eight slots that can only hold stacks of four) you're often forced to leave some gear behind at your base while venturing out. If the open world lacks consistency, establishing a home base and finding it again later is going to be annoyingly difficult. By the time I reached the island I was headed for, I couldn't even tell which island I'd left. As I drew closer and paddled through more zones, other islands abruptly appeared in other directions, even behind me. The nearby island I was headed for suddenly appeared much further away, and two more islands suddenly appeared that seemed just as distant. The map is broken into small zones (a visible white line drawn through the water is hard to miss) and entering a new zone seems to re-render everything. So, I paddled my raft towards the nearest island, which doesn't really work the way it should. There were very few to be found, and there's currently no way to bash boulders into stones, so you can't make your own. Since stones are used for so many different things like axes, hammers, spears, and firepits (which allow you to leave something cooking in the fire rather than holding it there), I found myself constantly in need of more.

In all my games, I had to leave my starter island soon after arriving due to lack of usable materials, specifically stones. The biggest problems come with traveling to new islands.

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