Originally posted by Macdallan:
Originally posted by SylenThunder: Lots of people liked Alpha 16 because it required almost no effort to play. There were barely any survival aspects to the game at all.
There are currently barely any survival aspects to the game at all and the game takes almost no effort to play.
Correct. But back then you didn't even have to worry about the most basic things like food and water. Loot was overabundant. Mechanics were simplistic. And you could basically achieve end-game before the second bloodmoon and rule the world. The only challenges that truly existed were running into bugs like having to dig your motorbike out of the side of the hill it teleported into while you were driving next to it.
Which is what most of the complainers want. Easy gameplay without restrictions or limits. They want to play the game in a way that it was never intended to be developed for, and instead enjoy incomplete versions with temporary mechanics that were never intended to stick around.