James Randall

Anyone rating this game over 3 stars is being dishonest to themselves and to you.

Plays like an incomplete game, is not worth the money, on PS4 it was a free game for premium users and Sony needs to have higher standards for monthly free games. PS4 version needs a lot of work. The player controls and environment are the same buttons by default. Had many moments where I was teleported from rubber raft to starting island because a shark tipped the raft while I was riding along. Saving and sleeping stopped responding, restarted to last save point. Had a many moments where when loading an island I approached while riding the gyrocopter the gyrocopter despawned and I was left in the ocean. Sensitivity of crosshair between move and aim while zoomed are different. Two sensitivity controls are needed in the options menu, one for normal movement and one for aiming a charged weapon. A player is familiarized with movement and then the sensitivity changes to double what the player is familiar with when using a weapon. Construction is a real hassle especially when it comes to building with stairs. Because there are so many different positions to place a structure, lining up different structure piece's height is not fun nor pleasant nor intuitive. A person may spend hours building and tearing down with no progress to meet their desired build. A real sick joke, vomit worthy. I caught 4 sardines with a fishing pole and bobber. I placed the 4 sardines on my raft and then the raft sank. Sardines caused my raft to sink? Why would a raft sink with 4 sardines? Crouching and looking down while on a raft will sink the raft. Trophy for planting all plantable plants on one island does not work. Overall I'd say if you like being tormented by junk crafting recipes, physics that are trash, gameplay that is unpredictable and guessing games that gaslight you as a player then play Stranded Deep on the PS4.