Best game i've ever played over the last 15 years.
After about 1400Hours of gameplay I can say that you need to be ready to die every time you play this game.... MULTIPLE TIMES lol, you may lose what you have on you or you may lose everything in your base at any moment.
Once you get above 500HRS(For most people) you'll be able to start making plays, building strong bases, taking monuments alone, basically doing whatever the hell you want, when you want.
And that folks, is the beauty of rust, total freedom.
EDIT: From what i've noticed is that most of the negative reviews are from new players that simply can't handle dying and starting over.
If you can't handle losing stuff and starting over when first learning or if you can't take a little kid yelling profanities at you from time to time then this game is not for you.
I guarrantee if any of you complaining about toxicity were good enough at the game to teach them a lesson, your opinion would be very different.