This is a complicated review for me to give. I wish so badly it was a 5 star, but that would be applauding being punished brutally and relentlessly for doing nothing wrong.
The Game overall is GORGEOUS which is the only reason I will ever bought it in the first place do to the reviews. It plays to what every kid wants. Tame and Ride Dinosaurs. Who doesn't want to do that? Well unfortunately... you still can't. I mean you CAN, but in 5 minutes or so it will be stuck somewhere it never should have been, or will be dead due to standing still in a perfectly safe space.
The building system is the least intuitive and most infuriating I have ever encountered including Starfield and you are heavily reliant on it to survive. The taming and breeding aspect is amazing... UNTIL all of the HUNDREDS of hours of taming and breeding to get a perfect Dino only ends with them getting stuck in a wall in lava before even making to the boss you made them to fight. This all happens because you had the AUDACITY to place one of their feet in front of the other and literally nothing else. I have been a nerd for as long as I can remember. Which means I can't even count or remember how many games I have played. That being said I can sure remember which one has been the LEAST respectful of my time as a player. This would be it, and that list includes Lion King on SNES. Which previously held the title.
If this game advertised flying around in a gorgeous world and nothing else, it would be getting 5 stars. But they are only getting 1 because that's the ONLY thing that you can 100% count on to work in the entire game. If you even dare to land on anything you will likely get clipped into the ground and lose your mount. So if you DO end up buying this game... Invest in Stamina in your flying mounts so you never have to land or you will end up walking.