All of the issues that people have had before are gone now with the newest, the graphics are much better, the dinosaur's AI is much better and the thing they did with them moving in groups and having eggs is really cool. I recommend that you get this game.
All of the issues in the two previous reviews have been fixed with Patch 13.1 which was today.
(except the flag placement) Which the Devs have acknowledged and are working on a solution. But really just walk a bit further there is plenty of places to build a huge fortress. Plus if you join a tribe, you can build right on other tribe members claims.
Currently I built a large multi level fortress (far from other players mind you) where I can hunt dinosaurs from my windows, catwalks, and guard tower.
The latest patch fixed all performance problems for me. Its as smooth as butter!
Joining a tribe significantly increased the "fun" value. In my opinion this game will go far - the two devs seem highly committed to fixing the bugs that people complain about, they are active on Steam forums.
Patches come out regularly.. Very addicting game! Highly recommended!
This game - although early access, has a horrible problem. For those who like to play with inverted Y-Axis mouse control, you're out of luck here.
The option has been promised, but the game is nearly unplayable for me right now. Also, the graphics and animations are so bad it is laughable, and the performance is worse. I can play games like Battlefield 4 and War Thunder with all visual settings maxed out on my computer, but this game stutters and pops and pauses every few seconds. I understand it's very early, but the way things look at the moment I doubt this game will amount to much.
The premise is awesome, I really want to enjoy the game, but right now it CANNOT be recommended.
Also, you'll be lucky to see a dinosaur - after two hours of play I saw just ONE. It disappeared into the mountains yet somehow it killed me - a huge bug that hopefully will be addressed.
Overall, avoid avoid avoid.
Although this game released as pre-alpha on Steam for a nominal charge, it is clearly not ready for any kind of release. With one public server, the small terrain map quickly fills with buildings built by others to the point that there is room for more. How is this going to work. I mean a building every few feet doesn't make sense since this a wilderness survival with dinosaurs roaming around type game.
Many of the game mechanics work but aren't fully implemented. What's the use in building anything if it can't be placed anywhere because all the terrain is being used by someone else.
This game maybe ready for the public in a couple of years if the developers don't abandon the project. As it is now, don't waste your money. If you do you will be very disappointed. If Steam provided refunds for digital downloads I would pursue getting my money back.
SummaryBeasts of Prey - a new survival sandbox MMOFPS. Hunt Dinosaurs, craft items, build massive structures and create your own empire in a procedual generated game-world that grows with server population.