I think overall so far so good. Obviously the way this game works right now is with every update comes a flood of players, and then it dies out until the next one. I would assume this will change once the full game is released, or a completable story, or dedicated servers, which are all planned. I remember when this game was popular on twitch, having players like Vanoss and Markiplier. Hopefully this era of the game will return. 

For gameplay without spoilers, I think there's really nothing critically negative that stood out to me, and I really enjoy the zipline system as I can go anywhere in the backyard very quickly, but some think this should be nerfed, and maybe it should. I think the Haze area is a little hard, but I like how you can {do something to the haze} to make it easier. The story is cool so far, and I like the upgrade system. I assume there will be many more upgrades to come as well, including armor. Lastly, the only thing I experienced that was a little annoying was the food/water system. This is only because they haven't updated the inventory yet, and I didnt have the upgraded canteen. However, while the water issue is solved with a 4-water canteen instead of 2, the food system will hopefully be updated. It's not bad, but it can be annoying. A stack of mushrooms doesn't even fill the health bar. Meals are expensive, and they expire. Jerky is ok, but it's pretty much eating 3 mushrooms. Roasts are good, but only because they don't spoil if you keep them on the spit, I assume everyone knows this. Basically, the problem is like 5 of my inventory slots are used for food and water. Plus the 9 or 10 already used for armor and tools. Yay, 15 slots left to use while travelling to the entire other side of the yard. See the problem? Hopefully though they add a legit way to keep good food from spoiling, as then we can just stack it and save inventory. I would be fine with this being a tie 3 build as well, like the oven. And yes I know mushrooms are abundant, but the point is inventory, not lack of food. Other than that great gameplay, can't wait for next big update!

There’s a smoothie that will help with hunger/thirst depletion. I think it’s the hedge lord smoothie. I keep 2 of those in my backpack if I’m going to do some extensive sourcing or exploring. And then I stack my jerky.
 

I beat all the bosses so far but I’m still missing some discovery points and I’m still working on a mushroom castle because… why not lol