As it is, the game although addicting is still lacking quite a bit. Lastly, I could live with the perma-death and without a manual save/load feature if the game had better balance. Anyways, that shouldn't have happened.and if I started to freeze it should have interrupted the auto sleep function with a notification, similar to what you get for waiting/sleeping in TES game, it interrupts if there is an event and you can also cancel at any time while auto waiting/sleeping.would be nice to have in this game. Screw that, I could have actually been spending real time in the wilderness instead of wasting my time on a broken and flawed game. Was out exploring when I got caught in a blizzard, found a sheltered cliff out of the wind and out of reach from any predators.pitched my bedroll with max clothing protection (fur & wool clothing), had 100% condition.slept for 7 hours and half way through I get a death screen.was total BS, no warning that I started to freeze or anything of the sort.12+ hours of game time wasted. I had survived for 51 days and had an ample stockpile at the Pleasant Valley Farmstead, was to the point of being fully sustainable. Well I'll give a perfect example of why a save feature is needed.

Personally I love the permadeath (for sandbox - story mode will have a different save system), but not everyone will.

Maybe they'll have some sort of compromise that can make the game a bit easier for your desired playstyle, or you can try one of the other modes. Hopefully you'll still give it a full try when they get closer to the final development. To say the game isn't worth recommending because it hasn't given an easy way out through saving any time you think you might lose seems a bit harsh, but understandable if that's what makes a game breaker for you. The game is set for permadeath, because otherwise there would be no risk or challenge if you could simply save before an encounter and keep reloading if you don't win, or don't play playing a different way to meet the purpose of the game. I like the permadeath - it makes the decisions (good and bad) a lot more critical. While I can understand why some players would want an easy manual save mode so they don't have to worry about dangers in the game, I have to disagree from personal taste.

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