gotta say, first impressions were bad, but after going back to it and giving it another chance (and after they added FPP and optimized it a bit, which certainly helped), I'm starting to really get addictive. It blends the Permadeath that I value in games to add consequence and tension to your actions, with the 'pick up and play' 15-45 minute session lengths of games like dota and csgo.
it still needs a LOTTTTTTTT of improvements and polish but even in it's current state it does the job better than rust or dayz ever did imo