Originally posted by Hu.ok.Mun:

what I'm concenrned is if this is just another Grind Simulator like Ark and other "no-life" games that only really work for unemployed basement dwellers and kids. I don't want to grind simulate anything, just play casually.

Not every basement dweller is an unmarried unemployed gamer you know? My cousin is married, works and lives out of his basement, and earns a pretty decent living. Metro Vancouver is expensive to live in. $1.5 million-$2 million Cdn for a 2,500-3,200 sq ft house. I was one of the 'lucky ones' to have bought my 655 sq ft 29 year old apartment back in 2017 for $290,000 cash. Then the yearly rising costs of strata, property tax, and utilities... [sigh]

Anyway, so far, I haven't played a single survival game that doesn't have grind. Clocked just a bit above 500 hours on Valheim since September 2021. Spent most of that in the first four months.

However, while certainly not Ark, from the tone of your comment, perhaps something more action based and less exploring/building is up your alley. I would suggest you wait until the game is officially released to reconsider buying it. At least by then, you would get a better picture how it turns out. Might be 2-3 years from now though.