Originally posted by Gladi8er65:

They haven't "scammed" anyone or "taken the money and ran" or any other theory the impatient players keep insisting...

Games take time to make... Games take even longer working remotely... The updates are coming so just be more patient.

Not exactly "scammed" but they haven't delivered on what they originally had on their roadmap for 2021. They literally had their roadmap posted along side the early access release announcement, which was posted on February 2, 2021.

A lot of people bought this game because the game had a solid foundation but also had a roadmap.

Now I understand that we've been going though the pandemic but even the developers themselves have said on record that the pandemic had most likely contributed to their massive success. They mentioned that a few times actually. So yeah, there was to be downsides of the lockdowns and everything but they've also gained more resources than any of them could have imagined from it too.

I remember talking to friends about this game and being excited over of how well it was doing because we felt like it would help propel the game forward, yet things have felt like they've gone backwards.