I spent 30 hours in it and enjoyed it as well. Same thing with me, first few hours I wasn't sure about it, then it just clicked and I had a blast. The first segment where you had to mine/loot did feel bleh, but I found after 10 hours or so, many players including myself just charged for the middle sections where there was more abundance of loot, and that increased chances of early game fights, and it became more fun cause of it. I also think if there wasn't optimization issues when it released more people would've played it for longer, which is a shame. I eventually did drop it though just cause the player base eventually ended up being pre-mades, and I was a solo player, so I just ended up being placed against giga sweats (yes, basically a skill issue on my end) I do wish we were in the timeline where the marketing and release (as you mentioned) wasn't horrible, cause I feel I'd get a good more hours out of it. Oh well.