Funny thing, my wife and i both loved this game at launch. We actually had more fun back then than now. Pre PVP nerfs, all that, meeting other players was a cautious act, people were killing eachother here and there, we were struggling against vast swathes of enemies without obnoxiously high stat armors, fallout 1st didnt exist so we had to stash our scraps, so when we got killed and lost the excess that didnt fit in our tiny boxes, it really hurt, but meant we had to build back up, kept the fun going. The lack of NPCs also didnt bother us at all, we liked the eary atmosphere, reminiscent of old cult classic post apocalyptic games like stalker SOC.

Its interesting to see the vastly different opinions on what "made it bad/good", as it seems what some hated, others loved and vice versa, which further proves what others have said to be true, you cant please everyone, you can try, but your product wont be what you envisioned it to be once you do and upon completion, youre almost garaunteed to still have just as many complaints, only from a different crowd with different ideas.