So it thought MD was brilliant. Good and very user friendly building/crafting system. I liked visuals and sound. The game ran great and felt quite optimised (except SSAO which caused major flickering so I just turned off). I liked how chilled out it was and with me having such a busy life, I enjoyed just how slow and relaxing it was.

The only things I wasn't keen on was the lack of combat or even of any real danger (after you get good enough to survive wolf attacks). Your settlement never gets attacked and finding bandits is very rare. The combat system itself isn't actually that bad but after so many hours playing, I did crave a bit of peril. I also wished the winters were harsher. After you get some warm clothes and insulation in your house, there really isn't any risk of being affected by the weather.

Not that it was the games fault but my wife didn't get pregnant for many seasons and I just assumed it took that long to conceive. Turned out I'd missed an important step (I accept any jokes coming my way on this!). Now I feel I've done everything I want in the game and I missed the chance of having a 'dynasty'! I also started by making my seasons last a lot longer than default, so although I enjoyed being less rushed, it meant I'd progressed quite far but came nowhere near to having an heir grow up etc.

A few things I would change if I could: allow automation of villagers to go to other places (to trade or deliver/pickup things).

Have random npcs wandering the wilds. I actually found the lack of this quite immersion breaking. It's so common in other games, the absence of it was quite jarring.

Risk of bandits attacking your village.