Spent 10 Hours straight in this wicked game, got to lvl 34
Wicked Island suffers from the bugs and jank.
The stiff animations and lack of proper colission don't really make it better. Which makes combat a total snoozefest because you can also spam block/parry, Making you essentially immortal it also recovers stamina each time you do it (Pretty sure that's a bug)
The Map is also... Very useless and ugly go look at, You cannot set markers so you will be constantly using it.
The Game also SPAMS enemies, You'll be walking past like 10 bears during your morning stroll.
Progression is also pretty meh... You can get Copper/Bronze fast, (IT'S THE CANCER-LOOKING AH ORANGE-GREEN ROCKS) Melting the Copper in the Furnace magically turns it into Bronze for whatever reason. Iron in the Pine Forest (Big ass black rock, Rocks with a black spots, that is Iron)
Also leveling your stats will be one hell of a grind 2 hours~ will get you to mining lvl 30 which only gives you 30% more damage to rocks.
You will also need to learn to use your cauldron early the foods are a godsend as the game has a Valheim-Like buff system and all foods deliver buffs. (Meat=HP, Veggies=Stamina)
Combat is very janky, Spears are shit, Swords are good and greatswords are crack. No idea about the bow though. You will clip through your target as you attack, You will have issues, The Demonstration combat techniques used in UE looked good on paper but in practice it is dogshit, There is also variations of attacks, You just do the same combo over and over.
AI is also shit and blind as fuck, You can stand so close to them without triggering them, And they also have the same attack patterns. They are very predictable and easily parried.
The Sex is also very boring, You can as far as I can tell only get fucked in certain encounter with the rare NPC or just get raped by monsters (No normal animals like Bears or Wolves, No true bestiality), And the funny thing is, sometimes and I think it depends on your Character's body physique the dicks don't even get inside you. and just float around. Only the birth animation is not janky. But there is pregnancy and cum inflation so that's a win in my books.
Speaking of Character Creation, This one is easily one of my favorites, Very detailed and I can make the boobs stupidly gigantic
The game sadly suffers from UE5 Exclusive jank, My good old RX 580 is suffering like mad from Medium-High settings upscaling on got like 20-60FPS depending on the area. But for a UE5 game it is good optimization, I did not have any stutters like at all. And I didn't crash a single time.
Now the worst part is: The UI, Oh god this is BAD, This is so ugly and incomprehensible... And buggy (Do not pause with the blueprint menu open), Also again the Map, It is so BAD.
World Building is also BAD, So many houses and ruins but they are all empty, nothing to explore or loot. The House interiors are 90% not existent and non-sensical. And you'll find many towers or rocks just floating and in many locations there is so little space so enemies cramp into a single point.
Even though I did kinda enjoy this is not everyone's cup of tea. There is potential but the jank is too strong that it becomes wasted. 3 Years of development ladies and gentlemen.
3.5/10