Hytale being unfinished is fine, but I'd rather see nothing than its WIP signs
I like Hytale. I like how it plays smoother and weightier than Minecraft, while matching the explorative highs of creeping through an infested cave or stumbling upon some ancient, unplundered ruin. I like how it runs on the Steam Deck without trying to. And I like the pace at which it’s being updated: one substantial patch per week, at the current rate.
You could argue, fairly, that regular content injections are vital for an early access game that’s accessible as early as Hytale is. Likeable or not, its sense of purpose is currently driven entirely by the primate-brain desire to ascend through rare mineral tiers and upgrade workbenches, with the promised RPG-style adventure mode a distant prospect at best. I don’t mind waiting, or even playing, in the meantime – the most interesting thing about a game is rarely its state of completion. I just wish the unfinishedness wasn’t proclaimed quite so loudly, by an arsenal of cheerily ironic Work In Progress signs, inside Hytale itself.