I have owned this game since forever ago and seen lots of updates roll through over the years.
The most interesting part of this game in my opinion is and always has been, the ability to capture the monsters that spawn in the world and use them to help you fight. Also, the ability to transform into them, if you take it one step further.

Back, years ago. It didn't feel too painful to accomplish this. But gradually, over time. It has become harder and harder to achieve. Seemingly as if the dev thinks that making it harder makes it more desirable to achieve.

But playing it again, now that it looks like it might have recieved its' final update.
I am utterly disappointed.
I spent several hours mining and quit the game because I got barely anywhere and it felt so monotonous.
The terrain has many shapes, which honestly looks pretty cool. But it also makes it so you need to mine out so many tiny elevations to get anywhere. And the more you have to deal with it. The more annoying it gets.
it takes so fcking long to mine the blocks. If you have coal or some kind of mineral to find, it is usually exciting in these kinds of games. But in this one; mining the mineral doesnt remove the block. Which makes the already long time it takes to mine to get anywhere, take even longer. I found myself actively avoiding ore, even thought it might be useful later. Because I wanted to get to the monster taming part. I wanted to get amethyst to get my monster journey started.

But. The rate of which Amethyst spawns appears to be lower than it used to be.
Also. Since many updates ago. I have not had it drop from enemies, like I initially saw, back years and years ago.
Amethyst is what you need to make a table to make capture gems. You also need a bunch of amethyst to make the gems themselves.
You need multiple tier 1 gems to make tier 2 gems.
Do you see where I'm going with this?

The game gets boring and tedious before you even get to the good part.
The part that the game that in my opinion, should be focused on. The part that sets this game appart from other games in the same genre, like Terraria.

The game is honestly boring now.
Which is ultimately disappointing.
Because I used to get excited to play this each day.
But that will likely never be the case again.