I actually picked up the PVE side of it recently. The whole thing is kind of a wonky mess but I’d be lying if I said I hated it. The scavenging and crafting feel out-of-place. The base building is pretty much pointless even up through where I currently am in the campaign (around level 20). The meta progression layer has so many things to both level up and evolve and retire (heroes, schematics, survivors, basic skill trees, research skill trees, collection books…) it’s borderline baffling. But the shooting is pretty crisp and the progression grind eventually hooked me.
Is anybody actually playing this or are the silent players who occasionally join my games bots?