It's a dead game there is literally 1 server with 50 players online on a good day they really ban you for no reason the admins from that server really trying so hard to kill the server with how they attack regular players and beef with them they lit abusing power its waste of money especially the skins u got to pay 100$ and then get banned from the server and dont have anywhere else to play

This game used to be worth purchasing, but for now I would hold off. Heres why! ;

Low Player Numbers -
I haven't seen this game marketed beyond very small you-tubers, so now that its initial launch interest has died down its hard to impossible to find active servers. When you do find them (and active is a bit of a stretch seeing servers can host 100 people and I see at max 30 now) , they are either limited to you if you don't want to join another discord server (Which will be full of people who take pretending to be a lion online a little too seriously and often don't have the best attitude.) or are servers that are set up for people to mess around in - which is fine but doesn't leave much space for you to experience the game the way the rest of us could a few months ago!

No support for solo play -
I understand this is a multiplayer concept, but its possible to spawn into a solo server. This should be a chance to experience the mechanics of each different animal and prepare for joining a multiplayer server, however with no AI it just means you are aimlessly walking around maps with almost nothing to do. Solo play is never a requirement for a multiplayer game, but if its broken/ boring solo then you put the pressure on other people to bring the fun instead of the product you purchased to entertain you. It turns the game very hit or miss in terms of fun, one night could be great and then next a total bore.

The DLCs...
I get it, money makes the world go round - But other games of this level and type allow players to unlock skins, or attend events for exclusive items or coats for free. (Beast or Bermuda for example) So I find it really hard to be able to justify paying more than I paid for the base game for some 'Halloween' coats and items when Im yet to see any marketing that could expand the playerbase that the game clearly needs to do well.

TLDR I had a really good time with this game for a few months until it started to die down in numbers. I have seen first hand plenty of the 'toxic community' members other reviews mention but frankly I don't think they're worth getting upset over or even acknowledging, but I understand why they are mentioned in a lot of reviews as they're often friends of server owners who get away with rule breaks. Part of me wonders how much they could be to blame for this drop in player base, as a few bad apples defo cause me to stop joining certain servers.

animalia is an amazing game