Didn’t the game at least have rain? Or am I spoiled by other games?
Because the game really needs dynamic weather for the immersion.
As for the soundscape, once you turn off music it gets so quiet as if you were in a room by yourself. We need some hustle and bustle sounds in cities at least.
I would just add that the music is actually really good xD
But yeah ambient isn’t there due to the games original vision, why chopping and mining is so loud.
But at its current point I would like to see more animated life (none interactive even like critters and bugs) and as you said hear the life buzzing.
Also please for the love of god rework all your weather effects.
Look at games like Black Desert Online, Battlefield, Assassins creed etc. Get a feel for how rain looks and feel like… make the weather dynamic and interedting.
Let us see flashed of lightning in the distance, and hear the thunder rolling over us.
Lets us hear and nearly feel the blistering cold from a blizzard, and make it obscure our vision.
Let us feel the warmth when a monsoon just calmed and the rays from the sun hits the drenched surface and reflect in the ponds…