As far as the game itself, if you like Minecraft, general multiplayer player vs. environment combat, and occasional multiplayer dungeon crawling, this game will be perfect for you. However, as far as downloading with steam, I'm not so sure I would recommend it, as there seem to be some problems with logging in and/or staying logged in. However, you should be fine, as this only seems to happen if you're like me and try to launch directly from the executable at ".\Steam\steamapps\common\Trove\Games\Trove\Live\Trove.exe"(*). Using steam to download the game also seems to make it more prone to crashing. However, a number of steam integration features mostly if not completely make up for any such bugs.

Overall ratings

• Uniqueness among games: 9.5/10 — I have to dock .5 for being a slight bit too much like Minecraft. Sure, Minecraft wasn't the first voxel builder game either, but it feels like they could've added more than just a mining laser to make the experience better if they were going to "follow the leader" like this. Yesterday (2021-06-23) I found myself wishing I could copy-paste sections of my club world.
  
• Gameplay: 10.0/10 — because of how frequently they update with new content/bug fixes, it never really gets old (take, for instance, the Thanksgiving update which reskinned Shadow Giants to look like robotic turkeys), and I can't think of a damn thing wrong with the gameplay in general!
  
• Community: 9.5/10 — I had to dock .5 because spambots and occasional trolls (and I'm barely considering the latter because they're everywhere). This rating is liable to change as my experience with the community changes.
  
• progression balance:7.0 — see edit message below from 2021-06-24
  
• adaptability: 9.0/10 — this rating is for my fellow paraplegics: If you can control your mouse cursor fairly well and use Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the on-screen keyboard should be able to fill the remaining gap in most cases. Just don't expect to do too well in shadow towers and other high-level dungeons
  
• Conclusion: 9.0/10 Absolutely recommended for anyone that likes this sort of game. Now excuse me, I've got stop reviewing it and go play it already :-)

P.S. Please reply in the comments to this review if you happen to know how to launch a game (or at least this game) the same way that clicking the play button on the store page launches it — In this case through Trion World's Glyph launcher.



*It seems this starts the game directly rather than going through the Glyph launcher, which is apparently the only reliable login method.
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edit (2021-06-24): I had to add a rating criterion because I really have an ax to grind about one thing I don't like about this game: the fact that with almost every major update, they make the progression-ladder TALLER rather than WIDER. What I mean by this is that if you stop playing the game for a while, you won't be able to do anything with the newly added content until you get more powerful. Meanwhile, those that have been playing consistently will basically fly past you, both figuratively and sometimes literally (Dragon mounts). Part of what made me take a huge hiatus from the game was the so-called "mantle of power" update years ago, to which I one time flatly quipped "they dropped the mantle". Most of the content on that update seemed to be aimed at making it impossible to progress without paying for re-gem-erators and luck-boosts for when you upgrade your gems and they break. While these things could technically be purchased with cubits, that's less cubits you could spend on other things, which was annoying to say the least.
Of course, this isn't anything new among mmo's, and even some MMO-like games such as cryofall have difficulty controlling the grind factor. That's why the rating I gave the added criterion is 7.0 and not 5 or less. It's annoying, but not uncommon in the industry. Nonetheless, it's important to the accuracy of my rating. Still a pretty decent game after all these years, all things considered.
also revised my other ratings slightly

As far as the game itself, if you like Minecraft, general multiplayer player vs. environment combat, and occasional multiplayer dungeon crawling, this game will be perfect for you. However, as far as downloading with steam, I'm not so sure I would recommend it, as there seem to be some problems with logging in and/or staying logged in. However, you should be fine, as this only seems to happen if you're like me and try to launch directly from the executable at ".\Steam\steamapps\common\Trove\Games\Trove\Live\Trove.exe"[b](*)[/b]. Using steam to download the game also seems to make it more prone to crashing. However, a number of steam integration features mostly if not completely make up for any such bugs. Overall ratings [list] [*]Uniqueness among games: 9.5/10 — I have to dock .5 for being a slight bit too much like Minecraft. Sure, Minecraft wasn't the first voxel builder game either, but it feels like they could've added more than just a mining laser to make the experience better if they were going to "follow the leader" like this. Yesterday (2021-06-23) I found myself wishing I could copy-paste sections of my club world. [*]Gameplay: 10.0/10 — because of how frequently they update with new content/bug fixes, it never really gets old (take, for instance, the Thanksgiving update which reskinned Shadow Giants to look like robotic turkeys), and I can't think of a damn thing wrong with the gameplay in general! [*]Community: 9.5/10 — I had to dock .5 because spambots and occasional trolls (and I'm barely considering the latter because they're everywhere). This rating is liable to change as my experience with the community changes. [*]progression balance:7.0 — see edit message below from 2021-06-24 [*]adaptability: 9.0/10 — this rating is for my fellow paraplegics: If you can control your mouse cursor fairly well and use Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the on-screen keyboard should be able to fill the remaining gap in most cases. Just don't expect to do too well in shadow towers and other high-level dungeons [*]Conclusion: 9.0/10 Absolutely recommended for anyone that likes this sort of game. Now excuse me, I've got stop reviewing it and go play it already :-) [/list] P.S. Please reply in the comments to this review if you happen to know how to launch a game (or at least this game) the same way that clicking the play button on the store page launches it — In this case through Trion World's Glyph launcher. *It seems this starts the game directly rather than going through the Glyph launcher, which is apparently the only reliable login method. ==== edit (2021-06-24): I had to add a rating criterion because I really have an ax to grind about one thing I don't like about this game: the fact that with almost every major update, they make the progression-ladder TALLER rather than WIDER. What I mean by this is that if you stop playing the game for a while, you won't be able to do anything with the newly added content until you get more powerful. Meanwhile, those that have been playing consistently will basically fly past you, both figuratively and sometimes literally (Dragon mounts). Part of what made me take a huge hiatus from the game was the so-called "mantle of power" update years ago, to which I one time flatly quipped "they dropped the mantle". Most of the content on that update seemed to be aimed at making it impossible to progress without paying for re-gem-erators and luck-boosts for when you upgrade your gems and they break. While these things could technically be purchased with cubits, that's less cubits you could spend on other things, which was annoying to say the least. Of course, this isn't anything new among mmo's, and even some MMO-like games such as cryofall have difficulty controlling the grind factor. That's why the rating I gave the added criterion is 7.0 and not 5 or less. It's annoying, but not uncommon in the industry. Nonetheless, it's important to the accuracy of my rating. Still a pretty decent game after all these years, all things considered. also revised my other ratings slightly