I don’t have a ton of experience with albion yet, but as a beginner speaking it is a fun game. Note tho it is not fun if you don’t like pvp! I like that the economy is build by the players, and I like the simple look of the game.
If you join a guild you will meet some people with who you can play if your friends don’t like the game, so thats nice aswell.
But the process of making money is slow, and you need money for premium, because premium is a big part! Plus it gives an island hehe. So if you’re free to play prepare to put a lot of time in, if you make sure you do what you like that is totally fine! :D
I would recommend it, as it is free and the economy plus playerbase is fun. But if you don’t like pvp, I wouldn’t start, if albion would also make a whole big branch for non pvp players (more than just farming resources -_-) I’d give is 5 stars