An extra hostile area reminds me of the darkness in Salem but I don't hate it. I would still not want seasons to be removed entirely but rather reworked and for the hostile monster-infested area to not take away from the normal map so players don't end up all clumped up together, some areas are already pretty badly overpopulated right now.
SavageFox wrote:they just need to add more things for the winter to make it more interesting right now there is nothing to do in winter
I can't even dig dirt in the winter time cuz it says it's too steep in an area where it's perfectly flat winter even screws up terraforming

Winter isn't even that bad since you can at least get some easy snow, different forageables, use a sled, take a break from farming and it doesn't last very long anyway. What comes after is worse.