played this game since September 2nd of 2020, I LOVE THIS GAME.

I'll warn you though, it does get repetitive and grindy. hanging out with friends helps with that honestly, everyone I've met at least is very nice to one another and fun to hang out with. also a lot of LGBTQ+ friendly cosmetics and events!

if you're ever bored though, there's always SOMETHING to do on this game. I could play forever haha

its a lovely game in my opinion, but honestly, its such a cash grab. Every season finds way for you to spend money on this game. i would say its worth it if the prices weren't so expensive. i like grinding in this game, i don't mind playing it for hours on end, game is very pretty for its potato graphic look. everything does look great, there's always bugs. but i don't expect it to look like a good game for something that's free.

but games that are free always have options to buy things. i feel like to complete the game without spending hours or years to complete is to physically buy candles. its not a good option, and its not that worth it. to get event items, you have to save, but after that, if you don't have candles for the next event, then oh well. doing task doesn't feel rewarding enough, using candles to buy hearts? and then at the end of the spirits task, you don't get any free items, always costing up to almost 90 candles. and the whole thing to buy everything could cost up to 300 candles, which can be used for events. yes, you can get some free hearts to some, but that's it. the game doesn't reward you enough for people that don't pay a dime to play this game. I've been playing for 4 years from mobile, from switch, to now PC. and the graphics have not changed. actually, nothing has changed. its all the same it feels the same, and i want something new.

the spirits have no story, makes no sense, and they all look the same. completing the game shocked me at first, as it took all my wings away. got so mad i didn't play it for months. i Spend hours just for my progress to go away. playing ti more, you have to give candles to upgrade your wings. its a whole process that's so annoying to do over and over again. i advise you to play it, but i don't recommend it.

in events you barely get anything for free, i was able to get one item and only one from how expensive everything is. not only that its limited time so you don't have much time to do anything. not only that its annoying that now i have to wait 11 days for something new for me to do in the dye shop, when i have 59 days left on "getting anything"

you're so called skilled, or cool or something when you have items that you pay for or limited items. and your a moth if you have nothing. i don't get anything, but the game is fun to waste my time with.

The game's beautiful. The music's heavenly. The people are sweet and wonderful, most of the time.
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But I recommend only playing it through once or twice. Make friends, honk and fly, but don't even glance at the cosmetics, because you'll be dug into a predatory, inescapable rabbit hole. My first play through was awe inspiring. Discovering new areas and eventually going through the end again in my second was sweet. And that is where the game should end- but it doesn't. Microtransactions* and grinding become the rest of the game, and everything outside of the base game is time limited. I played before there were so many seasons and travelling spirits and cosmetics... and it was far better. Eventually, it will turn into an obligation, if you can't put the game down. Game's free, but if you find yourself playing it just to grind in-game currency, you need to shut it down, because everything beyond the base game preys on you for money. In the end, you'll snub making friends in favor of the grind- completely neglecting the message the game claims to send.
Also!! Also!! Small peeve of mine, very, very, tiny, /sarcastic
but the safety of players is not guaranteed. The game says you must have parental permission or be an adult to play- but this means you meet people from eight to forty. The block option is abysmal. Reporting is fairly useless. Chat moderation is nonsensical- I can't say discord, but can talk about a number of inappropriate things if I actually tried. and chatting is private! It's private and you have to spend in-game currency to participate in it- which is yet another point in the unsafe category. No one knows what someone is saying to you, unless they've invested time and effort into being able to talk to you AND the other person. Most people are really nice! Especially new players. And yet, here we are.
Also. I love the flight controls, but the other movement controls are absolute hell half the time.
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*(not even really microtransactions. Most items cost more than it would cost to just... buy a different game.)
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The game had vision. It was sweet. And then bittersweet. But now it's just bitter.