I've put in 200+ hrs into Stardew Valley at this point, and me getting back into it recently made me wanna find more games like it. I saw this during the winter sale and decided to trey it, and I'm glad I did because now I'm completely addicted. It's completely taken Stardew Valley's place for the time being lmao

Aside from the several shading glitches I've seen, the graphics are so pretty and detailed(I especially like how the water looks). The NPCs are also pretty fun and expressive in their animations. While most of the characters don't have much to do with the main story, the ones you do interact with can be charming and entertaining. I enjoy the dark humor a lot, and the music is nice and catchy. I like being able to stay awake a full 24 hrs instead of being forced to sleep at a certain time like other farming sim games. Tasks also don't have time limits, so it allows you to go more at your own pace. The voice acting is also really cute. I love this game a lot and will probably put in close to the same amount of time I put into SV lol

One thing that's kind of annoying, though, is that this game is really hard because it gives you almost no information on what to do, but I kinda like it that way because stumbling onto certain things can be fun. Plus this game has a pretty extensive Wiki to help you through. I also experience a lot of visual glitches as well as twitching and lag, especially around my farm and workyard. I also find the whole time and quest systems kind of annoying because the whole game is basically this huge fetch quest where you have to get an item from someone and bring it to someone else over and over again, but you can only see a lot of these people on specific days of the week. So, in cases where you 1. just miss someone right as they're leaving their spot or 2. get an item from someone who wants you to give it to the person you just saw the day before, you'll be waiting a full ingame week to finish a task. Skipping through the week doesn't take too long, though, and there's plenty of other stuff to do, but it's still really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying lol and it makes grinding for cash even harder. Another really annoying thing about this game is that you can't stack some items while crafting for some reason. Like why can't I queue several of the same items for the hand mixer? Why are you making me grind up one flower at a time? And why does blood/fat/bones stack but each of my hearts/intestines/brains take up individual slots and take up space? It's so stupid. Also the fishing minigame ♥♥♥♥♥♥ sucks ngl and the English/grammar is god awful half the time.

The main reason why I decided to leave a review, however, is this ♥♥♥♥ that happened to me today. I was playing GK with about 55 hrs clocked in when my PC completely froze after locking up for a second. I reset it and get back into the game when I notice that my save data is completely wiped. I was eventually able to get it back after I was done ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ myself, but that was after looking through several forums and trying different methods. Even the developer advise didn't work. All the top results I found left out a crucial step in my case(I had to delete and replace the INFO file in my GK folder with one you have to download from the dev's site). During my research, I noticed that this has been an issue since the game's been out. I saw a person complaining about this ♥♥♥♥ happening to them 4 days ago. I've never had this happen to me in a game before, and it's insane that it's still an issue here. Can this not be patched out or something?

I know most of this has been mostly pretty negative, but this game's really fun and addicting. This is just me warning you of some of the downsides of playing this game. These shortcomings are wayyyyy overshadowed by all the good things, though. It can be rough in the beginning when you're still figuring out all the complex stuff, but once you have it figured out you'll feel like a master. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys Stardew Valley/Harvest Moon type games. It's well worth the money as you'll definitely get several hours' worth from the gameplay. I'll definitely be picking up the DLCs at some point. :)

I've put in 200+ hrs into Stardew Valley at this point, and me getting back into it recently made me wanna find more games like it. I saw this during the winter sale and decided to trey it, and I'm glad I did because now I'm completely addicted. It's completely taken Stardew Valley's place for the time being lmao Aside from the several shading glitches I've seen, the graphics are so pretty and detailed(I especially like how the water looks). The NPCs are also pretty fun and expressive in their animations. While most of the characters don't have much to do with the main story, the ones you do interact with can be charming and entertaining. I enjoy the dark humor a lot, and the music is nice and catchy. I like being able to stay awake a full 24 hrs instead of being forced to sleep at a certain time like other farming sim games. Tasks also don't have time limits, so it allows you to go more at your own pace. The voice acting is also really cute. I love this game a lot and will probably put in close to the same amount of time I put into SV lol One thing that's kind of annoying, though, is that this game is really hard because it gives you almost no information on what to do, but I kinda like it that way because stumbling onto certain things can be fun. Plus this game has a pretty extensive Wiki to help you through. I also experience a lot of visual glitches as well as twitching and lag, especially around my farm and workyard. I also find the whole time and quest systems kind of annoying because the whole game is basically this huge fetch quest where you have to get an item from someone and bring it to someone else over and over again, but you can only see a lot of these people on specific days of the week. So, in cases where you 1. just miss someone right as they're leaving their spot or 2. get an item from someone who wants you to give it to the person you just saw the day before, you'll be waiting a full ingame week to finish a task. Skipping through the week doesn't take too long, though, and there's plenty of other stuff to do, but it's still really fucking annoying lol and it makes grinding for cash even harder. Another really annoying thing about this game is that you can't stack some items while crafting for some reason. Like why can't I queue several of the same items for the hand mixer? Why are you making me grind up one flower at a time? And why does blood/fat/bones stack but each of my hearts/intestines/brains take up individual slots and take up space? It's so stupid. Also the fishing minigame fuckin sucks ngl and the English/grammar is god awful half the time. The main reason why I decided to leave a review, however, is this shit that happened to me today. I was playing GK with about 55 hrs clocked in when my PC completely froze after locking up for a second. I reset it and get back into the game when I notice that my save data is completely wiped. I was eventually able to get it back after I was done shitting myself, but that was after looking through several forums and trying different methods. Even the developer advise didn't work. All the top results I found left out a crucial step in my case(I had to delete and replace the INFO file in my GK folder with one you have to download from the dev's site). During my research, I noticed that this has been an issue since the game's been out. I saw a person complaining about this shit happening to them 4 days ago. I've never had this happen to me in a game before, and it's insane that it's still an issue here. Can this not be patched out or something? I know most of this has been mostly pretty negative, but this game's really fun and addicting. This is just me warning you of some of the downsides of playing this game. These shortcomings are wayyyyy overshadowed by all the good things, though. It can be rough in the beginning when you're still figuring out all the complex stuff, but once you have it figured out you'll feel like a master. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys Stardew Valley/Harvest Moon type games. It's well worth the money as you'll definitely get several hours' worth from the gameplay. I'll definitely be picking up the DLCs at some point. :)