Monster Harvest
Should I recommend this game yes or no? I played about 50 hours of it.
But this game feels very early access. It is fine for the price.
Don’t expect too much though.
Here are my pros/cons.
Pros:
-Monster farming/fighting is integrated in the gameplay loop, unlike Stardew Valley where it feels more like an afterthought/removed from the actual gameplay.
-The world is more phantasy like. You don’t have your typical normal farmlife but instead you farm eyes and skulls. Especially the Dark season is very Halloween. Yes there are only 3 seasons: Dry, wet, and dark.
– Real player with 46.7 hrs in game
Hello,
I am quite conflicted about this game.
I really like the concept of Monster Harvest. It’s different from the usual. It’s like a mix between moonlighter (for the dungon part) but with planimals for fighters (a bit like pokemon) and harvest moon, stardew velley, peaceful days, etc… for the farming / townfolks part.
And that is a good idea. But there are a lot of itching little things.
Let’s start with the + :
Three seasons which are different from the usual is nice, 21 days instead of 28 or 30… Well, why not.
– Real player with 28.4 hrs in game
Grandiose
Played for 7 hours was more than enough. Good try for a 16 year old. Gets boring fast.
- Fly traps don’t work is always 0 flies.
-Drill does nothing when right clicked on
-Door does nothing when right clicked on and never closes anyway
-Chicken coops don’t give more chickens even if bar is kept in the middle. Easier to just pick it up and place it again for full restock.
-Trees stay fallen 50% of the time and need more chopping before they disappear.
-Wheat has no icon in inventory when fully grown and picked.
– Real player with 7.4 hrs in game
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Not ready for release. Needs an intro reading book or small help window, not some guy speaking in french, (which I do not speak or understand), to give a long video explaining mechanics and needs more content and building/crafting details per item so people understand what the item is, purpose its for, etc… Also the first day I had four men show up and had no weapon to craft to attack them. They destroyed everything.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
100 hidden rams
Simple and short. Like a demo, but… Other games have numbed me with grinding quests. So I now have the mindset to find a short game refreshing. Short is a feature.
I bought it in a bundle and at that price it feels like a bargain. I’ve paid more to play games in arcades.
The developer created tight limitations for themselves. The simple line art brought back the joy of reading Where’s Waldo, Castle, and Animalia as a child.
I recommend this game to friends and recommend it to you.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
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Once again a great little “find the 100 xxx” game! Its 100 sheep this time, fluffy little monsters that infest a village, hand drawn as always, and accompanied by boppy music. Do your brain a favour and buy it!
Guaranteed to challenge your brain, and distract you with the appealing artwork! You can wipe your score and let your friends and family exercise their brains too!
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Slime Factory
at current version avoid it .. feels like cheap buggy knock off of slime rancher ( i went and bought that one after to compare) even playing just a few mins there a few bugs one of which makes u alt f4 my advice put on your wishlist buy it if it goes on a decent sale then wait a year or so to see how the updates go . hopefully by then the bugs are worked out and games starting to show its own unique development direction
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Vilmonic
Vilmonic is a sandbox game which focuses on the evolution of alien species called anims; they adapt to environments, go extinct, go through periods of population peaks… Anims change shape as they try to find a way to fulfil their role in a niche, when faced with competition from other anims. I have high hopes for this game, and I believe the developer will continue to grow it.
Vilmonic for me is a concept game, it is still in beta as I write this, the game has potential to inspire many into pursuing perhaps even careers in genetics, or simply educating people in times where evolution has been considered controversial. It has a friendly aesthetic for new users, the control schemes can be somewhat clunky.
– Real player with 151.7 hrs in game
The ONLY modern A-Life game you can do a successful Wolfing Run.
For the young ones, that is a term coined by the Creatures series community, which has been on the net since 1999.
Wolfing is leaving your artificial lifeforms to their own devices for several hours, maybe while at work or sleeping, and coming back to a population that has changed, persisted, and survived natural selection factors. Mods are needed for Creatures 2’s bugs but the three games can theoretically support a “wild” population of creatures without player input for extended periods.
– Real player with 30.8 hrs in game
Ooblets
Features
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Start life in a little rundown farm that you’ll cultivate, improve, and customize
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Customize your character’s clothing, hair style, and general look
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Have dance battles with wild ooblets and fellow ooblet trainers
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Explore a variety of locations across Oob, all with their own biomes, plants, characters, and unique ooblets
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Grow new friends by planting ooblet seeds that will blossom into baby ooblets
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Join an Ooblet Club that matches your personality
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Upgrade your house with new decor, furniture, and, uh, upgrades
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Level up your ooblets and unlock new dance moves
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Collect seeds, items, furniture, machinery, badges, and friends along the way
100 hidden birds 2
Fun little games but there are two birds that are virtually impossible to find without looking on line. One is the size of two beaks of the drawn birds that I just happened to click on in error and one is behind a girder and looks NOTHING like a bird.
– Real player with 2.2 hrs in game
By far the hardest of the hidden object games I’ve played, but in a good way. The birds are easy to identify but blend in really well. The art is great, as usual, and the music has that right mix of catchy but not distracting. By and large, a very strong entry in the field.
– Real player with 0.9 hrs in game
Gooberries
If you’re looking for a cute farm sim, with a unique concept, this is it! At first blush it seems quite simple, but after an hour or so, you start to see more complexity and the pace picks up. The goobers are very cute and, as you play through, you’ll discover the humour of the dev shining through in some very entertaining ways.
I only played a few hours because of time constraints, but I’ll be back into it. Its very fun, and I enjoyed playing it a lot!
– Real player with 4.1 hrs in game
It’s a farming simulator in early access, so of course there are some things being ironed out. Luckily the dev is really cool and willing to hear out when players are having issues. I will say there’s not much of an endgame really, i.e. there’s a point where you can easily hit the peak of the gameplay and you won’t find much content left. The dev does post frequent updates about adding content. It just takes time since he’s a solo dev. All things considered, it’s a cute little game that I’m sure I can enjoy playing with my son. He really likes the characters, especially the Goobers.
– Real player with 3.3 hrs in game
Paleo Pines
Welcome to Paleo Pines, a peaceful island of pioneers and affectionate dinosaurs! Here evolution took a different path - survival of the kindest - creating a world in which humans and dinosaurs live together in harmony.
As the only known descendant of the legendary Flute Whisperer, your arrival on the island is met with delight by the local inhabitants. Together with your Parasaurolophus companion Lucky, you build a thriving ranch, make friends wherever you go, and unearth the lost history of your ancestors.
There’s plenty to explore out in the wilds of Paleo Pines, from the flowery fields of Veridian Valley to the high canyons in the desert… Stroll around the various different areas to find wild crops to forage, colourful characters that might need a hand or, of course, a dinosaur to befriend and take home to your ranch!
A variety of adorable dinosaurs roam the wild areas and can become your friends, as well as helpers on your ranch. Gain their trust by creating customised pens for them to frolic, feed them, treat them, give them attention and keeping them happy. Your efforts may very well result in your dinosaur friends trusting you enough to help you out with your farming tasks… And don’t forget to pat them on the nose!
Farm to your heart’s content, growing crops all year round with - and for - your dino besties! With a bit of love and care, such as matching soil and season, you’ll be able to grow the highest quality produce in Paleo Pines.
Building friendships within the community is just as important as building friendships with your dinosaurs! As you ride dinos, farm and explore, you come across a medley of characters, each with their own story. Help the people on the island out by completing requests, opening up new areas and visiting different stores and community hubs!
With various areas to explore, each with their own charm, collectable items and of course different dinos to discover, you’ll never run out of things to do or dinosaurs to tame and bring home. And if you feel your inner dino spotter coming out, there’s nothing like just watching the wild dinosaurs frolic and interact with each other!
Paleo Pines is a place where you can express your individuality and creativity. Create your character as you like with any combination, curate a colourful collection of clothing - with different items to be found in each area - and change your style via the wardrobe!
Furthermore, no two ranches are the same. Build square pens, or not (Owynn might have something to say about that). Use decor to build a romantic garden full of flowers, give your ranch a witchy vibe or go full hog on farming with rows and rows of tilled soil. Your ranch is yours, build it your way!
Want to learn more about the ins and outs of Paleo Pines development? Check out our Discord and Development Blog
Re:Legend
monster taming homesteading RPG
first off; the monster taming: monsters in this game are called ‘magnus’ which isnt a name that rolls off the tongue; theyre seemingly called magnus after the developers
every magnus you come across (except bosses) can be tamed; to tame them you need to feed them something they like (land crops, aqua crops, meat, fish, ore, lumber… and theres a couple of odd ones; like nerlicts are cannibals); whilst every magnus has a favourite food you dont need that to tame them (shroomies favourite food is rubrum logs; but you can feed it any logs to tame it)… once theyve been fed enough you can interract with them and a minigame occurs (theres some scaling to this to try and prevent you from getting high level magnus too early)
– Real player with 73.6 hrs in game
Hi,
I have played this game for a little under a week. While the game is still in early access, the devs have posted news about getting the game to a release soon thus, this review is mainly for their use and hopefully will allow them to fix some issues that I have found.
1. Gardening: The seed-plant pricing ratio becomes ridiculous immediately after the first spring in the game. The cost for the seed is almost equal to or significantly greater than the cost of the fully grown fruit yield. The gardening mechanic is effectively broken, as seeds often only give 1 fruit per grown seed, and then you have to buy more seeds. Half of the seeds are priced significantly more than the cost of the grown fruit, these are seeds that give fruit regularly(~3 days) per grown plant seed, but the cost is often greater than 10:1 and the entire season’s growth will just cover the cost of the seed in the first place. There seems to be no other method of acquiring seed other than the shop, as grown plants do not yield seeds for garden expansion or selling.
– Real player with 30.4 hrs in game