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
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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
Soulveyor
Build up your land from scratch and collect souls throughout the world in order to help you become the best duelist there is. As you become stronger, test your strength against the various temples scattered throughout the world. What secrets lie within them? Show the world what it means to be a soulveyor.
Build/Craft
Use your land to grow crops. Build machines to process your products. Use advanced conduit systems to transport your items, energy, fluids, and gasses. Craft more advanced items to help you along the way.
Seal Souls
There are souls scattered across the world. Find them by mining, chopping trees, harvesting, etc. and duel them in order to seal their soul, and possibly obtain one of their scrolls.
Duel
To complete a seal you must duel the soul by using your own deck of scrolls in order to help you! You’ll be transported to a battlefield where your duel will commence! You can also fight alongside your soul-mate, resulting in a 2v2 duel!
Play With Friends
Have as many players join your world as you want. Each player that joins gets their own plot of land to work on! Or take your character over to their world and stay for a while!
Exploration
Every world is completely unique and randomly generated. Explore the secrets of your land, or go visit other worlds and bring back their goods to yours!
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Palladise Island(帕拉小島)
I just finished the game with 100% completion so I feel qualified enough to write this review.
Palladise Island is a simple idle/clicker game in which you collect and evolve many different creatures known as PA. The core gameplay is passively waiting for silver coins to upgrade your buildings to earn more silver coins and upgrade your intimacy bar (the PA’s level/XP Bar) to evolve and unlock more PAs. There is also a building that allows you a chance to randomly get rarer/more expensive items but you’ll probably upgrade this last. You can also click the PAs to earn intimacy faster, thus levelling up faster.
– Real player with 60.0 hrs in game
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First I was like what, but then I was like what
– Real player with 32.4 hrs in game
Rune Factory 4 Special
The Peak of Farming RPG Game
Having played the game for countless hours in 3DS and the Switch, RF 4S is easily the best in the series and is the best RPG Farming sim out there, rivaling even Stardew Valley and easily outclassing the series this game is based on: Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons.
Besides as a Farming sim, the game is a great JRPG with nice and fluid combat, there are several weapon type which has different gameplay each such as short sword which is decently fast and will have 100% of your shield effect but it’s range is limited or dual knife which is extremely fast and have lots of DPS but the range is very short and you cannot have the shield benefit at all, my fav is great sword since it has a lot of damage and great reach but it’s slow and only have 50% of the shield effect, but you can use other weapon skill while benefiting the greatsword’s range and damage, yes you can use different weapon skill even if you’re not equiping the corresponding weapon but you’ll get double the MP cost penalty which is annoying early on but once you have lots of food to restore your MP it is not a big deal.
– Real player with 35.1 hrs in game
Full video review: https://youtu.be/9EKIHS4j-tI
Written review below!
I was a bit iffy going into this one. Harvest Moon type games have always been a bit hit or miss for me, but with Rune Factory 5 coming out soon, I figured I’d give this one a shot.
Gameplay
Despite the simple graphics here - RF4S is a bit of a beast in terms of content. Not only is there the farming stuff, but you’ve got dungeon exploring, this extensive crafting system, a large map to explore, and a dating and marriage system on top of that. Up front, it seemed like I would get lost in all of this, but the game actually does a really good job easing you into it through its request system.
– Real player with 34.1 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
Koi Farm
I really enjoy this game and the collecting Koi, its a very relaxing Koi breeding simulator but there are so much that can be made better. First is perhaps adding just a few more ponds so that we can oragnize the same types of Koi together else it just ends up being a huge mess of Koi swimming together and it can be hard to pick up a specific Koi you are looking for. Also, there are a few bugs here and there that causes the game to freeze sometimes but it will go away when you restart the game. Just hoping that these small bugs will be solved in future updates so that the gameplay is smoother.
– Real player with 22.1 hrs in game
This game is relaxing and slightly addicting at the same time. At its core it’s a ‘fill the book collection’ type of game, but there’s no pressure or time limit to do so. You start with a couple base fish colors and then after each book page is unlocked, the game requests slightly more and more complicated color varieties using some basic breeding techniques. There is a very simple tutorial, but otherwise it’s all experimentation (unless you look up a guide of course!)
The game itself is fairly basic and no frills, but for $3 I couldn’t ask for more. What it does have is quite well done. The sound effects of water/rain are soothing and graphics are pleasant to look at. This is one of those games you can just have idling on another screen because it’s actually quite nice to look at the fish swimming around and have the water sounds.
– Real player with 21.0 hrs in game
My Singing Monsters
This game opened my eyes to the greater questions. Why are we here if not just to play My Singing Monsters? If there is any meaning in life I think I’ve found it. When the Fwog proclaims, “Wa wa wa wa wa wa,” I think I understand further why life was granted to us. Our whole purpose, was to create My Singing Monsters, and play it. The only thing we should have done, and the only thing we should be doing, is playing My Singing Monsters. I got choked up when the Maw said “De de, de de de, de de de, de de de, de de de, de de de, de de de, de de de.” It forced me to think, to open my mind to the bigger picture. Friends don’t matter. Nothing matters as much as My Singing Monsters.
– Real player with 207.2 hrs in game
Shortly before My Singing Monsters was released on steam, my life was spiraling out of control. But then one day a friend of mine told me that My Singing monsters was on steam. I couldn’t believe it, it was true, it had just released and it turned my life upside up again. The second I heard the noggin gracefully slap the top of his head repeatedly to the first time I heard the mammot seductively say “Bummm”. I cried tears of joy, Every time I feed my monsters I feel proud and genuinely feel like my monsters care about my well being. I talk to my monsters every night and tell them about my problems. All I talk about is my singing monsters and my friends blocked me on discord because I only talk about My Singing Monsters. Thank you Big Blue Bubble. Thank you for bringing a purpose to my life again.
– Real player with 194.0 hrs in game
Serin Fate
(This review is based on the June ‘20 update)
Right off the top, I want to be clear this game is still, as advertised, very much a work in progress. However, that being written, I’ve enjoyed my experience enough that I’m content having bought the game at full price even though many of the game mechanics are presently under-explained and the game play is a bit out of balance here and there. What’s more, I can tell from past comments in the forum that some problems have already been fixed – I’m looking at you, person still whinging about inventory size when I massively upgraded mine as a rank newbie in three days of in-game time – so the Developer seems to be responsive and engaged.
– Real player with 201.9 hrs in game
Playing status: 12/14 achievements, finished the game (I don’t know how to get the last 2 achievements)
Grindy Achievement(s): Yes (1 achievement).
Optional Achievement(s): Yes (12 achievements).
Difficult Achievement(s): Yes (1+ achievement).
Intro
Serin Fate is an adventure RPG with a lot of mandatory elements that you usually find in farming games in addition to magic and monster taming. You can farm, mine, capture monsters for you to fight, fish, and many more. Despite the varied features, it still focuses on the adventure element at its core, allowing you to explore the whole region and figure out how to proceed from the obscure hints.
– Real player with 87.0 hrs in game
Ryewood Town
Find the secrets behind Ryewood Town, with relaxing, RPG-Style adventure!
Key Features:
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Start From zero until you reach the hero! Chop the trees, cut the grass, seed the ground, raise the animals and decorate your place!
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Fully Customization, hence unique adventure! Customize your house, your character, and your farm as you want! Nothing stops you from forming your dream farm!
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Tame wild animals! From small animals to the big monsters, you can tame them all!
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Explore the whole world! from the town center, to deep inside the mountain caves, every place has its own mystery!
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Unique deep systems! It’s whether animal care, leveling up or villager’s relationship every system has its own uniqueness!
Technical Features:
Supports both Xbox One and PlayStation 4 Controller! New generation controllers will be supported soon!
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