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I was going to give this game a cautious recommend, but I don’t like the direction the game is heading, and the responses I’ve been given from the team have been very underwhelming.
My biggest pros is the visuals. They’re cute, and everything is (for the most part) very well animated. I love all the subtle additions they’ve made to the world, and even things like season are are very distinct and unique.
My other big pro is how much fun running the tavern is, while it lasts, which brings me right to my lengthily lists of cons.
My biggest con with the game is just now much collecting and running around there is to do.
For the first 5-10 hours it’s a nice balanced pace and doesn’t really cut into the tavern time, but the second it hits mid game you’re going to be going up to the mountains to mine copper iron and coal, down through the fields and the farm to collect wild herbs, berries, and mine some more, and then all the way to the beach to collect coconuts, bananas, and sea life. On top of this the team is planning to add a lot more sections to the map.

Eventually, you’ll need to do this almost EVERY day! (granted you don’t HAVE to, but if you want to make any kind of money/unique dishes, and progress at all you have to).
The one upside to all of this is your character has no stamina limit, so you’re free to mine all the ore you need, cut all the trees you need, take care of your garden, and fish all without having to worry about passing out.
Staff is introduced pretty early and easily enough you can open the tavern and have them run it while you run around collecting all the thing you need to collect and craft all the items you need to craft.
It does quite quickly becomes a LOT of collecting, that has to be done, and the ‘running a tavern’ aspect starts to take a major back seat.
Right now there is a mailbox that you can order most things you need, including furniture, seeds, produce, and makers. Apparently you used to also be able to buy additional things you needed (like Coal), but since I’ve purchased the game, that feature has been cut. Apparently, the whole feature (one of my favorites in the game) is going to go away as they continue to expand the map. Thus further alienating the ‘running a tavern’ feature, because now you have MORE map squares you HAVE to go to and more shops you HAVE to shop at.
Lastly, a major thing that apparently is being changed, but hasn’t yet, is the tutorial. It’s really lacking and after the first initial section, the rest is all up to you to figure out, which is great if you like that kind of thing, but if you need any kind of extra guidance, you need on outside advice. Again, I’ve been told that feature ‘will’ change but as of this review it hasn’t. I think maybe instead of adding on more features they should focus on the core.
My review changed from recommend to not recommend after spending time in the official discord. Most of the support team there is rather rude, and all feedback I gave was dismissed with “well that’s just how the game is” which I guess okay, but there is no professionalism there, and instead of doing the bare minim of “thank you for the feedback” they just dismiss it and give a subpar response. It’s pretty clear this game isn’t for me, and people who play like me are basically being told “oh well sorry about it”
I can tell the vision of the game used to be solid, but the scope has completely escaped the devs and the core of the game seems to be completely lost.