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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
  • Today I made a mistake and bought Life in Willowdale: Farm Adventures for the Nintendo Switch.
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  • @holy_magikarp
    @holy_magikarp Год назад +485

    From a writing perspective the mayor just seems like a bit of a douche?? He doesn't like the way his daughter runs the town, so instead of talking to her like an adult, he brought her cousin in just to prove her wrong. That's so spiteful! No wonder Penny refuse to give in to the Mayor's demands.

    • @AverageEggmonEnthusiast
      @AverageEggmonEnthusiast Год назад

      He brought in child labor for his family feud.

    • @ninjafrog6966
      @ninjafrog6966 Год назад +34

      Also why the hell does she somehow have more power than the goddamn mayor?

  • @zillo1600
    @zillo1600 Год назад +821

    It is just me or are we getting lately a lot of rough farming games. I mean it can happen with indie games but it feels like there were a lot that just wanted to jump on the farming train. Hopefully coral Island breaks that trend.

    • @JoshGamingGarden
      @JoshGamingGarden  Год назад +156

      We are getting a lot of rough games. 😢 I'm very hopeful for Coral Island however, and there are other promising games on their way!

    • @gunawanputera6443
      @gunawanputera6443 Год назад +66

      They wanted to reel in some people who newly enjoy farming game, because of pandemic farming/simulation game have been rocketed, games like SoS, Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing sales has been rocketed, that why we get some indie trying to cash in on the trend

    • @gunawanputera6443
      @gunawanputera6443 Год назад +18

      @@JoshGamingGarden im kinda skeptikal with coral island, the game kinda looks to smilar to stardew valley with 3d graphic, and from personal experience i always skeptikal when the game from kickstarter looks too good to be true

    • @Doomerang01
      @Doomerang01 Год назад +39

      @@JoshGamingGarden The problem is that a lot of devs were trying to cash in on the drought of farm games we had. I think they all saw that several of the bigger releases were coming soon (such as Harvestella), panicked, and decided to release their games before they had been properly tuned. Many of these games had potential and were ruined not from bad concepts but from many little issues adding up into big ones.

    • @jeromealday614
      @jeromealday614 Год назад +30

      Same thing happened from the height of Minecraft popularity. A lot of rough sandbox games. Few gems but a ton of soulless imitations.

  • @DarkMario277
    @DarkMario277 Год назад +409

    No offense to the artists and all, but what is it with all these recent farming games having the ugliest looking characters. A lot of them look like off brand Lego characters. A lot of these games have been trying to go for a "chibi" character style with small bodies, large head and eyes, etc, but when done poorly it just looks really bad and offputting. I know this probably comes off as mean, but I do think there should be a little more time and effort put into the character designs.
    I'm hoping it'll get some tune-ups while it's being ported to other systems. Graphics and framerate fixes, UI touch ups, controller support (no Pro Controller support is just weird) and the like, but honestly the thing this game needed the most was a bit more time in the oven before it was released.

    • @neonkuromi
      @neonkuromi Год назад +33

      Hokko life is so scary to me. Idk why they designed it so ugly

    • @Kuso_Ouji
      @Kuso_Ouji Год назад +20

      As someone who used to draw only chibi and followed many chibi artists, the character design for this game looks like it was probably a competent artist who has very little experience with drawing chibi. As you say, no offense to the artist, but this is pretty typical. (You can check "how to draw chibi" from 8 years ago on RUclips and find similar art by non-chibi artists)

    • @avarpg6140
      @avarpg6140 Год назад +6

      I think they are copying story of seasons friends of mineral town. The big chibi bobble heads and small body’s.🫤

    • @cryptid6279
      @cryptid6279 Год назад +5

      its okay you can say hokko life

    • @FrenkTheJoy
      @FrenkTheJoy Год назад +4

      This one looks like it's trying to be an off-off-brand Animal Crossing player character.

  • @etherserra8638
    @etherserra8638 Год назад +358

    So wait, let me get this straight. The townspeople basically moved away due to penny's influence to go live in the city...but she also opened a giant expensive store to cater to....no-one? No wonder the town is doomed. I also want to know how the people moved away and took their houses with them cause clearly it was thriving before but somehow lost 75% of it's structures.

    • @HyperGirl81
      @HyperGirl81 Год назад +13

      Maybe the homes were setup to be able to be dismantled and moved whenever the owner wished? There were buildings in the old west that were like that and the owners would just move the building from one town to another.
      I never tried this game so thanks for showing it to me.

    • @kips8156
      @kips8156 Год назад +3

      Maybe Penny's influence is having the super market to show easy city people have it. Have machines do all the work so you don't have to do all the heavy duty stuff. Lol

    • @Hellraiser2107
      @Hellraiser2107 Год назад +16

      It's pretty damn dumb but not the stupidest thing I've ever heard in a farming sim game. Let's not forget that the story of the latest Harvest Moon somehow revolves around a society of people that forgot what seeds are.

    • @RedK5
      @RedK5 Год назад +4

      @@Hellraiser2107 seriously?😂

    • @Hellraiser2107
      @Hellraiser2107 Год назад +13

      @@RedK5 yes, seriously. The whole game's plot is basically "remind this society of dumbasses how plants work".

  • @missbelle9159
    @missbelle9159 Год назад +219

    this looks like one of those bootleg movies people make to trick parents into thinking its a new disney or pixare film. Like "Whats up" instead of "UP"

    • @pokemami
      @pokemami Год назад +7

      Exactly what I was thinking this is a money grab for grandparents thinking they are getting Stardew valley for their grandkids!

    • @missbelle9159
      @missbelle9159 Год назад +1

      @@makeitthrough_ I like Watchung commentary videos on those I find them funny. Ihe did one on that one I would like to watch the whole thing one day with friends XD

    • @missbelle9159
      @missbelle9159 Год назад +2

      @@pokemami which sucks bc stardew isn't even expensive, so they might even save some money idk how much this game cost

  • @suicune2001
    @suicune2001 Год назад +594

    That is definitely not a $40 game. That's a $2.99 game.

  • @Nintendo122333
    @Nintendo122333 Год назад +421

    I was thinking to myself, “wow the title seems a bit harsh, but Josh’s judgement has always been fair”, but man, you were being nice! This game looks like the pre-planning stages you do in game development in order to map out what works and well or not in your game. Bloody hell.

    • @chibiarts9029
      @chibiarts9029 Год назад +36

      I agree looks like an alpha build of a game

    • @ZayabelDraga13
      @ZayabelDraga13 Год назад +35

      @@chibiarts9029 looks like pre-alpha 😭

    • @lemone12
      @lemone12 Год назад +5

      Looks like a mobile clone of something ;(

  • @kaydwessie296
    @kaydwessie296 Год назад +68

    Also literally all the dialogue in this game is like:
    "Hi didn't you live here before? Remember me, I'm Kay! Slap that A button to give me a gift and be my friend! Penny sucks! Go to the Library! They forgot to give me a personality!"

  • @jahipalmer8782
    @jahipalmer8782 Год назад +194

    Okay, so, I saw that there were no reviews on this game so I thought "ooh I should buy it and make my first video review about it!" I was so excited. Then I bought it and started playing it and OMG it is just... not very good at all. I could barely play it for an hour. Also, the character portrait always looks the same. I gave my character skin, whitish hair and a giant dark beard and the character portrait is still the same as the one that you saw.

    • @JoshGamingGarden
      @JoshGamingGarden  Год назад +40

      Sorry you had to go through that 😆

    • @jahipalmer8782
      @jahipalmer8782 Год назад +5

      @@JoshGamingGarden lol, it's fine. I'm still gonna play it.

    • @jesusramirezromo2037
      @jesusramirezromo2037 Год назад +35

      @@JoshGamingGarden I think your character matched the portrait because you choose all the default options lol

    • @msmlr5016
      @msmlr5016 Год назад +1

      Same here...
      So dosappointed and $30 plus gone

    • @ferretappreciator
      @ferretappreciator Год назад

      @@jahipalmer8782 honestly I'd kinda love to see your review too, if you haven't refunded it yet. I hope you have, though, for your sake lol

  • @Contessa6789
    @Contessa6789 Год назад +180

    I was put off by the $40 price tag and wow it’s worse than I ever imagined

    • @PotatoCheeks
      @PotatoCheeks Год назад +25

      I was put off by the ugly characters first. And lmao when I saw the price. That's more than what some good quality indie games cost.

    • @Contessa6789
      @Contessa6789 Год назад +15

      @@PotatoCheeks ikr?? Inflation has been bad so I understand the jump to $30 for many games… but $40 for those graphics? Yikes

  • @TheEternityForce
    @TheEternityForce Год назад +304

    Gotta give them credit for one thing aaa games almost never master - sleeping under the blanket.

    • @omegagamer4124
      @omegagamer4124 Год назад +40

      True since nobody seems to get the blanket animations correctly

    • @STOCKHOLM07
      @STOCKHOLM07 Год назад +9

      @@omegagamer4124 Harvest Moon 64 did

  • @robertwildschwein7207
    @robertwildschwein7207 Год назад +58

    Here is a little backstory
    The "dev" actually made this "game" to revenge his childhood bully Penny. That's why everyone in the game hates Penny and is opposed to everything she does (Supermarkets, machines, etc).
    The legend says, he just slapped some free unity assets onto a flat surface and called it a "game". He also didn't find a free townhall asset, which is why the townhall is a church.
    The loser didn't even bother to impliment the collisions.

    • @VortexKiller2
      @VortexKiller2 Год назад +7

      Sounds like a weirdo, almost as weird as MDickie at times, although MDickie is actually a nice guy.

    • @robertwildschwein7207
      @robertwildschwein7207 Год назад +5

      @@VortexKiller2 LOL I just played Hard Time yesterday
      Fun game but ridiculously hard. My record is like surviving one week

    • @msmlr5016
      @msmlr5016 Год назад +5

      So now he is well padded financially because of us trusting suckers🤣

    • @KysEcstacy
      @KysEcstacy Год назад +5

      SO THATS WHY ALL THE MODELS LOOK SO OUT OF PLACE

    • @themasterprocrastinator4933
      @themasterprocrastinator4933 Год назад +5

      Wait, seriously? Where'd you get this? (not accusing you of lying by the way, just genuinely curious how you got to know about this)

  • @thuncourt013
    @thuncourt013 Год назад +108

    assuming you dont know about it, a big warning about the first boss: its a crying cow and you cannot attack it. you have to try to outrun it (even with maxed out run speed its hard as hell) as it hits hard as hell and you have to wait for it to get tired out and give it several flowers to deplete its health. i barely managed to drop its health twice then got steamrolled. i just uninstalled it after that point because it was a waste playing it if i was just going to game over fighting it without HP restoratives.

    • @FrenkTheJoy
      @FrenkTheJoy Год назад +8

      It's a farming game where you have to basically *battle a cow?*

  • @omegagamer4124
    @omegagamer4124 Год назад +107

    They set a pumpkins growth time for 1 day for the tutorial and forgot to change it again so all pumkins grow fast

    • @suicune2001
      @suicune2001 Год назад +36

      So they didn't playtest this game at all. LOL!

  • @cutejustice
    @cutejustice Год назад +166

    They got some nerve for charging that much for this mess 😒. No shade to the team but this needs to go back to the oven to bake a bit more

    • @marconieves302
      @marconieves302 Год назад +18

      I agree, but the worst is Natsume charging 50 for their shity harvest moon, God i hate them!!!

    • @cutejustice
      @cutejustice Год назад +18

      @@marconieves302 oh yeah they’re definitely banking more on the name than on the game alone

    • @skydiamsteam6005
      @skydiamsteam6005 Год назад +1

      @@Sk8rGamingKei Criticism = Hate, ok sure bud.

    • @cutejustice
      @cutejustice Год назад +9

      @@Sk8rGamingKei it’s not about being a hater… this game is $40 and it’s very unpolished. We’re literally looking out for each other 😒

    • @cutejustice
      @cutejustice Год назад +3

      @@Sk8rGamingKei alright cool! Enjoy it then ✌️

  • @southparkfirefly
    @southparkfirefly Год назад +70

    You really are right...the music definately sounds like 5 Minute crafts lol and I didn't really want to buy this game because the graphics looked too Mobile Game-y so I'm glad i went with my gut and decided against it now.

    • @medusathedecepticon
      @medusathedecepticon Год назад +7

      It would have been better as a mobile game. At least the price would have been more reasonable

    • @FrenkTheJoy
      @FrenkTheJoy Год назад

      They probably got their royalty-free music from the same place.

  • @piperbird7193
    @piperbird7193 Год назад +218

    Oh, no! That lightning bolt stamina meter is straight out of a mobile farming game! 😅
    That is an absolutely crazy price for this game though, how do they think they can ask that much?
    Why does the floor look warped in the supermarket? And they didn't even bother lining the floor pattern up in the community center.

    • @omegagamer4124
      @omegagamer4124 Год назад +14

      Remember when they brought harvest moon light of hope from mobile to consoles and charged 60 for it and willowdale is only on switch with console release soon

    • @irradiatedPirateBooty
      @irradiatedPirateBooty Год назад +4

      straight up those icons are from farmville or some other facebook farming game 😭 both hilarious and tragic

  • @auqustfire
    @auqustfire Год назад +65

    This definitely looks like it was a mobile game they turned into a Switch game at the last second. I can't imagine spending $40 on this. Maybe $15-$20 but with all the other options out there, I still wouldn't be interested lol.

    • @VortexKiller2
      @VortexKiller2 Год назад +3

      Probably worth buying only when it's on Sale.
      Or just buy Stardew Valley.
      Hell, you could buy Skyrim (Not a farming game but a great game none the less) instead for just a little bit more money!

    • @faimynth6030
      @faimynth6030 Год назад +1

      I've gotten tons more fun and found so many more beautiful games for 15$ i would place this game more around the 5$ mark

  • @uncaffeinatedkoda9001
    @uncaffeinatedkoda9001 Год назад +46

    this game feels like a mobile game, in my opinion. i am not a fan of the art style of the characters, though the design of the building is actually pretty cute. i think from what i've seen you play, the story seems SO similar to harvest moon: a new beginning! they just added a joja mart-esque "enemy" in it.

  • @NourishingMystic
    @NourishingMystic Год назад +51

    This is literally the worst game in the $40-price-point that I have ever seen!! Atrocious and the production team should be ashamed of themselves for releasing such a terrible mess!!

    • @AllenTax
      @AllenTax Год назад

      You know the team that makes the game doesn't price the game right?😐 Clearly someone who did either doesn't know gaming market,gaming design & or is money hungry leeching merchant.

  • @Nurylon
    @Nurylon Год назад +65

    Oh goodness :(
    I was excited about the unique premise, too. I was willing to overlook the silly 'why does the mayor's daughter have so much power' thing--because I thought maybe it was a gag joke about the mayors in farming games never doing anything, lol. After watching this though I doubt that was a thought the team had . . .

    • @luchirimoya
      @luchirimoya Год назад +3

      Nothing about this game is unique unfortunately 😭

    • @yannickgrignon2473
      @yannickgrignon2473 Год назад

      Unique? This thing is practically a 1:1 ripoff of Stardew Valley.

    • @luchirimoya
      @luchirimoya Год назад

      @@yannickgrignon2473 it's a Stardew Valley parody lmao

    • @yannickgrignon2473
      @yannickgrignon2473 Год назад

      @@luchirimoya Aren't parodies supposed to be funny?

    • @luchirimoya
      @luchirimoya Год назад

      @@yannickgrignon2473 yeah, I guess haha, the only funny thing here is how bad the game is 😭

  • @alexanderluna4598
    @alexanderluna4598 Год назад +20

    “The music is stressing me out a little bit”
    i physically laughed out loud

  • @sammythehamster9093
    @sammythehamster9093 Год назад +50

    Unfortunately, the music loops every 30 seconds I wouldn't able to handle it. I wouldn't be able on Switchlite if only uses joycons. I had bad feeling about this game maybe because of graphics. I can see why this game is delayed till 18th for Steam and other console. Thanks for making review because the ones I could find are in German. Due to my bad experience with Hokko Life I might as wait for Harvestella and better off playing Dinkum.

  • @divatashi
    @divatashi Год назад +27

    This is more expensive then Disney dream light valley. The quality is not even close to that game. Way overpriced for sure

  • @RaxiazRedux
    @RaxiazRedux Год назад +34

    I want to play a farming game that doesn't put itself at odds with the idea of big cities and machines. That seems like such an easy-out for building the world of the game.

    • @cyanodrake5892
      @cyanodrake5892 Год назад +13

      You should take a look at Sunnyside, it's going to have a theme of modernizing farming in a positive light. The first thing that caught my attention is that it's going to let you water your crops with a hose instead of a watering can. My mind was blown because it's something so obvious, yet you never see it in games where you water plants. The devs put a lot on emphasis on using modern technology to help improving your experience, you even get a smartphone too.

    • @ilavalolipop
      @ilavalolipop Год назад +6

      Littlewood’s plot has nothing to with being anti-city! Its a refreshing difference 😄

    • @yannickgrignon2473
      @yannickgrignon2473 Год назад +3

      Yeah, it's this weird kind of fetishization of a "simpler" past, when people worked way harder to produce way less. If you're helping out an entire town economically, wouldn't a tractor help?

  • @spaceykori
    @spaceykori Год назад +12

    It says a lot when the first week of the game's quests all say "Go to sleep" after doing one thing just to skip the time because there's nothing else to do 😅

  • @thoseriseofkingdomsadswith972
    @thoseriseofkingdomsadswith972 Год назад +60

    It looks like a vertical slice made by a college dev for an exam...

    • @duntemdraws310
      @duntemdraws310 Год назад +15

      Bro I'm in uni for game art and even in our project prototypes and vertical slices we have higher standards lol

  • @diremiralis4191
    @diremiralis4191 Год назад +40

    Woof, this is ROUGH. Cleanse your palate with something good, like Littlewood haha

  • @So--phie
    @So--phie Год назад +84

    I am so sorry for your sacrifice Josh, but thank you for saving me money! I will most definitely not buy this one and wait for the next story of seasons a wonderful life instead! :)

    • @rachelh2045
      @rachelh2045 Год назад

      Hi, SoS coming?! Exciting. I love the SoS games, except for 'New world'. I think that's the name.
      great review.josh,

    • @So--phie
      @So--phie Год назад +1

      @@rachelh2045 They are making the remake of Harvest moon A wonderful life that was on the gamecube. It will be coming in english next year I believe :)

    • @rachelh2045
      @rachelh2045 Год назад

      @@So--phie thanks so much. Exciting time with all the games being released!!

    • @So--phie
      @So--phie Год назад +1

      @@rachelh2045 No problem! November is going to be so busy! It really is exciting :)

  • @suicune2001
    @suicune2001 Год назад +18

    Plot Twist: YOU are the Harvest Sprite and that's why only a couple of people can see you. lol

  • @Rainjinn
    @Rainjinn Год назад +18

    This will be refund simulator on steam. Shame they'll probably catfish some people on switch shop where you can't refund this mess.

    • @JoshGamingGarden
      @JoshGamingGarden  Год назад +16

      Refund Simulator 😆But yeah I suspect that might be why they decided to release on Switch first... Nintendo really needs to either let us refund, or have some sort of quality control.

    • @zillo1600
      @zillo1600 Год назад +6

      @@JoshGamingGarden with all the shovelware and straight up hentai games on there I doubt that anyone at Nintendo bother with quality control on what gets to be in the eshop.

  • @MissBubbles
    @MissBubbles Год назад +57

    Omg I remember just being worried from seeing the facial animations (especially the eyes). I wish they took more time, a year or two, to make the best out of it.

  • @ladykupo
    @ladykupo Год назад +5

    Me: Mom, I want Stardew Valley!!
    Mom: No sweetie, we have Stardew Valley at home already..
    Stardew Valley at home:

    • @timroehm1728
      @timroehm1728 Год назад

      Seriously where is this joke from? I’ve been asking others about this stupid meme but no one answer you’re probably not going to reply to this are you!!!!!

  • @yeollierancher
    @yeollierancher Год назад +29

    Oh my Lord-thanks for taking the hit for us, soldier 😭
    Edit: is it just me, or do they take their house with them when they move out like villagers in Animal Crossing-

  • @dedsideb
    @dedsideb Год назад +8

    why do some characters have a nose and others don't? like the mayor does, you would think it's because of the glasses but even his wife has no nose

  • @sarahsunstone
    @sarahsunstone Год назад +18

    Not the 5 Minute Crafts music 😂😂😂 I'm also shook at the price tag.

  • @PollyPlaysYT
    @PollyPlaysYT Год назад +21

    yeeeeaaahhh. That music tho... I felt you. It was SO bad. Graphics are pretty bad too, I noticed the trees by the river blinking as you crossed the bridge from your farm. I think for now i'll stick to Stardew Valley, and Story of Seasons: PooT. Plus the bunnies in Bunny Park need more decorations lol.

  • @MommaKris
    @MommaKris Год назад +9

    yeah, i wouldn't pay $15 USD for this, so definitely not paying more. this looks like garbage.

  • @awastedcow
    @awastedcow Год назад +28

    $39.99 USD????? For this????

    • @medusathedecepticon
      @medusathedecepticon Год назад +3

      It's quite the rip off if honestly. I usually try to be less rude but this game has so many problems. A shame considering how cute the characters look

  • @seink9163
    @seink9163 Год назад +21

    lol
    What kind of cursed potato is that!?
    Damn, this game feels like an Alpha instead of a final work...

  • @ilavalolipop
    @ilavalolipop Год назад +17

    There are so many lackluster farming games these days just trying to capitalize on the growing market. If you guys are looking for an actually well designed little farming game I’d recommend Littlewood. 😄🌻 I got it on Steam summer sale this year for $2, and I got so many play hours out of it I would have gladly payed $30. Its awesome 💖

  • @ninjafrog6966
    @ninjafrog6966 Год назад +7

    This looks like something I’d see on a mobile game ad. I don’t usually think shade at the company or developers who made the game is warranted, but it definitely is here. Charging $50 for this shit is just criminal

    • @ladykupo
      @ladykupo Год назад +4

      Charging even $20 for this would be criminal honestly lol

    • @ninjafrog6966
      @ninjafrog6966 Год назад +1

      @@ladykupo charging a dollar for this should be a crime

  • @LoveLee_Dreamer
    @LoveLee_Dreamer Год назад +23

    This is a mobile game you pay $40 for. Sick.

  • @grimangel2233
    @grimangel2233 Год назад +25

    22:08 I've repeated so many times that uncomfy laugh describes the game well. XD

  • @marywallace3620
    @marywallace3620 Год назад +16

    seeing this game in what looks like an early access/early alpha/beta stage makes me cringe. It looks like it has some potential but the devs were in a rush to get it in stores.

  • @RazorRevenge
    @RazorRevenge Год назад +37

    this is the first time I've come across your channel. I saw the title and thought "It can't be that bad" but daaaaaamn! This looks like a mobile game. No way I'd pay $40 for this. Save your money, get Stardew Valley for $15!

  • @ErgoDog
    @ErgoDog Год назад +15

    Too many people are trying to cash in on this genre of games. Ew.

  • @xord6286
    @xord6286 Год назад +8

    if they're gonna go with the whole anti technology thing in this game they should have a unabomber-esque character

  • @bubbles1850
    @bubbles1850 Год назад +31

    Oh hot damn that's WAY too expensive for the quality of this game 😳😬

  • @maizystar666
    @maizystar666 Год назад +23

    This is not a 40$ game... Sunny Side and Coral Island is going to be so much better and I don't even think the starting price tag would be as high. Then again, I could see Sunny Side being about 30-40$ but damn, it would be much more worth the money and time.

  • @SailorScoutSid
    @SailorScoutSid Год назад +6

    The Ui Looks ALOT like the game "My Time at Portia" but it's red. Also, the game looks far from finished. Most of the buildings look like they are too big and spacious. Then the character models.... look like they belong in the emoji movie with how round and big their heads are. I think there are too many farming games coming out right now, similar to how for a while there were too many fnaf clones years ago.

  • @Bunni89
    @Bunni89 Год назад +5

    Ooof, it was looking okay if a bit generic from the opening cutscene, but as soon as the 3D models appeared it immediately got ROUGH
    Like the style is promising but the execution is very much unfinished wow...

    • @Bunni89
      @Bunni89 Год назад +2

      OH GOD THE WALK ANIMATION
      Holy shit it's like it drops visual budget with each new scene

  • @Tobunari
    @Tobunari Год назад +14

    Looking at the thumbnail I thought the sheep was some scaly monster, I thought it's face was its mouth.

  • @galiane7365
    @galiane7365 Год назад +23

    Thank you for this, I can't believe they'd sell something like that for 40$... You're our purse-savior ^^

  • @chrismorrison5491
    @chrismorrison5491 Год назад +11

    I bought it on release day. Thought it was gonna be great. I can’t believe Nintendo would allow it on their store. And of course, they don’t do refunds on digital purchases. $40 I’ll never see again.

  • @vulpixies3272
    @vulpixies3272 Год назад +9

    I really cannot handle how hideous the characters are

  • @jigzyonline2
    @jigzyonline2 Год назад +6

    Imagine being a kid asking your mum for this. You would be so disappointed.

  • @yannickgrignon2473
    @yannickgrignon2473 Год назад +3

    The whole theming of this game feels so weirdly regressive. I absolutely understand the whole "small business > big corporation" thing, and it's true in the real world as well. But the issue is that big corporations can usually sell CHEAPER - not more expensively - than local small businesses, which makes this "overpriced megamart" just feel out of touch with reality.
    Not to mention, obviously no one needs a blacksmith anymore, that career was pretty much out of date a hundred years ago, I'm guessing it was obsolete well before Bertha got into it.
    Is the message that we should be blindly following tradition, no matter how impractical?

  • @KysEcstacy
    @KysEcstacy Год назад +2

    This games artstyle looks like the dev found a bunch of random free models wirh semi similar artsyles, didnt bother to size them proportionatley and then tried to draw their own textures for them using ms paint

  • @alexrosillo8300
    @alexrosillo8300 Год назад +2

    this game tried too hard to be a stardew valley-like but it ended up looking like a free match 3 mobile game with in-game purchases

  • @ApotheosizD
    @ApotheosizD Год назад +12

    the character is so ugly, help

    • @MissRyukkie
      @MissRyukkie Год назад +2

      I know. I hate their faces.

  • @MiguiMonkey
    @MiguiMonkey Год назад +7

    Not the 5 minutes craft music 😂😂😂 that made laugh!!

  • @Jojo-Coshscure
    @Jojo-Coshscure Год назад +7

    The cutscenes seem really good and the character portfolio. The actual gameplay is like Playstation2 graphics ;;

  • @PlayfulDead22
    @PlayfulDead22 Год назад +13

    Joycons only doesn't bother me as I only play handheld on my Switch, though it's a weird choice for sure. The way the graphics style look in the stills I think are really cute but your actual characters looks really off and just... not right.
    Super disappointing as there's definitely some mechanics and features that are interesting but, agreed it looks very unfinished graphically for sure and just slapped together while still in progress to get it out almost - maybe because there was sooo many cozy esque games releasing in September.
    I was really looking forward to this one from the eshop listing pics and description but, am glad I didn't grab it yet. Was waiting for reviews with that insane price point so thank you very much. Might keep watch on it to see if it improves and goes on a very big sale...

    • @yannickgrignon2473
      @yannickgrignon2473 Год назад +1

      I agree, I actually really like the 2D drawn characters, but the 3D models are ... not good

  • @milliew.8842
    @milliew.8842 Год назад +6

    Why is the mayor the only one with a nose?
    It bothers me more than it should.

  • @magicjewel96
    @magicjewel96 Год назад +11

    *WHAT IS THAT MONSTER IN THE THUMBNAIL!* Looks like some demon German Shepherd!

  • @xolitaire
    @xolitaire Год назад +6

    My god even moving items in the inventory kills the framerate.

  • @MuffinsInSummer
    @MuffinsInSummer Год назад +7

    Doraemon Story of Seasons Friends of The Great Kingdom has a Demo on PC which I've been playing and it's sooo good. I highly recommend you play it! The game allows you to play up to 7-days in game-time so probably enough to harvest some crops and ship them and cook some food. You get some things that aren't available in the full game and the game is really relaxing! I'm enjoying the new features so far and I'm definitely glad I preordered it. The Deluxe Version of the pre order set def seems worth a purchase if you like the demo and the performance on PC is flawless!
    I've had no issues other than trying to get used to button controls on my Xbox controller as I had the first game on Switch. Sadly I haven't been able to download the Demo yet on Switch. Though I do think they're really pushing the game on PC so since it looks so good on PC anyway - on mine anyway - I just play mine on PC. It's really not that graphically intense on my PC so I don't think most people will have a hard time handling the intensity. Since the first game only requires you to have something like Windows 7 or higher for your PC. This only needs Windows 8 or 10, so Id don't think people should worry to much. It's still a very pretty game though and very cozy. A lot of quality of life improvements were added. I'd like to see you cover it on your channel.

    • @JoshGamingGarden
      @JoshGamingGarden  Год назад

      It's an amazing demo, I got to play it yesterday! They improved on so many things, and it does indeed run very well. Can't wait to play the full version!

  • @FrenkTheJoy
    @FrenkTheJoy Год назад +2

    This really REALLY does feel like it's a mobile game that just got enhanced for the Switch, so would be free (with ads) on ios/android and the Switch port with its slight enhancements and lack of ads would be like $5.

  • @iamcool544
    @iamcool544 Год назад +7

    Why is the text FLYING by in the opening. Like why would they not let you click to continue

  • @dumb771
    @dumb771 Год назад +3

    This kinda looks like some free facebook game my mom would like. Farmville but worse
    Edit:It could also just be a coincidence and that most farming games have the same mechanics but it seems like the story and gameplay is justtt grazing against Stardew Valley

  • @JessicaLovesFoxes
    @JessicaLovesFoxes Год назад +3

    Gosh, that was just sad. I love calm and relaxing farming/life sim games, so I try to scour RUclips for new hidden gems, but this was rough for sure. It's really a shame, and I hope that the devs can find success in the future in a project they enjoy, but, taking time to polish it...
    Some of my favorite games are of this genre... Stardew Valley, the Animal Crossing games... seeing this video makes me think about how much I love those, and how much I love them *because* of all of the time and love put into them. They're not just plethora of assets/objects/characters, but worlds lovingly made, tied-together, with "harmony," where everything works... this was such a sad mish-mash of things, of some elements that were somewhat good, and some that were outright bad.
    It's sad, like... if this game was taken down, the devs took the time to fix it, and its price was lowered, I'd like to think they could do better. I wish them no harm, and it's not the worst game I've ever seen, but it did honestly shock me how pricey this game is for how unfinished it is. To me, it's definitely a solid example of something that's the opposite of a labor of love: a "bandwagon" game like you said, to try to get on the hype of chill sim games.
    It's obvious that games made by people who really care about their work and enjoy their work really shine true, so, I hope that these devs can experience a project they truly love and enjoy someday.❤

  • @ChromaSoul
    @ChromaSoul Год назад +11

    Josh, have you been in contact with the devs since making this video? What's the status? Are they working on all the issues? Or are they content charging $40 for this?

  • @beanmchocolate3900
    @beanmchocolate3900 Год назад +3

    OH MY GOD… This uses a free set of Unity assets. I played a really REALLY BAD Minecraft clone called “Genesis Online” that used the SAME EXACT CHARACTER CREATION ASSET…

  • @DiegeticDogma
    @DiegeticDogma Год назад +1

    So the veterinarians closed their business b/c everyone went out of town to get aid for their sick animals. But now that everyone has moved out, and as Ava said, no one has animals in town anymore, let's build the veterinarians a new business/house, that'll definitely help them out, and bring them back!
    Also, why did everyone stop bringing their sick animals to those veterinarians? Do they really deserve a new & free house?
    Also, how long has it been? What happened to the old house?
    Too many questions, and not enough care in me to see them answered. (Probably much like the devs lol)

  • @micahhh453
    @micahhh453 Год назад +12

    it looks horrible for $40 😭

  • @bgustinjr
    @bgustinjr Год назад +7

    3:11 finally a farming sim with foreskin colors!

  • @nomshark7241
    @nomshark7241 Год назад +4

    "Chibi" style here is terrifying. Face is waaay too small for this head. The style and graphics is really on mobile games level, ew

  • @tuyetmaile4098
    @tuyetmaile4098 Год назад +4

    Why the character design kinda look like yassified version of pacman and miss pacman 😭😭😭

  • @TinyxDreams
    @TinyxDreams Год назад +6

    I don’t like saying this about games cause normally there is some heart in it but… god this game doesn’t have any love in it! It’s really just trying to farm money and nothing else

  • @saraha8583
    @saraha8583 Год назад +7

    The characters are too ugly. Even if they improved the game I just couldn't play it. They definitely rushed this.

  • @DietermiGamzD125
    @DietermiGamzD125 Год назад +4

    The intro looks like the cheapest android Stardew Valley ripoff

  • @kaydwessie296
    @kaydwessie296 Год назад +2

    I feel bad putting out free mods for games when the mods don't have like 8 unique features, and yet people will fart out games like this and charge $40...

  • @sashahensley9742
    @sashahensley9742 Год назад +13

    Hardly 10 mins in and I already feel annoyed at this game and I'm just watch you play.
    Thanks bullet dodged and money saved.
    It seems rushed and fell flat.
    That music 😫 takes you right out of the game.

  • @PeggingCryptids
    @PeggingCryptids Год назад +8

    you should get a refund that was horrible, I have no idea how you are so nice especially for the price they asked.

    • @JoshGamingGarden
      @JoshGamingGarden  Год назад +9

      Nintendo doesn't offer refunds. 😭I feel like that's the only reason why they decided to publish it on the e-shop before the Playstation Store and Steam, because these other 2 allow for refunds.

    • @PeggingCryptids
      @PeggingCryptids Год назад +6

      @@JoshGamingGarden that's so dirty, that shouldn't be allowed.

  • @Emily-lh6em
    @Emily-lh6em Год назад +1

    I think it's cute but I was surprised by the $40 price tag. Stardew Valley is only $15. Its almost as expensive as Sos:Pioneers of olive town. In this day and age games are being released very often (which is a good thing) but it also means most of us can't buy every game that looks interesting. We have to pick the one that seems the most worth it and I don't think I can justify buying it at $40. Especially because Story of seasons: Doreamon sequel releases in a couple days and then Pokémon Scarlet/Voilet in a couple weeks. If the eshop has a sale for it then I'll definitely snatch it up.

  • @lilithlianshi2094
    @lilithlianshi2094 Год назад +2

    instead of getting this, you guys can wait for Doraemon Story of Seasons Friends of the Great Kingdom, that game look very good and have more upgrade from the previous Doraemon farming game. it will come to Switch as well

  • @PotatoCheeks
    @PotatoCheeks Год назад +2

    I don't understand how they couldn't have designed better looking characters than that.....

  • @eeveefennecfox
    @eeveefennecfox Год назад +7

    I don't like the art style at all,this is a embarrassment as a farming game

  • @ChromaSoul
    @ChromaSoul Год назад +3

    $5 early access game at BEST... $40 for this is absurd. Borderline thievery

  • @eatmoreporkporky4342
    @eatmoreporkporky4342 Год назад +16

    Lol, thanks for taking one for the team Josh 😀 My hope now rests with Coral Island. Also I wonder if you have checked out any info on World of Anterra? Although not a straight farming sim it looks amazing.

  • @AnnerzInSpace
    @AnnerzInSpace Год назад +2

    I sadly bought this before I watched your video. My son begged me to get it as its "coop" and he was like oh we can visit eachother and go to the store and cook for eachother
    YEAH RIGHT. 40$ lost, me and my son both extremely disappointed in this garbage. The co op is a joke, you can't do ANYTHING as player two. You just follow player 1 around and you can't go into buildings, you can't talk to anyone, you share a screen its not splitscreen, you can't walk 2 cm without the screen freezing because you're too far from the other player, you don't have your own house or anything you can't even drop out of the game if you want to go solo again you have to turn the GAME OFF
    I am so upset that they charge this much for such rubbish. Everything is laggy and you have to damn walk so far, the fences make you walk longer you can't jump, the fences have one opening and the freaky kids on the playground every single damn day. It's like a mental hospital prison town where everyone looks like loonies
    He still wants to play it because we bought it, but for real if they don't do some major updates I'm gonna stay so mad. I've never bought such a bad game before 😅

    • @AnnerzInSpace
      @AnnerzInSpace Год назад +1

      Oh and the music omg. I turned that off after 5 minutes I was going crazy. I put on Spotify and listened to Talking Heads instead. "Physco killer" fits the game and the looks of the townies perfectly 😂

  • @Narsima1106
    @Narsima1106 Год назад +3

    I was so excited for this game. They hyped it up so much and made it look really good with the trailer. It's so bad. I tried so hard to keep playing, but I just couldn't do it. The characters are ugly, they have no personality, they stand in one spot in their really empty houses/shops. There's no design to anything. You can't jump over fences in town. The animals are ugly. The crops are ugly. Lol. I just can't. I can see potential, but it's going to take A LOT of work!

  • @caitlinrogers8016
    @caitlinrogers8016 Год назад +5

    I'm so excited for Coral Island. This? Not so much. xD

  • @DreamyFlowerz
    @DreamyFlowerz Год назад +1

    It feels like the game is trying to rip off Harvest Moon and My Sims at the same time but somehow failed at both

  • @bug8992
    @bug8992 Год назад +1

    This game is like something I would get for my Nintendo ds and have no idea where I got it from. I only try to play it once then never play it again.

  • @KittyBGaming
    @KittyBGaming Год назад +1

    The beginning definitely reminds me of the game grumps’ “the story of…” animation XD

  • @laqaunza
    @laqaunza Год назад +2

    Idk, it looks like a parody game of some popular farming game. Like how stumble guys is to fall guys

  • @xpandorasboxx
    @xpandorasboxx Год назад +1

    I never understood why people are so obsessed with the chibi style, especially those without noses. They.. usually don't look that good, and this game isn't an exception to that. Pop a lil nose on the character models and they'd look a lot better. I think this game has potential, but it seems rushed and unpolished, like they wanted to quickly hop on the AC / Stardew / other popular newer Indie farming games train. Honestly, I think they're trying to heavily copy AC and Stardew, with the models of the characters and how the farm is laid out with it's debris. I hope they can fix it up, add in the collision boxes and tidy up those character models and clipping issues, tweak the story a bit. It can be fixed, they just didn't put any effort into it.

  • @fordycegozali241
    @fordycegozali241 Год назад +9

    OMG this looks really, really terrible