in this video, I do quick reviews of all the farming & cozy games I played in September!
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00:00 Introduction
00:43 Rune Factory 3 Special
02:53 Fae Farm
05:08 Sprout Valley
06:25 Sugar Shack
08:25 Sunrise’s Order
09:01 Moonstone Island
10:37 Critter Cove
12:04 Mineko’s Night Market
14:06 Paleo Pines
15:54 Harvest Moon The Winds of Anthos
18:35 Windmender
19:28 Silent Hope
21:59 Conclusion
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Harvest Moon just wasn't the same when the original devs left and made the story of seasons games.
I'm not a fan of mystery dungeon games, so hearing that about Silent Hope is disappointing.
Are there dinosaurs in Winds of Anthos? I saw a raptor in the trailer.
I was hooked on fae farm over 20 hours now I’m hooked on Harvest Moon. HM really surprised me. Loved Sunrise’s Order too.
"there's a princess who's the narrator that keeps saying random stuff, she's a bit annoying" Made me laugh and made the game (silent hope) no longer interesting to me. I find myself just putting the game away with annoying, unnecessary, immutable sounds bc it bothers me so much.
Josh, I love your channel and reviews. Thank you for disclosing how many hours played..I love your transparency and integrity. ❤
So, Stardew is still the GOAT
I'll make it easy for y'all : Avoid them all!
Thanks!
This is a nice episode. I discovered games I didn't know exists.
Rune factory 3 looks like it's still the same game but i like the quality now. Even the upscaled and texture filtered nds version will not have this quality.
I went for Nhamashal in Fae Farm and his date cutscenes were pretty cute though the gameplay loop is not fun imo, a lot of running back and forth to the mines with linear progression.
Looks like you've gotten pretty far in Silent Hope! I'm happy to see there's a lot of different abilities that you can unlock later on.
Cornucopia????
anyone else unable to play sprout valley in english on the switch ?
I'll waiting for Fastasy Life i the girl who steal time they got 2 new jobs Farmer and Artist. Still no release date
It just to expensive
Sprout valley is relaxing with simple stuff to do, the down side is that i've ran into a lot of glitches. the main one being talking to your basement ghost friend sometime freezes the game and i have to start the day over. 🙁
Man, you had a busy month! Thank you for taking the time to post this video. You've given us many valuable thoughts. I'm still torn on Winds of Anthos. Natsume definitely did decent, but it still doesn't seem like they've made a really good game. I'll just have to continue to keep an eye on this one and see if anything really convinces me one way or the other.
The last game, I hope it's actually a try-out of a new artstyle for the mainline games. Rune Factory 5 really didn't know what to do with the art style, and the developers weren't ready for what they hoped to do. I feel like this art style would be a more logical step to almost fully 3D when compared to RF1 to RF4.
I also think that if they use an art style like this, they can have more time left to the story and other gameplay aspects, which I felt were lacking in Rune Factory 5.
Fae Farm was good for about 40 hours because that's as long as the story.
I found Blue Oak Bridge is far better.
I played sea of stars. It‘s just a perfect game, i love it so much. ^__^
And now i play Moonstone Island, Paleo Pines, Harvest Moon winds of Anthos and Faefarm. 🙈
Ah, so you're from Quebec? I knew the accent was familiar. Hello, fellow Quebecer!
Great video! That sure was a busy month game-wise! Thanks for all of this feedback!
Been mostly playing Palia, Good Pizza Great Pizza, and Fae Farm this month, got started on the Critter Cove beta this morning and loving it so far, does make me want to play Sandrock soon haha
A bit of a warning about Sprout Valley that I wish I had known about before buying as I definitely wouldn't have gotten it otherwise. If you are playing handheld mode on the Switch, there's a chance the joycons will not work at all if they are still attached. You have to take them off and play with the Switch in pieces to get the game to accept input from the joycons. I don't know if it's a bug or a feature; it seems like a bug because when I looked it up it didn't seem to be affecting everyone. But I find it incredibly annoying, and wish I had known about it before buying. At least it was only $5 wasted.
For me, FaeFarm is by far and away the best game here. The controls and freedom of movement have changed farm games forever for me.
Paleo Pines lacks alot of polish and customization despite being that price… super clunky like you said. I had some camera jittering happen and tried to get it fixed or express my issue with my game camera and the dev/mod team would only respond to positive feedback 😭. It feels like alot of quality is being lost with every new farming sim coming out 😢
The fact that the new Harvest Moon series is dabbling in open world so much while Story of Seasons and Rune Factory still haven't even tried is just wild to me. One thing I can compliment is that Harvest Moon is trying new things. New SOS and RF games have just felt a bit recycled lately.
Harvestella is pretty decent, thing is the game is not purely on farming. Its like My Time on Portia kinda game.
Thank you for this full in depth review! I had a hard time choosing either Fae Farm or Paleo Pines, but ended up just getting Sprout Valley. Pretty simple game but the cute pixel art really keeps me going!
I started out strong with a little Palia, then Fae Farm when it came out. I enjoy Fae Farm a lot, but the fact time doesn't pause in some menus is QUITE frustrating. I've been binging the heck out of Coral Island the last few days. I probably love that the most of all! I had it through Microsoft GamePass, but then that version broke for me and I lost my save … I bought it on Steam in May and got the two DLC packs. I might just have to buy it for PS5 because I love that console and my PC's kind of an aging turd bucket, haha! I'll get RF3 eventually, as I always wanted to play that, but it's not top priority as I still haven't quite finished 4 or 5.
I don’t think RF4 should be the first RF because the others compared to it are lacking in many aspects. I love RF3 but compared to 4 it’s too short, only 5 dungeons and the crafting anf forging are very rudimentary. 5 is okay, shorter too but at least time doesn’t run so quickly as in 3.
I brought fae farm , i was so exicted and hype since last year. So i dont say this lightly but it was a disappointment. Its does really feel like farming / life sim. The npc and and dating is flat it bore me. The endless grind in the mines , i just didnt enjoy it and regret buying at full price. Leason learnt.
Any chance that Sugar Shack game is coming to Switch or is it just Steam only? Would love to play it as I’m Canadian as well.
I'm with you on Silent Hope, Josh! I was hoping it would be closer to, or include more Easter Eggs referring to the Rune Factory games. Honestly, I was really surprised after they introduced this Farmer character that crafting and farming in Silent Hope is as bare-bones as it is! I was hoping you could potentially delve into the alchemy, crafting, and farming, and that each character would have a story arc or personality you got to know, which would have made it worth the price tag for me. As it stands, it seems overpriced, since it's priced closer to games that have in-depth crafting, characters you can get to know, and more story development.
I was SURE that I was going to be addicted to Fae farm…but honestly it couldn’t keep my attention🤯 I played 3-4 hours. I definitely did not think I would fall in love with HM: the winds of anthos. I’ve already put in 10+ hours and it’s so much fun! 2 of my favorite things are the animal models and the fact that you can move your whole house and barn and put in in any town you want!! Josh you should really give it another chance, it gets easier when you unlock teleporting/warping and you can increase your stamina through the goddess!😊
You should try stardrew valley and graveyard keeper game