Fae Farm

I can't stop playing, heeeelp!

very cozy game

Another one of those games where a mid ranking would be preferred. It's not really a thumbs up or down, simply a sideways thumb. That being said, issues with Phoenix Labs and just general feelings about this game would skew it more on the negative side. Regardless of Gambit taking over and allowing online to resume, the shady way people found out that multiplayer was at risk & PL's already somewhat sketchy history has not helped the issues this game has. That being said, this game is just... not great. It's very overpriced for feeling as lifeless as it does - almost all NPC interactions are redundant and only useful for the achievement hunting. I don't mind this as I don't care for RPG romances in games but even so it just made interacting with the NPCs even more boring and tedious than it really should have been. The farming is really more on the "optional" side and the majority of your time will just be spent running to the dungeon -> hitting a wall because you need a key -> smelting ore -> crafting keys -> return to dungeon -> hit the next tier of keys -> repeat. There's also only like 1 dungeon per biome so once again, it gets redundant very quickly. The inclusion of the paid DLCs only add content that could've easily just been added onto the base game but on the plus side they are a bit cheaper (though they still make this $30 game closer to $50) so realistically I think I only recommend this game if it is on [i]*deep*[/i] sale. It would also have random performance issues on both my PC (rtx2060/arc b580) & the original switch. I can't comment on how it performs on switch 2 as the only reason I played it was for the free weekend it had a while back. It's not all negative however as the traversal is probably my favorite mechanic in any RPG game. Being able to flutter and spin to get around is really fun. It definitely feels more on the [i]cozy[/i] side as there is basically no depth to the romance, farming, or combat mechanics - they're all [b]VERY[/b] simple and generally only 1-2 buttons. Stamina can be a bit annoying as well as how fast the days are, but this is just a common thing in this kind of game. I also like how you can level up each profession (like bug catching, fishing, etc.). [b]So tl;dr[/b] - extremely bare bones romance/farming/combat, little to no NPC dialogue, fun to explore areas, decent DLC additions. extremely redundant overall. probably only worth the cost if you *REALLY* obsess over the genre but I would 100% recommend only buying it on sale. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3272785614 If only it lived up to its potential. </3 The storybook sections were so cute.