My Time at Portia

Cute graphics and seems pretty relaxing, but unfortunately it constantly crashes on Mac. Like other reviewers have noted, it seems to be tied to play time, but as there is no way of saving prior to reaching that time, you just lose all progress for the day. I guess racing back to your bed (and save point) before your timer for the next scheduled crash might add a bit of excitement to the gameplay, but that's really not what I want from a cosy game!

Максимально скучная игра. Скучнейший гринд, скучнейший крафт. - Миссии выдают раз в день - сделал, иди навоз пинай или спать ложись. - Инвентарь кривой, с одной вкладки на другую вещь перекинуть можно либо через панель, либо через сундук. - Хочешь собрать любую постройку - вытаскивай детали на панель и бери в руку. А потом ещё ищи куда её воткнуть. - Получил квест на крафт, а ингредиенты для её производства делаются на верстаке, который ещё неизвестен? Ну это тут норма. Сиди неделями жди, может изучится нужный верстак, а может и нет. - Боёвка тупое закликивание. Анимации без прерывания, Баги уворотов. Деревянные враги, деревянный ГГ. - Личные квесты скучны. Отношения безвкусны. - Куча беготни туда-сюда. - Рваный квестовый прогресс. Вы простите, но пиксельная Stardw Valley в десятки раз динамичней и играбельней. Игра годится только как тупое действие, чтобы чем-то руки занять при прослушивании аудиокниги, не более.

With My Time at Portia, I actually gave the game two chances. The first time, I played for many hours. Then later I started again because I really wanted to see if maybe I had been unfair to it the first time. But unfortunately, I ended up feeling exactly the same. The beginning is exciting. You create your own character, enter this open world, build your own life, get to know the townspeople, form relationships, grow stronger and slowly have an impact on the region around you. On paper, that sounds completely like my type of game. And there are things I like here. The art direction looks detailed and dense, the world has a likable feel to it, and there are a lot of cute little details. But the crafting system completely overwhelmed me. I really dislike having machine after machine scattered around my home just to process different types of materials. One for wood, another for metal, another for something else, and then you constantly have to keep track of what is being made where and what material you still need before you can finally craft the thing you actually wanted. For me, it becomes hectic rather than relaxing. I think I would have enjoyed it much more if there were fewer machines that could process several types of materials instead of needing separate equipment for almost everything. I also really don’t like filling my living area with machinery. It completely kills the atmosphere for me. And this goes beyond crafting. I’ve realized that I simply don’t enjoy games that make me personally design every tiny detail of my home and land. Fences, walls, windows, materials, individual parts… I understand why some people love that level of customization, but I much prefer being given several beautifully designed themes or full layouts and simply choosing one. I don’t want to spend my time deciding every little detail. That is probably my biggest issue with this type of game in general. The open world starts exciting, but eventually everything becomes overwhelming, repetitive and strangely empty. I also never became attached to most of the characters, I didn’t feel invested enough in them or the romance side to keep pushing through all the systems I wasn’t enjoying. I think I finally have to accept that this particular formula just isn’t for me.

Игра оставляет ощущение собранной на коленке. В ней есть много механик и активностей, но всё бесполезно, или неудобно, или притянуто за уши. Мультяшный стиль игры — на вкус и цвет, мне понравился. Объём крафта, ресурсов и способов их добычи — в целом хорош, но… Ориентироваться в крафте неудобно, большая часть собираемых механизмов нужна один раз по сюжетному квесту и больше нигде не используется, только место занимает. Много гринда, которому только кнопки не хватает: «Задонать, чтобы ускорить машину на 12 часов». Фермерство, животноводство и кулинария вообще не нужны, бонусов почти не дают. Как-то обустроить и сделать красивости на участке тоже не то чтобы есть возможность, разве что фигурок расставить. Квесты «подай-принеси-собери» — что нормально для такой игры. Сюжетный квест бессмысленный и, главное, не принёс никакого результата, с тем же успехом можно было его вообще не включать в игру. Вместо текстур — мыльные серо-коричневые пиксели и зелёный ковёр. Боевая система отсутствует, поражение не несёт никакого наказания, что делает эту часть игры одновременно и скучной, и ненужной. Ощущается несбалансированность повествования, развития своей «мастерской».

I LOVE this game. While this is supposed to be a "play at your own pace" kind of game... It's not. You only get so many hours (minutes) each day, and even when you adjust game speed, you still have to plan ahead by days or even weeks, in order not to miss anything. Each day seems like a rush to get things done until near the end of the game. You also can't just save. Your game only saves at the end of each day, so make a mistake at the end of the day and need to start over, and you start the entire day over. The characters are really amazing, and I have played it through several times. My first play through I picked Ginger as a wife sort of at random. Then I learned her back story, and she was so relatable, I never went with another romantic partner in any other play through. Small spoilers here, so skip to the next paragraph if you don't want to know. Ginger is sick, and can't be in the light very much. There is an event each year where gifts are dropped from a balloon and everyone tries to grab them. Even though I had max reputation with Ginger, I realized that she could not participate. So I got her gifts. That is how much I liked the character. I felt bad for her, and wanted to make this make believe person happy. That is because her story is done so well. Other characters are going to appeal to different people. I think there is probably someone for everyone, and their stories are fantastic. People complain about the fighting mechanics, but I never had an issue with it. I like to build things, and build up a base without having to fight things off in some sort of war, so this was great, as you start with a tiny plot of land and grow it to be huge and filled with things. However, you are in competition with another builder, so there is a drive to do it better faster, without fear of losing what you have built. Overall I love this game, and recommend it to anyone who enjoys this kind of game.

总体评价为：能玩，但不好玩，属于其他高质量休闲种地游戏通关后的选择，且强烈建议加入Mod食用 详情如下： 我不知道为什么要设计这种，制作东西需要花费大量时间的机制，之前玩星沙岛也是，开始还有点新意，后续就开始套娃制作，物品A需要物品B、C、D合成，物品B、C、D又需要机器A、B、C制作，更有甚者还套一层娃，（在结合本人玩过的游戏来看，个人认为只有方舟这种可以支持多人联机且长时间在线的，可以选着这种长时间制作时间的机制，何况别人有创意工坊以及“机制”去选择性关闭、优化） 总之像是劣质网游一样玩着玩着堆数值的感觉，优化也差，我感觉这个模型不至于全高让我风扇日啦日啦的转吧，动作也抽象、僵硬

你将会接到一个限时十天的任务，而且这个任务不会提醒你你需要一个从没听说过的设备，而且不会提醒你这个设备需要你去研究，研究需要6天，而且不一定会研究出需要的这个设备，如果错过了你将永远接不到这个任务，除非你回档 图鉴也做得像史一样，所有掉落物只标注“来自掉落”，我能不知道掉落物是掉落来的？我能不知道植物是采集来的？ 喜欢赤石的有福了

This game is incredibly boring with an empty yet grindy start. I was running around doing trash gathering and digging away inside a generic and lazy mine. My brain felt mushy and baffled as how this game received such colourful praise. The nicest way I can say about this game that it is probably it's not for me. Just go play something else, Stardew Valley, Coral Island, Field of Mistria, Sun Haven. LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE

剧情充满了小资产阶级和女权的矫揉造作