it's a hidden gem!
If you like harvest moon, rune factory, Stardew Valley, etc. You'll probably like this game.
Main strength: combat, farming, story
Combat is depth: jump, light/heavy attack, skill button, extend your cloth to grab button. pressing directional button will change the behavior of every fighting action.
- You can combo similar to fighting games (street fighter, guilty gear...) by cancel the delay. Example: forward button + light attack = dash attack. After dash attack there will be a delay before you can perform a series of light attacks. However, if you press up + light attack, the delay will be ignore and you can do combo airborne. Have fun figure out how to get the best combo with both attacks and skills :)
- There is a bunch of skills which can be assigned into 8 slots, and you can perform them by pressing skill/cloth grab button + directional buttons.
- Good amount of enemies (included bosses) variation with distinctive behavior. Bosses can make you feel like dark souls.
Farming is real life rice farming simulation: sort and sow, tilling, adjust water level, temperature, different kind of fertilizer depend on stage of rice, how to handle pest and disease, harvest, dry, threshing, hulling, etc. At the end of each year, the Yield, Taste, Hardness, Aroma, Aesthetic, Stickiness of your rice will directly improve your HP, strength, vitality, magic, luck and gusto. You don't level up by killing monster, you raise your stats by raising your rice the best way you can.
Story: characters are interesting and likeable, much more lively and real than those npc/love interests in Harvest Moon/Stardew/rune factory. Discover their backstory and watch their character develops is enjoyable.
And other stuffs: sending out your "human" to gather, upgrading cloth and weapon, farming skills, cooking, etc.
