Senaste recensioner av spooky

It feels like a disservice to just call this a "farming sim". it's a life sim, with rich characters, so much stuff to do, things to build up and explore, and relationships to make or break. And, after all this time, it STILL receives regular updates with new content! Truly a labour of love. On top of all this, if the vanilla gameplay isn't for you, the game is easily modded with some great mods ranging from QoL improvements to whole expansion packs with new characters and areas.

TLDR: The games cheap and it's genre defining. Buy it and play it and love it.

monke

best walking simulator out there. the endings are plentiful & fun to explore / collect. lots of fun easter eggs & achievements too. well worth the price.

very good game, fun to learn about the game and how not to die every 6 days. very fun both alone with friends.

it's a good game for people who like designing and customisation.


pros

+ no grid system to place items in - freeform designing
+ lots of different houses to purchase
+ progression is good
+ the missions/jobs are good little tasks
+ lots of different furnitures, and more with steam workshop

cons

- buying a house & designing it to a customer's taste is really annoying for me. the first time I bought a house I decorated it to my liking, which resulted in a lesser sell price.
- i just wanted to design houses to what I wanted, but this is actively punished in the game (by giving you a lesser sell price) unless your tastes are exactly like one of the customers.
- after flipping all the houses and finally getting the final biggest house for myself, I was unmotivated to actually design it how I wanted, and still haven't gotten around to it
- can't paint ceilings or edit stairs at all

in summary, it's a decent designing game & it was good fun while it lasted for me. I'd wait for a sale though...

+ this is a good idle game / game to play in the background.
+ it's a cute art style
+ the progression rate is okay, made better by leaving the game open whilst you're doing something else.

- the menus are slightly confusing
- once you get past a certain point the progression gets really wonky (30 second active play time followed by an hour of idly waiting to buy the next upgrade)

in summary, its decent, and it's also free, so you might as well try it :)

amazing. an absolute classic puzzler. i can't fault it at all. i love this game.

+ the story is amazing & so immersive. everything flows well and leads you round the twists expertly.
+ mechanics & methods are taught you so cleverly and in such a way that you don't realise. it's not handhold-y at all.
+ art is AMAZING
+ often there's different ways to complete a puzzle
+ the co-op mode is so much fun & introduces different ways of thinking

this game is a classic, absolutely play it

+ the slimes are adorable
+ the story is discoverable at your own pace
+ the farming management aspect is fun & challenging, and can punish you for bad management which therefore encourages organisation & good management
+ the game is easy anyway but there's an easy mode if you prefer (no enemies)
+ the map is huge and really fun to explore
+ lots of customisation possible by way of colour packs for your house/ranch
+ endless game, after the story is complete you're free to carry on
+ interesting & unexpected story twists!

- the game is a bit slow to start in terms of getting money to develop your ranch.
- whenever you discover a new item/slime/area/mechanic/building there's a brief period of confusion as there's not much in the way of a tutorial. yes, the game tells you WHAT things are, but it doesn't tell you HOW to use them. personally I didn't mind, but I see how this could be an annoyance.
- the set locations of where you can build things is slightly annoying as it limits what you can do & where you can put stuff.
- there's not really any character relationship developments, as there are in other cozy/relaxing/farming sim games. personally I enjoyed the focus on farming, but again I see how this might put people off who enjoy npc character development.

in summary: i recommend highly. it's fun and relaxing and provides a good amount of challenge for all age groups and gaming levels.

if you like bloons and you like city builders, you'll enjoy this.

monke

man, what a game, this is unironically my favourite fps of all time. I'm a certified dummy at shooters, but this game is different & i could write about it for hours. it's different from other shooters & genuinely a great example of easy to pick up / hard to master.

(note: i compare tf2 to other hero-based shooters a lot in this review. i have nothing against them, they're great and i enjoy them! the only issue is that they're hard to instantly understand & pick up for a small-brained individual or one who does not frequent fps games, like myself)


pros & why this game is easy to pick up:

+ the unique art style is what makes this game. the colours are easy to differentiate (blue & red), and the characters are designed with the team colour as their main colour, not occluded by skins etc. this makes the game easy to grasp as you're not looking for that tiny outline to know if somebody is on your team or not.

+ only having 9 classes/characters simplifies the game a lot, and in contrast to many other shooters where there are 20+ characters, each with 3/4 activated abilities, different passive abilities, etc etc. for me, i get easily overwhelmed by having to learn each characters different abilities, so not having this in tf2 is amazing for the newbie & small-brained like myself.

+ instead, each character has 3 weapon slots and different weapons for each one. yes, this can be overwhelming at the start, however, each type of weapon has a clear design/animation so you can tell instantly what is going on. rockets look like rockets, bombs look like bombs, bullets look like bullets. the only things that need to be learnt are the nuances of each weapon & some weapon abilities, but these are genuinely very similar & still easier to learn compared to a huge bunch of completely differently built characters.

+ everything is very balanced, no single class stands out as over or underpowered, and each class has it's own playstyle.

+ gamemodes are easy to pick up & very standard.

+ another point on design - whereas in other games a control point / capturing area is outlined by a thin line, control points in tf2 are clearly a metal circle on the floor with a big-ass team-coloured spotlight in the middle. everything in this game is designed to be easy to read at a glance, and nothing is ambiguous.

+ no class / character limits keeps gameplay interesting, as many funny situations are possible & you're never unable to play your favourite class. it also encourages teamwork & flexibility in serious games - realising if your team needs a certain class and playing it.

+ very quick times to find a match (if you don't have only a single map selected)

+ can select certain maps to queue for, so it's not left up to chance unless you want it to.

+ no punishment for leaving a casual game, which is great if you meet someone toxic, or bots.


cons & other quibbles:

- while no class stands out as broken, certain weapons really do (sniper rifles). fighting a team of rifle-equipped snipers who instantly headshot you when you cross their sightline can get annoying.

- not really updated :( last big content update was in 2017. very sad about this one, as is the entire community.

- oh god, the bots. servers have been taken over by bots, and there's not much we can do to counter them except leave & find another match.


all in all, great game. amazing. 10/10. if you're on the fence, just try it. :)

(24/11/2023_edit to add: i nominate this for labour of love award. even though it seems dev team may have forgotten about it, i still think it has a place in their hearts and they're at least keeping the game live.)