Ulasan

• gamedeal user

  Feb 19, 2022

  Maybe it just needs more work, but this game is a poor imitation of the genre it belongs to. Walk speed is ridiculously slow, hitboxes are poorly polished, UI is too big and too high up on the screen, controls are clunky. Not only that but the character sprites are very clearly rip offs from Stardew Valley, and much of the pixel art doesn't match in style, so I worry that it's been stolen too. Save your money. It's not even worth the $15 it costs.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 19, 2022

  So, I've now played an additional 6-ish hours and I'm almost to the end of the first season. However, that's as far as I'll go. I wanted to do good by this game as I am also a game dev, but this game is pale imitation of Stardew Valley with magic. Let me attempt to make a more comprehensive review then the original text below. First, I'm not going to join a Discord for a game I do not endorse, stop asking me to join! Second, this dev considers herself a solo dev even though there are over a dozen artists, musicians and a writer on the credits. It doesn't matter if they were commissioned or are full time team members, if more than one person works on a project, that project is not done solo. One is solo, two is a team. [u]Music[/u]: -There is one song for Spring. On repeat. -There is one song for the mines/dungeon. On repeat. -There is one song for the Forest, a rather sharp one. On repeat. [u]Sound Effects[/u]: -Inconsistent and in many cases non-existent. -They do help to let you know that you are actually hitting something, which is a plus of sorts, I guess. [u]Story/Writing[/u]: -This game is often considered "dark", the whole sacrificing a lamb in front of children at the start of the game is "dark". This game is [b]HEAVY[/b]! If you trigger, or have a lot on your plate, this game isn't for you. -Every character in this game has serious issues of the type that should be handled with sensitivity in this type of media, but they are not. Had this dev had a publisher they probably would've have put this through a sensitivity test, which I doubt it would pass in it's current state. -There is death everywhere in this game. [b]Heavy[/b] [u]Graphics[/u]: -Very boxy, you can tell where the tiles are, that's just poor design. -Water doesn't move, nor does much else. -Definitely multiple art styles crammed together, the difference is most apparent when transitioning from outside to inside. -The beach is just plain ugly. [u]Progression[/u]: -You need to level up in each area to unlock new things, but the game doesn't explain that. -Absolutely everything you do results in exp which means you level up quickly. I had level 5 and 6s at the end of the first season. -Your often wandering about wondering what to do as the main story is blocked behind the travel cart which occurs only on Fridays and you need 5 Rations (a craftable requiring one cooked item) to go. It sounds cheap until you realise that you need to upgrade the house and who knows what else to cook. -You are often out of energy and out of things to do by 2-3pm. [u]Mechanics[/u]: -Farming: bog standard. -Ranching:haven't managed to get that far. Is that a Llama or a tall goat, or a horse in the menu? -Foraging: trees seem to drop a random number of wood. Not many forage items outside the beach, they don't seem to drop very often. -Mining: bog standard. If you can find the hit box for the stones. -Magic: First two spells does exactly that same thing. Third spell I got from Sophia useful for getting unstuck from all the things you get stuck in. Cauldron doesn't seem to work, not sure if I'm missing something, but the game won't tell you anyway. -Combat: dull and uninspired... when you figure out how to get a weapon that is. -Fishing: causes lag. Serious lag! ugly UI for the fishing game, there doesn't seem to be many fish, and they don't sell for much. I accidentally gave away my fishing rod and it's the only tool you can't get back for free. - Crafting: carbon copy of Stardew Valley. [u]Performance[/u]: - I don't have a gaming specific laptop but I do have a solid laptop that can handle OP modded Minecraft builds just fine. That being said, this game made my laptop run HOT! - As someone who devs for fun, I do believe this is caused by a major memory leak (also explains why I get random items in my inventory and why the game up and deletes random items). - I also expect that the dev hasn't done her due diligence when it comes to garbage clean up in the code. - I feel that there are a lot of problems under the hood of this game. (Original Review) I can't recommend this game in its current state. First, this is a full release, if this was a early access then I would be much easier on this game. As it is, this is a full release that had already gone through a testing process with kickstarter backers. Good Points: - cute - I love me some magic (why I purchased it in the first place) - different crops that I haven't seen in any farm game I've played before (Dates, pistachios, etc) - Use of a Shovel instead of a Hoe (you ever try to do things in the garden with a hoe? They are kind of useless) Bad Points: - frame rate drops to half without reason - I get stuck all the time in menu screens - There are times I can't interact with my chest, I don't know why - You are supposed to be able to run holding SHIFT, doesn't work - I keep getting stuck in weeds, stumps, trees, npcs, in areas with no props of any kind that I can see... - Game froze on save screen for 5 minutes... had to turn the game off completely - Get stuck in shop menus all of the time, need to use ESC to get out - Monsters do not have any attack animations - I died multiple times because I did not know that the thing flying around me was attacking me! I thought I was passing out due to low energy... - I still can't figure out how to smelt ore - You don't start with a weapon but monsters spawn right away on your farm - Many of the controls on the control tips don't work - You need to use the mouse to use a tool - Tool use is not intuitive - you need to be mostly on top of it and have your character pointing in the correct direction for it to work. - sell bin doesn't work - I've tried placing a bunch of items in, still only have 5G the next day. - I sometimes find random items in my tool bar... don't know where they came from - I loose items, like an expensive (150G) Date Sapling... don't know where it went - Items spawn and then despawn within seconds - Changing out items from the chest to the inventory is difficult and very finnicky - Character animations are not always correct, bug out - Collision boxes for certain props (like the trees) are difficult to find. I'm swinging away and can't find them (you need to swing until you hear the thump) - I honestly can go on and on at this point and I'm only Day 9-10...
• gamedeal user

  Feb 19, 2022

  [h1] *THIS IS A FULL RELEASE GAME* [/h1] PROS: - you can use magic - you can summon animals (I think) - Interesting story line and a lot of interesting stuff to do - art is somewhat similar to stardew valley, but lesser quality - spoiler but not really [spoiler] ISEKAI (famous genre nowadays) [/spoiler] CONS: - Character movement: SUPER slow even when sprinting (PS. you can't really notice the difference) [h1] THIS IS RESOLVED. SPRINT IS FASTER [/h1] - Character using tools: Movement is not smooth and it feels like you're not hitting anything. - Sometimes buggy when interacting. - Cons are mainly technical stuff SUMMARY: - Interesting story line, but bad mechanics due to bugs, clunky movements, etc. I would expect this to be an early access game at this point. [h1] UPDATED REVIEW [/h1] I am happy with the sprint issue and story updates, but I personally can not still play the game at this point. I wish the animations would be a lot smoother when it comes to hitting an object, etc.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 19, 2022

  I see a ton of potential and I do not like leaving bad reviews but Brookhaven just didn't hit any points at all with me. Generally, the concept is lovely and what pains me is that I can see the enormous amount of work that has gone into this, I won't call it "lazy" by any standard. The makers have put thought into the world and how it looks/works/lore/etc and I want to give them all the credit for that. That being said, I liked the darker fairy tale vibe of the game but ultimately, I did not like the over all passive aggressive tone of a lot of the early interactions (this extended to the stock answer that your character can give). Take this point with a grain of salt however: It is purely based on my own experience and I happen to be one of these people who like to decide if my characters are snarky or sweet cinnamon rolls but when everything is just creating a feeling of a rather... hostile environment then my brain goes "okay, screw these people, why shouldn't I just go out and become a hermit". Once more, personal preference but I need an incentive to care (to be fair: this is also why I dropped Kynseed). Should be mentioned though: The high priestess daughter, my character would protect with their life, they would burn the village to the ground and salt the earth for her. The controls are not great and I wish I could keybind them. The strange movement with the mouse made my character well moonwalk all over the place and I wish there was a way to allow you to steer movements completely with either the mouse (IDK by clicking maybe where you wanna go?) or purely with buttons. The phase of the character is also far too slow: even when pushing the "shift" button to run I though my game was unresponsive because I barley saw a difference. I refunded the game because after almost an hour I just did not feel like I was having any fun and writing this, not much fun either. Because I once more wish to stress that this is really a project of passion, I can see the work and detail and I really don't want to discourage the dev from keeping working. Keep going, polish and update, because you have something here that will turn out good. It just was not able to keep me for that process.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 20, 2022

  I’m sorry to give a bad review, but the game ran poorly. The controls were un-intuitive and even after reading the tutorial menus I still couldn’t use the tools. Other reviews mentioned this as well so it wasn’t just my comprehension. From what I saw, the town was really cute. I think the foundation of a good game is here but it needs more work to be a full-release game.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 21, 2022

  I was very much looking forward to this game but its a big no. Not even on sale. This is not an early access game but has many issues and is considered a full release. Maybe check back in six months to see if there are any major updates.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 25, 2022

  I really wanted to like this game. But the controls are just awful. The hit boxes when interacting with ANYTHING never work as they should. There is almost no explanation on how to do most anything. So far the only way I've found to refill your watering can is to BUY A NEW ONE. Seriously. It has a nice style and can be visually appealing but it's really just a shitty Stardew Valley rip off that isn't worth your money.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 1, 2022

  I feel bad putting not recommend but the game doesn't feel even beta testing ready. I'd say pass on this for a long while. Give it a couple months. The dev is continuously working on it but at this point in time, it's just not ready. Walking is slow. The sprint is gone down so that's frustrating (not that sprint was fast but at least it felt like you were doing something.) Half the time the game isn't responsive to what you want to do. Like half the time you try to fish, your pole won't even cast. You have to continuously move around to find areas to try to fish the same spot. The inventory is terrible. There's no way to change with bar is your top bar so you gotta open your inventory, RIGHT CLICK the items (really counter intuitive), then put them on top. Don't get me started on the sell box, which randomly appears after you meet Daniel (and good luck with the shops because their hours are like 10am to 3pm with your single row and half those boxes filled with tools. LOL.) To sell to the box, you gotta have the item on top, then highlight it and continuously click the sell box for each item. For your crops, you have to deal with both crows (and the scarecrows only protect the 8 spots around them) and random wild animals, which you need to spend money on to get them to stop. ARG! It's not bad and it has potential, but it's just more annoying overall. The game doesn't feel like it's worth it to slug through the annoyances. But the dev is furiously working on it and there's already been numerous updates, so I'm not saying DON'T play. I'm saying wait a while, unless you're okay with being basically an alpha tester.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 13, 2022

  A lot of the writing just doesn't sit well with me. Many of the conversations are very passive-aggressive. Sometimes both of the options are passive-aggressively insulting the other person that I'm speaking to. This way of interacting with the townsfolk just isn't my thing. I suggest having another writer/editor to read through the text and conversations with the townsfolk. Unless that's the idea the developer is going for, I don't like playing a character that is constantly low-key insulting everyone they interact with. [strike]I do applaud the sole developer for doing so much by themselves.[/strike] It takes a lot of courage, time, and effort to get this far and I'm 100% behind them all the way. I also don't think the game should've released as it is. This feels like it was rushed at the end and released prematurely. Many people have stated the problems in the current build (1.0.5) and I 100% agree with them. While I don't recommend the game as it is now, I'll keep a close watch on it and make any changes to my review when it has more time to develop. EDIT: I just found out the developer isn't the only person working on the game.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 30, 2022

  Highly recommend this game if you like stardew valley and witchcraft. Game does have some heavy themes such as family loss which may not be for everyone and allows animal sacrifice, which again may not be for everyone. The characters' personalities are unique and interesting and change the higher up in relationship you have with them. Lots of quests and puzzles in the world. The developer responds to bugs and issues almost instantly on the discord, which I highly recommend joining if you want to help the developer with suggestions and bug reports. The discord is a friendly community.