Recent reviews by RunUpCrust

The current state of the demo is janky, slow and boring as hell.
Everything takes forever, ores are only in a cluster of one or two blocks, the starter weapon is such a damn joke they might as well not give you anything and tell you to go die. Base health is trash, damage is trash and it just feels like the player character is made out of paper, incredibly uncomfortable.
If this will be the case in the full release im afraid its just another hastily made voxel game.

Fun little game to play if you have the time.
The decorating and building is phenomenal, easily the best ive ever seen in any game of this genre.
For the overall gameplay however its still rather shallow... there is no obvious way to progress and since the playerbase is rather tiny at the moment, finding the specific item needed can take some time and guesswork.
Art style is great, the NPC interactions feel rather alive but I wish there was more depth to it.

Keep in mind it is early access so the flaws I mentioned might get fixed over time.

This game is alright, you progress at a good pace for a good while until...
You reach the second part of the game, the MOON
The rather okay rate of progress dissapears in an instant, now you need to wait ***weeks*** for anything to get done and it bores me endlessly.
Too bad, I was looking for an idle game to finish for once but this is not deserving of my attention past this point.

Yea no this dumpster fire should have stayed on mobile where the whales can keep whaling and the f2ps can just go jump off of a bridge. You spend like 10$ and you can run around with a oneshot weapon from the get-go, the ammount of lootboxes is honestly impressive, I counted 5 separate lootboxes with 3 separate currencies.
This game will never be good, it cant. It went past the point of no return years ago and this steam port is a last hurrah at trying to get some players that arent either chinese/russian playing with stolen credit cards.

Cannot recommend, there are better incrementals out there.
-Its un-interactive, you have to idle to progress (which should be a choice of playstyle NOT a requirement to progress.)
-The graphics are rather boring, you can tell they spent a total of 15 minutes on the default models.
-The microtransactions are forced upon you almost every time you log in, or get a golden scarab or anything.
-The game is DEAD as hell, no community whatsoever, no online tools to help with the game, if you search you will find outdated tools for an outdated game.
- there is an unironicall, unapologetic leaderboard in this game, where you can buy a defacto 5x production bonus and speed advantage for money

Move on gamer, nothing of value here.

A great game, honestly.
Similar to Stardew Valley the titan and current leader of the genre of cozy farming sims, however it puts a good twist on things, plus its not even finished! Devs want to add loads of more content for which I am excited!
Pros

-Progression is buttery smooth, there is no lapse in tempo, nothing to slow down the game to a crawl it keeps going and going and going and-

-Early on you get the option to tame and ride animals. Any animal. I ride on top of a boar for most of the time and it looks cool. Also your first tool is a multitool used on everything from fishing to mining, very cool!

-Inventory: by FAR the BEST inventory system I have seen for these games and its not even close! Seeds? separate inventory with infinite slots with a customizable hotbar . Tools? Yep, separate tool bar which is completely customizable as well. Normal inventory? Three separate hotbars you can cycle through with TAB. MASTERFULY DONE. I cant praise the inventory and UI of this game enough it really is a great example of a well thought out system that doesnt mess with the player

-NPCs show on maps! Need to gift someone anything on their birthday? Look on the map and you will find them instantly no problem.

- The game doesnt waste your time

As much as I like to praise it there are a couple of things that diminish the experience quite a bit.
Cons
-Friendship decay: for some reason, there is friendship decay in this game, meaning, if you dont speak to an NPC for multiple days in a row their friendship will slowly decay and you have to regain it. (This issue is fixed by installing a simple mod from nexusmods!)

-Polygamy: Honestly? Not a con for most for sure but it is simply strange. I get it, ooga booga caveman days and all that but really? it gets weird. (you can date every npc simultaneously while being married as well lol)

-Animal taming system: It needs more clarity. In the game there are legendary animals that spawn after a certain ammount of that animal was tamed by you, which actually means-> taming the animal-> INVITING the animal to live with you. Not enough clarity so if you dont research this before hand you could waste a lot of time.

Fun game with unique aspects, i left out most of them cause its more fun to actually experience them. Unique game with lots of replayability and my god, the UI is too good. Also soundtrack is a bop.

At the moment, the game needs loads and loads of work to be even close to worth the price they ask for the base game, and the founders packs.
Inventory is cluttered, you can sell equipped items without the game telling you (lol), the ammounts of currencies and craftable items is bloated to oblivion, game is laggy (although not too much anymore since the game bled like 60% of its playerbase since launch).
But by far the biggest complaint: This is not an MMO, not even a multiplayer game
There is the occassional "world boss" which is just a normal mob with a bloated hp bar and 0 actual mechanics, but other than that there is 0 player interaction. You can solo dungeons on your own since pretty much level 1, and you can clear them faster too. There is no incentive to interact with anyone, its just a glorified single player game with bot-like entities.

Keep in mind this game will go F2P sometime in the future which means the playerbase will eventually skyrocket, if you like to gamble or if you have hopium on the DE brand this game has, the founder packs might even be worth it.
Eventually.
But not right now.

Surprisingly deep game with lots of mechanics, my only complaint being that most of the content is heavily time gated, including achievements. You can import your old save from the original website and it works fine however, so if you played a long time ago, some of them load up on steam eventually.

Steam has mod integration for automating mundane tasks and helping you hit spell combos which really helps when you dont want to keep resetting the game for the 50th time to hit that perfect combo.
Progression is satisfying and relatively quick, you can get far by idling the game but around the octillion cookies mark you HAVE to go for boost combos in order to progress. There is simply no other way.

All in all, decent game for long term fun, but gets very very slow with waiting on mana for spells and the ammounts of RNG needed to progress.

Its like crack, it gets you hooked and doesnt let go.
The ammount of content for 5$ is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ insane, so many secrets, game modifiers, items, weapon combos, boss fights and maps.
The dlc? Between the two of them, Foscari is better, has more content, more characters and a lot more personality.
HOWEVER, its like comparing a golden coin to a slightly shinier gold coin. They are both very well worth the price and time spent in them.
I recommend playing the base game first and then doing the dlc
Very good! Very nice!

Developers constantly listen to the community and add features that are requested on a regular basis.
A passionate game studio produced this therefore it is an obligation to review it.

PROS-
The game has SOUL, every character feels different, alive and charming in their own way. They have cutscenes (an actual truck load) to show their personality and quirks which really add to the overall feel of the game.
Simple controls allow anyone to play this game, its really not difficult at all.
The ammount of minigames, sidequests and other miscellaneous activities is incredible. Diversity is one of the core strenghths of this game. Almost all the story missions have a quirk to them that adds to the depth of the story.
Graphics are a mixture of pixel art and 3d models that blend together quite well, especially in the deeper parts of the ocean.

CONS-
Im not gonna act like this game is perfection itself, nothing is.
Intense button mashing (adressed in a update in august)
Some bossfights dont really work well especially the shrimp boss during one of the first stormy nights
The jump in rank in the restaurant management part of the game is poorly paced when you achieve enough points to rank from gold to platinum, the money you lose in operation costs gets quadrupled to a whopping 2000 gold per night, some players might struggle with that but if you dont panic its completely winnable, trust me even I managed it and im not that bright

Overall I recommend this game to anyone with time to sink into this charming little diving game.