Hey Gamers, So as you can read from the title this review is not by me. I have been asked by Daibhi to post his review due to some technical difficulties so please give all the credit of the review to him! Without further or do I will let him take it away, enjo!

Good evening Ladies, Gentlemen and those of a non-binary nature, my name is Daibhi and this is the Gamerhub community. During the lockdown, I think I was one of the few gamers that didn’t play animal crossing, but that’s on me. It was also what I was suspecting this game was going to be like but maybe that’s a life lesson: don’t judge a videogame by the cover.

This game is addictive, enchanting and has the ability to take over your life. The reason this review is late is because yours truly let it take over his life for wayyyyy more time than he should have done.

Let’s start with what this game is- it straddles the line between a social simulation game and action-adventure. The premise to start this game seems pretty danged boring at first, but then this game pulls a 180 and that’s why I love this game. Top tip when you start this game- take NOTHING for granted.

You’re required to help cure the mayor of a sleepy coastal town called Moonbury by making potions, and to put not too finer point on this- expect hostility from just about everyone. The town has had a lot of potionmakers in times past, which makes you about as popular as a bacon sandwich in a mosque. The only way to fix this is to create potions and fix the issues by using the right methods and ingredients. It’s a slog of a game, which, given the price point is a nice surprise.

As opposed to the Animal Crossing style farming in this game, you have to forage your ingredients to survive and it’s not an easy task. But, foraging properly (there’s two ways in this game) is a rewarding effort, and having a work-minded ethos when doing this is probably the best way to go about it.

Then there are the villagers. Three men and three women can be romanced, which helps you progress throughout the game but-and I can’t stress this enough- be careful. The game makes the men jealous of each other. There is a glitch in this game’s programming, but being an ethical reviewer, I won’t mention to you what it is.

As for downsides, this game has a few bugs, but a lot of the more notable ones have been patched. The game still feels rough to me, and maybe that’s just me, but the amount of teleworking people and bugs cause me to have major problems with this game. It feels like it still needs alpha testing.

Conclusion

Overall, this game is great. It has a refreshing twist on a well-trodden formula, is quite accessible when required and feels like a good game, but the bugs and glitches prevent me from recommending that you buy it yourself.

I thus give this game a disappointed

3.6 out of 5 joysticks.

For the Gamerhub Community, I’ve been Daibhi and you are all legends.

Thanks to Lew for the support.

(Thank you to Keymailer and the teams at MassHive Media and PQube for providing the code for this review)