Coral Island

Coral Island is a Stardew Valley clone, and I mean that as a compliment, almost everything Stardew does good Coral Island also does. And I mean a Stardew valley clone NOT a harvest moon clone. By this I mean, Coral island has a community center equivalent, it has a museum and a mine to gather ore to upgrade your tools. It of course is a farming sim and has the fast day style of play. What coral island does better then Stardew: - More fast travel options and earlier access to them - Cuter graphics (personal opinion) - Better Museum, displays more and feels more rewarding - Earlier access to sprinklers and other automation - The diving portion of this game: while not revolutionary nor particularly engaging it does add yet another element that you can do in this game, which in my opinion is what made Stardew better then harvest moon the ability to mix up what you do day to day, and Coral island just has more options. - Quality of life: Coral island has a better inventory system, realationship tracker, gift preference tracker, and shows where to find event scenes and more quality of life, while this can break the immersion a little the benefit outweighs that slight drawback. What Coral Island does worse then Stardew: - Fishing! this is the biggest one for me and why I don't say coral island is better then Stardew. When I first played Stardew I hated the fishing mini game, but as I did it more I grew to love it, it felt as if I developed skill for the fishing and it felt rewarding catching the harder fish to catch. Coral island doesn't have that feeling at all. The fishing minigame feels like you just need patiance to win. No skill. And the upgrades to the rod and the fishing skill seem to have little effect on the fishing game, I know it does have an impact, but the feel of the minigame progression is just not there. Also you spend time during the fishing minigame which adds a level of frustration when you make a mistake. - Late game: This is actively being worked on as I write this so I'm certain it will come but the late game feels lacking, and annoyingly hard to unlock if you made a mistake on what you collected. I have not explored Coral Island's late game to its fullest extent because I lose motivation to do so. It feels like right before late game there is not much to do but wait for the right crops or seasonal fish/bugs that you need. This is an issue in Stardew and I think Coral Island didn't address it well yet if anything it is even worse. Now, I've been using Stardew extensively in this review that's because ultimately it comes down to this: if you like Stardew Valley or games with that community center/mining addition to what is mainly a farming sim this game is for you. If you don't like Stardew this game is not for you.

Such a fun farm sim

Puh ... Stardew Valley in schöner und umfangreicher, mit tollen Geschichten und so unglaublich viel zu tun - wenn und wann man will. Das Setting ist Geschmackssache, meins ist es nicht, aber das verblasst gegenüber allem anderen - vor allen den unzähligen Geschichten und Momenten mit den NPCs.

im 50/50, game is good , but you see the obvious agenda they're trying to push in this game .

I had to take a break for awhile because the saving feature was terrible. I waited for the update- but either way I still had put over 100 hours into this game. Great graphics

it's good