Dragon Song Tavern: Cozy & Adventurous

The time I spent on the game has been as follow: 1. Decorating my character 2. Figuring out how to send a co-op invite 3. Have them join and get kicked out multiple times 4. When they manage to stay in the server for a longer while after 3+ retries, try to figure out what to do in the game. 5. Find out on the internet that there is no co-op guidance and the game is better solo, then log back out. If I ever have more hours after this review, it will be to test out solo gameplay, but until I get the motivation to retry this game again, I will be playing games from other game developers who put more thought into how co-op SHOULD look and feel like for the players involved. This game feels like they just slapped on co-op and paid no mind to the gaming experience just so they could profit over two people purchasing the game rather than one.

Does not have couch co-op, so makes a poor choice for playing with kids, which is why I initially looked into the game. Purchased one copy to try out gameplay to see if worth paying for two. Found it definetly wasn't. I like the games concept, but issues with bugs, including preventing proper quest prevention, leave it performing poorly in comparison to other games of the genre. Both for single and multiplayer other titles are preferable, and I wouldn't recommend this game.

i really like this! if you're looking for a chill cosy game to add to a rotation like stardew, palia, moonlighter and cattails, this fits in perfectly. things i like: - character customisation and clothes. this is just always a fun touch but i really like all the variety in outfits its cute - fishing minigame. i love fishing minigames. - cooking/juicing minigames (kinda too short to be minigames but still). i enjoy having to do a little task to get my dishes - guessing cooking. recipes have hints which u use to figure out what goes in the dish. if it uses super rare ingredients i do save beforehand however just so i don't waste them if it was wrong lmao - farming is mandatory in a cosy game. easy and quick - baby's first dnd combat system and classes????? i genuinely love this, ur party are different classes and u have action points and different stats like strength, dexterity etc. really fun as it adds a whole separate style of gameplay - equipment crafting and skill points. u make better armour and use level skill points to customise ur party, again like a simplified dnd system. really fun and means u can play in whatever style u want the gameplay loop: so i get that this game will get repetitive, but thats part of what i enjoy with cosy games like this. u have a format and u do certain tasks each day, it adds to the fun for me. my typical gameplay loop is: - wake up - fish - farm - go to town to check quests and chat to npcs - go on an adventure - a bunch of different regions u unlock as u progress, as of this i have about 6 opened up (theres like 9 i think currently??). u can only go to one location a day, so its about picking what resources u need, like forageables and monster drops. - fight some monsters!! - come home and do more fishing as the spots refill over time - cook any dishes i need for today - open the tavern, which consists of selecting dishes and then waiting on tables. (this is so much easier once i realised i could get my party members to wait tables also, i was doing everything on my own for like 26 hours it was a speed game for me lmao. now its much more chill). rinse and repeat. is this the kind of game the average person will get 100 hours in? probably not. will i? probably. i was skeptical at first bc of the mixed reviews, and i definitely wouldn't have got it for the full price, but tbh if u like this sort of game u will love this. i just watch youtube and run my little tavern and yeah. its kind of exactly what i want from a game like this

A really cute game. Played 30 hrs so far and I'm hooked. Cooking in the game is a lot of trial and error and thats part of the charm, you will be making a lot of burned food but its okay it has a purpose. The storyline so far is cute and interesting. The whole vibe is like harvest moon with a simple fight system. the only quirk Ive seen is that one items text still in Chinese, it's from the Winter DLC and doesn't impact the game otherwise the game has been running smoothly. I play on my laptop and it's been running well. I really recommend this cute cozy game.

基本的なゲームプレイは、農業・釣り・料理・経営を一通り楽しむスタイルです。序盤はレシピがかなり少なく、ほぼ手探り状態。曖昧なヒントを頼りに自分で配合を研究する必要があり、失敗するととんでもない料理ができることもあります。でも、完成した料理をお客さんに提供して、コインがチャリンチャリンと増えていく瞬間の達成感は本当に最高です！

Farming and gathering feel very convenient. You can work on multiple plots at the same time, and gathering resources is instant instead of waiting through progress bars. The fishing mini-game can be a bit demanding on reaction speed, and fish get away easily. Tavern management gets pretty hectic once customers start coming in, even with the current number of items.

I think I have played enough to give an honest review. "Cozy" is a bit of a stretch considering some of the themes of the story, I would say. I won't lie, I at least enjoyed the absurdity of some of these voice lines/themes that happens in some of the earlier quests. The story just seems like they want to include everything, but has a hard time making things coherent. It's a little frustrating that I, at almost the end of my first year, have gotten 5 "rumors" about the date of one boss appearance and not a single one for at least two bosses, not including the final map which I just got to. The controls of the game are a little rough. Like, when I run out of energy while planting in the field, every selection/controller input will move your character and have them complete actions while you are selecting food to eat. The text boxes will sometimes allow you to skip the text appearing entirely instead of skipping the typing, etc. Overall, I got it on sale and it's definitely not worth more than that price. It's a game I will probably play until I get enough progress to be satisfied and will never try the awful multiplayer I keep hearing about. It's not really unique or engaging enough to recommend to friends to play with, anyway. Hopefully the team is working on fixing the bugs and making the game more functional, but they haven't looked at this game since they release DLC to give you Christmas decor/outfits and a snow machine.