Fields of Mistria

TLDR: It's not a bad game, but IMO it's missing the pains that make this type of game addictive. I think it's great for someone who loves cozy game with absolutely 0 stress, but maybe not as fun for someone who likes to optimize and tends to plan crops using spreadsheets. Well, first the performance on ultrawide is often bad. The game is really laggy no matter the scale I used, windowed or fullscreen. It also crashed 3 times, for which I had to re-do my days. It can happen since it's an early access game, but there's less than a month left before release. Regarding the gameplay, I feel like there was an attempt to imitate Stardew Valey while adding maybe too much quality of life. No need to fill the water can nor protect the crops from crows. Quests do not expire, I didn't feel the need to make money. The stores are always open, you can always buy what you need. Coop and barn builds are instant. There are many ways of regaining energy. There are a lot more costmetics, recipes and furniture to unlock, a bunch of seasonal crops and forageables. Crops, recipes, fish and animal products have well balanced selling value; nothing seemed way more profitable than the rest so far. These all seem like nice things, but friction is usually what motivates me as a player to keep playing. It forces me to make hard choices, to try and optimize my time and energy, to look forward to quality of life unlocks. It makes me plan the next moment I can buy seeds, or the next time I'll be allowed to build a coop or pick the next machine that will double the profit of my crops. Also having so many costmetics to unlock kinda makes part of the game about unlocking costmetics rather than unlocking new "production tiers". For example, costmetics are the main rewards for giving items to the museum. I also felt like the diversity of forageable/flowers/crops didn't add much to the gameplay so far except for taking inventory space. Things I appreciated though: - Saving mid-day - Knowing what was given or not to the museum yet - Friday nights discussions - Skill trees

I wasn't sure that this game was going to be for me. I do love a great farming game though so I decided to give it a shot while it was on sale. OH MY GODDESS I am so glad I gave it a chance! between the classic RPG vibes, the creative freedom with decorating your farm, the wardrobe system(who knew it could be this fun and easy?), The adorable old school anime portraits, animal breeding for colors and so many more features, this game quickly became my new obsession! If I had just one complaint it would be for the romance writing in particular, none of the big romantic scenes I experienced felt a bit romantic, however I do know that marriage is only coming in the full release this august, so hopefully that will improve with the update!

The game is advertised as being cute, cozy, and somewhat of an upgraded stardew valley. What is not advertised is the more darker themes & characters. I find that kinda misleading. I wanted a cute and cozy game similar to harvest moon/story of seasons. For games like zelda the fantasy aspect and darker aspects are more clearly expressed and talked about. The game cannot be refunded after 2 hours of gameplay, it takes longer than that to see the true colors of the game. (spoiler) I want to run a cute farm, not unseal ancient dragon gods. Its just not my cup of tea.

I really like this game so far! When I had first heard of it, as a Stardew Valley player, I was pretty excited to see what differences and similarities it would have. What I love most is that you can save your progress throughout the day instead of having to restart the ENTIRE day. That aspect caught my attention first, and it is what I love most like I said. Also March. I really love March. LMAO.

Twice now i've gotten softlocked inside chest inventory and had to reload the entire game to fix it and replay the entire day. Leaving this on a negative review so it's noticed and adressed in a coming patch, not fun to encounter this twice within 4 hours of playing only... Otherwise the game itself seemed great, nothing to complain about and didn't encounter any other bug so far, but not playing again untill that specific bug is adressed.

I first learned about this game because someone told me: "Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley walked so that Fields of Mistria could run." After playing ~50 hours of this, I think this is a fair statement, with the caveat that FoM is still early access at the time of my review and there are some mechanics that lack depth as a result. The core gameplay loop and the characters are done, and they're so incredibly charming that I feel the heart of the game is all there. Unlike Stardew, this game is all about good vibes and comfiness; most characters are positive and upbeat, in a way that feels natural rather than fake. The game feels super comfortable as a result, but for players that like conflict and tension there isn't much of that in this game. I loved the overarching mines plot and find it a great alternative to the main plotlines of Harvest Moon games (+ the Community Center plot in Stardew Valley). Mining is also FAR more enjoyable than it ever was in Stardew or any HM game. There are still some things that I think the game could improve gameplay depth in. There isn't a great sprinkler system in FoM, and animal products are worth much more in HM/SV, so I ultimately enjoyed farming and ranching more in Stardew Valley. And of course, I'm waiting for marriage to come out with the full release of Fields of Mistria. But overall, I think this game is so incredibly lovely and engaging that it overrides those issues. I would highly recommend it already, and expect it to get even better upon full release next month.

Pastel Stardew Valley, love it!

Picked this up during the 0.16.3 update, with 1.0 just around the corner, and it's already become one of those games that's way too easy to lose hours in. Cozy without feeling shallow, charming without trying too hard, and packed with enough progression to keep my brain happy. If 1.0 builds on this, it's going to be something special.

the pixel artstyle is so cute and the colors make me happy! very fun and inclusive, juniper is my fav (her dog dozy loves stick). rng can be difficult tho. also you can jump!

For the love. of. god. let mac book players be able to play. im majoring in bio and i need this as my outlet i beg you. anyways fire game 10/10 love love