Gleaner Heights

I can appreciate what you're trying to do... and i like the drive to make a darker gritter stardew but... here is a collective list of everything you need to fix dude. *The controls are absolute dog-sh*t: It took me 30 minutes, a veteran of farming sims with more than my fair share of hours in farming sims to figure out how to even plant the first plant. The controls are awkward and make zero since, literally just copy and paste harvest moon or Stardew valley. it's just like how before call of duty noone had any clue on how to make a first person shooters controls - Call of duty revolutionized that sh!t. diverging from that path is considered a sin because then it's harder to enjoy the contents of the game due to having to relearn an entire ♥♥♥♥ control scheme all over again. ain't nobody got time for that *The npc's are bland and boring: dark and gritty doesn't mean boring and bland you can make something dark and gritty and also have a personality. example: Don't starve together, Everything ever made by Tim Burton, tons of classic horror movies ranging from Alfred Hitchcock to ... well hell to be honest i'd argue even Jason has more emotional depth than most of your NPCs *the animations are unpolished and you can visually see them being sluggish: this is self explanatory sh*t looks like it's running on a old Nokia. I'm not expecting a masterpiece, I didn't come here expecting stardew valley or harvest moon. I came here expecting a farming sim with a story I got a extremely unpolished, mess of a game that really needs to be reworked entirely starting with the control scheme. to be entirely honest with you I could have forgave everything else and would have just kept playing if the controls wasn't so absolutely dogsh*t. also your configure controls menu is bugged beyond all belief. thank you. I paid money for this. have a great day.

本作种田起步较慢，所以平时赚钱可能会花费较多时间，需要一定的耐心。另外，本作尚没有什么拓展性的模组，所以目前看来，其整体游戏性还是比较受限的。游戏内指引确实不是很充分，很多东西需要自己摸索。中文玩家可以去贴吧或者3DM看看其他玩家的经验分享，不过目前还没有很完善的中文攻略，其相关中文社区的热度也非常低。个人认为，这还算一款不错的种田游戏。就其整体质量及可游玩时间而言，本作是配得上原价入手的。不过考虑到大部分玩家的接受度，入手前还是需要斟酌；如果不是非常喜欢像素风种田类游戏（就是星露谷那样的）的朋友，还是建议等打折。

I love this game!

The plot of this game is good, BUT I've been playing for many hours, yes, I know. I'm kind of tenacious. Did I get a good value for my money? Absolutely not. This game IS slow. Many of those hours are games started and deleted to start from scratch, because due to the absence of guides, or hints in the game itself, being time gated, at a certain point you realize that you have missed an important or even essential event, and if you don't delete and start anew, you'll not get “that”, nor advance in “whatever”. The dark atmosphere and the plot are good. Kind of thriller. Awaken your curiosity. You would love to see how it all ends. And suddenly you fall flat on your face over the controls and the crashes. The content of the “base game” works a little not so bad. But when you get to the events of the DLC, oh boy, the gameplay is torture. The controls are horrible, really bad, awkward and stiff. The hit boxes are crazy random. From combat, to harvesting, say, some potatoes. It's a painful struggle. The cursor disappears over and over. When the cursor disappears, the only thing you can do is move your character and talk to NPCs. You cannot interact with any object. In a game that is 90% interacting with objects and inventories. The only way to fix this that I have found so far, is quit and reopen. Almost like a crash, although you can save, if it's worth it. If not, repeat the day. Up to you. The controls should work for half an hour or so (real time). Then, rinse and repeat. Super great for immersion, as you might guess. I've read comments from people addressing this issue since 2018. 2024 and here we are. This game only saves when you finish ALL THE WORK FOR THE DAY and go to sleep. BUT over and over, it crashes. If you are lucky and the day was not very advanced, then repeat everything (yes, again). If you were on your way home to call it a day, it's infuriating. Especially after the first twenty times it happens to you. The graphics are rudimentary and quite ugly. If you want to play with a female character keep in mind this: No matter what, she will always have an angry face and a beard shade. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your money on this headache.

TLDR; If you like Stardew, and Twin Peaks, and are willing to give a small dev a chance, this is the game for you. Few bugs, but alot of love has gone into this and you really feel it. There are few games that just get the right vibes of the media that inspired them. Gleaner Heights almost feels uncompromising on its goal to get Harvest Moon/Stardew as the setting to have a Twin Peaks/Deadly Premonition inspired adventure. The drama is always there, but it's varied. It's casual small town drama, and then you uncover something far more significant and deeper. What makes Gleaner Heights good, is that it carries both of these with equal love. Nothing in the game feels like it was added so you find out about the mystery. The characters have depth, you want to know more. Their stories feel just as important, as the bigger plot, and that's what few Twin Peaks inspired works realize. The music is ok. It's not the best but it gets the job done. Your probably not going to be humming it in the shower 20 years later like HM on the SNES, but if you leave it on, your probably going to enjoy it. Overall if you like Stardew, this is a less polished take on that with a world of mystery to explore, and a town full of people that you love and hate (and love to hate). For a indie game, this is a fantastic work that should be tried. I beat the first season on the Switch, and I am comming back (and will update) when I beat the DLC on Steam.

I have loved farming sims since I was a kid playing N64 Harvest Moon. I loved the secrets and puzzles and magical elements. Gleaner Heights had all of that as well! It probably helps that I also love Twin Peaks! The combat is not super hard, especially the bosses, and it has an old school feel, but that isn't the big draw for a farming sim in my opinion. There are plenty of games out there that are for that. A magical themed farming sim is for the story, and the immersion, and the cozy.

Holy fidget spinners, I am trying so hard to get into this game. I want to get far enough to find out about the story, which may be the only hook it has. The problem is the game is just. So. Boring. It has all the burdening elements of an early 90s farm sim with none of the creative, fun, or engaging qualities. The map is needlessly large but has limited to no interactions or foraging, making plodding from point A to point B a grueling experience even with permanent run toggled on. The controls are clunky. The characters have limited dialogue interactions. There is nothing that GRABS me about it. I have to force myself to try playing just with the hope that something interesting lies ahead. Compared to stronger titles in the genre (Grimshire, Coral Island, or the GOAT Stardew Valley) or even the classics like the OG Harvest Moon, Gleaner Heights is such a weak entry as to feel like a waste of time when I could be playing a game I enjoy right from the get go.

Ce jeu ressemble en quelques points à Stardew Valley, bien que certaines fonctionnalités et certains contenus lui soient propres. J’aime bien le jeu en général, mais je trouve dommage qu’il n’y ait pas d’indices ni de tutoriels quelconques comparativement à SV où le jeu nous prend par la main de a à z. PRÉSENCE DE SPOILS ATTENTION ! Dans ce jeu, la meilleure façon de se faire de l’argent est impérativement la mine. Il y a quelques wikis qui peuvent te guider heureusement même s’il manque largement de walkthrough sur internet. Par exemple, je recommande fortement d’augmenter la compétence d’inventaire qui augmente de 2 cases l’inventaire du jeu ainsi que d’aller acheter l’augmentation du sac au magasin dès que possible ! Enfin, augmenter le plus tôt possible son marteau, bien évidemment afin de faciliter le farming de la mine. D’autre part, il faut définitivement se rendre à l’étage 20 pour débloquer l’échelle qui te permettra de débuter dès le 20e étage lors des prochaines fois. Il y a 40 étages en tout, dont un boss à la fin. Je recommande de vous rendre aux niveaux 35 à 39 afin d’utiliser les automatons qui déposent des bombes au sol. Vous pouvez prendre lesdites bombes et les utiliser pour faire exploser les murs de la mine pour farm tous minerais et pierres précieuses (Fire opal, Ruby, Diamond, Gold, Silver, Octotinium, etc.) L’histoire est plus sombre que SV, certaines scènes ou certains dialogues sont vraiment touchants. Le temps de jeu est extrêmement plus lent que dans SV (le temps est à pause dans tout bâtiment, mine, interaction, etc.). Après presque 40 h de jeu, je suis seulement à l’été jour 10 de l’an 1 !!! Je vais souvent dans la mine pour me faire de l’argent, donc c’est un peu normal que dans ce cas-là, les journées ne passent pas aussi rapidement. Bref, je recommande aux joueurs qui adorent les Stardew-like ou farm-like, d’autant plus que le jeu n’est pas très cher et on en a pour son argent. Par contre, je déconseille aux néophytes de ce genre de jeu et surtout à ceux qui détestent ne pas être soutenus et guidés dès le début du jeu  !!!

Esse jogo não é ruim, mas tem outros do mesmo gênero que deixam esse totalmente no chinelo, tanto em conteúdo como em musica e no próprio gráfico do jogo. Neste game você se verá correndo pra lá e para cá em uma cidade com ruas excessivamente grandes sem motivo algum, a cidade poderia ter sido projetada de maneira mais compacta pra que não houvesse tantos espaços vazios. Existem outros problemas que fazem com que ele seja um dos piores do gênero...

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