Halcyon Days at Taoyuan

赚钱换了更好的工具，让我能赚更多的钱，但没有让我的工作变得更轻松，我想要的是自动化，告别基础工作，迎来更有意思的玩法。 还有，赚钱能买一些超模道具吗，不然赚钱干嘛，完全没有动力玩下去啊，好感度提升也慢得很。

What a delightful addition to the farming simulation genre. I love the Eastern twist that adds a lot of fun features and really got intrigued about the story as it unfolded during your time in this peaceful village. What I like: * The visuals in this game are just stunning and I love all of the trees and flowers in this game. I love that you can also have a bunch of different plants in vases and my house is just totally full of different types. * Lots of fun mounts and companions that you can find and tame. They even have a rarer variation which makes it fun to search for in the caves. * The mini-games for crafting and cooking recipes is something different than other farming sims. You also have the option to turn it off. I really liked being able to find crafting recipes when defeating animals and mining * The festivals are beautiful (although the Dragonboat mini-game is totally rigged) * The NPCs are complex and I really liked learning more about all of them and their relationship with each other as well as their relationship with me. * You can turn off the ability to drop items when you're defeated or turn on invincibility if you don't want to engage in the combat system. The combat system itself is pretty standard comparative to other farming sim games, but I do like that you can befriend the animals and sometimes get a crafting recipe when the animals are defeated. What I wish were different * The ability to toggle companion animals on and off since sometimes I don't want to see them or if I'm walking too fast then they will be teleporting everywhere and it's just painful on the eyes. Sometimes while I'm fishing then they will also be running into a fence or something which can be distracting * More marriage dialogue and a better schedule for your spouse since after marriage, it seems like they just hang around the farm and forget about their past life (at least from the person that I married) I think this game is for you if you already love traditional farming sim games or want to try one out. It does farming sim really well and there's a ton of things to do, but the game definitely gives you time to just learn everything at your own pace or engage in the systems that you want.

中式星露谷，制作组在做企划的时候百分百按照星露谷为原皮做的，地图、人物、模型都换成了国风皮罢了。以物易物原本觉得还挺新颖，玩到后面也就那样，没啥区别，不如搞个界面右上角计数票券的数量，这样还能剩个背包位。 作为重度种田玩家，玩了5个小时已经力竭了，没啥新颖度。 游戏过程中还莫名其妙地肝，不是那种正经种田肝，是买皮肤要肝，某些时刻我好像在玩中式网游…… 想了想还是给个好评吧，以资鼓励……国产种田游戏发展空间还很大

物产丰富度不错，有继续肝的欲望。 就是跟文案电波对不上，主线剧情无感但及格，npc说的有些话会让我咯噔一下，语气生硬得不像在过好感度任务，已经在用心讨好所有人了还是会因为不会读空气导致选到反感选项（都怪我低估了这游戏刷好感度的难度选了个最麻烦的任务，希望可以退回去重新选任务），可以说除了比较好涨好感的个别npc以外这个部分是让我最有挫败感的地方。 好在这是个种田游戏，适合本自闭玩家，每天闷头种菜挖矿就可以了，刷好感度对话虽然已经成了习惯但可以不做。目前为止还没有发现哪个npc的塑造是我特别喜欢的。 另外想提建议是花卉系统开发度还太浅了，除开个别可以拿去酿酒的，这么多漂亮的花花只能做插花实在可惜了。国风模式下还有很多可以探索的方向，比如可以把不同颜色的花+矿石做成染料/颜料，可以自己制作家具装饰的挂画（自己画），或者刺绣、扎染（目前的漂亮服装也太少了），可以把花卉图案做成图样（像设计图谱一样可以兑换或抽奖），自定义创作在衣服/装饰物上等等。

现在还是不推荐，内容还需要填充，只有一年不到的剧情

every time i see a new content update i get SO excited! everything about this game is so charming and beautiful, i wish i could live here myself ;-; i like that as your relationships with the villagers grow, you can see the impact it has on their relationships with each other - not just within their family/households but the broader community as well. it's very endearing to see them comment on how much of an impact you've made as the player! i also appreciate that the english translation does a very good job at communicating cultural references in a way thats easy for a non-chinese person to understand. it doesn't overly explain things to the point where it takes you out of the immersion. it just feels like a natural explanation of what's going on and why its important. i do wish it was easier to gain friendship with NPCs - some are very easy to gain favour with and some i still can't find what they like/love even after reading the fan-made guides. it could just be a skill issue on my part tbh :/ the game is still in development but there's still so much to do in terms of late-game content, and i can't wait to see what comes out in later updates!!

I’ve waited quite a while to write a review, because I wanted to give the developers time to address issues. I’ve had this game since it came out, and at no point was there a coherent way to play the game without feeling lost. The main storyline in the caves seems to have a completely random trigger and it isn’t explained at all. To all the people who suggest looking at guides and wiki pages; it simply doesn’t make sense that you need something like that to play a cozy farming game. If you are looking for something relaxing, don’t purchase this game. There is a lot of running around and not all of it will be fruitful. The developers themselves only respond to bug reports, on the discussions page and have no interest in listening or implementing any fixes related to guidance in the game. Time after time do they include these item updates that have plenty of cute things, but never address the issue of having to find out what to do or where to go by yourself. The only redeeming aspect it has is that the art style is precious. It’s a very pretty game with very pretty objects you can own. However, I don’t have any use for a pretty game to be lost in. It’s disappointing that these newer cozy/farming games have lost the spirit of what makes these games popular and why people play them. This is only one among the sea of games that have pretty attributes but miss the point of the genre completely. I only wish I could get a refund even today, because I’m quite sure the developers have zero intention of addressing any structural issues with the game. I can’t recommend this game, so be aware of the actualities of it before you get swept away by the art style.

场景没有四季变化有些遗憾，不过人物剧情刻画的非常好

Halcyon Days at Taoyuan gives you the familiar cozy farming sim mechanic, but transports you into a rural Chinese village instead. The gameplay loop was suprisingly addictive, with charming casts of characters, a unique barter system (instead of currency), as well as well a suprisingly deep narrative underneath it all. There are minor QoL features missing in this game, and I did saw some dumb review mentioning that the game doesn't have any guidance or a confusing plot. What? Ignore that moron as the game does want you to explore at the start and fast travel systems are locked behind the main story. Also, I love the current crafting mechanic and thank you for bringing back a very robust Wine Making and pottery system. I honestly can't wait till the studio expands crafting to include silkworms and medicine. Oh and the seasonal visual change, that's coming in 1.2 version but still will require you at least see one ending of the game. Because there's a narrative reason that the visual doesn't change throughout seasons in this village. Either way, for its price, this is a hidden gem you shouldn't sleep on.