Kynseed

It pains me so much to give a thumbs down on this gem of a game. But ANY type of drm is bad. Having the ability to launch directly from a games executable file when offline is extremely ilprotant. I live in an area where internet goes out all the time. Sure there’s a Steam offline mode, but at some point that token expires and you have to connect to the internet again. So it’s a useless offline mode. So another game I’m saying ♥♥♥♥ you too. I don’t support heavy drm like this especially for a game like this. What ♥♥♥♥ developers.

Еще 5 лет назад купила игру из-за скорейшего добавления русского языка, но так и не добавили.

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I backed this game as a kickstarter and then forgot about it, and then had to ask the company directly to send me a steam key cus i lost the email. So I did pay for it way back then and also got a free key. I put 79 hours in over a week or two? This game has a big tone problem. It somewhat seems as if to be taken seriously with its serious themes involving death, the fae, generational family/becoming orphaned, and yet every character is named a pun, there is CONSTANT fart/poop humor, and like a LOT of ♥♥♥♥ jokes. Specifically ♥♥♥♥ jokes, not any ♥♥♥♥♥ jokes that i can remember. My take away was that no one expected anyone other than a man to play. Its so incredibly immature baby humor. Yet also, i recall there is so much 4th wall/self referential humor. Character will be like, "erm, make sure your [Heath Bar] doesn't deplete, not that I know what THAT is...", i hate it. There's also hints you are expected to find, they give you clues about what the various items do, which is mechanically relevant. A good 3rd of every hidden note is just some annoying BS about "erm, I had a dream about Twiter..." where they describe Twitter in fantastical terms. It pisses me off. To finish this point, I find the writing to be overwhelmingly annoying. Right so the gameplay, I do not remember it being particularly fun. It's been raining and t-storming IRL for about a month now, and I've been trying to find a game to play. I click on this game sometimes and go, "hmm, perhaps..." and then i mouse over the achievements and it reminds me what the minute-to-minute gameplay is like and i abandon any desire to play it. I put all 80 hours into this game about a full year ago, from writing this, and had i made this review then, it would be a million words long- I took notes. But as it is, the fire isnt there. Its got procedurally generated fetch quest fodder for unlimited playtime--epic! No NPC ever said anything that felt serious or didn't immediately piss me off. I really hate the british whimsy wafting off of everything. I never played Fable, is Fable like that? Can I think of anything I liked about this experience? I just went through the screenshots on the store page. Okay I like that in order to build things, you must get help from the community, that's cool. I actually remembered more stuff I despised about playing, but i won't bother typing it out. I'm sorry if a dev reads this, PixelCount was very nice to send me a key after I failed to claim my kickstater key way back when, but man I hate the writing, the gameplay, many aspects of the minute-to-minute controls. ayayay

There are 3 things that made me go for Kynseed, despite not being a huge fan of cozy farming life sim type games: 1. There are no time requirements for getting things done. After a couple (literally 2) mandatory timed events in the game's prologue, you are free to choose exactly what to do when for the remainder of your playthrough. No more Atlus-style calendar to loom over your experience, making you regret choosing one activity over another. 2. Hilarious, reference-filled writing replete with wordplay, innuendo and dad jokes. 3. A unique pixel-art style that really stands out from the Stardew pack. I knew going in that there was some supernatural / fae stuff involved, but I didn't realize we were talking Midsommar / Wicker Man type shiz! No regrets tho, I love things dark, and honestly wouldn't mind if things got even darker than they do here. There are so many things I love about Kynseed, but if I had to put my finger on my single favourite aspect, it's the first time exploring a newly-opened section of the world's expansive map. When a new region would open, I'd saddle up my pig, bring my trusty dog along, and go in for that exhilarating first tour, picking up everything I found and looking for the (often cleverly hidden) mapstones. At this point, with 80+ hours in, I only have a couple more regions left to explore. But there are still tons of other reasons to keep playing. The mini-games are plentiful, and while some work better for me than others (e.g. I adore most cooking, i like fishing, i'm not nuts about crafting lotions), we are truly spoiled for variety. I've seen that Kynseed's combat really rubs some people the wrong way. Being a pretty bad player at anything reflex-based, I prepared going in by taking advantage of the game's generous Accessibility option to reduce enemies' speed, and after a couple sword upgrades I am finding combat to not only be tolerable but truly fun! Honestly, I got lots more I could say about Kynseed, but I'd rather get back to playing it. Byeeeee

Ok, so this game hooked my for a 100 hours now and i only stopped because there is nothing more to explore (to be honest.. it stopped being interesting about a week ago, but i still kept grinding and tried to unlock the last bits of the game, because i couldn't detach). Pros: - The world is beautifully crafted - There is so much to see, and especially in the beginning it doesn't feel grindy - The mix of combat (fairly easy), farming sim and bussiness sim really catched me - I love the minigames for every job you can do - Story was nice and i wish there was even more, (especially i would like to know, what fairyweather gets out of that deal..) - most game mechanics felt smooth - a lot of unnecssary fluff, that's just "nice to have" Cons: - If you miss something it takes forever to get to this day/season again (no timelaps) - same goes for the fairyweather shop.. if you don't buy stuff, it's gone for years - Inventory and some other management tools need overhaul - the farm management, especially for the house felt awful -> let the people increase their house.. otherwise all the wall decoration doesn't fit ;) Neutral: - Sometimes some storys or areas feel unfinished or cut off - After a while minigames are too repetetive and get annoying (still ok, compared to other games) - sometimes I felt rushed, because stuff happened without explanation - Being reborn has no real story-consequences (wish characters would recoginize you as someones child) - traveling over 3 systems felt kinda unneccesary There are more points, but i think you get the big picture here.. it's a farming sim with a lot more to it and the first game of this genre i played, where you can manage your family and tell them what to do. Even if there is some stuff to improve, I think this game is great and i hope there will be an addon or second part!

Its.... well, it's something. It's alright. Kinda its own thing. Has a lot of good comedy and vibes that remind me of the Fable series. Sadly tho, it's far less of a farming sim than a "jack of all trades master of none" game. Theres no real GAMEPLAY focus other than follow the story, grind, follow the story, grind, etc...