Littlewood

I have to lean negative on this one. It's got progression whiplash. It starts very charming and seemingly has a lot of content, but that gives way to a monotonous grind that feels like it's tricking you into more than it can offer, which reveals itself as very little or nothing at all. For one example, you have three areas in the mines and forest you can unlock. All of them are identical and there's barely any functional difference between the mines and forest to begin with. They exist purely so you can grind some more. None of the subtle story threads or lore go anywhere either and you are a silent Mary/Gary Sue whom everyone adores from the start, even Bubsy, who is an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Once you start to feel the grind you either drop it or risk coming out of it feeling like it's half baked and you wasted time.

Completed the entire game, including unlocking every item, and completing every quest and all achievements. There's an issue with the game progression - as I completed the house decor quests for each NPC, I obtained super useful tools as rewards, but I only completed these at end-game and after maxing my skills, so it felt such a waste getting those later in the game. I wish the game had had some kind of... indication? or way of telling "hey, go do these things early on cause the rewards are great for advancing in the game." Other than that, nothing was too hard, not everything was super easy, it was just overall FUN to play and complete.

not finished at all. some events just have signs saying "coming soon". do not buy this

Unfortunately, Littlewood suffers from being aggressively average. As much as I like life sims like Littlewood, Littlewood is really a life sim taken to the most bare bones a game in the genre could go. The overarching story of an already saved world isn't well expanded upon, the characters aren't very well fleshed out, and the gameplay is pretty much all grind. If you view games as more than just a way to pass the time, skip Littlewood.

养花秘籍： 1、首先你要有浇花的工具，站在花上交互，过几天花边上就会出现新花，野外的花只能采不能浇，花只能在家里培育。 2、有六种花型，最基础的三种在野外能找到，其余三种要用基础花两两杂交，就是种在一起每天浇水。 3、每种花八种颜色，野外能找到的红白黄，树林里遇到的NPC边上有蓝色，或者几朵白色一起浇水会变异出蓝色，然后把四种颜色种在一起，每天浇水，就会出现粉色、紫色、橙色，把几朵紫色拎出来种在一起，就会出现最后的特殊颜色。 4、只有一朵花每天浇水也能增殖，但会很慢，几朵一模一样的花种在一起能加快增殖，一两朵紫色花在一起能长出紫色，但紫花一多周围就只会张特殊颜色的花了。

I have to give this a positive review because I do love this game a lot, the premise is great, would love to play more games like this, but there are two major problems: 1) The ending location is so underwhelming. I had read reviews saying this so at least I was a little prepared but even going into it with that expectation I was so disappointed. It really does feel like nothing and it needs just one cutscene to at least give any wrap up 2) If youre an achievement hunter youre going to hate this game. I have grinder for hours, leveled up every skill, collected every item, and only just got the achievement for chopping 3500 wood… and theres an achievement above that for chopping 6000 wood. It’s a seriously ridiculous threshold that is not balanced with the rest of the game at all

Littlewood may have "farming sim" as a tag, but it's very different from Harvest Moon, Stardew, and Fae Farm (those are the 3 I'm most familiar with). You can farm in Littlewood, but the focus seems to be on exploration (like Stardew Mines or Fae Farm dungeons) and NPC stories (unlike Fae Farm). Controls are nice and simple. Terraforming your city and being able to rearrange literally every building is a lot of fun.