Roots of Pacha

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A very interesting take on the whole harvest moon type of game. The focus on community and a sense of integrating with the world rather than destroying it gave this a comfortable feeling vibe.

Better than Stardew Valley because it has a more interesting setting, more interesting characters, no tacked on combat, and overall more interactivity and enjoyable mini games.

T his is game is amazing buy it so much fun and relaxing and the sound track is amazing.

Lots of fun. It scratches my itch to make money but also building up my prehistoric community. Sad that there are no peaceful dinosaurs but its ok.

This game needs a lot more recognition. It might have a bit less content than Stardew Valley but since everyone is comparing every life sim farming game with it anyway I say this one is a really close contender. The development of the clan feels so rewarding. Unlocking new things changes the face of the clan permanently which I really love. I only played this one together with my brother in co-op mode so having another helping hand is really - well - helpful. You can kinda rush through it and we both were married by the end at the first year. Our prophecies where also done by the first year but of course you can take things slow. I only have a few things I don't really like. The portraits of the characters are very unique but I haven't really found one really attractive personally so i installed a mode for other portraits. Then I married Touk who is the cutest and most adorable himbo ever. I am sad that we were done with 500K clan points but this is our problem lol There should be an explanation in the game about how you get the rare and legendary animals. I don't think this gets explained but like SV you will just use the wiki (use the one on wiki.gg since it is a bit more up to date; still missing quite a few things, sadly). Lastly the game has a few hiccups in co-op mode. If one of the people gets a short internet blackout the host can easily save at the bed thanks to the new one-time save which is great! BUT the game sometimes has a random problem, making it impossible to save the progress. We don't know why it does this but sometimes it just stops working partially. I still hear music, I can move for a bit but as soon as I interact with anything (like my mount) I get stuck and cannot move. HOWEVER I can use my mouse to open the map and the journal so I wish there was another one-time-save in the menu for those cases.

Roots of Pacha has come to be my favourite cozy game, and that's a very high bar when I ADORE Stardew Valley. I dont want to compare the two too much, because while they do similar things and play in a similar way and share that core wonderfulness I feel like both have strengths of their own. And WOW does Roots of Pacha leverage it's strengths. It's got such charm, and the themes of discovering and progressing and meeting new people are just so wonderful. I highly recommend this game to anyone who has a passing interest in it, or the genre as a whole. ESPECIALLY if you're a big fan of early human history like I am.