Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin

This is a truly heartwarming story with a beautiful Japanese theme, very much in line with the imagery and emotions of Okami. In terms of visuals, storytelling, and music, there is no reason not to get this game at all, especially if you have an affinity for Japanese culture. Now I will caution that it has a very large learning curve. I mean, the game does explain things, but this is one of those cases where the game introduces so many unusual mechanics that you'll be lucky to fully absorb them all without googling now and then. You don't level up by fighting, but by farming well. But to farm well, you have to fight, to collect the things you need. So you have to balance two entirely different genres at once as they rely on one another. There is an anime if you want to experience just the story aspect by itself, but part of the message is tied to the grind of hard work and rice farming.

米作りのゲームシステムは、最初は面倒に感じたけど、 意外と適当にやっても弱くなることはない、というのに気づいてからは楽になった。 また、ストーリーが自分好みだったので、とても楽しめた。 万人におすすめすることもないけど、そこまで人を選ぶということもないかもしれない。

The concept is good, but the game requires precision controls that it forces to be "floaty" so you think your controller is bugging out. I swapped to mouse and keyboard, held down "s" and watched my character walk in a weird curved line. The kicker? You need to plant in a straight line. The game asks for perfection, but then actively makes sure perfection cannot be reached, and not in a "challenging" way that good games do, but in an arbitrary way that infuriates. It is neither a cozy game, nor is the fighting mechanic responsive enough to make it a fun RPG. 2/10, 3/10 if it let me grow my rice. Save your money, buy a game that is better coded.

想杀死这群Peasants…… 成事不足败事有余的东西！杀！

全実績解除したので 【良かった点】 ・お米作り 農書や農林水産省のHPを見たり､情報を収集しながら目的の品質のお米をどう作ろうか試行錯誤する時間が一番楽しい､逆に言えば農書や情報収集を見ないでいるとつまらないお米作りを一生する羽目になる｡ ・ストーリー 最初のギスギス感は凄いけど､進めていくと人間臭いストーリーでとても良かった｡序盤中盤の続くギスギス感を我慢しきれるかどうかが勝負｡ 【良くなかった点】 ・用語や仕様の不親切さ チュートリアルはもちろんあるが､説明されないことが多く結局攻略を調べて初めて条件の仕様を知る場面が多かった｡会話を読み飛ばすとあっという間に攻略サイトを見る羽目になる｡ ・戦闘バランス お米がサクナヒメのステータスに関与する大味な調整は面白いけど､本当にこれがやりたかった調整なのだろうかと思ってしまう｡防御力があれば受けるダメージは1なので敵がただ硬くて集団でダウンを取ってくる面倒くさい置物になってしまい､最終的にはただのストレス加速要因｡地形も想定された避け方が分からず､ただ配置されている感が否めずフィールドの作り方はあまり上手ではないと感じる部分も多かった｡ 一部やりこみ要素のボスが即死コンボを平然と使ってくるのも､本当にさせたい戦闘なのか分からない調整で不満｡ ・花咲かサクナ 装備を揃えて登鯉を2時間打ち続けるゲーム｡シンプルにつまらない｡ 総評：全実績を追わず､お米を作ってストーリーを読んで満足するのが一番丁度いいかも

都来务农

Very fun, much more engaging combat than I expected. Lots of different skills to mess around with along with iframes and parry mechanics if you just want to straightforwardly beat bosses up. I didn't think I would get interested in the rice growing part of the game but it's surprisingly interesting. Extremely endearing cast of characters. The type of cast, setting, and story where you wish it would keep going forever.