Song Of The Prairie

I really wanted to like this game. It looked cute, the gameplay is alright and so on. I especially love the crafting/mining/logging/fishing aspects. However, the voices and personalities of the girls in this game is so off, so cringe, and not to mention downright sexist. (like asking the chef lady what her favourite dish was and her saying something in the lines of 'squeezed berry juice, because I'm losing weight") the girls talk about themselves in third person, they also all sound like creepy toddlers. Boys are all annoying stereotypes of character traits as well, but in typical sexist fashion, they have more character. This is not even touching on the weird sexualised outfit choices for characters that sometimes look and sound like children. There are MAJOR translation mistakes, the names of characters change around randomly, (Lif, Liv, Lief, Paul, Paur etc) and sentences in English are just off, it almost feels like they ran translations through AI of some sort. Characters also call me things like idiot, and saying things like "I can't believe you're this stupid" etc. and although I love a good character that just hates me, the characters are usually happy while calling me this and it just seems odd, again like they used AI to translate. Overall, the game has some really promising bits, but they really have to work on voices, translations and character development, because this is very much lacking in every aspect.

I wish there was a neutral reaction, honestly. The Good: I really do enjoy playing the game! The gameplay of farming, logging, mining, collecting, heck even fishing (which is usually my least favourite part of the game, even if I don't mind the actual minigame) were all really fun, and I loved the proficiency system (tied into tool upgrades) as well. I actually find that most times, I don't mind the translations at all, as it ended up making them goofier and more fun in my opinion. There were always small quests to do if you were waiting for crops to grow, or used up all your stamina, and the interactions between you and the NPC's were fairly good most of the time (note: most). I Loved the little birds, enjoyed the silver/gold crops, and decorating my farm even fairly early on. I kept being drawn in, wanting to play more - it seriously scratched the new, cozy, farming itch that I typically have. Heck, I still wanna play - if I can. The Bad: Mainly, I encountered two bugs that, after doing a little bit of research online, may have broken my save file. One NPC - Wallis - is vital to continuing the main storyline, as well as unlocking the teleport (Piggy Express) in the furthest-away-from-you area (Back Hill). She completely disappeared. I did what was suggested by/to other people who were having this issue a while ago, but was never able to get her back in the game. Likewise, the flower shop was permanently closed, despite it being during opening hours/days with the vendor present in the garden. There were also hints of some kind of icky dialog - such as getting the pop-up info for getting rejected from an npc's inner world showing someone else who "couldn't help themself and touched her leg. She was shocked" or something along those lines. (I also didn't care for the restaurant owner always calling me sweethart and practically flirting with me a lot, but to each their own). Another small thing that doesn't have to do with the game itself, but effects how I enjoy a game, is that there's very little coverage or community around it. What I mean is, I usually can find Beginner tips, or 100 days videos, or the fan-wiki usually has coverage of most things, or people are discussing things on steam or reddit - but there's very little of that for me to engage in. Again, nothing around the game, but that usually means that not a lot of people are sticking around (not an indicator of how well a game is though, as there's some hidden gems out there!). Conclusion: I really, really wanted to enjoy this game, and for quite awhile, I genuinely did! However, the bugs are kind of too big to ignore, as it seriously effects gameplay, to the point where I don't think I'd be able to finish the game no matter how much I play through it/restart the game. I may still torture myself and play anyway. We'll see.

Currently cannot recommend this game. based on my experience, there are just too many bugs and minor inconveniences to enjoy this game. I've had NPCs go missing, or just not show up, which blocked my progression. You can freely turn while watering, which can cause you to miss what you actually want to water. Also, the translation from Chinese to English needs significant work. I think once the developers put a bit more work into this, it will be a quite enjoyable game.

23年先是WEGAME入手这个游戏，正式也重新买支持了。当时工具还不卡熟练度，有些任务还是分段出的，节奏还能接受。现在重玩，只剩下画风可爱，但体验感贼差。坚持不下去，一天时间快，体力少，工具卡熟练度，一点不休闲，感觉换个地方当牛马。如果说最早的时间这么拉也就算了，现在感到很失望的是，以前感觉是款好游戏，怎么越改越差啊~

I wanted to like this game. It looks charming. But the translations are so off that it took me out of the game. If the writing is important to you, then I do not recommend this game. Definitely look elsewhere!

不管是从建模还是交互还是UI来看，这游戏都合该是手游才对吧…… 灵活性是无的，剧情是松散的，角色设计是没有记忆点的。最主要的还是画面和交互的问题，到底为什么全最高画质角色还有一大堆毛边啊？？？地图指引极差，差不多同样大小的图标满地图都是，还不显示所有任务地点。浇水烦死我了，一块田一块田浇，还得调面向到面对方块。我一个种田狂魔都玩不下去，每次打开半小时就会昏昏欲睡。 从别的差评看来的用词：“minor inconveniences”，用来描述这个游戏真的精确，游戏里就是充满了让人不爽的小点，一个一个小点堆积就让人非常frustrated。目前准备挂完卡让家庭库的种田亲友当大怨种直播玩了，我玩不了一点。

Didnt like how difficult it was to change it to English. Men options were not the same as other players when looking up help information.

你没跑路吧？最好没，星砂岛爆了我才想起还有你这几把孩子，完成度也没比隔壁高多少

The game has a lot of potential, but NPCs need a serious re-work...the romancable characters are all either rude, selfish, act like babies, or down right have mental illnesses :P There is only one of all the bachelors that I would even consider romancing, and same with the batchelorettes. I really hope the devs change their personalities to actually be attractive, cause right now I wouldn't even want to befriend the NPCs, their personalities actually make me want to avoid them... Also, the mayor has the voice acting of an old man, and the dialog of an old man, but he doesn't have any grey hair at all and looks like he is 12.....All the NPCs should really have a visual re-work as well, to actually match their personalities and ages better. Right now they all look like they are 12.... The last thing I noticed, is that the space that you can place things down (especially outside) is very limited, with an unreasonable amount of space around the item, so you can't place items close together like you would see in real life. I find this frustrating from a decorating standpoint. Other than that though, I enjoy everything else about the game :)

I really wanted to like this, but I couldn't play it. At all. The controller option SAID it was there, but it wouldn't save, so that toggle was broken. Then the game played on my other screen without being prompted or anything changing. Then all sound was gone.