Starsand Island

ANYONE PURCHASING THIS FOR THE MULTIPLAYER, DON'T! You entirely rely on the host for everything including needing to be in the same place (one can't be in the mines while another person is in the overworld) and it really boils down to not even really feeling like a multiplayer setting at all. If anything, it feels like you're just visiting someone's island like you would in games like Animal Crossing. I hate to leave this kind of review but this game has majorly disappointed in a lot of different ways. They've failed to make due on their promises to have romances who pursue you in any meaningful way (you initiate everything), there's a lot of bugs and overall feels lackluster to what they promised. There's also the undisclosed AI, completely removing a romance option would even addressing it and so much more. I wouldn't recommend this game at all, and I'm disappointed.

As of now I wouldn't recommend this game. Respectfully I'll say this game feels half-baked because of issues with game mechanics and everything. I have not been playing this game since Early Access and probably won't until I see reviews and this game improve. At first I was really excited but I over time realized I now most avoid games in Early Access because some remain half-done for years even if a game exits EA, it doesn't entirely mean the game is 100% or at least 80-90% up to par (working functionality and not extremely buggy). Again, I think the graphics are beautiful but I'd love to see growth. It's not about being against early access but I feel it's important to have standards especially when you pay 20-100 or more dollars into a game. I found this game through YouTube, I think it's important to look at reviews, opinions and perspectives before purchasing and just wait instead to see if its worth your money. For me, this game was an impulse buy due to the anime-like aesthetic. I will change my review once I play the newer update or edit it.

What was promised: a cozy game with deep relationships with the townspeople What we got: extremely shallow interactions. Very poor optimisation resulting in the GPU revving up to max when in build mode. Large (but mostly empty) map. Mostly flash, but no substance. If you were looking for something like Coral Island or Stardew Valley, stay away from this title.

I really enjoyed this game during Early Access and I still kind of enjoy it now. However, the overall quality has gone done compared to EA. They removed a previous love interest, they changed how the crossbow fires (it used to be as fast as you could tap the button, but now it's automatic and doesn't stop until you switch to another item slot and wastes ammo), the festivals don't work, random lag spikes, and many more issues. It's gotten to the point where I can't no longer play it without some sort of issue. This is also on top of all the other discourse this game is involved. Do. Better. Devs.

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Shame but it seems 1.0 just made it worst. Before I could play with no freezes or issues but since 1.0 I seen parts of my house turn invisible, same for my chests/workbench. They are still there but I need to reload just to see them. My game now also tends to freeze for 5-10 seconds just randomly in small bursts yet ran perfectly fine before the update. The game is playable but this just ruins it for me and now I just save and exit the game whenever it happens. You get stuck in animations, I often need to say goodbye to NPC's twice just to get out of the menu, this includes them repeating items to give to me. This game is beautiful but that is all it has right now. Will update review once they include some more patches.

There HAS to be massive changes, improvements, and fixes for this game to be really more than 'generic hollow anime farm sim'. Don't buy it, you're wasting money-- until they fix this game, its going to leave you wanting- and not the fun yearning of a sequel type of deal. If you REALLY want to experience it, wait for a huge sale where it's about 10 bucks or something on the cheap side. 40 dollars isn't worth it, this game is more than double stardew. If you want a farming sim for cheaper than that, and is A BALLER TIME, Rune factory 4 special is like 30 bucks, or RF5, which IS 40, and both deliver stellar experiences, even if 5 is the dev team still figuring out 3D gameplay flow <3. For the price point of 40 dollars, compare it to these games. You'll understand why the cost of this game is dogwater for what you get. It feels like this was a rushed mess of a game- over selling on promises that they later removed from the store page all together after people realized there wasn't any sort of implementation of it in the game. The publisher has lied to the community, and you can easily find online who the parent company of this 'Seed Sparkle Lab' is. Go tell the parent company off too, I think. This game could have been one of the best farming sims out there if it ACTUALLY delivered on what it originally promised gamers. As it stands, it still feels like a beta version of the game, with a desperate need for TLC to make even worth half the cost it asks of players... do i mention the $20 DLC thats only cosmetic..? Dig into the reviews of that dlc and you'll see how terrible this all is...