It is NOT worth $60, not even close. This is "yet another farming sim" a la Harvest moon or **** Valley. It does some things better, like getting around, character customization, tool swapping, easier crafting... However, the NPCs are as dull as dishwater. The first time you talk to them they greet you by name and act like they've known you for ages, then immediately greet you and act like they haven't met you after all. Having to press and hold to accept quests is annoying and completely pointless. There is not really much story, and if there is, I can't imagine it's too great when the characters are all as deep as a puddle. If you just want a farm sim, you'll probably have fun, but at that price point, I would find something else.

The game is fun but I have a few issues, the farm in the fae realm I have a glitched violet jellycap that won't go away even if I harvest it, I also have a bug were my chickoo will float up in the air. If the game is still doing updates please fix these bugs, thank you.

This type of game really correlates to what I’ve been playing and enjoying for a long time now. Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon!) is still one of my favorite franchises to this day, the 3DS games holding a special place in my heart, and I’ve been playing **** Valley on and off since 2016. So, when I saw videos on my social media promoting this game, I was hooked instantly. I waited patiently for its release, played it for a while, and … oh. I REALLY wanted to love this game. I gave it a very generous chance, my total playtime now being close to 50h. Apart from a couple co-op sessions with a friend, I’ve mainly played on my main farm until about mid-winter of Year 1, until a certain something happened that made me call it quits. Fae Farm is a very visually pleasing game. Its cutesy aesthetic translates very well to a Switch port. The graphics still look nice and aren’t an obvious downgrade unlike some other ports. Even with the console being on the 7th year of its life cycle, it handles Fae Farm fairly well, with some occasional lag spikes in denser areas. I greatly enjoyed the look of Fae Farm as a whole. The soundtrack and sound effects also add a lot of charm to the experience. Speaking of gameplay, the mechanics implemented in Fae Farm are really what carry the game. Many QoL elements have been clearly thought-out and make the general experience of farming and other activities way more enjoyable. Quick-stacking, automatic tool switching based on context, the ability to move or de-assemble (and get all your material back!) anything on your farm, appropriate potion prompts, are some examples that streamline the experience. Nevertheless, there still are misses like how quests are handled out and redeemed, the system being really annoying. Money, called Florins, is a non-issue when playing, as it is so easy to come by. To sort of balance this out, I guess, many items require other requirements to be met in order to be purchased. However, it makes upgrading homes and tools trivial as you hardly ever have to save up for any purchase for longer than a day of two. My biggest gripe with Fae Farm and what has led to me to ultimately abandon it is the NPC’s personalities, or lack thereof. They ALL feel like decorations rather that fleshed-out characters. And I would argue that they are. Their dialogue is bland, short, and repetitive. It seems like little thought and effort were made for such a crucial aspect **** of this genre. Aside from their greeting lines and some tidbits about their backstory, it feels like all the villagers spit out the same boring lines regardless of who you’re talking to. They’ll refer to the season, the weather, and will always refer to past events like you just did them yesterday. “Oh, so I have you to thank for clearing the thorns?” Yeah, I did that like 3 months ago, and it’s the 10th time you’ve said so. The straw that broke the camel’s back is when my farmer got married. I was naively hoping that the event would trigger some different dialogue for their spouse, but I was wrong. Their spouse didn’t even acknowledge their romantic relationship nor their marriage, NOTHING changed. Well, nothing apart that they now live on the farmstead where they’ll wander around aimlessly, bump into things, teleport when they get stuck for too long, and repeat their idle animation for the whole day. I also couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief when Jack started doing his axe-sharpening animation during the whole wedding ceremony. The whole experience is quickly soured when you realize that interactions won’t get any better than that. The game isn’t a lost cause. If the developers want to invest time and resources to make their game more enjoyable, make it less of a shallow experience, I fully believe they could achieve it. But then again, it’s up to them to decide if they’re satisfied with the state of the game, their craft, if they’d rather cash-out rather than better their product.