Border Town

I just finished the game and unlocked every Steam achievement before writing this review. Honestly, it was a really refreshing experience. I’ve played a lot of farming RPGs and I was starting to get tired of the usual Stardew-style pixel farming formula. This one actually feels different. It mixes creature collection, farming, base automation, and a medieval setting (no guns), which is exactly the kind of RPG I enjoy. What I liked most is the economy and progression balance. You can earn a lot of gold, but the RNG enchantment system also drains your money quickly, so you’re constantly making decisions about how to spend it. The selling cap from your base is also a smart mechanic because it encourages you to manage and build your settlement instead of just endlessly farming outside. Boss fights are actually challenging if you go in unprepared, which is how it should be. You can’t just walk in and one-shot everything. Equipment and preparation matter. The map is also surprisingly big. I played for almost 100 hours and I still haven’t unlocked everything. I might post a beginner guide in the discussion section later for new players. As for the negative reviews, a lot of the compl…

Not recommended for purchase unless discounted by at least 40% or more The concept is interesting, I always like to play this kind of games but the implementation and execution of this particular one is.. hmm. UI glitches and lack of QoL mechanics for easy gameplay are a few noticeable issues in this game, Id say its still rough around the edges even if its already released as a full game. After it's full release there a no new updates even if its just bug updates for over a year now. Discussions of this game here in Steam or in Discord seems to have long ceased including feedback or bug reports, it makes me think that the developers and players had an agreement to abandon this altogether. Im not sure if this game is niche or not but its very quiet, for a game that still feels incomplete like this is definitely a yellow flag at most, but its kind of expected looking at the publisher.

This game doesn't seem to have support any more.

The game is full of grammar errors, to the point that there's bits of it that make absolutely no sense. There's also at least some of the main quest in Chinese. It wasn't running great, either. I can run the newest Monster Hunter on ultra perfectly fine, but this game was stuttering with every movement. The character creation is cute though, I'll give it that.

While I'm leaning towards a thumbs up on this one, I'm a bit torn. I love a lot of aspects of it -- the art, building a town, recruiting people to come there... but it just started to get repetitive. Managing your stamina and food gets a bit old. I think, at some level, it boils down to the day feels like it goes by too quickly, and there's no way to speed that up without being tired. (at least not that I'm aware of) What I mean by that is that you can not "just sleep" to pass the night away, sleep is really only to restore your stamina and health. Tools feel like they wear down too quickly for my tastes. There's a lot of quality of life things missing here and there. For example, you can not claim a bed for yourself, so you can't really establish a home "for yourself". Most folk tend to just use the second bed in their uncle's house as their main bed as far as I can tell. Your villagers do some good work for you, and somehow are both cute and awesome, and also frustrating at the same time. On the flipside, I did enjoy time playing this and the world is large and I keep running across new stuff. I guess the best I can say is -- give it a shot, it's neat but it's not for…

The game is good and all but the resource gathering is all off, like only getting 3 wood per tree but you need 2 wood to make a coal and 4 coal to make a torch the balance is all off, but that's just me