Peachleaf Pirates

I bought this at -80% but I still cannot recommend it. It feels clunky and unfinished. And the devs even overlooked the incorrectly set D-key, so you will have to rebind that one or else you won't be able to move to the right lol.

It feels unfinished, day is too short to focus on something

Felt like SDV combined with the humor of an old Sierra game, like Space Quest. I appreciate the work put into this, I can tell that the dev really cared and wanted to make the game good. I just found it mostly boring. The game does some things well. The environments are designed well and look good. There are a lot of skills and I could see how one could really make a huge farm that produces a lot. I just didn't feel compelled to do so. I made a few goblin scares, learned how to plant so plants don't get sick, used that money to progress the story, and then that's basically it. I just didn't really care about it like I did in SDV. The combat is fine, but again, just felt pointless. I visited the mines a few times to get resources for making a few items, and that was it. The main quest got a bit obscure by the end and I wasn't really sure what to do. At that point, I was kind of over the game and just looked up what to do next. I was pretty close anyway. Once finished, the game becomes an open ended farm sim and I had no desire to keep playing. I wish I could give this game a neutral, because it's base price is cheap and on sale it's basically free, so you might as well pick it …

Super grindy with UI and gameplay issues. Not recommended. Some progress is locked behind extreme money grind, some is locked behind random chance, some behind cryptic "puzzles" that expect you to scour every inch of the island to solve. Interacting with people/objects will use hotbar items at the same time, wasting resources. Annoying energy system heavily limits what you can get done in a game day. Recipe list with dozens of ingredient combos doesn't show when you interact with cook stations. Etc.

so far its cute!

It is a passable game. It is like Stardew Valley except it lacks clear goals and impactful moments. Everything you do in the game is flat and with zero replay value. There is a main quest that takes about an hour or two to complete. There are some short side quests. I came across a couple. I never figured out how to get into dungeons. The main problem with the activities in this game is: why should I. You are earning gold just to have gold. It is like last stage of the earning formula is missing and there is nothing impactful to do with the gold other than buy better weapons and cosmetic items. The graphical style is annoying. You have to focus on things to get an idea of what you are looking at, especially the human characters that barely have visible eyes. You will get the wrong impression if you expect anything even close to the cover art. It is closer to Atari 2600. The humor is okay. The reason I am still curious about the game is the systems set in place. I am not talking about the ones that pretty much clone Stardew Valley. I wonder if the skills and the journal are used adequately. If they end up being meh, this review will be negative without a doubt. Those cryptic …