This review was very helpful. It also doesn’t seem worth the price for me with the problems you mentioned. I know those would drive me absolutely nuts 😅

Crazy that there aren’t any comments here 🤦🏻‍♂️ well anyway….i am beginning to think we are all becoming paid beta testers. That’s a really dirty cash grab in most cases. It’s always “mostly positive” reviews but any review that’s usually bad is incredibly in depth and just really makes me question the authenticity of all those thousands of “good” reviews. This is why I like KZbin reviews, and in this case i appreciated your honesty. Unfortunately honesty doesn’t get as much attention as it should 🤦🏻‍♂️

Played over 5k hours in Stardew during the pandemic. Loved it. Played vanilla and modded. Got perfection over a dozen of times. Let it rest and now enjoying FoM. I bought it on sale last week and now it’s my new addiction. There’s several differences but each have its own unique charm to it.

Some of the quests in stardew valley are insanely difficult. I had one for 10 lincod fish which I had never caught and one for 80 hardwood. However, I can't just give them the hardwood in my chest I had been saving. I had to figure out how to find 80 more hardwood in the game. So off to wiki and such and immersion is lost and saving up things is pointless.

Love all the furniture that you can't use🤔

I adore this game!! It’s so nice to play, I’m so eager for the finished version because I’ve played to the end of the mines and I really want to unlock the rest of the story!

I love that you can save and quit at any time. It's so frustrating when games only save when you sleep.

I like that you can choose your pronouns!

One of my biggest grips is how SLOOOOW you move in Stardew, even with perks. I think I like the animation and customization better too! I can't wait to play this!

For a game in early access, it looks like something I could definitely sink more than a few hours into. Can't wait to see it on release!

I love the artstyle too! Will definitely have to check it out now, ty for the review!✨

excellent video as always!! I love how you included the detail about when the game pauses, a lot of reviews i see don't mention things like that, but it really does tell you a lot about what type of game you're going into before playing!

This game looks just like your.... cup of tea 😏

i just discovered your videos!! super relaxing and informative, your voice and speaking pace is incredibly calming!

Thanks so much for the review! :)

Looks like fun taken seriously.

This looks absolutely adorable!

Youre the only one really telling us how much content we can expect. Thank you very much

My six-year-old loves this game. It's great that developers make games for very young developing minds.

This one made me hungry!

Super cute! Thanks for the review!

I love this game, I think I have like 16 hours on it so far

I beat the game, though I didn't 100% it yet. It was very good throughout!

Actually this is my first time hearing about the game.

What console is it on

Why does the character look like your avatar?

this game reminds me of a very scaled down version of the Atelier series

Thank you for visiting Pine Hearts! We hope to see you down at the campsite again soon! 🏕💚

I haven’t played the game but I’ve seen people stream it. It’s made me consider buying the game.

You had me at 'Zelda'! I will definitely be keeping an eye out for this one! Another fantastic review, thank you!

These cozy game reviews make my wishlist even bigger 🤣

Alternative suggestion: "Coffee Talk" is a lot less stressful. One for the virtual socializing. Looking far beyond the (quite versatile) skins of your customers...

This game looks so good! It's definitely one I want to pick up! The art style and the game mechanics look so addictive, thanks for the review Ari! Keep these up :D

I do love the art style of this game - it’s something that really draws me into a game initially. A journal would really help the game, and it’s always good to have an ultimate goal - but this is such a great start for it and it has huge potential. And 2-3 hours is the length of the current Call of Duty campaign so it’s already doing better than that 😂 great review Ari!

I enjoy that the frog's name is Mr. Jumpy. If that doesn't scream cozy game I don't know what does. <3

There are surely many more and much cozier games ... and others just as hard to grasp. Like "Mountain"...

Totally agree! Cozy games should not be frustrating!

I was jealous of your laser deaths too <3

Really the funny part was you had made it all the way there and then decided to run back....

You would have been fine....

The daggone boss that would not die!

very good review, thanks so much <3

Maybe worth the Game Pass sub just for a month to play it and then cancel? Fantastic review though - I haven't played it yet but I do want to, and it is easy for me to justify because I have Game Pass.

Obviously a little similar to the Untitled Goose Game... I know another "cozy kitty game" which I did not really like as much: "Play with Gilbert" - more elaborate graphics, but the controls are not most easy to use.

Two hours is weird for a game like this. Don't get me wrong I love the challenge, I might be the weird minority but I think my character lives too long XD I didn't want to do the rapid option but as an elderly in year 2 i feel like...I'm pretty set and the challenge is gone. I loved the first year and how brutal it is. Once it got easy i feel like cycle is dreadfully boring, boring to water, limited crops, paper thin events. And I get it the npcs had to be like that cuz they die too. I just don't know, I easily went through year 1 on all default and i am bored now that the risk is gone. I think better festivals, an extra thing to collect/work on. More family building as far as child stat raising could be great. I love the hardcore appeal the game had, but once that was gone it feels hard to do the loop. If I do go back to the game I'll def change aging to rapid. I really do like the options though, I'm a player that doesn't like that every farming game is cozy, I want something to smack me/challenge me lol.

You make it sound like 2 hours are not enough to dedice if you like a game or not. I also rather prefer game demos but 2 hours are a good time to get the hang of a game I think. Nintendo would never refund you anything :')

I really love this new format! I'd definitely like to see more of these. This definitely feels like a game I would love to play and usually my problem is having to experience this 2 hours myself, or decide to even purchase it myself amongst the sea of Steam games I already have (thanks Humble Bundle!), but this really helps me decide! Thank you for posting this, and I would love to see more like it!

HEYL YEAHHHH

Amazing video!

This was a really good review! I'd never heard of this game before but now it's definitely on my radar to check out. I love generational gameplay in games, so I love trying out games with that feature in it