One thing that's important to remember is that bad actors can use comedy or parody as a cover for lack of effort. I like the idea of a hyper surreal comedy farm rpg but this isn't that.
@juljue_gaming6 ай бұрын
Yes it kind of is with the description of their steam page. But the name is wrong...
@nicole96806 ай бұрын
@@juljue_gaming I'm not doubting that is what they're saying the game is. I'm doubting their sincerity. The UI is jacked, the camera sucks, the controls are weird, and the features are under-baked. Humor is not an excuse to deliver a sub-par gaming experience. I think giving this game any credit is disrespecting comedy as a genre.
@MsMoonDragoon6 ай бұрын
@@nicole9680 yeah I'm kind of sick of people covering up this lack of skill with "its just a parody!!!" like my brother in odin, we both know you just cant make games.
@gemwolfz28606 ай бұрын
just like garten of banban... it's funny i guess but like. the game is not fun
@honaleri6 ай бұрын
I love that the plot is just some kid can't figure out how to call an uber, and gets gaslit into a lot of manual labor until they can get home. Like....its a farm sim, aren't you supposed to...stay on the farm? Why build a life there under duress?
@notatallfunctional5 ай бұрын
Spirited Away X Animal Crossing
@TheMedicatedArtist6 ай бұрын
The blank NPCs could’ve worked if *all* the villagers were blank, but had one distinct clothing item, like Basket Girl. The more the player interacted with that NPC, the more human they’d look. If the MC had a similar personality to Kuzco (The Emperor’s New Groove), Jasper (Klaus), or Bakugou (My Hero Academia), then their willful disregard of others could explain this stylistic choice.
@browniethesnivy24 күн бұрын
I love this idea! A similar concept was explored really well in the Webtoon “Surviving Romance.” I usually don’t like Webtoons, but I really recommend that one if you haven’t read it already 👍
@suicune20016 ай бұрын
The head of the town spills nails on to the road with no way of getting home? Sounds like the opening to a horror movie. Lol
@TheMeloettaful6 ай бұрын
I think that would be an interesting start for a horror-based farming sims lol 😂.
@suicune20016 ай бұрын
@@TheMeloettaful Children of the Corn type farming sim. Plot twist, you're not the farmer. They want to use YOU for their crops! 😱😭😂
@suicune20016 ай бұрын
@@TheMeloettaful They gift you the farm but it's demonically possessed and it tries to eat you but you somehow manage to fight it off. I guess here you could have two choices: Continue working the farm like normal and have to repeatedly fight off the demons every day Berserk style Or make a deal with the demons to give it souls. In exchange for the souls of others, it'll grant you boons like golden crops. Maye have a really long side quest to somehow exorcise the demon-possessed farm. Like, maybe needing to perform some kind of ritual to revive the Harvest Goddess so she can bless the land with her protection again.
@TheMeloettaful6 ай бұрын
@@suicune2001 or their sacrifice to their eldriech god to ensure a most bountiful harvest 😁! Someone needs to jump on this idea ASAP 😆💡!
@suicune20016 ай бұрын
@@TheMeloettaful I'm already writing down ideas. 😂 I tried posting them but KZbin keeps shadow-banning it for some reason.
@honaleri6 ай бұрын
Oriental Valley or "How to throw assets into Unreal Engine- Farm Sim Edition"
@annieshavingthoughtsagain6 ай бұрын
Oh dear. Those blank NPCs take me right out of the game. It's probably just a me thing but the mannequins hit wrong for me. They should have named this "Uncanny Valley".
@nyahanaru88996 ай бұрын
It’s not just you
@phoenixastra44296 ай бұрын
no I legit called them placeholders. Even if there was a story reason they could've made a ghost/spirity look unique being or wavy shadows...not just...white blobs. lol
@phoenixastra44296 ай бұрын
@@nyahanaru8899 the fact that is says a 'little mushroom girl with a bamboo basket' and it's a stick figure 3d blob, is wild. They made it worse for them trying to decieve the players that they aren't placeholders, giving descriptions like that. It feels scammy.
@HausOfZombies6 ай бұрын
Same here. I played the demo awhile back and thought it was just filler so that the demo could be playable and recently realized I was wrong lol. I like things about the game but definitely don't care for the blank npcs.
@danandtab74636 ай бұрын
Uncanny Valley lol that's a missed opportunity!
@imannatasha33026 ай бұрын
I hate how many developers are taking advantage of this genre being popular now and making lacklustre games for a quick cash grab.
@gucciguy34086 ай бұрын
Basically when the English Localizers of Harvest Moon took over the title. Though I will say the newer ones look more up to decent game status.
@MiguiMonkey6 ай бұрын
"I love to see all of these new farming with the SAME EXACT animals that the developers bought for 34.99" and the train conductor's self-awareness for scams made me laugh OMG hahaha! 💀💀💀 Now this is the kind of roasting & humor I am down for!
@ehyzen6 ай бұрын
idk how to explain bit this rly gives me the vibe that the game is at the very beginning of developing, it has that base UE feeling. this game has no business being sold as a finished game
@svenbtb6 ай бұрын
That's because that IS all it is lol, they just threw in a bunch of assets and called it a day.
@catscanhavelittleasalami5 ай бұрын
Wow, what gave it away? Was it the placeholder NPC portraits? Or the wonky animations? or the barebone dialogue?
@rirururu46976 ай бұрын
Simp's story was so touching 10/10
@farmhandler6 ай бұрын
The blank npcs might have been okay if they all consistently had clothes. That would show some effort, but all of them being naked just seems lazy.
@Anna-zt3jc6 ай бұрын
or if every npc was blank lol
@riam8506 ай бұрын
Or you could make them more like a silhouettes - I remember that one game made all non interactable NPC that were ment to just fill the screen a bunch of single color silhouettes and since they were in multiple colors and environment was colorful it's just looked natural.
@dashboardfairy6 ай бұрын
LMAO this game is such a trip trivia: Niuyang Village = Cowgoat Village Old man Jiang = ref to Jiang Jiya and his attempts to "fish" for a worthy master
@revannia6 ай бұрын
"Maybe she was from another universe. That would explain so many things." 🤣🤣🤣🤣I'm dying over here. 100% agree.
@DuskoftheTwilight6 ай бұрын
not gonna lie the image of that cow bench-pressing got a genuine laugh out of me.
@Kaya57786 ай бұрын
I feel bad that Josh had to suffer through this game (and pay for the “privilege”) but oh man, this review was hilarious.
@JoshGamingGarden6 ай бұрын
Luckily, I was able to get a refund. 😅
@airyspaw6 ай бұрын
@@JoshGamingGarden Oh glad they allowed it. I hope it gets updates though but I am low on hope. I am so bummed. It looks very nice and the bench pressing cow killed me.
@katiethefandomgirl44126 ай бұрын
Not gonna lie, when I first joined the stream of you playing this I didn't know what we were getting into, this was a fever dream Weirdness aside, it's just another one of those new farming sims these days that got the mechanics down and made them functional, but without the knowledge on how to make them satisfying in cozy games.
@BBALFONSECAPONE6 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the new harvest moon series lol. You can see they're trying but completely lost
@wildanbaxtli69136 ай бұрын
@@BBALFONSECAPONEdespite Harvest Moon is not original developer anymore, I would thing they at least would take reference and learn from their past games. The fact they end up with game worse than indie stuff really confused me
@inqvizit0r5 ай бұрын
This literally looks like a good premise for a horror farming game. Trouble getting home, those blank characters..... Add some kind of abandoned temple somewhere in the forest, several graves....
@brittanyxxbabyxx21866 ай бұрын
It’s sad I love the aesthetics. I Like the countryside of Japan, Korea, China for a cozy game for a cafe/ farm/ tea house or like “town mayor” plot line where you have to renovate a old town before it gets tore down. Or a studio ghibli vibe like Neighbor Totoro (just chill vibes cute spirit animals with farming and countryside living ) or howls moving castle ( and sell hats or be a witch that sells spells and potions) So much potential 😔
@Tamaki7426 ай бұрын
This one's definitely based on Chinese countryside though.
@brittanyxxbabyxx21866 ай бұрын
@@Tamaki742 China I fixed it 🥰it would still be beautiful
@TheWillOfJ6 ай бұрын
It's a very small touch in the grand scheme of things but the fact that characters don't turn their head to look at you during dialogue really stands out when you've gone for this graphical style. The village head is talking to your knees!
@maryo76906 ай бұрын
oh man I had this game on my wish list lol, I like the idea of the blank npc's, like a joke and how it differentiates between the actual characters, but Id probably want the game to be more fleshed out
@brandonsclips77416 ай бұрын
A game named Oriental Valley is crazy lmao. Like if anything it's just strange lol.
@albytross86816 ай бұрын
Like who even uses the word oriental anymore 😂
@tulip8116 ай бұрын
Especially since it looks occidental 😂
@serenegenerally5 ай бұрын
I was abt to say 💀
@ChemySh5 ай бұрын
@@binarybq that translation is largely accurate, but 奇妙 is more accurately translated to 'intriguing' because it implies that sth is strange/abnormal ...BUT THIS AINT EVEN HER HOMETOWN
@akun5021 күн бұрын
The Neko Arc-style eyes on the cat backpack tells me a lot about the random humor that's going to be in this game.
@Feirgheim6 ай бұрын
wait wait wait, so, a clue to go back to your hometown is going to appear, but in the meantime you could take the bus to another place?
@froggycolouring6 ай бұрын
Or you could just ask someone you know to come get you
@FavAMVs6 ай бұрын
I feel like two issues, beyond the laziness of the developers, is some of this might be Chinese humour. Things that were mocked in previous Chinese games/shows. The other issue is they didn’t get a localizer. It almost feels like they got google translate or something and decided that was good enough. Hopefully they improve on the problems and make it a better game for their players.
@momob42766 ай бұрын
I love how polite, sarcastic and cherry you are when you roast a game for being...well... it's certainly a game.
@awastedcow6 ай бұрын
Wait omg. I thought this released as early access. This is 1.0?????
@JoshGamingGarden6 ай бұрын
Yes, this is the final product 😭
@imkellyonfire6 ай бұрын
@@JoshGamingGarden HOOOWWW?!?!?!?! >.
@suicune20016 ай бұрын
That's what I thought, too. I thought this was an early alpha build!
@bunniewood6 ай бұрын
Devs just want to make quick money. Most are stock assets and AI
@RaisinBug6 ай бұрын
Another fun and fantastic review! 😂 I love the idea of an unserious farming game, but the gameplay itself seems like a frustrating and not-so-exciting experience. I held back on purchasing this game 'cause I was worried about getting motion sickness, which I was right about since I felt a lil nauseous from just watching this video. On a separate note, I misheard and thought you said that the character's name was Sim, which was funny enough, but then I saw it spelt as Simp in the dialogue and I couldn't stop laughing! 😂 Love the way you narrate your videos!
@Sejjin6 ай бұрын
Ah I was having a rough day and your commentary made me smile and giggle more than I have in the past months. Thank you.
@ChemySh5 ай бұрын
I can explain why Luo Meili elaborates on the meaning behind her name: Chinese names are complicated to write. Consider that only 3k CN words out of possibly 100k+ recorded dictionary entries are commonly used, and you have people whose job is to perform divination to give your fetus a "lucky" name, a lot of CN people have to explain which word/kanji to use for their names. It's just a common thing to do when introducing yourself in China
@bubblegumplastic5 ай бұрын
Maybe I can answer one piece of the puzzle for you: eggs can be collected in your pockets, as long as there's enough room and you don't crush them in there. But mushrooms can't be collected in your pockets. They are too fragile, and would get scuffed and then turn brown faster.
@castillon02856 ай бұрын
"By that point, I knew that no matter what Deergrains would do, there was no way he could save this game" ---I laughed out loud
@cubone2856 ай бұрын
Even if this game isn't some strange attempt at art, this review most certainly is. Thank you for going through this lmao
@Asunnixe6 ай бұрын
Glad you got your refund back! Honestly you should do a review of the lacking farming games as they come out, your script for them is perfect
@captainsawbones6 ай бұрын
Oh man i hope they take your idea on board /gen
@nikkim90146 ай бұрын
This is like a fever dream. I cannot.
@goblinmatt1286 ай бұрын
The thing that gets me is that the main character looks pretty interesting to me design-wise and the NPCs that actually got designed look pretty ok. The mannequins are definitely either unfinished and passed off as "quirky" to sell the final game or, if they are on purpose, a total misstep for me. Either way, got a great reaction image out of "there will be no more simp in this village from now on" so at least the game wasn't a total loss
@clcwinegeart6 ай бұрын
Watching the livestream of this was such a trip. Josh really took one for the team. I won't be playing it and I'm glad you got your refund.
@himechan12116 ай бұрын
This looks like the beginning stages of a game both in terms of mechanics and animation. What's sad is, if they put in a bit more effort and polished the game it could have been interesting. Also the lack of customization is a big no for me. I was a bit shocked when you said this was a full release...thinking it was in early access. Pretty much feels like an asset flip from what I'm seeing.
@cari_iii6 ай бұрын
"she told me to be careful of scams, i love the self awareness this game has"
@shozzy_id6 ай бұрын
I love sassy Josh :D Thanks Josh, really helpful as always!
@DiegeticDogma6 ай бұрын
Thank you for protecting us 🫡
@grahamhaddock35376 ай бұрын
I tried this out during NextFest and was like "this could be something but seems weird that a game so early in development is in NextFest" Then it released.
@juljue_gaming6 ай бұрын
Same for me I thought at a very early stage of development than saw the live streal and that it was a release and not even early access but the plot of the game on their steam page is coherent with the game itself so why not but not for me.
@gda87736 ай бұрын
I really hope more people watch your review before wasting money on this game. Shockingly bad game, but fantastically funny review! Thanks so much for playing and reviewing for us. I definitely won't be buying this one 😂. Glad you got your money back.
@rodelcorton88156 ай бұрын
Is that cow doing reps!!!
@BBALFONSECAPONE6 ай бұрын
And pooping milk!
@Lunicia6 ай бұрын
The stream was so funny 😆 I personally think that if the white characters were really only a choice for the sake of the parody it wouldn't have been so many of them. I agree, it was probably a mix of both: making a parody and laziness
@MrZzToOoFlyY6 ай бұрын
“If you ever make the mistake of playing this game” is killing me 😂 why does every one look like a white blob, its so bad.
@nyahanaru88996 ай бұрын
Wow, that’s all I can really say thank you so much for playing that for us, Josh, the whole video I was thinking is this early access and then you said it was not I was just like how why my head hurts I’m not trying to be rude and mean, but that is what I thought
@catieluvsrunefactory38056 ай бұрын
Thanks for uploading! Was interested in this, but seeing a lot of characters have no faces and a lot of odd dialogues. That cow bench pressing made me laugh though.
@ChiNguyen-gj8lb6 ай бұрын
I decided to buy immediately after seeing your video. I have too many “real” farming games that it’s kind of boring, so an “unique” and “stupid” with full of bug and funny things like this seems interesting and unique 😂
@retroxify6 ай бұрын
This is an asset flip, only without most of the assets and barely any flip.
@amytheshihtzumom6 ай бұрын
“Bird!” During your live stream, I was thinking what it would be like if all the animals said their names like the bird.
@IDOLL_Dev6 ай бұрын
I appreciate your helpful feedback about what to improve and I respect that you have a different opinion, but personally this is funny as hell and as someone who doesn't like playing most farming sims you just convinced me to wishlist this.
@alusandrea15016 ай бұрын
The names of those novels are peak Chinese romance novel titles. Too bad it's lazy since it does seem like an interesting premise. I wonder how much the weird dialogue comes from translation issues?
@nivorann6 ай бұрын
this honestly feels like a game someone created for a long term college assignment lol
@imkellyonfire6 ай бұрын
i feel like too much work was put into having that cow work out xD whyyyy
@osakitty5 ай бұрын
Thank you for making this sacrifice for us.
@Purple_Pink_And_Fluff6 ай бұрын
Surprisingly I really liked characters design in this game, especially main character, even though there was so little of them
@dawnmccarthy15 ай бұрын
The cows look like the classic harvest moon cows to me.
@yolandab22746 ай бұрын
I guess I'm the weird one out but I've been enjoying the game a lot. And I've tried all the new farming games that have come out. For some reason the progression in this one just grabbed me.
@primadonna23126 ай бұрын
Hahaha this video was so funny. I love your sense of humor. :) It's a shame this game wasn't better made, it had real potential.
@katysayavong19285 ай бұрын
This review is so funny omfggg 😂 thanks for your service josh
@Akane13136 ай бұрын
I’m sorry you had to go through what seems like a general scam of a game but your sarcasm is hilarious.
@cw74146 ай бұрын
"I love to see all these new farming games with the same animals they bought for 39.99" PLEASE tell me that was sarcasm, it just took me right out laughing !
@lonely_space_egg6 ай бұрын
Oddly enough, to me this game's graphics almost seem *too* good. I think if they forwent the attempt at a realistically lit 3d anime style and went for something emulating the gameboy, it could make the strange writing and mechanics work as a pastiche of the moon logic of that era of gaming - needing a broom to pick up apples feels very reminiscent of early Pokemon IMO. Guess they aren't many gameboy-styled assets to flip, though :/
@dalejhunter16 ай бұрын
I recognize the cows more so from Story of Seasons games. They look pretty one to one with the cows in those games. Though... maybe its just because the asset just fits with that game. I dunno.
@JoshGamingGarden6 ай бұрын
The cows from that asset pack do look a bit similar to those in Story of Seasons, but they are different. Marvelous makes all of their own original assets for Story of Seasons.
@kalythai12 күн бұрын
That backpack looks like the logo/mascot of DevCat, the devs of Mabinogi.
@Lillian-Amour6 ай бұрын
How the heck does this have "very positive" steam reviews?
@BBALFONSECAPONE6 ай бұрын
Bots probably
@beckyx81336 ай бұрын
This was on my wish list - off to remove it 😖 Got to admit the animals working out is amusing. Also, Josh thank you so much for the dedication in checking the months 😂
@imsunnybaby6 ай бұрын
i really like our farmer girl's personality
@Icyangel106 ай бұрын
If it weren't for the fact this is not early access, there's a bunch of issues/laziness going on I would have found this funny This semi felt like a weird slice of life comedy anime especially with the blanks as background characters you can interact with. It's clear this game needs a lot of work to fix it up but I doubt anything will happen. The only good thing is that it's not an NFT scam or something. I dunno something feels like an asset flip especially with pointing out the animal pack the cow comes from.
@Bakuuren6 ай бұрын
So the mayor traps you in the village, and the train doesn't go to your hometown, and everyone somehow knows that. There are also spirits. It's official, your character is in purgatory waiting for judgment. $18 dollars for this?! Man, this game does not look fun. It makes me want to try my hand at making a farm sim, but that is a lot of work and time I don't have. Thanks for checking this out for us, Josh! I can save my money.
@mysticaccy6 ай бұрын
Thanks for playing and reviewing this game, because i did thought bout buying it but now seeing the gameplay... Its not worth it and its an unfinished valley😂
@nickcalnan15 күн бұрын
I'm only five minutes into the video and you have my laughing so hard. 😂😂😂😂
@snestendo6 ай бұрын
Such a strange game. It's got some effort put in there, but not exactly. They state on the Steam store that AI was only used for the store page, but it's hard to imagine someone went all this length with decent art to make such a half-baked game lol some of the character art is varying, but some of it looks like they traced and painted over references of the models, so it I could also be just overtly wary considering some of the stuff that makes it onto Steam nowadays.
@captainsawbones6 ай бұрын
This game looks painfully like an asset flip
@cloudy4lockharty6 ай бұрын
Gonna guess the months are "this, that, now, current, next, following, Month x(2,3,4...etc)" let me see if I was correct or close. edit: omg I got it with next and following, I was just missing last xD
@ellabee18586 ай бұрын
You should be reveiwing The Last Craftsman instead of this oddity. The game is amazing, has many of the things I would like in Stardew. I bet Eric Barone wished he had thought of giving collectables tags. It really changes things in such a big way. Also planting with no tiling soil or watering! Now you really want to plant stuff, lots and lots of stuff:)
@mlec58936 ай бұрын
This reminds me a LOT of a mobile game you ought to try sometime, Josh - it's a Chinese title called Harvest Town. In that game as well as this one, a LOT gets lost in translation and just seems nonsensical (ex. the coughing doctor, the broom is the type old women used here) At least the English in OV is decent compared to HT. 😂
@katsuminara40365 ай бұрын
I would love a Spirited Away game or a Howl's Moving Castle game XD where you play as Chihiro and Sophie or make your own character
@jerseywooly6 ай бұрын
Hear me out on that doctor
@kimsonmagat76206 ай бұрын
the visuals is quite nice ngl. but the blank characters is giving creepy vibe the storyline is weird also but interesting
@msemma43166 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh! I have never seen anything worse than these mannequin NPCs!!!
@Miwako_vklolita6 ай бұрын
nooo i loved the art
@floofzykitty50726 ай бұрын
I bet a lot of the physical parts of the world are actually assets that were bought and not a whole lot of the game's composition is actually original. What makes me think this is that the game has a huge style mismatch. In a chill farming game, you expect to live a rustic and simple yet satisfying life if you work hard enough. The modern house you get right off the bat is not in theme with the rest of the game, and the mannequin-like people also feel cold and oddly dystopian, like this is some retirement village for defective robots. Even the clothes you wear and can buy notably don't even have farm-themed clothes like overalls and straw hats.
@batty-bites31856 ай бұрын
'played the game so u don't have to' don't worry i was never going to with a name like it has. the fact that it was okay'd to let release on steam is kinda boggling.
@FaeDream6 ай бұрын
i played the demo for Next Fest, and it looked very unfinished. nothing changed on release it seems lol
@kitox911719 күн бұрын
Idk what u on about this game is 10/10
@adipoke21126 ай бұрын
"If I was bored - which I was" 😂
@RainbowscapePictures6 ай бұрын
Thank goodness you saved me from buying this title. Feels like everything in this game was half-baked.
@koiitree6 ай бұрын
10:04 LMAO JOSH ALKSKJJKLD
@den......6 ай бұрын
well, you know what they say, there's no time like this month second thursday
@GemmaKingsleyАй бұрын
I like the bus idea but beside that nothing
@sophietemple2728Ай бұрын
If this game was released on April 1st instead of April 24th maybe all this would make sense
@Celery_Seeds6 ай бұрын
If this was a card slap adventure game, I would like it more!
@mojaslatt5 ай бұрын
"Oriental Valley" is a wild name ☠️
@ChromaSoul6 ай бұрын
It actually has good reviews on Steam which is shocking...?? This game has so much potential but it fails at almost everything it tries to do. Definitely not worth the price. Only worth $5 or less.
@terrykwonggame6 ай бұрын
This looks worse than Harvest Moon Light of Hope which I've played 200+ hours.
@frey52186 ай бұрын
This kinda has potential though? The characters (that are actually given a bit of effort, appearance wise) actually looks good. If you told me this was an alpha, I would believe it and even be impressed. But if it was a full game, I would respectfully disagree -
@imaginarymenageriemanager63036 ай бұрын
Is is still being developed though? EA vs "full" release doesn't mean much, as plenty of games still receive major development past 1.0 or a "full" release. This goes for both indie and AAA nowadays, which is pretty sad to think about. The game looks kinda fun, but as you've said mostly in a quirky/weird way. If it still gets updates though I'd definitely keep an eye on it, because again, the EA tag doesn't mean much anymore. You should check out Dinkum btw, it got a new update the other day. I haven't played it in a good while myself. It's also roughly that game's price, but really polished. A cool AC meets MC type of game.
@KryaDiere6 ай бұрын
I tried this in the previous Nextfest and got horribly motion sick + the game was just crap, but I gave it a pass thinking it's just a small demo and still in production. Next thing I know I get a notif that the game was released??
@galiane73656 ай бұрын
Wow, I'd never heard of this game, but what a mess! Thank you for testing it for us! A total pass for me ^^