I got super excited for this game since it showed fishing and chopping trees. Cool! I thought. The start of the game is slow and super boring. It involves running (slowly/lazily) back and forth to talk to npcs with uninteresting things to say and no voice overs to make draw you in. Follow this, talk to her, talk to him, do nothing, run slowly, look at the bright and colorful yet plain and boring graphics while you simulate your boredom on a supposed tropical Caribbean island. I mean there are friggin' deciduous trees that don't belong on a tropical island lol. Anyway chopping a tree takes 1/6 of your days energy at first and the fishing is only done at sparse fishing spots. I was disappointed and I think you would be too. Gameplay is slow and sluggish and boring! Controls are weird. I mean what is up with holding the right mouse button to move? Also planting seeds and digging holes for seeds is a chore. To plant, you hold the left mouse button for 3 seconds before your character does anything. what?? I'm on a computer! Everything should be instantaneous! I plant when I say NOT 3 seconds later!! In fairness, I haven't gotten too far in this game, and it may or may not speed up a little bit further along, BUT. at. what. cost? I'm 2.5 hours in and I can't have a good time. How long do I have to wait? One last issue: this game is linear af (in the beginning), everything you do feels like a chore. Do this, now that, in this way, not your own way, "your imagination is mine", game demon. why can't the game start out leaving you to your own devices, possibly with a fishing pole so you don't have to dredge along for 2 hours before barely any pay off?? Summation of boring: -talking npcs -traveling -eating -planting -watering plants -chopping trees -following all the quests which hold your hand like you are 5yrs old and haven't played a video game before. -game aesthetic -graphics (for some reason these were appealing but while playing it gets to you..bad) -stop-
