It doesn’t quite have the addictive, must-keep-playing vibe that other cosy games do. Bombs that take out the whole row will give you extra points. Make combinations of 4 or more and you will gain a row bomb or other special power. Simply match 3 or more of a kind to delete the row. Your task is to help the gnome finish each level. I feel like Garden Story would be up there in my best list of games if it just had a little more to do. Garden Tales is an exciting game of matching fruits and vegetables in the garden. There’s little customisation to keep it unique and even the side quests become too familiar. But, I do feel the game is a bit slow and soon becomes very repetitive. Overall, I love the graphics, the cute characters and the sweet calming music. You add to your equipment as you go from town to town, but they are all very basic and not all that exciting. I feel like although it is more combat-based there are not a lot of items in your arsenal. You can heal yourself with dew, though, but once this runs out and you die, the day ends and you have to restart the dungeon again. Especially in the earlier towns as you have very little health and stamina. I feel like the dungeons are definitely the most challenging parts of the game. There is then a big ugly rot boss awaiting you on the final floor. In the dungeons you have to solve puzzles or fight rot in order to go up a floor.

But, I am pleasantly surprised with it and although it does have a fair amount of combat it’s still a chilled game to play.Įach town has its own dungeon. It is not a sim life type game as I originally expected. While you do collect resources I am yet to do any farming or mining in the game, it seems to be more of a combat-based RPG. The cute pixel graphics made me think it might have a Stardew Valley-type gameplay, but it’s nothing like Stardew. You can then equip these memories and unlock skills such as improved health and stamina. I like to think of them as mini challenges. These can be unlocked in various ways such as talking to certain characters or doing actions a set amount of times. Each skill unlocks more in each town such as more resources, items or buildings.Īs you play you can also unlock memories. There are three categories of town skills – foraging, maintenance and combat. These help to level up your towns, which is sometimes needed to progress the main story. These are quests set by side characters which can be completed as and when you please and don’t add to the story.Īlso, each morning there is a notice board with new requests on. You then also have optional tasks such as favours.

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