It’s a dungeon crawling game with some crafting and farming/sim elements I guess. It’s about a very cute satanic lamb leading a cult and recruiting cute fluffy animals that he saves in the dungeons, to be his satanic cult-followers and workers on his farm. LOVE that game! It is hilarious and very addicting 😂 should work better on switch now than when it came out.
I think the farming sim genre is so huge now, it's hard to discuss them without talking about sub-categories. Most of these farming sims put emphasis on different things, hence opinions differ so much. Say, if you REALLY like highly interactive NPCs, stories, deep character connections, you will really enjoy Wylde Flowers - but you won't enjoy Fae Farm, or Grow: Song of the Evertree. But if you instead like collecting and exploring, it will be the other way round (I think farming in Wylde Flowers is just a 'side story', part of your character, but no major gameplay mechanic). If you like silly games, you will enjoy Ooblets - if you like a more serious, emotional story, it's Spiritfarer. You dislike combat? Well then Rune Factory definitely isn't the right franchise. You don't like reading a lot, even if the story is great? Skip Harvestella. We're also comparing what I'd call "small dopamine-trigger games" (like Littlewood) with HUGE giants like DDV and ACNH (which, imo, have very similar gameplay loops and if you like one, you might like the other, just like Cozy Grove). So I think it's important for everyone to decide for themselves which criteria they have and gameplay loops they prefer. Something I enjoy greatly is seeing the world around me change and develop. New characters moving in, new buildings, new structures, seeing the world isn't static. Not just on my own farm, but around me, just a natural progression of the world. I also love to optimize my routines. I see so many complaints that "everyone said Wylde Flowers is great but it's really boring?!" - Wylde Flowers is boring if you want to farm a lot and optimize your routine (and I definitely felt the same, but I still thought it was an alright game; you can tell it was made for a touchscreen). There is a lot more to farming sims these days.
Agreed! And I think Littlewood isn't talked about enough. It's such a good game, and really cozy. I live Stardew, but the day/night cycle is too stressful to me and I want to play this game so bad. I can never go longer than Spring 1
What is the appeal of littlewood? It seemed soooo simple when I tried(but I didnt get very far) does it get a lot better? Cozy Grove and New Leaf are my 2 favorite games in the cozy genre so far. Yonder would prob be third.
@@ataridc your energy is dependent on work, the donut shop gives you that boost. You unlock very interesting and useful places as you play and unlock. You can get married and have friendships and friendship events. Collect items for the museum. Eventually, you can unlock more space for your town. *So* I wouldn't call it easy. It's actually packed with a lot. Like OP stated, the farming genre is so broad, it's definitely fine to not like EVERY farm sim.
@@ataridc New Leaf is my absolute love, it was the first Animal Crossing I was able to get when it came out. I'm totally up for friend code exchanges to play 😅 I regret restarting
Amazing list! I think that the second Doraemon game (Friends of the Great Kingdom) is much better than the first one, and the character isn't as noisy. 😆 You should give it a try! I didn't know or care much about Doraemon but it's one of my favorite farm sims on the Switch.
It was a long road getting from there to here. I didn't notice that you were there. Congrats on 100k. For me it started with a small channel with 6k subs from a girl in a small Northern Norway town who talked about video games. I thought she beat many other reviewers who had lots of money but not much soul. I decided to send her a gaming package just to let her know that she was being watched and appreciated all over the world. The years have rolled by and you are still doing a great job. While I don't comment much these days, I still watch and smile. Thank you Irene. 💖
Gonna say for Ooblets, it's a collect 'em all critter game with some farming elements. All of that really just feeds back into collecting new/rare ooblets and helping rebuild the town.
I’m playing palia on the pc and LOVE LOVE LOVE!! The fact you can farm and explore with strangers or friends, decorate your house and plot, the story is good, it’s still in beta and updates are rolling out! Highly recommend!!
Playing harvestella right now as my first farming game. As someone who LOVES action RPGs, good stories, and character development, I am sooooo hooked and love the balance of the two genres. It never gets boring. Everything from the aesthetic, to the music, is soooo good. The graphics are blurry but much better if played in docked mode!
It did get boring for me in chapter 3 a little bit. The farming itself is not gonna hook anyone. The combat is good with picking your classes and party members, but with good combat alone it's hard to get through chapter 3. Of course if you get later on in the story it all becomes worth the wait :D
@@Aurelyn that’s fair. I know it’s nothing crazy when it comes to farming which is probably good for a beginner in the genre like me. I’m doing chapter 3 right now and I’m really enjoying visiting all the towns, and doing all the quests. It’s the little things that bring me joy 😂 my fav thing is getting to know characters/party members by doing things with them. I’m excited to see where the story goes!
I love JRPGs and I also like farming games, so Harvestella seems like it'll hit gold for me. But I don't have a switch and I'd really want to play this from the couch, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will find its way to Playstation. Nothing yet so far, so I might have to get it on PC after all.
Wylde flowers is one I got after you recommended it in an older video and I was really impressed with it! Maybe the best story in a farming game because of how interesting and relatable the characters are
Farm Together is simply fantastic! With its focus solely on farming, it's incredibly addictive. The lack of a story doesn't take away from its charm at all. Can't get enough of it!
I often appreciate your reviews; I tend to feel similarly towards games as you. You prompted me to really get into the Atelier series. The only difference is Littlewood; the graphics are nostalgic for me. It is mostly just a design game... and it's easy to tear your entire town down.
Your channel has introduced me to so many new games and styles of gaming and I’m so grateful. Excited to start story of seasons friends of mineral town! Thanks for another informative and calming video
I liked it, too. I’m glad I got it on sale, though. It does have issues, such as it ONLY auto saves. And sometimes it gets a little too fetch-quest filled for my tastes. Overall decent game if you get it cheap. I’d love it if they released a sequel addressing some of the issues.
I'm so happy that I found your channel! I recently started my journey with Nintendo Switch and I loved Back to Nature on the first PlayStation and I found out that Switch has so many farming games on eShop. I bought Story of Seasons Friends of Mineral Town and Doraemon Story of Seasons, but thanks to your guide with all the versions I think I'll buy something more 😁
Your videos are always so good! My favorite farming sims on switch are Stardew Valley, New Horizons, and Pioneers of Olive Town. My favorite all time is closely tied Stardew and Trio of Towns on 3ds.
It’s so interesting, I agree with most of your yes/no games but I love Ooblets, put soooo many hours into it when it first came out on pc and then later on switch!
I think you should give ‘Ooblets’ a bit more time, give it a chance… I wasn’t struck at first but it grew on me. Also why do people never mention ‘Farm Together’ ? Great little community feel game.
I love Harvestella, but the thing is that I don't really consider it a farming sim. It's an epic action RPG adventure...with a farming sim attached to it.
Sprout Valley, you get a lot with value. A true cozy experience. Not for everyone, but I recommend it, and it will help the studio in future endeavors, and I think it's very bright
While Sakuna of Rice and Ruin is not a cozy game. I love the farming process of this game way more than any cozy game. Way more complex than just watering farm everyday.
You're right saying DQB2 isnt exactly a farming sim but holy shit is that game incredible! Fans of the farming genre would definitely have a good time with it. Its one of our favourite games of all time!
Harvestella feels like the definition of 'the sequel will be better'. They had all the components, but it was obvious that it was coming from a studio with no prior experience in the genre, and they struggled to get the formula down. In particular, the tiny profit margins, the sloooooow beginning, and the lack of real friendships/romance were frustrating. I don't know if Square Enix are interested in trying their hand at another farming sim, but if they do, I'll definitely be keeping a close eye on it!
Love the fact shes honest. Man if i would have found her channel earlier i would have saved some money. Her hard no list was damn near identical to mine.
Bummer that you didn't care for Ooblets but no game is for everyone. I loved how wacky and zany it was personally. You got Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos on my radar. I didn't realize they made an open-world style one and that sounds potentially interesting.
Great list! I've been playing Hokko Life on and off and have been enjoying it so far. It's not the best farm/life sim game but it's similar to AC and that's one of my faves.
Can you invert both the x and y camera axis in Rune factory 4 and 5. Also l wouldn’t mind trying Sandrock if that game allows inverting both. I’m a senior citizen and have a very limited game budget, I also have to play inverted, so I can’t buy these games until I know that I will be able to invert both. Hoping you can answer this question for me please 🙂
Rune Factory 5 has inverted camera options 😁👍 Rune Factory 4 is a flat 2D game so there's no need for camera control. Sandrock also6has inverted axis options 👍
@@ircha oh gosh, thank you so much for answering my question!! I wasn’t expecting that 🙂 Now I can buy them, once again, thank you for taking the time to answer me, that was so very kind of you and I really appreciate it 🌹
@@ircha Yea, just like you did with farming games, you can do other categories of games that you like, ex: recommended niche JRPG games / open-world adventure games, pc games, Atelier games, etc.
I loved playing spirit farer, but oh man i literally cried after finishing the game 😭 its addicting but so sad. It really shows you that life is short enjoy every minute of it. Even though its just a game but i learned something from it 😢
My favourite in the switch is one that is with a rather retro graphic and slow start, it's Gleaner Heights ! It is on a reasonable price, it got a lot of unexpected "miss-able" events do each playthrough feels unique and it got karma system as well! Please give it a try if you feel like it Ircha ❤
Thank you for this video, it was so interesting to hear your opinions about all these games 🥰 My favorites on the Switch are My Time at Sandrock and Rune Factory 5, also enjoyed a lot of the others you have mentioned 💖
Agree with your reviews for the games I’ve also played so absolutely trust your judgement here. Haven’t gotten very far in rune factory 5 it’s fun once you get into it but….decor and farming is a bit hard to get used to…more into the combat but heard great things about 4. Enjoyed my time in Portia on the PC but not a fan of the crafting since I prefer farming and the story line of saving a specific character was stressful. Thankfully saw it was laggy on the switch before purchasing. Enjoyed the date events and mini games. Story of seasons: pioneers of olive town was okay story and characters are bland like you stated. Hoping for deeper personalities like stardew valley where everyone is complex. Still OG harvest moon is my fav it is also the first farming game I played in the early 2000’s . 😊 Very informative and helpful video thank you!
Agreed on ALL of your reviews for these games except for Fae farm which I haven’t tried yet, will do that now though. New subscriber here for sure 😆💜 great video!
I'm really enjoying Fae Farm, but the one thing that just grates on me is the constant "laughing" when you find blueprints just gets annoying over time xD
Fae Farm has some of the best and most original mechanics I've seen from a farming sim game in a while. It also has almost no story. There's plenty of places the story *should* be, but it's like the devs forgot to finish that part. It makes me sad because this game has so much potential, if they patched that part, I'd go back to it. For now, it's the best could have been game to me.
I just want a game like Harvest Moon 64 and Back to Nature mix, appliances, construction, regular life, doing activities, not magic and spiritual things... Love the video, I really appreciate when the people is sincere with their opinion, Thanks and suscribed
I've been playing farming games since the first Harvest Moon, and I love the genre. Actually I'm playing "SoS; Trio of Towns" and "SoS; Pioneers of Olive Town". I want to try "Harvest Moon; Wind of Anthos", but I'm not sure 🤔
I think you mentioned before, but what grip do you use for your Switch? It looks cool. Great video by the way, my favourite of the list is Dragon quest Builders 2!
I have the same feeling with Obblet , I hope it should be a cozy chill game, But when I play I found many things that limited my freedom . The time of the day, A limited resource in limited town, quite dissappoint I just want a game that I can play continuously (like animal crossing)
Ooblets: No, for a farming game. But yes, for other reasons. It has seasonal events as well!! It's more of a fighting game as its main focus is dance battles. Farming does get more intense when you unlock new places, with new quests and farming challenges. The story is quite good. Just not a farming game 😅
I agreed with you on the games I have played but I did enjoy Littlewood a lot. Agreed about Ooblets too. I just couldn’t enjoy it as much as others have Wylde Flowers does have the best dialog and voice acting from other sim games I have played
@@ircha I started it, but it just didn't feel like a normal enough jrpg for me. Does all the gacha stuff ever feel like it takes more of a backseat? At the beginning it felt like overload, like everything was connected to it.
Great list and concise commentary! i overall agree. About Little wood which i enjoyed for 15h, i feel like people like it cuz it's really cozy and simple in the gameplay. I should try Yonder sometimes! Will you play Coral island when the 1.0 hit in a few days?
I played harvestella and enjoy it much more then rune factory 3 special and rune factory 5. Harvestella might be just a better game, the only thing is i think that rune factory have better then harvestella was its dialogue.
I'm looking forward to roots of patcha coming to switch on November 28th. Epic chef, castaway paradise, lonesome village, and serin fate have farming too. Castaway paradise is kind of a blocky animal crossing with interesting features.
After I played Stardew Valley I got hooked on farming sims. I came across Roots of Patcha and gave it a go. It seems to have everything that Stardew has - NPCs with quests which you can give gifts, farming, a mines dungeon (without combat, but with puzzles), fishing and a community center like thing which requires you do discover and do new stuff in the game. I can't quite put my finger on it, but something is off with this game. In Stardew I always had a million things I wanted to do in a day and that's part of what kept me going: Just one more day so I can do x. But in Roots of Pacha I get up in the morning, water my plants and then I think: "Now what?". So I've already taken a two month break and I haven't even seen all of the seasons yet. I'll still continue to play because it's my go-to game for stressed out days at the moment. When I just need a game where I can't die, can't loose, can't really do anything wrong, and I'm really tired from work, I start playing Roots of Pacha again.
@@snowenn i played roots of pacha as it came out too and absolutely loved the concept of discovery and knowledge that came with foraging seeds and gradually domesticating the plants. I do agree that to a degree roots of pacha fails to keep us playing more and more like SV so rightly captured, but i would like to believe that can still come in time. They still have a long way with all the updates that are expected to come out so the game, although not in early access, is far from finished and polished like SV, which had many years to become what it is now.
I actually really liked Doraemon Story of Seasons. The art style is great, and I found the gameplay charming. Friends of the Great Kingdom is also better.
Harvest moon snes, harvest moon 64 and harvest moon back to nature are the best farming games for me. I hope to see them improve there game like more to do and so on like ya more of a story more to uppgrade and so on would make them so mutch better. I loved Story of seasons A wonderful life so mutch but they could hhave included more to do even if it was a remak.
It never made sense to me that in several of the Harvestella reviews I had seen, nobody ever mentions how blurry it is! Art style and the gameplay seems fun but god it is held back by blurriness that I personally can’t overlook :(
Funny thing is i also quite sensitive to blurriness and bad graphics, but i can handle Harvestella just fine. I don't know why, maybe because of its beautiful world, gorgeous lighting, and overall art direction constantly pleases my eyes. Not to mention the performance is butter-smooth and consistent. On the other hand, i couldn't handle Rune Factory 5 at all. I'm a long time RF fans since the very first game on DS, and the fifth game just looks horrendous. Pop ins, barren town, barren landscapes, rough texture blending, lag after loading, they are too much for me. Even RF Frontier and ToD on PS3 were much better in comparison.
I loved Harvestella but it really isn't a farming focused game though it is in there. It is much more focused on the 'dungeons' and story. Rune Factory 5 - I have tried and tried but just can't get past the really slow tons of meaningless dialog. I normally like heavy story games but Rune Factory 5 just has meaningless slow dialog with an extremely weak (if there even is one...) story.
I love farming, gardening, in real life. I still didn't find a good farming game on switch related on crops and growing variety and breed, more than family and story.
My time At Portia [i've heard] just got a big performance update on the switch (and is also like 4 dollars) so maybe it is good to try out? it also made me happy that you gave RF5 so much love (for the switch) so many people pan this game for basically not being RF4 Special. but it really is nice. this is really great. I am going to wait for FaeFarm to go on sale. but basically most of the games you have Yes on I have (or will get later) and the Nos are the ones i never was interested in to begin with. lol great minds and all of that! htank you!!
Sadly, a lot of the games for the Switch appear to not have been developped thinking of its capabilities OR were over-developped to make sure it didn't crash, lowering the overall quality. Examples of not thinking about it : Harvestella - Super beautiful game, exquisite graphics BUT foggy display, sometimes low-res/high-res clashes Examples of over-thinking about it : Rune factory 5 😭- It would look soooo much better if the graphics were all as good/cute as the characters... Environment-wise, IMO it is soooo empty, probably because the Switch just... CAN'T take it 🤷♀... But they are both good games... just... should not have been developped with the Switch as a *main* console (or for the Switch at all...) I'm surprised I didn't hear anything about Rune Factory 4 Special (might have just missed it...), because... I love this game... (actually *obsessed* is a better term... bought it twice on 3DS so I could romance everyone, then bought the Special in Digital version for the Switch... 😓)
i actually like Sprout Valley. it's so simple that i like it haha. im too tired mentally from work and i just want to play something and i found Sprout Valley to be the perfect game for me. i like that i just collect stuff and craft and go to randomly generated island everyday to just gather stuff haha
Have you tried Forager? I think its a solid one too, its not a farming game exactly but has elements of it. A downside of it on Switch though was later on in the game when you have alot of things going on at once, it lags a bit but thats pretty much it on the negatives.
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Would Cult of the Lamb be considered a Farm Sim?
@@SamsonIbarra is there farming in it? Haven't heard of it
It’s a dungeon crawling game with some crafting and farming/sim elements I guess. It’s about a very cute satanic lamb leading a cult and recruiting cute fluffy animals that he saves in the dungeons, to be his satanic cult-followers and workers on his farm. LOVE that game! It is hilarious and very addicting 😂 should work better on switch now than when it came out.
all these farming games and you left out, Farm Together!
@@ircha It's like if you combined a game like the binding of isaac with a farming sim. Great game! Also you earned my sub :) Great video!
I think the farming sim genre is so huge now, it's hard to discuss them without talking about sub-categories. Most of these farming sims put emphasis on different things, hence opinions differ so much. Say, if you REALLY like highly interactive NPCs, stories, deep character connections, you will really enjoy Wylde Flowers - but you won't enjoy Fae Farm, or Grow: Song of the Evertree. But if you instead like collecting and exploring, it will be the other way round (I think farming in Wylde Flowers is just a 'side story', part of your character, but no major gameplay mechanic). If you like silly games, you will enjoy Ooblets - if you like a more serious, emotional story, it's Spiritfarer. You dislike combat? Well then Rune Factory definitely isn't the right franchise. You don't like reading a lot, even if the story is great? Skip Harvestella. We're also comparing what I'd call "small dopamine-trigger games" (like Littlewood) with HUGE giants like DDV and ACNH (which, imo, have very similar gameplay loops and if you like one, you might like the other, just like Cozy Grove).
So I think it's important for everyone to decide for themselves which criteria they have and gameplay loops they prefer. Something I enjoy greatly is seeing the world around me change and develop. New characters moving in, new buildings, new structures, seeing the world isn't static. Not just on my own farm, but around me, just a natural progression of the world. I also love to optimize my routines. I see so many complaints that "everyone said Wylde Flowers is great but it's really boring?!" - Wylde Flowers is boring if you want to farm a lot and optimize your routine (and I definitely felt the same, but I still thought it was an alright game; you can tell it was made for a touchscreen). There is a lot more to farming sims these days.
Agreed! And I think Littlewood isn't talked about enough. It's such a good game, and really cozy. I live Stardew, but the day/night cycle is too stressful to me and I want to play this game so bad. I can never go longer than Spring 1
What is the appeal of littlewood? It seemed soooo simple when I tried(but I didnt get very far) does it get a lot better? Cozy Grove and New Leaf are my 2 favorite games in the cozy genre so far. Yonder would prob be third.
@@ataridc your energy is dependent on work, the donut shop gives you that boost. You unlock very interesting and useful places as you play and unlock. You can get married and have friendships and friendship events. Collect items for the museum. Eventually, you can unlock more space for your town. *So* I wouldn't call it easy. It's actually packed with a lot. Like OP stated, the farming genre is so broad, it's definitely fine to not like EVERY farm sim.
@@ataridc New Leaf is my absolute love, it was the first Animal Crossing I was able to get when it came out. I'm totally up for friend code exchanges to play 😅 I regret restarting
Fact.
Dragon quest builder 2 is an amazing game.
Fovncus more on crafting and town building which need farming to feed npc. But so good.
Amazing list! I think that the second Doraemon game (Friends of the Great Kingdom) is much better than the first one, and the character isn't as noisy. 😆 You should give it a try! I didn't know or care much about Doraemon but it's one of my favorite farm sims on the Switch.
OH YEAH i'm so glad somebody is finally talking about FotGK !! Its my fav story of seasons game 😊
I'll check it out! 😁 👍
I agree with you
Totally agree Doraemon is a great game
I was waiting for the SECOND doraemon game to be in this list
So bad it wasn’t
I am on the fence and not sure if i should buy 1 or 2 :(
It was a long road getting from there to here. I didn't notice that you were there. Congrats on 100k. For me it started with a small channel with 6k subs from a girl in a small Northern Norway town who talked about video games. I thought she beat many other reviewers who had lots of money but not much soul. I decided to send her a gaming package just to let her know that she was being watched and appreciated all over the world. The years have rolled by and you are still doing a great job. While I don't comment much these days, I still watch and smile. Thank you Irene. 💖
I got it yesterday while on a livestream 😊👍 your comment took me back on memory road! Thank you for always being here ❤️
Gonna say for Ooblets, it's a collect 'em all critter game with some farming elements. All of that really just feeds back into collecting new/rare ooblets and helping rebuild the town.
I’m playing palia on the pc and LOVE LOVE LOVE!! The fact you can farm and explore with strangers or friends, decorate your house and plot, the story is good, it’s still in beta and updates are rolling out! Highly recommend!!
Playing harvestella right now as my first farming game. As someone who LOVES action RPGs, good stories, and character development, I am sooooo hooked and love the balance of the two genres. It never gets boring. Everything from the aesthetic, to the music, is soooo good. The graphics are blurry but much better if played in docked mode!
I loved the gane as well.
It did get boring for me in chapter 3 a little bit. The farming itself is not gonna hook anyone. The combat is good with picking your classes and party members, but with good combat alone it's hard to get through chapter 3. Of course if you get later on in the story it all becomes worth the wait :D
@@Aurelyn that’s fair. I know it’s nothing crazy when it comes to farming which is probably good for a beginner in the genre like me. I’m doing chapter 3 right now and I’m really enjoying visiting all the towns, and doing all the quests. It’s the little things that bring me joy 😂 my fav thing is getting to know characters/party members by doing things with them. I’m excited to see where the story goes!
Maybe I should play it docked then! 😁 👍
I love JRPGs and I also like farming games, so Harvestella seems like it'll hit gold for me. But I don't have a switch and I'd really want to play this from the couch, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will find its way to Playstation. Nothing yet so far, so I might have to get it on PC after all.
Wylde flowers is one I got after you recommended it in an older video and I was really impressed with it! Maybe the best story in a farming game because of how interesting and relatable the characters are
I was so sad when that (spoiler) character (spoiler)! If you know what I mean 😢
Farm Together is simply fantastic! With its focus solely on farming, it's incredibly addictive. The lack of a story doesn't take away from its charm at all. Can't get enough of it!
So close to that 100k play button. It is well deserved. Love your videos, keep them coming.
Thanks😁👍
I often appreciate your reviews; I tend to feel similarly towards games as you. You prompted me to really get into the Atelier series. The only difference is Littlewood; the graphics are nostalgic for me. It is mostly just a design game... and it's easy to tear your entire town down.
Your channel has introduced me to so many new games and styles of gaming and I’m so grateful. Excited to start story of seasons friends of mineral town! Thanks for another informative and calming video
Truly awesome to hear, thank you 🤗👍
I'm 30 hours into Summer in Mara. It's absolutely brilliant. Especially with all the updates the devs have done since release
I liked it, too. I’m glad I got it on sale, though. It does have issues, such as it ONLY auto saves. And sometimes it gets a little too fetch-quest filled for my tastes. Overall decent game if you get it cheap. I’d love it if they released a sequel addressing some of the issues.
I'm so happy that I found your channel! I recently started my journey with Nintendo Switch and I loved Back to Nature on the first PlayStation and I found out that Switch has so many farming games on eShop. I bought Story of Seasons Friends of Mineral Town and Doraemon Story of Seasons, but thanks to your guide with all the versions I think I'll buy something more 😁
Awesome! 😁 Enjoy!
Your videos are always so good! My favorite farming sims on switch are Stardew Valley, New Horizons, and Pioneers of Olive Town. My favorite all time is closely tied Stardew and Trio of Towns on 3ds.
Thaaank you 😋😋❤️
It’s so interesting, I agree with most of your yes/no games but I love Ooblets, put soooo many hours into it when it first came out on pc and then later on switch!
You should do more of these across genres and platforms please, really appreciate your opinions 💖
I think you should give ‘Ooblets’ a bit more time, give it a chance… I wasn’t struck at first but it grew on me. Also why do people never mention ‘Farm Together’ ? Great little community feel game.
I love ya Ircha for including Dragon Quest Builders!
I always sneak in a bit of DQB2 whenever I can in my videos 😂 👍
Love your accent! Love your summaries: you don't waste viewer's time.
I just ordered Rune Factory 5 based off of your video! even ordered the collectors edition 😂 Thanks for the suggestion!
I love Harvestella, but the thing is that I don't really consider it a farming sim. It's an epic action RPG adventure...with a farming sim attached to it.
Harvest moon magical melody was my favorite. I still play it on my pc to this day.
Sprout Valley, you get a lot with value. A true cozy experience. Not for everyone, but I recommend it, and it will help the studio in future endeavors, and I think it's very bright
I love this list, i bought SOS friends of Mineral town on sale it was £10!!! Love your content ❤❤❤
Yay! Thank you!
I was all in agreement until Ooblets! Easily one of my fav games on switch.
Always appreciate your opinions and so frequently agree with your take on games. Been on the fence about Ooblets so I'm glad to hear your thoughts!
While Sakuna of Rice and Ruin is not a cozy game. I love the farming process of this game way more than any cozy game. Way more complex than just watering farm everyday.
You're right saying DQB2 isnt exactly a farming sim but holy shit is that game incredible! Fans of the farming genre would definitely have a good time with it. Its one of our favourite games of all time!
I agree! I really want a third game
Just found your video! Not sure if you've found this game yet, but I really like Paleo Pines! Farming and dinosaurs!
Harvestella feels like the definition of 'the sequel will be better'. They had all the components, but it was obvious that it was coming from a studio with no prior experience in the genre, and they struggled to get the formula down. In particular, the tiny profit margins, the sloooooow beginning, and the lack of real friendships/romance were frustrating. I don't know if Square Enix are interested in trying their hand at another farming sim, but if they do, I'll definitely be keeping a close eye on it!
I would LOVE to see a sequel!!!
@@ircha
it’s a boring game.
Love the fact shes honest. Man if i would have found her channel earlier i would have saved some money. Her hard no list was damn near identical to mine.
Thanks 👍👍💯
Bummer that you didn't care for Ooblets but no game is for everyone. I loved how wacky and zany it was personally. You got Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos on my radar. I didn't realize they made an open-world style one and that sounds potentially interesting.
Great list! I've been playing Hokko Life on and off and have been enjoying it so far. It's not the best farm/life sim game but it's similar to AC and that's one of my faves.
Awesome video! Happy to get your take on all the cozy farm games.
The entire Ircha channel has been building up to this.
Haha 😁👍👍
I like how you are always direct with your reviews.
Great video. I'm currently playing Rune Factory 4 which I like. I'm excited about some of the upcoming Rune Factory games that I hope go on sale.
My favorites are Rune factory series and My time at Portia/Sandrock, they have everything that I like in one game.
Can you invert both the x and y camera axis in Rune factory 4 and 5. Also l wouldn’t mind trying Sandrock if that game allows inverting both. I’m a senior citizen and have a very limited game budget, I also have to play inverted, so I can’t buy these games until I know that I will be able to invert both. Hoping you can answer this question for me please 🙂
Rune Factory 5 has inverted camera options 😁👍 Rune Factory 4 is a flat 2D game so there's no need for camera control. Sandrock also6has inverted axis options 👍
@@ircha oh gosh, thank you so much for answering my question!! I wasn’t expecting that 🙂 Now I can buy them, once again, thank you for taking the time to answer me, that was so very kind of you and I really appreciate it 🌹
@@ruthurban1959 I quickly went into the games to check 😁👍 glad i could help!
Loving this video format! Can you make more videos of your favorite games, according to different categories? (I didn't like Ooblets either)
Absolutely! Maybe I can tackle some of the other folders I've made on the Switch. Or do you have any specific genre in mind?
@@ircha Yea, just like you did with farming games, you can do other categories of games that you like, ex: recommended niche JRPG games / open-world adventure games, pc games, Atelier games, etc.
I just really like the yes/no/maybe quickfire review format of a large list of games.
I loved playing spirit farer, but oh man i literally cried after finishing the game 😭 its addicting but so sad. It really shows you that life is short enjoy every minute of it. Even though its just a game but i learned something from it 😢
Great list! Love your eyes ❤
Will be grabbing rune factory 5 😁
My favourite in the switch is one that is with a rather retro graphic and slow start, it's Gleaner Heights !
It is on a reasonable price, it got a lot of unexpected "miss-able" events do each playthrough feels unique and it got karma system as well!
Please give it a try if you feel like it Ircha ❤
I have Gleaner Heights! 😁 👍 I never got far into it though.
I love how honest u are ❤
Thanks 🤗🤗😍
Love the honesty
Thanks 😁
Thank you for this video, it was so interesting to hear your opinions about all these games 🥰 My favorites on the Switch are My Time at Sandrock and Rune Factory 5, also enjoyed a lot of the others you have mentioned 💖
Agree with your reviews for the games I’ve also played so absolutely trust your judgement here.
Haven’t gotten very far in rune factory 5 it’s fun once you get into it but….decor and farming is a bit hard to get used to…more into the combat but heard great things about 4.
Enjoyed my time in Portia on the PC but not a fan of the crafting since I prefer farming and the story line of saving a specific character was stressful. Thankfully saw it was laggy on the switch before purchasing. Enjoyed the date events and mini games.
Story of seasons: pioneers of olive town was okay story and characters are bland like you stated. Hoping for deeper personalities like stardew valley where everyone is complex. Still OG harvest moon is my fav it is also the first farming game I played in the early 2000’s . 😊
Very informative and helpful video thank you!
Heads up they have released roots of pacha now worth checking out!
“Harvestilla is a game for sure” I feel that 😂 there is just something about it… I do get that.
Garden paws is amazing on pc. Played it for 1300 hours.
Great guide you are the best authority for farming games, Pokémon games, and Atelier games.
Wow, thanks! 😁
Rune Factory 4 and 5 are definitely my favorites! I enjoy all the dialogues in them.
Agreed on ALL of your reviews for these games except for Fae farm which I haven’t tried yet, will do that now though. New subscriber here for sure 😆💜 great video!
I'm really enjoying Fae Farm, but the one thing that just grates on me is the constant "laughing" when you find blueprints just gets annoying over time xD
Roots of pacha? The game needs more hype because it’s so good.
Fae Farm has some of the best and most original mechanics I've seen from a farming sim game in a while. It also has almost no story. There's plenty of places the story *should* be, but it's like the devs forgot to finish that part. It makes me sad because this game has so much potential, if they patched that part, I'd go back to it. For now, it's the best could have been game to me.
Agreed
I loved Fae Farm. Worth it.
I enjoyed this video Irene! Look forward to your next lists of shooters, shmups, fighting, combat and racing games!!
This was extremely informative! Thank you so much for this video. ❤
You're welcome 🥰
I just want a game like Harvest Moon 64 and Back to Nature mix, appliances, construction, regular life, doing activities, not magic and spiritual things... Love the video, I really appreciate when the people is sincere with their opinion, Thanks and suscribed
I've been playing farming games since the first Harvest Moon, and I love the genre. Actually I'm playing "SoS; Trio of Towns" and "SoS; Pioneers of Olive Town". I want to try "Harvest Moon; Wind of Anthos", but I'm not sure 🤔
Appreciate your very kind words, Ircha!!! 💖
I think you mentioned before, but what grip do you use for your Switch? It looks cool. Great video by the way, my favourite of the list is Dragon quest Builders 2!
It's Skull and Co grip, I think my discount code "IRCHA" may still work on their site!
i dont even play, or like farming games, but i love you talking bout them xD
I have the same feeling with Obblet , I hope it should be a cozy chill game, But when I play I found many things that limited my freedom . The time of the day, A limited resource in limited town, quite dissappoint I just want a game that I can play continuously (like animal crossing)
Just started Rune factory 4 one hour ago 😊
Enjoy!! 😁
Ooblets: No, for a farming game. But yes, for other reasons. It has seasonal events as well!! It's more of a fighting game as its main focus is dance battles. Farming does get more intense when you unlock new places, with new quests and farming challenges. The story is quite good. Just not a farming game 😅
Oh noooo. Everdream Valley is one of my favorites.
I agreed with you on the games I have played but I did enjoy Littlewood a lot. Agreed about Ooblets too. I just couldn’t enjoy it as much as others have Wylde Flowers does have the best dialog and voice acting from other sim games I have played
Cozy grove is a good one. I recommend
Thank you. I needed this. I am terrible at farming games. Have you played "Honkai Star Rail?" Could you do a review if you have? Please?
I'm playing it now 😁 👍 👍 haha!
@@ircha I started it, but it just didn't feel like a normal enough jrpg for me. Does all the gacha stuff ever feel like it takes more of a backseat? At the beginning it felt like overload, like everything was connected to it.
@@ircha That's amazing. Hope to get a review soon. Thank you for this amazing farming video.
@@infasisI'm enjoying the story.
Great list and concise commentary! i overall agree.
About Little wood which i enjoyed for 15h, i feel like people like it cuz it's really cozy and simple in the gameplay.
I should try Yonder sometimes!
Will you play Coral island when the 1.0 hit in a few days?
Jeremy sent me here ,,,,, got to see you on Rumble today, Got yourself a new fan.
I played harvestella and enjoy it much more then rune factory 3 special and rune factory 5. Harvestella might be just a better game, the only thing is i think that rune factory have better then harvestella was its dialogue.
I loved Littlewood. T_T But it has zero replayability imo.
I'm looking forward to roots of patcha coming to switch on November 28th. Epic chef, castaway paradise, lonesome village, and serin fate have farming too. Castaway paradise is kind of a blocky animal crossing with interesting features.
I'll play it 👍
After I played Stardew Valley I got hooked on farming sims. I came across Roots of Patcha and gave it a go. It seems to have everything that Stardew has - NPCs with quests which you can give gifts, farming, a mines dungeon (without combat, but with puzzles), fishing and a community center like thing which requires you do discover and do new stuff in the game. I can't quite put my finger on it, but something is off with this game. In Stardew I always had a million things I wanted to do in a day and that's part of what kept me going: Just one more day so I can do x. But in Roots of Pacha I get up in the morning, water my plants and then I think: "Now what?". So I've already taken a two month break and I haven't even seen all of the seasons yet. I'll still continue to play because it's my go-to game for stressed out days at the moment. When I just need a game where I can't die, can't loose, can't really do anything wrong, and I'm really tired from work, I start playing Roots of Pacha again.
@@snowenn i played roots of pacha as it came out too and absolutely loved the concept of discovery and knowledge that came with foraging seeds and gradually domesticating the plants. I do agree that to a degree roots of pacha fails to keep us playing more and more like SV so rightly captured, but i would like to believe that can still come in time. They still have a long way with all the updates that are expected to come out so the game, although not in early access, is far from finished and polished like SV, which had many years to become what it is now.
Ircha love your content and this video is such a delight to watch
I actually really liked Doraemon Story of Seasons. The art style is great, and I found the gameplay charming. Friends of the Great Kingdom is also better.
Look who hit 100k subs!! Get that play button! Congrats!
I saw you on Jeremy's channel. When you play games that cross over to the PC I will check it out. Good luck.
Harvest moon snes, harvest moon 64 and harvest moon back to nature are the best farming games for me. I hope to see them improve there game like more to do and so on like ya more of a story more to uppgrade and so on would make them so mutch better. I loved Story of seasons A wonderful life so mutch but they could hhave included more to do even if it was a remak.
It never made sense to me that in several of the Harvestella reviews I had seen, nobody ever mentions how blurry it is!
Art style and the gameplay seems fun but god it is held back by blurriness that I personally can’t overlook :(
Soooo blurry. Weird no one else mentions that! I mostly play in handheld (95% of the time anyway) and it's awful 😂
probably cuz it's not blurry on PC. I play on my Steam Deck and it's not shockingly pretty, but still looks good
Funny thing is i also quite sensitive to blurriness and bad graphics, but i can handle Harvestella just fine. I don't know why, maybe because of its beautiful world, gorgeous lighting, and overall art direction constantly pleases my eyes. Not to mention the performance is butter-smooth and consistent.
On the other hand, i couldn't handle Rune Factory 5 at all. I'm a long time RF fans since the very first game on DS, and the fifth game just looks horrendous. Pop ins, barren town, barren landscapes, rough texture blending, lag after loading, they are too much for me. Even RF Frontier and ToD on PS3 were much better in comparison.
I would love to see your opinion on coral island. There was lots of hype to its release
My Time at Sandrock is so good but I'm playing it on the Series X where it preforms much better 😊
Have you played my universe green adventure farmer friends? What are your thoughts.. can't find any honest reviews
I loved Harvestella but it really isn't a farming focused game though it is in there. It is much more focused on the 'dungeons' and story. Rune Factory 5 - I have tried and tried but just can't get past the really slow tons of meaningless dialog. I normally like heavy story games but Rune Factory 5 just has meaningless slow dialog with an extremely weak (if there even is one...) story.
Harvestella is my fav farm sim rpg on switch
I recommend Everafter Falls
I reviewed it on the channel 😁👍
I LOVE harvestella, but I played it on PC
How is the PC version performance? 😁
@@ircha The performance for me was great! The graphics look so good too. It even played really well on the steam deck!
I love farming, gardening, in real life. I still didn't find a good farming game on switch related on crops and growing variety and breed, more than family and story.
My time At Portia [i've heard] just got a big performance update on the switch (and is also like 4 dollars) so maybe it is good to try out? it also made me happy that you gave RF5 so much love (for the switch) so many people pan this game for basically not being RF4 Special. but it really is nice.
this is really great. I am going to wait for FaeFarm to go on sale. but basically most of the games you have Yes on I have (or will get later) and the Nos are the ones i never was interested in to begin with. lol great minds and all of that! htank you!!
Awesome! 😁 Glad to hear!
I love Grow and would also recommend Mutazion as it has plant growing and island life in it.
Sadly, a lot of the games for the Switch appear to not have been developped thinking of its capabilities OR were over-developped to make sure it didn't crash, lowering the overall quality.
Examples of not thinking about it : Harvestella - Super beautiful game, exquisite graphics BUT foggy display, sometimes low-res/high-res clashes
Examples of over-thinking about it : Rune factory 5 😭- It would look soooo much better if the graphics were all as good/cute as the characters... Environment-wise, IMO it is soooo empty, probably because the Switch just... CAN'T take it 🤷♀...
But they are both good games... just... should not have been developped with the Switch as a *main* console (or for the Switch at all...)
I'm surprised I didn't hear anything about Rune Factory 4 Special (might have just missed it...), because... I love this game... (actually *obsessed* is a better term... bought it twice on 3DS so I could romance everyone, then bought the Special in Digital version for the Switch... 😓)
I was hooked since the first Harvest Moon, for Playstation.
Hi 😊 have you tried Roots of pacha?
Great video. I was looking into littlewood, but I'm on the fence now. 🤔. What didn't you like?
the winds of anthos is amazing in my opinion ❤
i actually like Sprout Valley. it's so simple that i like it haha. im too tired mentally from work and i just want to play something and i found Sprout Valley to be the perfect game for me. i like that i just collect stuff and craft and go to randomly generated island everyday to just gather stuff haha
Have you tried Forager? I think its a solid one too, its not a farming game exactly but has elements of it. A downside of it on Switch though was later on in the game when you have alot of things going on at once, it lags a bit but thats pretty much it on the negatives.
Awesome Video Miss Ircha!
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