It’s not a game that you can binge for hours at a time, a la Stardew Valley or other similar farming type games. During a time where everyone’s been forced to stay at home and quarantine, New Horizons gave us the escape we needed. It might not be the best game of 2020, but it certainly is one of, if not the most important. Reviews Editor Zhiqing Wan: Animal Crossing: New Horizons is the game of 2020. It’ll hit you right in the feels with its writing, and contemplative thoughts on death, and have you desperate for more time with Stella and Daffodil by the time the credits roll. If you’re looking for a management sim that’s absolutely gorgeous and a little bit more chilled than your usual affair, I cannot recommend Spiritfarer enough. It’s an incredibly compelling gameplay loop, and also one of the most meditative, relaxing games I played in 2020. Oh, and you’ll need to keep them happy and well-fed, too, just to add to things. The gameplay loop revolves around you picking up souls, building them a room on your ship, upgrading their interiors, and embarking on quests to let them find peace in the world before they move on into the afterlife.Ī lot of this sees you traveling the seas, visiting various islands to gather materials, and building new buildings to refine said materials so you can build more buildings and so on. Guides Editor Chris Jecks: Spiritfarer may not be what you consider to be a complex or in-depth management sim, but that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable. There might be only one crop to grow and manage, but it provides one hell of an experience once you get the hang of it. It’s an RPG where the love put into the simulation aspect is what makes you, in turn, better at the game. The end result of the rice each cycle is what provides stat boosts. This becomes an almost therapeutic routine, but at no point does it stop being intensely satisfying to have the fruits of your labor given back to you. The player is tasked with tilling, planting, adjusting the water level, fertilizing, harvesting, threshing, and milling.Īs you progress, new tools can be introduced which streamline the process. It does this to the point of changing movement controls around so you are required to interact with the rice as would a real-life rice farmer.Īs for your duties, it is in every way your rice. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin goes several steps beyond that while displaying great respect for the tradition of growing rice.
It’s not the type of farming game where you plant seeds and then periodically water your crops.
The game is certainly a farming simulator, but that description isn’t enough and doesn’t tell the whole story. Contributor Cameron Waldrop: While the main facet to progression in Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is undoubtedly the platforming and exploration, without the simulation and management that comes from growing (and eating) rice, you would never get anywhere.
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