Thanks for the thoughtful review! As someone who loved Wytchwood, this game is actually exactly what I wanted - I don't mind the "grind" at all! I was searching for a good game with cute graphics that would give me quests, some level of customization, and lots of crafting, and luckily this game fits what I wanted exactly. I can understand how it isn't what some people were expecting though, and I'm sorry they are disappointed! It isn't for everyone.

It looks cute but I can see how the daily grind can get really old after awhile. Thanks for always sharing honest reviews!!

so glad you were able to get this out on release day, I have enough games in my backlog so glad I can happily wait :)

Woo hoo! I'm glad you were able to get this done on release day. Let's grow this channel! I hope the video does really well.

I'm trying it on a PC where you can change the game resolution; increasing it expands the portion of the world you see, and that issue you mentioned about difficulty walking in the world is not as noticeable because you have a broader overview.

I know people are quite disappointed in this game since it's very convoluted so I'll focus on ONE detail that I love with any game, and that is whatever item you equip, is also reflected on your character! (particularly that Mage's cap 5:25) Not every game does that and I appreciate the art direction of this game! Same as you, I have little knowledge with LoL so it's good to hear that it's playable even without familiarity with the franchise! Thank you Josh for the awesome work and for showing us an in-depth review of Bandle Tale! 💚💚💚

Josh you were right about this game and I should have listened to you. I bought the deluxe version on Steam and regret it. Trying to finish it though and I'm at 25 hours of play...near the end but the grind is real. Thanks for your honesty.

I found it to be fun. I waited till 1am for its release in malaysia and started playing immediately. It intrigued my mind to find out wat to do next.

I had some of the same feelings you've expressed. I was so excited for this game - been counting down the days. It's so cute, and I enjoyed the beginning. But as I played more, I got frustrated. There were a lot of things I couldn't figure out how to do. I'm not a gamer. I've only recently started playing games other than Animal Crossing. I figured most of my trouble with the game was because of that. Just inexperience. I'm glad to know it wasn't just me. I do plan to play more. I'm hoping as I learn how more of the things work, I'll enjoy it more. We'll see! Thanks so much for your honest review! :)

For those who dont follow league of legends lore, Yordles are whimsical creatures made of magic, their realm is not in one place, you can only access it through random spiritual portals that always change location on the world and if youre not one of them its practically not something youll find in a lifetime, so of course the maps would be confusing and enfatize this quality. In fact multiple characters lore is that they are looking for someone through universes or they got lost and magic made them lose track of time until they noticed and thousands of years passed. Thats the escence of yordles and bandle city.

I'll give them points for trying something outside of their comfort zone, and also for not just doing a completely cookie-cutter standard looter/crafter game. I'll probably pick this up later, though: I don't feel like I'm in a hurry for it at the moment.

Fell in love with this game! Purchased it today and stayed all day in bed playing it. Amazing graphics and there’s so much to do! 💕

The grind reminds me of Portia and Littlewood.

that was my problem with graveyard keeper, as game progress everything seeemed too tedious, and felt like unnecessaryy chore so stopped playing around half way.

Thanks a lot Josh for this great review. I was already going to wait for sale but also knowing there will be no updates with QOL and just possible bug fixes, given what you said about movement and orientation, I may not buy it after all. A proper map with a proper guiding mechanic is key in games with huge areas.

I love all your reviews, I think this one was a little too harsh, but thank you for your honesty

great review; thanks

Thanks for the review. It looks fun to me so I'll probably buy it and try it out for myself. I enjoyed playing Foamstars when there are a lot of videos on youtube saying the game is bad, so I might like this too.

It’s odd bc sometimes they give you an arrow of the direction you have to go… but a lot of the time you’re stuck either running around trying to find your way or having to hit 2-3 buttons just to access the map which doesn’t really help much either. I might refund the game since I bought it on steam. It plays nice on the steamdeck though

Thanks glad I didn't pre order might try it if it goes on sale.

They describe the game as a Crafting RPG not sure what we are missing here.

I was so excited for this...but...after ur review and switch corners...i will grab it on a good sale. No rush sadly to play now.

Thank you for the review! The art style looks cute, but the game doesn't seem my style. I can play some rpg games like Rune Factory and Harvestella but this one might be a stretch for me. Looking forward to seeing more gameplay in the live stream soon though!!

Ah, similar thoughts to Nintendo Life. I recall their review saying they thought it was cute, but unnecessarily tedious.

Every point you made is true and I agree, except that I would still recommend the game as long as you go in knowing the gameplay is simplistic, and at times, you can kind of tell some things were left unfinished (eg tutorials, textless characters after finishing their quests). The one thing I didn't hear you mention is how big the UI is! That is so distracting for me.. I do not need my quests to take up 1/3 of the screen in this beautiful little game.

Glad for your honesty bc I like life sim/farm sim but I like having a lot of variety of things to do, and a lot of different options. I have these specifics standards and it's my fav genre but I also get bored easily LOL so games like sandrock were perfect

I had high hopes for this game, maybe ill wait for it to go onsale or them to possibly add some changes.. Thanks for the Sneak peak Josh!!

Ahh.. well, I already pre-ordered it because it looked so pretty...... I guess I should have waited.

Gret review - I played LoL for years and realy enjoyed it and I had never heard of this game! I love the look of it and it seems like a game to play in short spurts... I would buy it, but I'm not a fan of grindy/fetch quest games so I''m on the fence about it.

All that stutter is ridiculous! Triggers my motion sickness. May not get this on Switch just cuz of all the stuttering. May have to get it on Steam.

Awww I was so excited for this one! Guess I’ll give it a pass for now and see if any quality of life improvements are patched in? Thank you for the great review! I always check here first for my favorite cozy game reviews 🌟

captain teemo on duty!!!!

Thanks so much for your insight and in depth review! I was so looking forward to this game, but now I’m not too sure. Awe! I don’t like being lost in a game (and I get lost easily lol) All your struggles with the gameplay, like moving your house all over, the excessive back and forth and the confusing map to name a few. All tedious it seems. I’m thinking I’ll wait until they patch it up a bit and some time passes before deciding to get it. The art style is a 10/10 for me, so it’s hard for me to pass this one up.

Good review. I was potentially interested in this, but I will be giving it a pass. I'll say that all of these problems you've mentioned makes ABSOLUTE sense to me, having learned that they were the devs behind Graveyard Keeper, which also was a game with a great central idea that was brought down by a plethora of honestly fairly similar issues. Hope they'll learn for the next game.

If they make this game free to play and online multiplayer with friends, Relax after play LoL this game will popular

Thank you for the honest review. I really wanted the game but I think I will pass on this one for now and get it on sale. It's not what I was expecting.

yay😊

It looks like it has the exact same problems I had with Graveyard Keeper, I’m glad I know it’s been made the same person so I can avoid this game

I'll probably pass on this game even though it looks cute! Also! Have you heard of a game called Secrets of Grindea? it's been in early access for a loooong time, but it's finally got a release date of 2/29! It's very cute and I'd definitely consider it to be a cozy game!

The branch that made these l.o.l. spin off games was shutdown....so this is probably the last spin off game .

For 30bucks ill wait for a sale

Thanks so much for saving me some $, Josh! I love the art style, but as someone who gets lost easily in games (and irl!), I would be so annoyed. And the weird mechanic of picking your house up… Disappointing verdict, but your early review is greatly appreciated!

The stuttering you were experiencing on walking definitely isn't there on PC.

I bought the deluxe version of this game. The graphics this are excellent and the gameplay is fine. But there’s something about this that made me want to quit ASAP. As I have to throw 2 parties in this game, I ran into multiple roadblocks. The second party, I didn’t had enough cards to host it, there’s a dance floor which requires a lump of sand to make it and the tool to get sand requires an ingredient that I can’t find in my homeland, some other necessities require a blank blueprint which I don’t know where to find one, and alot of blocked passageways what requires an untangling tool which I didn’t unlock yet. Even with merchant, you don’t have the ability to get rid of stuff you have too much of. They could’ve just sell you those required ingredients there or even have those tools in the first place. And the tutorials don’t have much sense to them. All in all, I’d give this game a mere 1.5/10. If it weren’t for those roadblocks, my rating would be higher but that point is just there for the graphics.

This game can be better if dev allows you to create an army of zombies

This was such a frustrating experience. I'm so sad to see that I wasn't the only one not enjoying it as much as I hoped 😢

the grind is insane. 9.2 hours of gameplay and it only seems to get worse. i was so frustrated when i had to run back to an island AGAIN for a pos aura i had to quit and check if it was just me feeling like this game was just a neverending grind. the visuals and the fact that it's about yordles carries it for me, because the gameplay gets annoying REAL quick.

Man I was so looking forward to this cos the art is a 10. The gameplay is a 4, but the easiest thing that stopped me from buying is that it's $30 LOL. Nah. 👎

The constant house moving, not so good I'm afraid

Is it better than stardew valley?

Is this pc game?

Bad performance on switch and camera is to zoomed in comparing to pc release. This is disapointing for pixelart game to stutter this much

30 hours? game hasn't been out that long since you posted

ok is it mostely a farming game or no? If it's just minigames, gathering and life sim, a chore game, i can't buy.

I didn't like it, I refunded it. Just too convoluted and padded with artificial blocks in the crafting process. The UI is clunky too. Ymmv of course. What's funny is I did like graveyard keeper and finished it, this just left me feeling meh about it. I'm not a LOL player so keep that in mind.The pixel art is really nice like GK and that's good. But in the end I just didn't feel this one.

Bro lazybear games completey whiffed graveyard keeper. Possible the worst ending of a game i have seen in a while, story good till a point, then it gets lackinf, and overall is just a grinding simulator. Every upgrade needs a quest, every quest in turn needs another set of quests completed, and those quests need resources, more quests and TIME...overall disappointed, and bandle tale seems the same Also you mentioned the walking back n forth. Same issue graveyard keeper had. Eventually running those silly errands felt so time consuming it wasnt enjoyable anymore. I remember the amount of grind you needed to do to get the church decoration and statues maxed out, and ugh..so upsetting