aww i wish they add more features in the relationships and festivals :( the characters are so cute it would be a shame to keep them two-dimensional

Thank you for this honest review. This is the first review that I have seen cover the pros and cons as well as compare it to other games. Most of what I have been seeing is people praising it up and down and covering the same few things over and over again. I feel like this game would have been way better received if the price was lower. The lack of furniture, limited farming, and limited dialogue does not even seem to make it worth $40 for me. Maybe if they released a demo, that might have helped too. And the fact that some Furniture will be locked behind preorder meaning if you dont reorder your furniture is even MORE limited.

I ran here to tell you Natsume shouted you out on their Official Facebook Page 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊❤ I'm so proud of you Josh. Keep going as a content creator.

That sucks about relationships and festivals, that's kinda my priority with cozy sim games. It's more important to me than the farming lol. Too bad, a lot of the other game systems looked pretty good.

I don't think farming games need a dating system but it really hurts my experience when the characters are really shallow and don't change much if you befriend them. Character interaction and development is something that is very important to me in games. I want to care about the characters and by extension the world. But everything else looks really nice. Maybe I pick it up at a sale. At the moment I still have too many other farming games anyway.

Relationships are kind of a bummer but not a deal breaker for me, especially because that can be easily updated, unlike the more basic mechanics.

This game and RF3 Special will hopefully carry me over until the release of Fantasy Life on Switch. It's a good time ahead :D

Thank you for the review - it is really helpful in letting me know if it is a game I would enjoy. I'm not sure if I will be picking it up as relationships with NPCs are one of the reasons I enjoy farming games.

I'm actually happy that relationships aren't the main focus in Fae Farm, as I neglect them in SDV, Sun Haven and Coral Island

Thanks for this overview! Relationships and general community interaction is usually one of my favorite aspects in farming games (RF4 does this really well) so hearing how limited it is here is a bummer. Still think I'll grab the game at some point later since I like the artstyle and the multiplayer aspects seem like they could be fun.

I LIVE for the dating systems in farming or any games. As a life long Harvest Moon fan, it’s seriously my favorite. Love that we have another game with it, meaning more games will come with it😭😭😭

Josh, Thank you so much for your take on the game and the review! I plan to put out mine next week but I always love to see others thoughts on the games I play as well! Great Job 🥰

hm not sure if ill get this one with relationships and festivals being shallow

What an amazing review as always!! You are my go to channel for everything farming!! This is my most anticipated game and this video made me extra pumped!! Keep up the good work! 😀

one of my favorite parts of farm sims is the liveliness of the town & community, like the huge amount of events and dialogue in Rune Factory 4! seeing as the fae farm events & npcs look underdeveloped, i think i’ll wait until this one goes on sale. thanks for the great vid ✨

Thank you for the video! I like how you stated the pros and cons of it :) making me look forward to it. Relationships don't really bother me, so it's fine for me. having fun is what i'm looking for, and this seems to have it.

These reviews make me think of games like Harvestella or My Time at Sandrock, which have great stories that you definitely can't experience in just 15hs, and how tricky it is to properly review them like that. In case anyone is reading this, if you like games with great stories try those two, the story just gets better and better!

Thanks for reviewing this game! I'm a little hesitant because of the lack of relationship building and romance but it can always be fixed with a patch maybe

If this were the only farm sim coming out this year I wouldn’t mind paying the $60 but there are too many good farming sims coming out this year like My Time at Sandrock ,Pixleshire and Moonstone Island but I will eventually buy Fae Farm it looks like fun

This was very helpful, now I‘m even more exited to finally play it next week 😍

I'm the same, I'm not that into the relationships in these kinds of games. I enjoy the farm stuff, decorating, dungeons, etc. Looks fun.

This looks really good - I wasn't expecting much, as they always emphasised the multiplayer in marketing and I only play solo. But this looks amazing! There are so many QOL points, like the controls and inventory management, that sound great. It's a shame about the lack of motivations for making friends/building relationships, although the idea of having a different liked item each day is incredibly cool: I hope they fix whatever it is that's causing the menu not to show their likes properly. I just spent money preordering Sandrock, so I won't be able to buy this at launch, but it's definitely on my list now!

Great review! I know this game is for me as I usually don’t care about the romance/character much in these games. I always end up ignoring them. Only game I ever bothered romance is Stardew, and that was mostly for completetion. What I like is appealing graphics, leveling up, grinding for materials, building my farm, earning money and DECORATE 🥳😍🎉 I also wish this game would have been even more fleshed out for the price but I happily pre-ordered Fae Farm and I’m excited to play. I really like the graphics and it’s a huge plus that running around looks fun with jumping, swimming etc. Mining also looks fun to me. But honestly no game really comes close to the depth and charm of Stardew, a super cheap game that got a lot of free updates and still updates to come. To see a 60$ game with such lifeless characters and festivals will be a turn-off for many.. I can definitely see this game will not be for everyone so it’s nice to see honest reviews. But I still think this game will be fun for me! 😊

Thank you for this video! I think you pointed the positive and negative points out really good :)

Thank you for doing a feature on this, excited to play!. Pre ordered it on nsw.

Like many others the huge multiplayer marketing had me worried about this one, but your two videos convinced me that it seems like a lot of fun even alone. I don't know yet if I'll get it upon release as I'm just starting Palia, but I'll most likely get it eventually. It is the game that hypes me most this month (now that Sandrock is delayed), so depending on the state of my purse, I might splurge a little and get it soon. Thank you for yet another great video!

I love how thorough this video is! Thank you so much! I'm pretty much sold on this and want to get it, but do you think it's worth doing the pre-order (to get the bonuses) or maybe waiting for a potential sale?

I've been going back and forth on whether or not to get this one but your video helped me make my decision for me and irs definitely made it onto my buy list. Just not straight away as I'm still playing through Harvestella and have Rune Factory 5 to play after. It's a really cute game and I look forward to playing it. Thank you for your review, Josh. As ever it was enlightening.

Thanks. This was really helpful as it covered the two things I really wanted to know about: the story and the relationships. I will likely pass on this as the story in games is what really keeps me coming back.

I'm not that interested in relationships in games (as IRL haha) and I don't have a lot of time to play and hate having to search too long for solutions, so even if the game is simple, I think I could be a good one for me. It's all a matter of expectations

Such a comprehensive review, well done! 😊 I'll be skipping as well as I don't feel too excited or curious watching any of the gameplay I've seen so far.

How would like to know how small or big is the map. Are there other towns or is what we see in the preview all it has to offer ?

Thanks a lot for the comprehensive review, Josh!

Many thanks for the video. I think I will buy it later after few updates. Its really cute and I think I would like it. But the lack of festivals and the friendship system let me down.... Well, maybe I change my mind later - I have many other games I still need to play.

Hey Josh. I noticed that time passes even indoors and while you're crafting and browsing your inventory. Is that as stressful as I think it is? Are you always in a rush because time doesn't seem to pause?

Thanks for the in-depth review! At the hefty price tag, with generic NPCs/romance, lackluster festivals, and no ability to actually name your character, this one is going to be a pass for now. To many other good games are coming out if September, so I'll wait on Fae Farm until either these issues are fixed or there's a big sale.

i love that you reviewed accessibility!! 💖💖 a lot of people don’t discuss that

This looks like something I'd like, but I'd definitely wait for a sale, especially with my current backlog of games. Any chance of a patch/DLC to address some of the limitations mentioned in the video (e.g. PoOT added more dialogue and hopefully they do here too)?

u dont get anything for completing quests?! thats…. disappointing. whats the point of doing them then 😭

Already pre-ordered this to play with my friends! No game is perfect, it's all about the experience and how much fun you have playing it. This review is really fair with positive and negative points! People are quickly jumping on a hate train. I think the price is worth it considering how many possible hours you can play. Plus the beautiful visuals and animation makes up for it.

In the past I would've said "pass" if i saw the relationships weren't as appealing as I'd like em to be, but this seems a little too polished and lovingly crafted to just ignore over that, so once it goes on sale one day, I'd love to give it a whirl. Looks adorable!

I'm preordering as soon as I can use my September pro membership discount on an eshop card so it can be $5 off. Another content creator brought the lack of a nose to my attention and now I can't unsee it 😅 Good thing I care more about gameplay than looks.

i’m so excited to play this game on my switch, it has everything that i’m looking for and i absolutely love the art style and the graphics (♡ˊ͈ ꒳ ˋ͈) i don’t really care about building relationships with the npcs so that aspect doesn’t really bother me much but i understand the criticism that some people have and i hope in a future update they will add more dialogue and maybe more marriage candidates for those people that are interested in that :)

Thanks for the thorough and honest review. Very helpful!

Wow! Kudos to the developer for all the options including colour-blind filters. So awesome! Can't wait to pick this up :D

Can’t wait for this one ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥😍. Thinking about it for so long 24/7 😂

The same name for every character I make has me wanting to hold off a bit until that maybe gets change.. idk I never thought about it but when I really like these kind of game I tend to play the first few in game years 2-3 sometimes 4+ times and that naming thing is really off putting.

thanks for your review

I can't wait for the launch. I bought it last week. It reminds me so much of Fantasy Life, my favorite game, I had to buy it. And watchin this video assures me I'll enjoy it so much

Great review! The game looks pretty fun though the festivals and relationships not being very fleshed out is a bummer. Those are by no means deal breakers for me as the farming/animals and decorating are what I like most in farming games, but since I'm playing a lot of other games lately I think I'm going to wait for a sale to pick this up.

This is so insightful, I’ll come back to this after I buy the game!

Thank you for such a detailed review! 😊 I’m just torn on which system to get it for 😂

I been waiting for this game to come out for so long. I’m not big into farming games tbh I feel like this is more of a laid back cozy kinda farming game and I’m okay with that since I don’t like farming games anyways and if I do want to play a farming game I could just go back and play Disney dreamlight valley on my switch 🤷🏾‍♀️ so I see this game as a win for me. Thanks for the review

Thank you so much for always sharing such great content with us!!! I hope we can play this together one day!!!

I'm still undecided on this game, even after watching your whole video 😔 I wish there was a demo.

I feel like this game isn't worth the price for me. I think I'll wait since there are other games I really want more. I'll wait for sales. I feel like 60 bucks for incomplete features.

Excellent video! I think I'm going to put this one on my radar but not make it an instant purchase. So many games coming out soon!

I'm so excited for this game

Currently playing this with a friend on local co-op play for switches. It's fine for a while (there's a bit of lag when other players swap buildings or floors) but eventually over time the game slowly breaks. My friend got bugged with having a pickax animation & sound effect every time he uses ANY tool. And then I got a bug where I could only pet/brush animals and none of my tools could be activated. Had to turn it off at that point. 😢

I'm really looking forward to play. But I am disappointed about the relationships being shallow. You can also see there is only one sofa and one bed to choose from. Which makes every home you decorate basically the same :( Really thought there would be much more depth in those sections.

Maybe my opinion on price is different because I play JRPGs and a variety of other games, but if a game gives you 50 or more hours of content, personally that's worth the average price of a larger content game of $60. Just because it's a farming game doesn't mean it's not worth more money, and I got over 100 hours out of Harvestella so I'm definitely not one to complain!

I always love your honest opinion on games

I don't mind price. Very impressive mechanic and animations, but so little effort into characters/village/story is big NO for me. Luckily, Rune Factory 3 Special its on the way to my Switch at the moment! Don't know why western developers dont try at all to write some "strange" characters, with flaws, quirks, unique quest lines etc Generic "always happy villagers" are so fake.

Yeah I don't think I will be getting this one. Doesn't seem worth it to me. Thanks as always for these honest reviews Josh! :)

Definitely waiting for this to go on sale. It looks good, but it doesn't look $60 good. I felt exactly the same way about Harvestella, which is why I also waited for that one to go on sale.

This is my kind or game. I can't wait!!

Hopefully they’ll update relationships to allow gifting to all, each character having likes/dislikes and more unique dialogue. Otherwise, this is going to cause people to not buy or stop playing/recommending the game.

I decided to download the switch version of the game for the Nintendo switch online free game trial. I’ve been curious about this game had heard mixed things about it so was worried about spending $79.95 on something I wouldn’t like. Wow there’s a lot that I’m loving about the game so far an hour and a half in: The cooking system and being able to stack up things that I want to cook The fact that the tool auto selects Being able to see where npcs are on the map and then being able to track them The shortcuts for different features such as the map and inventory and building. The fact that so far it seems to run so smoothly on my switch lite To be honest so far I’ve been pleasantly surprised by a lot of things that I’ve seen so far. Still don’t like the lack of depth that the npcs seem to have but I knew that going into it. At this point it’s becoming more and more likely that I’m going to spend the $59.95 when I next get paid disability on Tuesday. But the fishing. Oh my god I hate the fishing. If by some miracle I manage to get a fish on my line I cannot for the life of me figure out how to reel it in. So far I’ve managed to catch a grand total of one fish. The other fishes that have bitten on my fishing rod have all gotten away. Even though I have easy fishing turned on. If someone can help me with some tips on how to reel in the fish properly on the switch lite that would be a huge help So far though I’ve enjoyed a lot of what I’ve played of the game though and I’m so thankful to Nintendo that they offered the free game trial because honestly I don’t know if I would ever have bitten the bullet and just got it. Especially at the full price of $79.95. Now with what I’ve played so far and the fact that it’s on sale right now it’s becoming infinitely harder to say no.

This seems amazing, I imagine they plan to add what’s lacking as the dlc.

Will there be a demo? I can't decide between switch or steam

if i play on steam can i still play that on my switch as well? or its like a whole new save file.

Looks great but you can tell this is one that’ll be half price on sale within a year. They’re asking too much for it I think… I’ll wait.

can i remove the wings?

Where do we go to create a Phoenix Labs account? The internet has been no help lol I was hoping to have it done before the game releases.

Any benefit to pre ordering it for switch? Other than getting it the release date.

my character can have sparkly fairy wings and do a twirly jump-fly? I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK

Oof… character interactions, special events, and festivals are the soul of a farming sim. Sounds like they didn’t put a lot into that department 😫 My girlfriend and I both pre-ordered this game, hoping they add a lot more of that in the DLC or back to Stardew Valley we go

Finally found out what the little eye means in the mornings! It’s if you go to bed before midnight it gives you a morning boost.

do you have to use magic and postions? are you a witch?

I bought it bc I was so excited for it and am impulsive lol and it’s fun but the price really is ridiculous. For $60 you can get AAA games with crazy gameplay, graphics, and NPCs. It has no business being priced like Zelda lol it’s a solid $30-$40 game.

And I'm very worried about how game will run on Switch. Vast multileveled open world with double jump/flying whenever you want on Switch? Im sceptical.

Is this couch co-op ? Or online co-op only??

I feel like I'm in the minority with all these comments about relationships; I'm prioritizing the animals tbh, but I really haven't seen MUCH about them which makes me sad. However, the flower breeding isn't something that many games use, but it's so much fun!!! I'm hoping Cornucopia has some gene mechanics for their farm animals.

wonderful review! i am so excited to play. it looks great

Thank you, josh ❤ 😊,English language. I'm not that good like you 😅( you are very good 👍✨️).I can understand what you have said in the video 👍and a very fair and very 👍 good explanation? 🎉, I can ask pls ( I somehow get confused, sorry) .. The name from the account( you say it here) do you mean from email accounts? ( like I have with nintendo switch? account ?) I am sorry England is not my language hard to understand & I easily get confused 😅, if from email it bad for me 😂😂 very long name & weird 😮

Well I would have spend the price if they did something more then the other farming or shined in more areas. But so far I haven't seen anything standing out for this game and I will not pick it up for the current asking price and will wait for a sale. Meanwhile there is Starfield soon and by the end of September we also are getting Paleo Pines which seems more interresting then this one.

Early! :)

It's worth to buy on PC

Every day, I get less hype about this game. How are you going to charge $60 with a broken relationship system, shallow dialogue, limited furniture. It makes me very skeptical of the overarching story line. The game should have been EA and given some love before release. This looks like fancy visuals dressing up shallow content. I really. Really. Really want to love this game but i dont have faith. The devs have said as far as qol changes they are only doing it based on the games reception. Well a lot of people wont buy this over priced game so i dont have faith that they are going to deem it worthy of much qol changes. I have zero faith that they will fix the dialogue or relationship content. I will probably buy this game on steam for 40 and return it if im not wrong. God i hope im wrong.

So this game is sun haven with slightly more step but lacks the romance . I can live with that.

Is it worth £29.99 though?

I just dont understand why they didnt advertise it as early access and sold it for 30 bucks. This all feels so sketchy.

I like a lot visually about the game but the lack of personality to the characters is a big deterrent for me, I'll find it harder to connect to the world without it. I might still pick the game up in a sale, but not as enthused as I was before sadly :'(

This is so fascinating, looking at the comments seems like a lot of people prioritize relationships etc! Personally i never much cared about them, all the gifts and events in the old harvest moon/story of season games just feelt like a chore. It's gonna be nice not to feel like you're missing out by not being as into that for once!

Awww so you can’t date the wheel chair guy? 🥺 he was sor cute

Looks fun but doesn't really warrant the 60 bucks pricetag for me, especially when we have games like my time at sandrock, coral islands, everdream valley, dinkum. All of these game plays the same or even better than this game with half or 1/3 the price.

I heard there's a tiny variety of furniture sadly

Imma get this game when it's at least 50% off, it looks gorgeous but the gameplay seems incredibly halfbaked

I like how this game looks, but these made me don't like the game: 1. non stackable items to sell 2. limited items to sell per day 3. festivals? they basically have none 4. the town feels so dead

This has fantastic art, but that's it-farming, Relationship, and Festival are so genetic. There is no way it is worth the price tag. I think Harvest Moon Anthos is better than this, LOL.