Your review on this Sun haven is convincing me to play. I play stardew valley so I think I'll like sun haven as much as it.

The way that i see is that Sun Haven is like Stardew Valley with ton of revamp. Applying magic in such a unique way that you would like to unlock ton of spell that would help you in farming. One distinctive feature from Sun Haven is that i don't seem to find energy mechanic after watching Sun Haven gameplay so you could technically 24/7 work out without tired but the cost of this feature is taht the animation is so slow that you need to upgrade it or use spell for efficiency Other thing that i like is taht there is increase maximum mana/hp/attack permanently by eating food or drinking potion. The catch is its a diminishing return so that after ton of the same food being eaten it would give less permanent stat bonus. What i like is that it make the player engange in cooking more because what i have seen in stardew valley is that i would not cook ton of food if my cheese is enough to keep my character full. Ton of the thing have improve and provide a uniquely way of "Stardew Valley feeling" that i feel diverse into a new world. I would like to have a run in this game when i have enouh money to buy it in steam. Overall its a 9/10 game compare to "Stardew Valley type" game

Loved the Review, i really do hope the devs open up the steam workshop for modders to create and help make future content for the game, dedicated fanbase always does really well when the developers are willing to give them the tools to make their own content for the game as well

I've never played this game, and I might not now. The different farms and area requirements sounds overwhelming. I love the magical creatures and different races, though

And in-game dynamic currency exchange mechanic between each town would amazing.

Perfect review, 5/5, would watch again. Thanks for the upload! Sun Haven ate up every second of my free time when my friends and I got into it a few months ago. Very fun but a lot of issues for sure. Since then I’ve moved (back) onto Core Keeper which I think you’d really enjoy!

I got Sun Haven and found this video by accident, but I love the structure and your way of conveying content in the review form that you do, excellent video. Love the style, and keep it up :) Now I know what to expect from the game going foward, as I only got 3 hours so far

My favorite town is Withergate. My nightmare before Christmas dreams have come true there. Lol But it’s true. It’s a lot for a solo player. I try to remind myself that the other farms aren’t as important as Sun Haven’s farm, so I don’t stress it so much. But yeah, it really does get overwhelming lmfao

Your review was great and definitely explained a lot of the game. With the three farms something you can do on multiplayer is split the farms between players. I play with my two friends, and we decide who's going to be at each farm (Typically depending on who we wish to romance) and that play will take care of that farm. We still get together for the events, goofing off or the new Battle arena but it's a way not to be overloaded with work and usually works for our playstyles.

It's a really neat game but the QoL issues just fucking suck for me. I don't see anything on Nexus trying to fix those issues and I really hope the Workshop opens soon to fix them, but I am having fun with the game regardless.

This game has been on and off my wishlist so many times. I'm kinda interested but it's a lot more expensive than "kinda" justifies.

umis voice is so therapeutic 🤌🏻

And now they will add a fourth underwater area to the game on update 1.4, so I guess you were right that the game is unfinished, like literally. I do enjoy the game and running back and forth areas, but a fourth farm seems tough to handle.

This is the kind of game studio that I'd love to see branch out with the new dreams the aqcuired making the game, because it looks like the really stretched their legs making this so I am curious to see how they decide to take things if they have any plans.

I've been super torn if I wanted to try this game out or not, especially since I am one of the rare folks who haven't played stardew yet oTL -- I've been seeing sun haven around alot recently, and there is just something about the artstyle, magic and mounts that makes me feel more pulled towards it than stardew. Watching this video was a huge help and I am gonna go for it and buy this game first before stardew (yey for the sale going rn). Thank you for the sweet and honest review 💖 maybe after playing this (depending if I like the farming sim aspect of it) I'll finally end up trying stardew as well, haha.. 😹

Recently one of my friends said to try out sunhaven with them. While, we were doing stardew valley. However, seeing the multiplayer issues that seems to be occurring and having no other recent news regarding to it. I’m still on the iffy side. The 3 farmlands and the lack of sprinklers, with the bugs of multiplayer makes me question it. Based on the video it would seem the story isn’t too much. Although the extensive skill tree and the amazing art seems interesting enough. Mainly wanted to see how multiplayer will play out as Stardew Valley have some issues with mp as well.

YOURE INCREDIBLY UNDERRATED!!! Well done!

what did you think of the music in sun haven? i find music to be a real important part of the experience, specifically with stardew-esque farm sim games. excellent writing and editing as always umi!! can't wait to see more!!!

"Oh, a review of this cute famring game I was wondering if I should check out, wonder what they have to sa--" >you can play as an angel Instantly sold.

was thinking about getting this game bc i've never really played these types of games. and i mess wit tha magical fantasy vibe of tha game, preciate the review

I love this review, thank you so much. Well edited and really informative ! All i couldve asked for Would you consider reviewing roots of pacha?

amazing review! Now I wonder what is your fav Stardrew clone?

I like to hunt for achievements on steam and this game has a lot. And most of them are perfectly reasonable. But. There is an achievement each for getting 20 hearts with each of the romanceable characters, like every character has their own achievement for this. Which wouldn't be an issue if you you could get 20 hearts with everyone but you have to MARRY them to even unlock the 20 hearts you need to fill and you can't marry more than one person. So you have to marry someone and then divorce them to marry another person over and over if you want all achievements (or you could make like 20 different saves I guess?)

agree with everything. Love this game so much but theres just so many unfinished aspects and bad QoL that its just disheartening sometimes from what you expect in a full release. makes me lose hope if there will be a switch port ;-;

Honestly, I wanted to download this game though I think I would prefer to wait until most of the issues are fixed 😭it does seem very pretty but I'd prefer not to use money on a game that I won't like 😔

I might try this one. Thank you ❤

1:29 i think there actually is race-specific dialogue(?) i played as a demon and i seem to recall darius mentioning it at one point, but that was the only time i think something like that happened, and i could even be misremembering

This video was so great yet only so few likes. Great review!

Her degree at work LETSGOOOO

I think you've convinced me to check it!

I really enjoyed this video... I'm still debating if it's worth getting

Can you play this game with your friend, like we are not in the same town and I don t know if it s possible???

2023 was the year for banalazing farm sims

The reason race may not be brought up, is that in that world, it is just something normal and not something focused on. At least, possibly.

I do enjoy the mods so far have helped quality life.i do hope that they implement eventurally.

I liked how ambitious the game felt with how it had 3 different areas to explore but yes it did somehow feel like it was lacking a lot of things despite being immensely enjoyable. The bugs were also a bit of a problem. idk if they can still do something about the storyline and improve upon it, but I'd like to see more content even if it's already pretty big for a game of its genre. Also wish there was a way to teleport back home though I guess that could also be part of the challenge. Plus we have mounts and the jumping ability anyway. But yeah, same sentiments about the characters being at events even though they're not supposed to be there. I wish they only start appearing only after their storylines have been finished, but I guess that's part of the game they forgot to polish. Regarding farming too, idk if I just haven't explored enough but it's a pain to only have 1 seasonal totem available at the shop to prevent the seasonal pest/problem from appearing on your crops. It's tiring to deal with them especially when you have a large number of crops.

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i'm uninstalling diablo 4 and trying sun haven now 😮

I really like your voice❤️

not great? thats a ridiculous statement. i played stardew first and while it was really fun and a classic, sun haven is like stardew but with everything stardew was missing. its got magic and fantasy, way more customizations, alot more crafting and more crops to farm, more biomes to have a farm in and explore and people in all the different towns/biomes to get to know, way more objectives, more things to do, more complex festivals, better visuals, and not to mention still gets updated and is being worked on quite frequently so even more content is promised in the future. its like stardew if it had more depth. the skill tree is awesome and all the things you unlock and the museum its just all of the things stardew has some of but way more content with it and plus new things stardew never had.

Amazing review. Never liked these style of games but watching this makes me want to give Animal crossing or Stardew valley another shot. btw: have you heard of Loftia? Its early days but I just saw it and it seems like its going for the cozy game feel.

W editing + i will buy

Great video!!

Great Review! Thank you

Omg the different resources and crafting machines are so unnessecary and grindy and such a pain. When I was able to chop down trees in seconds in sun haven I would go to nel'vari or withergate and take years to chop down every tree or break every rock and if you want a barn to get all the unique animals welp sucks to suck bud you're gonna need to grind for awhile.

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The crafting grind is very annoying

is it gonna come to switch?

One of the things that struck me the hardest with this game is that compared to Stardew Valley, this has a mobile-style design with a heavy emphasis on grinding and playing more than enjoyment. I like the game overall which I find very odd because that style of game design normally does not click with me at all as the only purpose is to have players play more and invite friends, buy currency, etc. It's usually only a bunch of cheap psychological tricks to earn money from players with no regard for their enjoyment and with the least possible effort. For now, it's fine but if one day a patch drops that lets you buy stuff like currency or animals I'll be uninstalling and never opening this game again.

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This game suffers from a similar fate as Starbound. Both decent games, with decent potential but they're just sorta unfinished and unpolished. I felt the same playing this game as when I played Starbound.

Constant crashes ruined my enjoyment of the game. Its really unacceptable to release a game in that state.

Really can't compare a young game with an old game like Stardew Valley. Stardew has a very small map and the initial game only focused on the first two years making it a pretty short game. In fact, I mostly played only year 1 and get tired of it after year 1 very quickly. The addition of Ginger Island in 1.5 makes it look like a different game and does not add much to the game which is still pretty much important for year 1 only.

this game look slike it has such a beautiful artstyle but the negative steam reviews make me want to not buy it. esp since many folk say it feels half-baked

Good review. Bad outweighs the good for us. Most likely not going to finish it. Very buggy, shallow, and tedious (no sprinklers!). Stardew Valley is really superior. Wouldn't mind finding another farm game. This one was not it.

WHAT DO U MEAN WE WONT PLAY AGAIN FOAHFKABGKD

0:15 why no rune factory ?

the backdrop arts of SunHaven is gorgeous but when I starts to sink in 2 hrs of playing, the arts details starts to bother me. Stardew arts are simple but modern. While SunHaven looks like old website pluggin games that you play as a kid on your Mom's computer. The crafting, quests and items a bit messy looking. And the game kinda throw you in the deep end with barely intro. Stardew valley lets you figure out that basic wood and stones are the foundation of the game and only allow you 5 parsnip to start farming while somehow hide the additional farming seeds at a single shop for beginners to stumble upon or getting letters about. Sun haven character sprite looks unalive or just not animated enough to look lively. Your character looks the same as in the character choosing menu and as in the overworld once you control him/her. Stop playing after 3 hrs and never look back. Too bad can't refund it.

What I didn't like right off the bat was the actual graphic design? The characters are too small. And the font and formatting of the dialogue text makes it feel really amateurish. And for someone who has eywsight issues it's hard to read and has so much open space in the text boxes but it's obvious the devs didn't put too much effort into even this.

Oh God, I thought I was the only one who got turned off from the separate town- separate resources thing, as well as the non-existent incorporation of the character's race into the towns. It feels so grindy, exhausting and disconnected running back and forth in fetch quests between towns. Like, completely unrelated games, same mechanic ==> Bore you out and demotivate you so fast. It's stupid to be an elf/demon, only to be treated as a completely unrelated race in said elf/demon town ==> Then why choose "the race" at all?? Just say choose the occupation and be done with it??? Having spent 67+ hours into the game, I want to like it but ultimately, I can't say I don't regret my money spent on this game 😥😥

Jesus, slow down.

i was excited and ready to love this but ultimately disappointed. i love the leveling and progression system a lot, but the downsides are so much of a thorn in the side that it was actually just painful to play, i often times felt stressed out about other resources and my other farms, it was too much to manage and caused me to rush a lot, which took away from the rest of the game. i guess ill just have to look forward to witchbrook and hope its good.