I know I’ve said no indies on my first BBT, but there’s nothing stopping me from breaking my own rules, right?
Report 10: Big Boys Time II: Going rural
It’s an indie game and I wouldn’t exactly call it big, but it sure as hell took a sweet chunk of my time. Pretty sure it doesn’t need any introduction whatsoever. It’s a Harvest Moon clone, and a pretty good one at that.
Pretty much every mechanic works as pleasantly as possible to soften the tediousness of your actions.
Although the game can be pretty tedious alright, if you go for the completion, like I did. The last 30 hours or so I’ve spent trying to complete the museum collection, and then getting 10.000.000 in total profits. I’ve pretty much had to abandon the farm altogether and straight-up go to bed first thing in the morning while I wait for my starfruit wine to age.
The social stuff was a bit hard too, especially since you’ll be able to contact some characters only in a very specific time slot at first - damn you, Sebastian.
Overall a really great game.
Backlog progress status: still hopeless
I think “big” should refer to the length of time taken to complete just as much as the ‘scope’ of a game. I’ve played games that were 20 gigs to download but took a couple of hours to complete, and I’ve spent years grinding some that are less than a gig. But hey, it’s your made up rules, so do what you want right?
Congrats on beating this one, not sure I’ll ever get there.
Tbh, I wanted to do a “new” Thi4f game for a BBT II, but I didn’t have a heart to see how they massacred my boy Garrett just yet. Stardew Valley was the only thing close enough to be featured here.