However, discovering you can free-fall off cliffs, swim in all bodies of water, fill your watering can up while swimming (and in the rain!), and all manner of other small details will be a refreshing surprise to farming sim veterans. Many of the features present are similar to other games of the genre, which might lead to the assumption that there aren’t any unique features. The opening segment of Fae Farm unfolds as a tutorial, providing some story context without being insultingly hand-holdy. My name may have been censored, but my sparkling personality shines through. And thus, with our alter-egos fully formed and adorable, we venture onto the island of Azoria.

I find it more immersive to make characters that look like me in games like this, so kudos to the devs for making that possible for people who aren’t as generic-looking as myself. The character creation options in Fae Farm aren’t as intricate as some modern games, but I appreciated the different body type options (something sorely lacking across all gaming genres) and the diverse options for skin tones, hair colour, voices, and pronouns were all very welcome. Weirdly enough, my name “Sam” was censored due to profanity, but “Sam-James” was just fine.

One thing to consider is that your account name is also your character’s name and cannot be changed, even if you create characters of different genders down the line. I was surprised by the need to create a Phoenix Labs account - presumably for cross-multiplay purposes - though it only takes moments to complete. Fae Farm is proof of that, bringing much more focus to the dungeon spelunking side of things than I think is even present in the Rune Factory series.įae Farm‘s title screen opens to some adorable artwork that perfectly reflects the vibe of the game as a whole. And while Stardew Valley did have several dungeons, and as fleshed-out as they were both in design and gameplay, they weren’t the game’s primary focus. Since the advent of the farming sim genre with the original Harvest Moon, straight through to the beloved Stardew Valley, simply calling these games “farming sims” was fine. Fae Farm, developed and published by Phoenix Labs, is a farming life-sim dungeon-crawling hybrid and reminds me that we need a new genre name.

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