This game is currently in the Humble Choice for January 2023, this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before February 7th, 2023, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.

So bored.

The farming genre, for a lack of a better term, has grown like crazy. There are so many different takes on the idea. Grow: Song of The Evertree, has the player replanting the world to beat back an encroaching darkness, and singing to plants. It sounds good and it’s certainly popular.

I just can’t figure out why. So much of this game just feels like chores and not the type that is fun or interesting. Instead of building towards something, you’re just told to grow plants, farm them for items, and eventually build a town, but everything is so monotonous. Admittedly, I’m early in the game, but I went back after an hour to play more and I gave up a second time because I was so bored.

Pick this up if... honestly, if there’s nothing else. Maybe this is the type of game that doesn’t work for the first hour review, but as always I ask if the first 90 minutes of the game are so weak, why not cut those out, or improve them? The thing is while playing the game I started thinking up a list. Slime Rancher, Stardew Valley, My Time at Portia, Graveyard Keeper, Forager. Even the soon-to-be greedy Dreamlight Valley all of these games have great opening hours that get players excited for the rest of the experience. Grow, just feels like it’s chores upon more chores. I’d rather play any of those six games I mentioned.

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