The farming & life sim aspect of a Stardew Valley mixed with the unique world and characters of Eastward makes this the perfect DLC for me since I love both of those things.

It starts a bit slow with only a few things to do, at least until you unlock a few more tools, machines and areas. Once it reaches its flow and you’re taking care of your crops and animals, fishing, mining, cooking and growing your community, the game gets hard to put down. Story wise it didn't grab my attention the same way the base game did but that wasn't really a dealbreaker since it's mostly there to progress the farming and community.

The DLC has a few problems going from some QOL to it crashing a few times throughout my playthrough, mostly when using the fasttravel system or during the fishing game, and I'm currently experiencing a bug where certain NPC's don't show up locking me out of 100% completion (need one more crop, two friends and a few recipes and I'm assuming they're all related). But besides those things I'm impressed with this DLC especially at its price point!

Edit: the bug with the NPC not showing up is fixed so now I have that sweet 100% completion