Im not going to give this a score yet as quite frankly its very underbaked right now with heaps of bugs, issues and quest-breaking problems. Its also limited in the amount of content present. Im also not giving it a score yet as im waiting for WHEN that moment will drop where the F2P hits, paid content will swoop in and I want to know if and how predatory that microtransaction money will be before I make my full decision.
That said, as it stands Dreamlight Valley, it is a fun timesinky game. Its NOT Animal Crossing as some places are stating it is, its very much a collectathon with 101 fetch quests and basic friendship mechanics and its... Fairly fun and addictive. Its had me hooked for a whole and its pretty easy to just lose hours to it which is weird because normally you'd expect also there to be a ton of timers and energy meters that take an age to replenish but... No? Instead its just rather charming and fun to hang out with Mickey, Donald, Remy, Wall-E (Who is best robot ever SHUT UP) and more.
I dunno. Im just feeling cautious and im waiting for the other shoe to drop in case the game suddenly yanks some of the easy energy options away and bumps the crop/item respawn times up. Ive been burned too many times.
If you do want to play this, I do recommend either waiting for it to launch in full F2P form to get whats likely the intended experience or play through games pass. None of the packs are worth buying given how expensive they are and none actually provide enough stuff given the expensive as hell price point behind them.
That said, as it stands Dreamlight Valley, it is a fun timesinky game. Its NOT Animal Crossing as some places are stating it is, its very much a collectathon with 101 fetch quests and basic friendship mechanics and its... Fairly fun and addictive. Its had me hooked for a whole and its pretty easy to just lose hours to it which is weird because normally you'd expect also there to be a ton of timers and energy meters that take an age to replenish but... No? Instead its just rather charming and fun to hang out with Mickey, Donald, Remy, Wall-E (Who is best robot ever SHUT UP) and more.
I dunno. Im just feeling cautious and im waiting for the other shoe to drop in case the game suddenly yanks some of the easy energy options away and bumps the crop/item respawn times up. Ive been burned too many times.
If you do want to play this, I do recommend either waiting for it to launch in full F2P form to get whats likely the intended experience or play through games pass. None of the packs are worth buying given how expensive they are and none actually provide enough stuff given the expensive as hell price point behind them.
Jamesbuc
1 year ago