At first I was more of a fan of Kurt's story than of Harry's. Kurt's just felt a lot more emotional and I never really understood Harry's romantic pull towards Julia. Kurt fighting to get through to war to back home to his family and to find his son felt a lot more grave than Harry simply wanting to tap into the glory of war to impress some girl. Towards the end (like Part III), the bond between Kurt and Harry felt more worthwhile and I felt a lot more invested in the game. Definitely felt disappointed with the ending *I* got the first time, but I really love that they included multiple endings. The art/visual style was great, the soundtrack pretty nice, and the play style was a nice relief/change from other WWI & WWII games that are always third-person or first-person shooters.

Also, I loved playing as Lottie the cat <3

Honestly a masterpiece.

Only complaint is that on the Xbox Series S, there are a ton of issues with the auto-save, even for a game that's 7 years old. I had similar problems with Cyberpunk 2077 & Alan Wake 2, so I'm convinced it's something with the Series S itself. But it makes wanting to do speedrun replays nearly impossible until I upgrade to a better platform...

Still, five stars it is ❤️

It’s a cute game!! Good for winding down when you’re stressed. But some parts of it still feel like it’s early access / underdeveloped and of course I do feel like this game is a lot less fun to play with its control mechanics on console versus on PC.

Also I love the environmental themes and the premise of the island's life. But I do think that we need to start evaluating whether every cozy life sim truly needs to be a farming sim. It’s starting to become an over-saturated game mode in the market.