#kynseed

[sinmenon]

Kynseed

[glintsbf]

[kynseed-enjoyer]

my daughter's first words

they grow up so fast

[harborss]

FAETOUCHED

[stumpmaker]

Kynseed

[this-is-a-job-for-vesemir]

crying

[volvolts]

me frantically running to my bed during the tutorial so i dont sleep on the floor but still failing

also i think its cute that you still wake up in your bed because it implies your uncle went looking for you when you dont make it home

[trauma-pro]

I played Animal Crossing New Horizons a few years back, and while it did have an undeniable charm to it and lots of things to do, its luster wore off after not too long. I initially thought this kind of game was just not for me, until some time later i came across a Youtube video talking about all of New Horizon's shortcomings if compared to its prequels, which led me to a short rabbit hole made up of wikis and forum posts, all detailing what got lost when the series transitioned to the Switch. "I guess i just played the wrong one" i said to myself.

Later on i got curious about the Harvest Moon series, and dedicated a few hours to Hero of Leaf Valley… I didn't like it. I did get warned, to be fair, on the totally legal website from which i purchased my digital copy, that this wouldn't have been the best introduction to the series. I'm a natural born contrarian, so i was drawn in by the lukewarm reception Hero of Leaf Valley received, hoping i was gonna stumble across a hidden gem. "I guess the critics were right" i said to myself.

Goodness gracious, dearie me! Why couldn't i just find a game about chilling in a small town full of eccentric people that was capable of scratching this itch of mine? Stardew Valley would have been a safe choice, for sure. It's a critically acclaimed indie success story that according to many even surpassed its source of inspiration, Harvest Moon itself. Why not try that one? Well, the short of it is that i'm a hipster. But another big reason is that Kynseed, the game i ended up playing in its stead, was developed by some of the people who worked on the Fable series, and Fable 2 is one of my favourite games of all time. Moonring was also made by a Fable alumni, and that one was amazing, so surely i was in for a great time, right?

Well, if there is one legitimate gameplay complaint that i can express, is that a lot of the game's content is dripfed though a story mode that goes on for quite a while if you're not entirely dedicated on completing it from the get-go. Kynseed belongs to a genre meant to be played for many many hours, and i understand that this choice was made to maintain a sense of discovery and intrigue for as long as possible before the sense of routine truly settled in, but i wasn't terribly interested in playing it. I just wanted to have the majority of the areas and the mechanics available from the start, or that at least it would take much less to unlock them. And this is very lame of me.

I don't want to make the point that the time Kynseed demands from me is made of senseless padding, because even with just a portion of the game unlocked there is a lot of variety in what you can entertain yourself with, nor i want to make it look like "i don't have time/energy for long games anymore, i'm a mature adult (with a business degree)" because just like it's the case for most of the people who say this kinda nonsense, that's really not true.

What i really mean is that… this kind of game isn't for me. I respect what Kynseed is setting up to accomplish with its very unique atmosphere and lore, and i'm sure many of the people who picked it up are having a great time either uncovering all its secrets or just immersing themselves in the cozy world it has to offer, but i couldn't. And again, i'm mad lame for that. Anyway, how's that Fable reboot going?