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I am starting this off by saying it's not a bad game, I just can't really put a finger on what I feel is wrong with the game.
My lady and I play this in co-op and I was excited at first to see we share a lot of items, and the rewards are given to both people.
There is just something wrong with, pacing I think? It's not slow like stardew valley, where you always are trying to move forward with new technology and money, trying to build the town, etc. In this game.. you have the clan contribution, but I just don't think it really invests me.
So the first issue is some of the contribution "milestones" don't mean anything to the player. Like "Laundry" which as far as I can tell right now, does literally nothing for us. Or a "southern contribution box" that just has another box to the south of your area, within a 5 secondish walk time. That really means nothing to the player, so most days I either felt like I was roaming around aimlessly, or spamming the fishing so I can get more contribution points.
The next issue is that the people you talk to just feel...soulless? For some reason I am really not invested in the people or their stories, I think it's just because you don't really get any quests that interact with them much and most things are just shared in one sentence and hollowed out.
Another pacing issue is how quickly new areas open up.. but there is almost nothing to do in those areas. Yes a few new people, yes more fish and flowers, but within a few minutes you already have the entire new section figured out and no longer any new feelings.
I think it's the pacing and the atmosphere of the game itself that kills it for me. The lady and I just feel like we are already bored within 5 hours of playing, though we still play in hopes it's getting better.