Shown during IGN Expo, a new trailer showed off the tribe learning to use seeds to grow crops, build settlements, irrigate fields, and even play music in rhythm action sections. The title, like the aforementioned Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley, sees players take control of a farm, however, Roots of Pacha offers a really unique twist on the formula.
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Be sure to check out our full article on everything we know that’s coming to Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town. Roots of Pacha, a life-sim about guiding a Stone Age tribe to success, has released a Steam demo today. That coupled with being able to tame wild animals puts a fresh new spin on the original Story of Seasons games. But now you can build and beautify the whole of Olive Town! Normally you’ll only be able to build structures on your farm. But at the same time, you’re able to affect the world around you. Stardew Valley, ConcernedApes 2016 simulation RPG that saw players build up their farm and integrate themselves into a town, was just such a game. In this game you’ll have all the wonderful hallmarks of a farming game – growing crops, raising animals, getting married etc. I put a lot of time into Harvest Moon on the GameCube, even more time into Stardew Valley and. Timo said that while the game does have an overarching story for those who want that type of experience, they also want the game to be fun to play after that point too.For a game you don’t have to wait so long for check out Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town coming out in English this month! Created by the original Harvest Moon developers, which inspired Stardew Valley the Story of Seasonsfranchise is almost the base standard of any farming sim game. Over my years of gaming, I’ve spent a lot of time with farming sims, or farming sim-adjacent games. It’s worth noting that the game does have a day and night cycle in which the villagers will go about their routines, too, although it’s not real-time, which might make Roots of Pacha easier to pick up and play in short bursts. In my demo, I placed a campfire outside and one of the villagers nearby immediately went over to it and started cooking something.
Some objects can be interacted with by the villagers, too. The current level of customization does include features like changing flooring and light fixtures but isn’t granular at the level that some players might want. The number of objects currently available isn’t particularly large compared to, say, something like Animal Crossing, but there are plans to expand on this over time, I was told. For example, you can customize your home and village, and place furniture and objects all over the place. Most of the activities I saw in-game seemed designed with low-key gaming in mind. The game doesn’t seem particularly interested in exploring the inter-human violence that existed during that era, so don’t expect any combat, or even hunting (although there is a surprisingly involved fishing minigame present, because how could there not be?). And while farming is certainly a part of that – as well as inventing the various pieces of equipment to make that happen – it also includes things like developing culture, arts, and even religion as part of a growing society.
From this starting point, players will “help your clan develop the ideas that shape humanity” through multiple eras of history all the way through the Iron Age. The game tasks players with building up a clan of villagers at the outset of human innovation, back when very few tools even existed. During a recent gameplay demo at Summer Game Fest, I got to chat with Soda Den co-founder and lead developer Timo Dadony about just what their upcoming game is trying to accomplish.Ĭrucially, Roots of Pacha’s unique time period seems to play more of a role in how the game plays rather than merely being set dressing. Whenever a new farming-themed game hits the market, the big question that always seems to come up is: what does this game bring to the table that hasn’t already been done by the juggernaut that is Stardew Valley? A lot of times the most obvious difference between games in this genre is the setting, and Roots of Pacha – an upcoming farming game/village builder from indie developer Soda Den – is setting itself apart by going all the way back in time to the Stone Age.
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