If you're looking to be completely immersed in a new world of casual gaming, create your own home, and have romantic relationships and start your own family whilst saving the world...look no further. I believe in Sandrock!

Definitely better than My Time at Portia in terms of quality of life features. The only downside is that early game is way less forgiving than My Time at Portia. The weekly ruin fee is 200 instead of the usual 100, and fishing isn't as good as it was in Portia, as evidence to the constant "Sand Trap is too small" messages I'm getting. Not to mention, the Fast Travel system now cost Gols to use, instead of being free. Tin is [slightly] harder to get, so you won't be able to do one of the early main story missions as easily. In order to unlock lower depths of the ruins, you have to find the doorway that is sparkling further in the current layer/depth. Inventory Management is still a bit of a pain, but the new sort option is amazing, and will even auto-store items if you're looking in a storage container that has items stored that are in your bag/backpack. (Auto-Storing also stores to nearby storage containers, not just the one you're looking in.) Combat is a little more involved this time with a new "Break" system, which if Guild Wars 2 has taught me anything, is going to be my worst enemy on higher difficulty enemies.

Besides all that, I think my biggest annoyance is the game's reliance on gating your recipes to the main story. The Guild Commerce Store has the majority of the recipes needed for the in-between materials for higher end items/gear/etc. But they aren't sold until you get to certain parts of the story, even if you can get the base materials for those recipes hours ahead of time. Combat is quite annoying sometimes. Like the first game, combat will often have you attack through or past enemies, forcing you to turn toward them often. The new Break system doesn't stop skills either for most enemies, even though it feels like it should.

Game has a tendency to become highly unstable if left running for hours even if paused on a menu.

From the creators of My Time at Portia comes My Time at Sandrock, the latest over-ambitious Farm Sim in the My Time at series.

From a graphical standpoint, the game looks terrific. The building mechanics are more polished this time around, and more care and attention has been put into the voice acting. However, the game suffers in the actual 'game' department. It's functional, if a bit unpolished, but ultimately does not hold my attention long enough for me to care about Sandrock or the people in it.

And, like the last time, they're on Kickstarter looking to make a new one.

I will not be giving these games any more of My Time.