GAME ASS BUNS SUCKS

fun afk game

I was on the fence about making this review before 100%ing the game, like with a lot of others, but it'll be a damn century before I get around to doing that, so here it is. Pickcrafter is a lot of things. Sure, a lot of the achievements (which are objectively the main goal of idle games, because why else play them apart from intrinsic dopamine capabilities) require specific time frames of the year, gambling for insane drop chances or outright purchasing them, the usage of advertisements to slightly mitigate insane time gates, or the usual idle grindfest which I have pretty much gone numb to thanks to automation games...but despite that, it is not boring. You heard me right, that is the one thing that saves Pickcrafter from the point where I cannot recommend playing it. Yes, it's grindy, yes, it's annoying, yes, you will feel your brain disentangling itself after the 15th prestige, yes, it's probably easier if you have a hundred bucks to drop on it day one, but for the love of god, I cannot find a reason to hate it for the simple reason that it's enjoyable to play at a fundamental level, excluding achievements and in the view of a casual gamer. Most idle games I will drop if there isn't any meta-progression, or in the case of mobile games, a desktop alternative where I can at least use an autoclicker software if I want to speed up gameplay. Pickcrafter has both, it's playable on mobile and desktop, plus, the meta-progression is insane. All the events and prestige buildups are some of the most satisfying long-term investments that I've earned out of a game, and that says a lot, once again considering that I'm into automation games, the second longest-term investments on Earth next to real life. All the flavor text, all the gadgets and pixel art, and all the damn pickaxes that are luck-of-the-draw for the most part, it's just plain entertaining and satisfying to see the progress of, and I'm tired of pretending that this game's downfalls are enough to outweigh that.

I recommend this game to people who are content with playing at a casual level. For everyone else, myself included, I can only hope that you either heed my warning and leave before you invest too much time - or in the extreme case, spend actual money on the game - or if you have the willingness and/or funds to get to 100%. This review is outside the view of external software to cheat in achievements, and while that sure isn't my way to go, if it's yours, you'll need it.