Recent reviews by Bleakoptimism

If Stardew Valley and Sun Haven had a lovechild, this would be the game.

- Also EVERYONE is ridiculously good looking.
- Also you CAN pet the dog and the dog is ADORABLE!!! (can't wait for pets)

Take all the things you love about farming games and make them even better and you got Fields of Mistria. This game is doing things right, and it's a pleasure to play!

Gloriously f'ed up and I loved it, there is a special circle of hell for me and my fellow gaming deviants.

Those trigger warnings are real though, If you're worried it might be a bit much for you, then it probably will be. This is not a cup of tea for everyone, but if you too have no issues about messed up content, or even enjoy darker and morally questionable themes then then you may just enjoy this too.

Played with the Brandon patch.

All the comfort feels I got from Stardew Valley with added graphics and more villagers to get to know, and PETS, my little cozy game farming sim loving heart is blissfully happy.

Glorious.

The characters and story here are truly wonderful and draw you in, the gameplay is intuitive and a joy to deal with and the voice acting is top notch. This game is fantastic, if you like story rich games, witchy mysteries or some relaxing farming then this game is worth checking out. I received the game to review, but would happily have purchased this for myself. Made me cry on camera several times, but in a good way.

This is one of my comfort games. Always love trundling around in Stardew Valley.

Loved everything about this game, I enjoyed the art, the music, the writing was fantastic, the characters were all interesting, and I will love Philia forever. Well worth playing if you are a fan of otome games.

Lovely quick game.
The voice acting is excellent and the soundtrack adds well to the ambiance. My only complaint is that I would have liked there to be more story, so I could get to know these characters more.

This was immensely beautiful. Well written, well voiced, gentle soundtrack and the artwork was just lovely. Without showing any characters, or hearing any physical descriptions, the voices and words bought the characters to life. In less than an hour this story had me pulled in, loving the characters, leaving me having a good cry on their behalf.
Short and mostly kinetic novel with only a few choices, I think this is one of those stories that will stay with me, in my mind, surfacing every so often. It was just so lovely. I was sad it was not longer, but I also think the length worked very well for it, any longer and the ambiance may well have been spoiled.
There really is no excuse not to experience this tale yourself, it doesn't take long and it is free.
Thank you to all those who were involved in making this wonderful game.

I grabbed this on sale and for the lower price I really enjoyed it. Cool story and great art, sadly the keyboard controls were pretty janky and didn't always do what I wanted, which lead to some deaths and a rage quit... until I discovered you can turn off damage! I'm not sure I would have had the patience and hand dexterity to get through the game without the immunity turned on, but I liked the story more so I wasn't too fussed, also challenged myself to see what kinds of cool combos I could pull off. Battles could use a bit of work because of the controls, but overall fun, I do want to know what happens next though. Also going to add that I noticed Horace's nose is a little love heart and I find that so adorable!