#grow: song of the evertree

[volkihar]

GROW: SONG OF THE EVERTREE 🌿 dev. Prideful Sloth

[gamingcreatures]

Some named Everkin in Grow: Song of the Evertree

[vermin-fangs]

Excuse me?????

[singinprincess]

You know what? This talking Book is so valid for this. Reba WILL save us. I’ve been saying this for years.

[bonbonbunny]

Playing Through My Unplayed Games Library, Part 10:

Grow: Song of the Evertree

Many platforms, pick your favorite from here

I have more to say about this one, because it is significantly larger & longer (my final playtime was about 40 hours) than any of the others I've written up these little reviews for yet!

This one has lovely vibes, very soft & pretty color palettes and a theme of restoration. There's town management but it was nice and simple, not too complicated for me to manage at all, and I liked progressing from locale to locale and customizing each village with different themes (This one's pink and pastel! That one's blue with icy crystalline trees!).

Running and jumping around in the world (that you gradually uncover more of as you drive the evil darkness back) is very satisfying, with lots of treasure chests, hidden caves, and little puzzles scattered around for you to find and solve. Even the platforming is fun - "Can I jump up to the top of that big mushroom, if I hop onto this tiny boulder that's slightly jutting out? ...I CAN!!"

The bulk of your playtime hours end up being dedicated to cultivating the islands you plant from World Seeds. I loved the different themes & biomes of the world seeds, which are things like Forest, Icy, Desert, Mushroom, and PRINCESS! Which is a sparkly pink pastel world, which was great. I collected the coolest trees & plants from that one.

The reason you spend a lot of time on the World Seed islands is because the main gameplay element is repetitively pulling weeds, clearing debris, planting new stuff, and watering them every day. If your favorite part of Harvest Moon or other farming sims is the actual cleaning up of your farmland - all of the chopping stumps and hitting rocks to make room - then you will LOVE this game.

In my case, I DO rather like peaceful, repetitive tasks like that, especially seeing how the world gradually grows to show your efforts as the days pass. Seeing interesting little discoveries pop up as the World islands expand is exciting - will there be a new cave with puzzles and treasure today, or perhaps a little gnome's house?

This game is excellent for playing while listening to some other entertainment, such as a podcast, audiobook, youtube video series, or TV show if it's something you only need to half-watch. I settled into a cozy routine of watching twitch streams while playing this game, which made it even more enjoyable for me, because now I will always associate this game with being all snuggly on the couch and watching streamers satisfyingly react some of my other favorite games. 🌈

The other major game from this developer is called Yonder: Cloud Catcher Chronicles, and it seems from reviews and comparisons between their two games that Yonder is the "better" of them. Well, I liked Grow quite a lot, and if Yonder is even better then I am looking forward to checking that one out, too! 😊

Rating: 4 pastel crystal trees out of 5 🌳🌳🌳🌳 It comes just shy of a perfect score because if I didn't have other entertainment during the long hours of debris-clearing, I don't think I would be reflecting so fondly upon it. 😅

[essentionesque]

Look at this pretty picture I took in game...

...MY POTATO CAN HANDLE THIS BY THE WAY-

[littleobear]

Just some screenshots of other games I've been playing lately :)

[plow-and-propose]

I started playing Grow: Song of the Evertree again, and I'm really enjoying it now!

I bought it when it first came out and basically went in blind, which I shouldn't have done because I was expecting something much more like Yonder. And Evertree is very different from Yonder!

I think a lot of the things I enjoy in Yonder are actually things it was criticised for - like the lack precise fast travel. I love traversing the world in that game, I'll literally walk the whole length of the map just because I enjoy it, it's such a pretty world and there are so many fun surprises dotted around.

and I love how unstructured it is. after the tutorial you can basically do whatever you want at your own pace, it leads to a lot of little distractions and discoveries

but I can also see why those things would frustrate a lot of players, so of course Evertree would be different

I just didn't expect it to be this different haha

compared to Yonder I found it overwhelming, I didn't get into the gameplay, I couldn't find a rhythm, and I found a lot of the tasks very tedious

and then Rune Factory 5 came out and I stopped playing it completely

but! now i know what to expect, I'm actually having a blast! I'm especially enjoying the town builder aspect ^o^

[when-is-tuesday]

I’m playing grow: song of the everytree and oleander keeps flirting and won’t stop so it I’ll flirt back

[colorfullyminded]

I'm Bringing Farm Sim Friday's back to my Streams

I will say, I also have Rune Factory 5, Stardew Valley, And Pioneer of Olive Town, but I'm not putting them as an option because I wanna give some attention to maybe some less well known farm sim games. Ones that you don't hear about. I will eventually play those games, but again, give some love to some other farm games-- maybe you'll find something new too.

[nagalias-mindscape]

Leave it to me to break any game I'm playing by accident. I think this is the first that I've been given such a disappointed deadpan, though. And that T-Pose... that fact that she's floating...

I think that the stalagmites are the only thing stopping the character from reaching out of the monitor and slapping me silly.

[padmerrie]

just some *scenic* photos of my oc gwyn from grow: song of the evertree

[nerdybookahs]

Quick Impressions: Grow: Song of the Evertree - Humble Choice Game January 2023

Quick Impressions: Grow: Song of the Evertree – Humble Choice Game January 2023

Grow: Song of the Evertree is part of January’s Humble Choice. “Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.” I went into this game’s “Quick Impressions” without ever having heard about the…

[vermin-fangs]

[singinprincess]

I named my character Reba and now she’s running around singing to plants. I’m such a good gamer actually 😌

[selznick]