I thought I was the right person to dig deep into Garden Simulator on Nintendo Switch.After all, if you can handle large farm, the management of small green spaces should become easier. The scope may be modest, but the familiar elements of planting and harvesting indicate that this is still a niche title. Luckily, this is a pretty good one, and its realistic approach can make it more approachable to sim newbies.
It starts with a simple shovel, a small garden, and a dream. As you aim to unlock everything (the driving force behind the title), you’ll get used to more basic stuff like extra tools and easy seeds. However, you will always see what you need for the next unlock and eventually start earning them. As your garden fills with flowers and veggies (some recurring), it expands from the backyard patch to encompass the entire house. How to increase property value.
Your home is just a way to end the day walking the back streets at 6pm. You can remove window panels and remove ivy growing on the sides. You may see some anomalies, such as random spots of dirt that are impossible to clean, or weeds growing under the foundation.I can’t help it; it’s not house simulatoris a garden simulator.
After completing various tasks, many decoration options will open. The hedges and paths make sense, but the odd emphasis is on the garden gnomes. Do people really enjoy these life-sized creatures? If so, it’s a shopping option.
Purchases are made via a laptop located in the gazebo. At first I was stunned when I saw a large wooden box falling from the sky. One tip is to invest in a sprinkler system as soon as possible to reduce the hassle of manually watering your plants. A robotic lawnmower also saves time. Both of these also add visually to the game by reducing the number of icons and reducing the distraction of crooked pruning lines.
Once you’ve got a feel for the first task, all that’s left is to use your own ingenuity to garden the way you like it. This choice gives you the freedom to focus on the skills you want to improve, such as composting or harvesting speed. Not being told what to do can be relaxing. If you just want to spend time petting your virtual cat, you can do that too.
Of course, you’ll want to unlock the entire garden again and again, but it may seem strange that some sections are blocked at the beginning. It’s not unheard of for a game like this, but those spoiled for later versions of Animal Crossing might be shocked that things aren’t distributed sooner. Boredom still exists, even if you try to cut it down.
Among my complaints, there are certainly small details. For example, it’s a shame that the backyard barbecue doesn’t have a grill-related mini-game, but that’s rather my thing. No music is again a personal preference (the volume can be adjusted and the ambient effects contribute to the relaxing atmosphere). Are some of your plants fading graphically? With three save files, multiple people can try to build a garden.
One gripe, though not a minor detail, is the lack of touchscreen support in handheld mode. When will developers learn? Of course, the text is small, so you might want to play on a big TV anyway. Being able to adjust the sensitivity of the controls is a nice touch, and the controls are generally easy for this style of game.
Oh, and no “fall” harvest to show off the foliage or late crops either. In the sweltering heat of summer, how are you expected to “finish the radish,” as Pure Nintendo calls it? But that didn’t stop his wife, and it took her 20 hours to go through her broken engagement.
A low learning curve makes garden simulators unknown in the genre more accessible. The lack of touchscreen support is a notable negative, but the title as a whole (weirdness and everything else) evens it out as something worth digging into a little deeper. It may not have any outstanding features, but it is positively implemented so that the idea leaves a good impression.
