8.6
A surprisingly fun and competent genre-bend from Pixpil that's a must play for fans of Eastward.
Eastward: Octopia
Pixpil · Jan 31, 2024
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Sam and John return in an all-new adventure! In a remote mountainside village, Sam and John start life anew as farmers. Work the land, tend livestock, and cook heartwarming meals for familiar -yet strangely different- friends.
Enjoy the good life in peaceful pixel surroundings!
• Help Sam & John lead a peaceful new life in the countryside - no miasma, no hardships, just happy times in a parallel universe
• Revitalize a neglected farmstead; grow crops, rear animals, forage in the wetlands, talk to ghosts, and spend your nights casting your line in the local fishing holes
• Construct and upgrade stores and homes to restore Octopia into a thriving community
• As the town begins to flourish, more familiar faces will flock to the area - some may even stay for good!
• Using farm-fresh ingredients and John’s Cookbook, create recipes and whip up delicious culinary delights to share with your neighbours
For new and old players alike - “Eastward: Octopia” is accessible straight from Eastward’s start menu, so you can start living the good life straight away.
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- 8.0Eastward: Octopia may not bring many new ideas to a crowded genre, but this is an impressively well-executed expansion that nicely ticks all the boxes for a satisfying and relaxing farm sim. Although it has some rougher edges, the decent gameplay variety, interesting story, gorgeous visuals, and surprising amount of content all come together to make this one an easy recommendation to any fans of the original Eastward. Even for those of you who fell off your playthrough of the original for one reason or another, we’d encourage you to consider coming back for Octopia—this is a much better-paced game and, some performance issues aside, it’s lost none of the charm that made the original so popular.
- 6.0Eastward Octopia is a lovely addition to Eastward if you just want to bask in that world again and you are satisfied doing a few farming tasks. At only £4.99 it’s kind of insanely cheap. But if you are coming into this new, Octopia is too sedate for its own good and doesn’t give a good idea of the main game. Play Eastward first, and if you love it, only then consider coming back for a second course.
- 6.0On its own as a farming game Octopia isn’t really comparable to the major hitters, even if it does get most systems right, it’s still not competing with them on the same level. If you’re a fan of Eastward who also happens to enjoy farming games, this is a light recommendation. For anyone else, you should definitely try Eastward first.
- 9.0
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