Board Thread:Games Tent/@comment-26943183-20190901235027

So I recently stumbled upon this free-to-play game on the appstore called Elnea Kingdom. You can get it for android for a whopping $0 (though the game does offer in-app purchases)

Anyway, I think this game would interest a lot of our users here, hence why I'm writing about it.

This game is a lot like Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley, meaning you can get married, start a family, farm, etc. It's very positive and calming, which is great, but it's very lacking in personality. If you've ever played Harvest Moon, you'd know just how hilarious some of the interactions with the characters can be. In Harvest Moon, you can make not only friends, but enemies. Elnea Kingdom doesn't allow for that. You can only develop positive relationships with the characters. However, I don't think this is such a good thing. All the NPCs (and there are a LOT!) say the same things and interact with each other spontaneously, so they don't follow a certain schedule. None of them are particularly unique and they don't have personalities (well, they technically are assigned personalities, but that doesn't affect their dialogue). I guess you could say it's a little boring in that aspect.

Still, for a free game, it has a lot of positives as well. There are a bunch of little careers you can choose, i.e. scholar, knight, Mountain Corps member, Priest/Priestess, farmer, etc. You can even work your way up into royalty by marrying the Crown Prince/Princess. Alternatively, can even sit around and do nothing if you'd like, and it won't harbor any consequences. Unlike Harvest Moon, the characters don't harass you for choosing to live your own life.

The game also allows for plenty of events if things get repetitive. There's Astral Day (which is like the game's version of Halloween), the Harvest Festival, and more. You can get your fortune told at the Harvest Festival or get bludgeoned by requests for candy on Astral Day. There's even a fishing festival, which I haven't tried out yet.

The family-raising part is the most frustrating aspect of the game, in my opinion. I've gone on countless dates with my partner and have proposed TWICE, to which my partner has refused. It's a little annoying, especially considering that you can go on 5-10 dates before getting married, and I've gone on at least twenty. As a side note, if anyone is a little angered by my impatience, please remember that everyone else in the game is an NPC. They're all artificial intelligence characters, not real people. Ahem. Anyway... so once you FINALLY get married, you have to wait a while for your wedding. And then to have children, you have to wait about a year. Yeah, it takes a while to really start a family.

Still, even when your character dies, you can choose to pass down to your child and play as them. I like that part of the game, as there's really no ending to it. You can go generations down the line and try out different careers. However, your original character's stats do not transfer down to your child, which really bites. Your items do, but your stats don't, so you're basically back to square one when it comes to battling and dungeoning.

Another downside is the whole account dynamic. I've set up many accounts, and when I uninstalled the game to free-up space, all my hard work went down the drain. I'm on my fourth character now, by the way.

Anyway, I think you'd guys really like this game. It gets a little repetitive after a while, by it's pretty good for a free-to-play game. If you decide to play and would like some tips and tricks, just let me know! And don't forget to tell me your thoughts aboutthe game. 