Is Orange Season the WORST Farming Sim Ever?

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  • Опубліковано 31 січ 2025

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  • @HolicChan
    @HolicChan 3 місяці тому +69

    Too late! They already stole my money. I know the cozy genre gamers are typically super nice and optimistic, but how much longer are we gonna allow these people to steal our money? :/ how much longer are we gonna just say “oh but they’re tried to hard” “oh but the devs probably worked so hard” like no!! Sigh…I appreciate you for not making excuses for them but I’m so tired of being ripped off.

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому +16

      Aw, I’m sorry you also spent money on this… “game.” I tried to post this video as soon as possible so that other gamers didn’t get tricked into buying it as well. It does look really cool and have some interesting looking characters, but it’s a buggy mess.

    • @HolicChan
      @HolicChan 3 місяці тому +8

      @@elithegaymer I really appreciate that 😭 I was gonna wait for reviews but I saw a bunch of reviews from a few years ago and assumed it must be much better now, surely! And I just have been itching for a new farming sim so decided to get it even if it was mediocre I figured I’d have a good time, but alas…scammed again sigh… next time I’m always waiting for reviews of the final releases.

    • @HolicChan
      @HolicChan 3 місяці тому +1

      @ well it’s because they’re game is broken, they sold me a lie, they sold me something that doesn’t work, they knew it and sold it anyway. I consider that stealing but sure dude lol we can say “I irresponsibly believed their claims and gave them my money”

    • @Aramakie98
      @Aramakie98 3 місяці тому

      Yup, this and the experience of several others helped me make the decision to pass on games in Beta.

    • @HolicChan
      @HolicChan 3 місяці тому +2

      @@Aramakie98 good choice lol because even if it didn’t have bugs the game is clunky and slow and despite needing to run around everywhere to meet up with people, they don’t have a very good map.

  • @ardosims
    @ardosims 3 місяці тому +31

    I've been in the same community as the Orange Season's dev(s?) for 13 years. I've seen the project coming up for the first time in 2014. I've played the demo and didn't enjoy it back in the day and didn't enjoy the experience... I'm sad to hear it didn't get better...

  • @MyselfandComics
    @MyselfandComics 3 місяці тому +32

    $30?!
    Sorry let me emphasize that
    THIRTY DOLLARS!?!???

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому +8

      Right? $30 for this game is ridiculous! Especially when there are so many great games out there for $20 or less!

    • @MyselfandComics
      @MyselfandComics 3 місяці тому +1

      @@elithegaymer and I thought sunrise being $17 was expensive 🤣

    • @Sailor-Khione
      @Sailor-Khione 3 місяці тому +1

      At least it's not 60

    • @MyselfandComics
      @MyselfandComics 3 місяці тому +6

      @@Sailor-Khione
      Of course, but $30 is still pricey for the lack features and glitches it has. It has to actually be worth $30 for me to think that the price is good.

    • @leijhbeale6300
      @leijhbeale6300 3 місяці тому +2

      For me it was almost $50!

  • @SweetKatieL
    @SweetKatieL 3 місяці тому +41

    Well, you just saved my money 😅 i was interested in this but now I'll pass.

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому +8

      Great! I tried to get this video out as soon as possible before other people wasted their money 😂

    • @AngelRevelation444
      @AngelRevelation444 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@elithegaymer Two things. One you are a "sweetheart" for caring about your subscribers and two....I never even heard of this game until you posted this video!

  • @AngelRevelation444
    @AngelRevelation444 3 місяці тому +6

    7:39 The best way for me to listen to "Number 1" is to simply wait for the 1.6 Stardew Valley update for the Nintendo Switch release on November 4th. That's the best way I can take your advice.

  • @madmonty485
    @madmonty485 3 місяці тому +20

    Thanks for the review I was hoping they had improved after 7 years but I guess not. I guess there is always the Stardew Valley console update to fill in the hole.

  • @cloudy4lockharty
    @cloudy4lockharty 3 місяці тому +8

    Man I was waiting for this game for years. When I got the steam notification that it was out of early access I was both surprised and skeptical. Since the last time I checked in with the game it was in a bad state....and it hasn't changed. Saving my money and time for other farming sims. A shame, this one really seemed cool at the start.

  • @MsChic-jm8wo
    @MsChic-jm8wo 3 місяці тому +12

    Thank you for reviewing the game & saving me money! I was so excited to play it. Bummer!

  • @lunaria33games
    @lunaria33games 3 місяці тому +12

    Definitely getting travelers rest instead of orange season 😄. Thanks for the brutally honest review!

  • @christopherbenac3776
    @christopherbenac3776 3 місяці тому +7

    Something that did interesting me about this game is that there’s rival marriage that you can influence apparently but I’m not getting anymore things to all these bugs in the game

    • @tinahoefs1455
      @tinahoefs1455 3 місяці тому

      Yeah, it sounds frustrating to befriend characters anyway.

  • @artsbyff
    @artsbyff 3 місяці тому +5

    Oddly enough, I bought the game years ago when it was at a playable and better state, but I didn't try it out until the release of the "new version" in 2022, when the new devs took over. It was shockingly buggy and completely unplayable then, and it seems like all the complaints went in one ear and out the other. The current "very negative" score at 10% says it all, as if the previous "mixed" score in 2023 wasn't already a hint. What a hot mess for a promising game.

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 3 місяці тому +2

      The thing that happened is that the old version was built on RPG Maker VX Ace.
      They ported it to RPG Maker MV.
      The old RPG Maker games from 2000 to VX Ace used Ruby as a scripting language. RPG Maker MV and onward use JavaScript, and the plugin for Ruby scripting is broken and doesn't interpret Ruby scripts correctly.
      The broken custom save system makes me think that the "new" version just took the Ruby scripts instead of rewriting them into their JavaScript equivalents, and the game wasn't even tested outside of launching and being semi-functional.

    • @artsbyff
      @artsbyff 3 місяці тому +1

      @@neoqwerty Thank you for the explanation. That does make sense. It's sad that the game didn't get the proper testing it deserves. If I were a dev, I'd be embarrassed to release a game in this state. :/

  • @alexxC37
    @alexxC37 3 місяці тому +6

    The controls are driving me crazy. I was looking forward to this. Got the physical copy. Restarted 4 times now. So disappointed.

  • @Akihiro_Ren
    @Akihiro_Ren 2 місяці тому +1

    30 bucks for buggy mess is pure insanity, can't believe my friends even recommend me this
    Glad I found this video, good luck reaching 10k subs ❤

  • @TonyMeier-b5o
    @TonyMeier-b5o 3 місяці тому +5

    Switch - NO RELOAD of game available. Tried twice playing, saving everyday, turning off Switch, starting game an NO RELOAD available, only restarting a new game. Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

    • @honaleri
      @honaleri 3 місяці тому +3

      I think it's because your save failed to save. Any other reviewer mentioned that like 90% of the time the save screen was glitched, as saving at night actually only brought up the menu that forced you to manually save, and there was no autosave, and the manual save doesn't work very often, so you'll have to just get lucky if you can actually save the game.

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 3 місяці тому +3

      @@honaleri The irony of this is that this is an RPG Maker MV game. The functional save system is BAKED INTO THE DEFAULT. They had to go out of their way to make a broken custom save system.

  • @chocosart8451
    @chocosart8451 3 місяці тому +6

    Thanks for the review. Had this wishlisted waiting for a sale, but I guess I can skip it without much of an issue.

  • @ArtsyReaderGirl
    @ArtsyReaderGirl 2 місяці тому

    I was seconds away from clicking the buy button, but had a feeling I needed to go look at some reviews because I have been burned so many times now by developers taking advantage of cozy gamers. SO glad I found your review! I just removed it from my cart and my wish list. How disappointing. Thanks for taking one for the team!

  • @SharonKofoed
    @SharonKofoed 3 місяці тому +4

    Sounds like this game certainly has....quirks! Thanks for giving us this heads up!!! Hopefully they patch things up quickly...it has promise, but not like that!
    And totally different topic...I hear that the new DLC for HM:WoA is now live! I know what I'm playing this weekend!

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому +7

      I would have been more lenient if this was early access… but it’s been in early access for 7 years! My worry is that they just released it because they know there is no fixing it.

    • @SharonKofoed
      @SharonKofoed 3 місяці тому +1

      @@elithegaymer Could be!!! I was wondering if there are so many bugs they needed help of players to find them all...but, again, that's an EA thing! Just weird!

  • @lavonmoffat1634
    @lavonmoffat1634 3 місяці тому +7

    Thanks for the review. I'll definitely pass on the game.

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому +2

      Congratulations! You just saved $18 to $30! 😂

  • @Sang15Mitang
    @Sang15Mitang 3 місяці тому +4

    I have happily removed this game from my wishlist, thanks! 😂

  • @pizzafrenchfries707
    @pizzafrenchfries707 3 місяці тому +3

    I didn't about this game before and I'm very shocked with the high price for many bugs and unfinished product 🙀 it's such a shame too because there was some thought with the music, art style, and dialogue I think people should be refunded for this 😅

  • @DCatGameDeveloper
    @DCatGameDeveloper 22 дні тому

    It's a shame that one of the only Harvest Moon-style games with a Brazilian dev has reached this point... I'm Brazilian and I'm also making a game in this style, which mixes Harvest Moon + Earthbound, only 11 months of development but I'm progressing VERY well.
    I didn't know they charged 30 bucks for this unfinished game, so many things happened behind the development of this game that the main dev abandoned it and I believe they only published it to make money with what they already have done.
    Well, I don't want to take any chances with publishers at the moment, that's what caused all the problems with this game to the point where they changed the game engine, a lot of people preferred the game as it was made before in the old engine.

  • @StarryKnightPinkle
    @StarryKnightPinkle 3 місяці тому +28

    I hope the game gets updated to fix the bugs. My time at portia was once unplayable on Nintendo switch, but after the update, it was completely lag free! Just wait for an update, it will get better! :)

    • @SymphoniaFly
      @SymphoniaFly 3 місяці тому +6

      Hasn't this game been in beta for like 7 years with no improvements?

    • @StarryKnightPinkle
      @StarryKnightPinkle 3 місяці тому +1

      @@SymphoniaFly game development is a very difficult process, like making a life sized Great Pyramid of Giza out of nothing but Lego bricks. It takes a lot of time and effort, and a lot of obstacles stand in the way of getting it done in the first place. Just be grateful the game came out in the first place, and not cancelled like Crash Bandicoot 5. R.I.P.

    • @SymphoniaFly
      @SymphoniaFly 3 місяці тому +4

      @@StarryKnightPinkle If it was a good game, I'd be grateful. But we have plenty of bad games cluttering up steam at this point. And from what I hear about this game, it seems like an update is unlikely. We MIGHT get one that at least fixes some bugs, but this game's problems look like they run a lot deeper than that. It seems straight up unfinished honestly. I watched a stream of the PC version recently, and it looks like a miserable time. Not even the save option works consistently.

    • @StarryKnightPinkle
      @StarryKnightPinkle 3 місяці тому +1

      @@SymphoniaFly at least it’s not ai generated.

    • @SymphoniaFly
      @SymphoniaFly 3 місяці тому +5

      @@StarryKnightPinkle Yeah, but that is a looooow bar.

  • @mrssodapopstar
    @mrssodapopstar 3 місяці тому +1

    30 different villagers at the start is insane. I can see if it's 30 as the story progresses.

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому +2

      Yeah, I don’t like having too much going on at the start either. That’s actually one of my complaints about coral island too. It’s such a huge map and there are so many characters right from the start! A bit overwhelming.

  • @SymphoniaFly
    @SymphoniaFly 3 місяці тому +4

    Can I just say I hate the character portraits in this game? There's just some kind of...uncanniness to them.

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому +3

      Yes! Honestly, everything about this game feels like it’s in early beta still. The portraits aren’t awful, but they feel like placeholder portraits that should be refined a few more times before the final 1.0 release.

  • @gamingcrossroad2011
    @gamingcrossroad2011 3 місяці тому +3

    What happened to the original ppl who started this then?

  • @tinahoefs1455
    @tinahoefs1455 3 місяці тому +2

    Most games are $10 more on switch than steam. It is scummy but it happens all the time. Thanks for saving me money.

  • @TheBlackfoxy
    @TheBlackfoxy Місяць тому

    I brought it when it was very early in development and it was enjoyable then. The controls were more fun, and liked unique touch on chicken. (aka: they gain stats by wondering outside, so encourge you to build a bridge). But as it in development, control, the map, etc just became bad. It had some good idea, but glad it just get butched like this.

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  Місяць тому

      I’m glad you had fun with the early access version but the full release did go downhill! This game had a messy behind the scenes development.

  • @MyselfandComics
    @MyselfandComics 3 місяці тому

    Haven’t heard of this one, can’t wait to seeee

  • @_delirious
    @_delirious 3 місяці тому

    damn 😭 gonna have to wait for fields of
    mistria to drop on console then

  • @nicole9680
    @nicole9680 3 місяці тому +2

    I bought this game YEARS ago. Such a problematic development cycle. I wish the game ended up in a better place. Unfortunate.

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому

      Yeah, a bit sad, really. I think they just gave up and decided to release it “in version 1.0” to cut their loses and run. I see some people thinking that they will fix it with patches… but it’s been over 7 years. If they wanted to fix the issues, they had plenty of time to do so.

    • @puan1211
      @puan1211 3 місяці тому

      @@elithegaymerMany of the bugs that are currently in the game came from the engine switch that happened a couple years ago so it’s more like 3-4years but yeah, I doubt they will fix it.
      Honestly the game, though still being in EA, was SIGNIFICANTLY better back in the day. Nothing too special but worth the money I spend, can’t say the same anymore though. New players should stay away

  • @mommalion7028
    @mommalion7028 3 місяці тому +5

    My current favorite cozy/cozy likes on the switch that are worth the $$$ are:
    Two point campus (it’s a management sim but it’s easy enough you can chill and just have fun decorating too)
    Palia
    Disney Dreamlight Valley (my current favorite because of the dreamsnaps. Even when I score really low I have fun 🤩 )
    Let’s Build a Zoo! (Management but again easy enough you mostly focus on decorating )
    Harvest Moon 64 (Nintendo Subscription comes with a large emulator catalog and this is one of them)
    And just in time of November, Oregon Trail. It’s beautiful pixel art nice sound track and fun inventory management loop, the fishing is also very relaxing.

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому +3

      I have been debating picking up Oregon Trail! I’m old so I have fond memories of playing the old school games. I thought the new version looked really cute.

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 3 місяці тому

      Yoooooo Harvest Moon 64 was one of my favorites

  • @Vic_Coco
    @Vic_Coco 3 місяці тому

    Guess I’ll leave it on my wishlist on steam! Hopefully they figure things out

  • @euphemia_Lang
    @euphemia_Lang 3 місяці тому +1

    I bought it. I regret it. I almost want to ask Nintendo for my money back.
    I keep getting stuck in stuff. And my stuff keeps disppearing.

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому +1

      I have heard that if you reach out to the Nintendo support they will generally allow ONE single refund per Nintendo account, but only one refund ever. Honestly, I’m not too hopeful that they will ever fix this game since it has been in development for a LONG time and the developer/publisher is not very good at communicating with fans. I reached out to them (the publisher) and never got a response.

    • @Tia-1230
      @Tia-1230 3 місяці тому

      @@elithegaymerYeah that sounds right. I wish they would change that.😢

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 3 місяці тому

      @@elithegaymer Nintendo Customer Support have to keep their hardass reputations to avoid people swamping them with things, but they're more lenient than they let on; you just have to explain your case and document whatever issue you have and make it clear that it's a reoccuring issue.
      Source: had a customer rep literally tell me they weren't supposed to do what they were about to do, before they manually unlinked my nintendo account from my housefire-melted wii and 3DS to my new replacements I'd bought in the system, and they even restored my 3DS Ambassador status and access to the GBA games manually. Mind, I had a police report and incendiary department report to send them.
      At least for Nintendo of America, the customer service reps really are willing to give you a rare exception to the policy, especially if you just want Nintendo/eShop points back to get a game that isn't broken (or like me, you literally just want your digital games back).

  • @GWRNori
    @GWRNori 3 місяці тому

    The reason it is more expensive on Switch is because you cant return digital purchases on the eshop

  • @Firestar-TV
    @Firestar-TV 3 місяці тому

    5:13 Excuse me. Growing what?😨

  • @_delirious
    @_delirious 3 місяці тому

    maybe itll have a cyberpunk moment and get better with more updates but doubt that 🙃

  • @PixelmugYT
    @PixelmugYT 3 місяці тому +8

    God I feel bad for anybody who gets duped into buying this! Seems like there’s a lot of crappy, unfinished farming sims out there lately.
    “If you bought this and somehow like it” 😂😂

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому +6

      Haha, yeah, the artwork is so cute and it LOOKS like a finished game to the untrained eye… I can’t believe this game was released on PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch in this state.

  • @AngelicDemon767
    @AngelicDemon767 3 місяці тому

    I was thinking of getting this but I’ve seen nothing but bad news about it

  • @MyselfandComics
    @MyselfandComics 3 місяці тому

    Getting my binge on again? 👀
    Yes I am

  • @sweethistortea
    @sweethistortea 2 місяці тому

    I've seen many videos about this game, and I haven't heard many good things.

  • @user-ty3sk3jp5g
    @user-ty3sk3jp5g 3 місяці тому

    I regretted the fact that I bought it years ago

  • @麒麟飞舞的
    @麒麟飞舞的 Місяць тому

    Good job !

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  Місяць тому

      Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! 🥰

  • @marinelescent2534
    @marinelescent2534 2 місяці тому

    I played it 3hours and it was absolutely shit! Nothing to do, no idea where the characters are! I’m soooo pissed they stole my money

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  2 місяці тому +1

      Right? Shame you didn’t see this video first. It’s honestly probably the worst farming sim that I have ever played. And I have played a lot of farming sims.

  • @maggiered7284
    @maggiered7284 3 місяці тому

    I wish I saw your video before buying this game

  • @crystalkennedy7435
    @crystalkennedy7435 3 місяці тому +1

    What game system have you tried it on

    • @elithegaymer
      @elithegaymer  3 місяці тому +4

      I played on the Switch… I have been playing mostly on the go recently, so decided to get it on the Switch instead. That’s why I’m so disappointed, haha. I should have gotten it on Steam. At least it would have been $12 cheaper.

    • @crystalkennedy7435
      @crystalkennedy7435 3 місяці тому +1

      @@elithegaymer so you don't know if the issues would be for xbox or Playstation

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 3 місяці тому

      @@crystalkennedy7435 The issues mentioned in the video (and more!) are also present on Steam's version. I've also seen the save bug mentioned as happening on Playstation, too.
      The game's code itself is broken and I'm pretty sure I know exactly why, because I've mucked around with what it takes to implement a custom save system in RPG Maker VX and I'm familiar with the changes from RPG Maker VX Ace to RPG Maker MV and MZ: the scripting language has changed from Ruby to JavaScript, and the plugin for Ruby scripting is broken and limited.
      This is literally really, really bad scripting at work and the base is broken, so no, the console versions won't be somehow fixed because RPG Maker MV lets you VERY easily port from PC to Switch, Playstation, and XBox because it's essentially HTML5-based.

  • @joanmaridavis5139
    @joanmaridavis5139 3 місяці тому

    Thx for give me head up on this game . I’ll pass on this

  • @RosemaryDickerson-q1o
    @RosemaryDickerson-q1o 3 місяці тому +1

    Ouch I bought it for switch ugh oh well it's all good

  • @drivenspirit416
    @drivenspirit416 3 місяці тому +2

    Fields of mistria is a better game and it's still in early access! 😂

  • @banana-bunny
    @banana-bunny 3 місяці тому +1

    stardew is way cheaper too lol

  • @chaossmith3864
    @chaossmith3864 3 місяці тому +2

    I swear I played some sort of demo for this way back in the day when I had a PC and it was clunky.
    I can't recall for sure, but I feel like a dev at the time was giving out a download for it. I know the name is familiar and I swear I played a demo.
    If i am remembering right, I played like maybe 15 minutes and stopped.

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 3 місяці тому +1

      It was called Fantasy Farming: Orange Season and was running in RPG Maker VX Ace at the time, you're likely remembering that beta.

  • @Mike-or2cv
    @Mike-or2cv 3 місяці тому +1

    This game is total garbage with candy graphics. At the beginning, when it was made by one person in RPG Maker, the game was better than now when the whole studio makes it and they changed the engine to Unity.

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 3 місяці тому

      As far as I can find, they didn't even change it from RPG Maker VXAce to unity, they changed it to RPG Maker MV (which has Switch compatibility as a key selling point).
      And given how broken the custom save scripting is, they didn't even rewrite the custom scripts to JavaScript (MV and MZ's language) but rather used the Ruby scripting plugin that's known by the community to break Ruby scripting and just dragged the beta's VXAce corpse and shoved it into MV's trunk.

    • @Mike-or2cv
      @Mike-or2cv 3 місяці тому

      @@neoqwerty Weird. As far as I know, Orange Seasons was developed in RMMV from the very beginning, not sure where you found info about RMVX Ace? The first topic about the game was created by the Hudell and already said it was made in RMMV (Dec, 2014). Also, RMMV actually is not Switch compatible. RMMZ is.

  • @MyselfandComics
    @MyselfandComics 3 місяці тому

    2017?! Gosh dang

  • @Sailor-Khione
    @Sailor-Khione 3 місяці тому +1

    This game is buggier than fae farm ..

  • @gillywitchy
    @gillywitchy 3 місяці тому +1

    To late I got it 😢

  • @phoenixastra4429
    @phoenixastra4429 3 місяці тому

    I tried the demo and it was so boring and bad. I did not buy it

  • @ArtAngelMouse
    @ArtAngelMouse 3 місяці тому +1

    Luckily I do have Steam and I do sometimes watch farming videos/read reviews, so yeah...no thanks. I don't have that kind disposable income or patience for this LOL.

  • @Milady_M
    @Milady_M 3 місяці тому

    Thank you so much for the warning. They probably charge more on the consoles "for the convenience." Since it saves having to take up more space on the computer or something. I don't know what their logic would be but, it is probably for something ridiculous lol

  • @MyselfandComics
    @MyselfandComics 3 місяці тому

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