Review: Village In The Shade (Switch 2) - A Farm Sim That Plays With Cosy Tropes In Clever Ways

Tricks of the shade. The farming-sim genre needed Village in the Shade. The horror-tinged cosy game plays all the right beats to slot seamlessly into the library of farming adventures that seemingly come out every month. In fact, its visuals, mechanics, soundtrack, and overall feel would make it one of the better cosy titles to come out in the past few years. The real genius of comes in how it turns a mirror onto the player and makes us question why we find this simulated peace so enticing. My expectations were set expertly by the game’s cold open. I saw my custom main character, who I had just spent a good 10 minutes designing, falling down a well and dying in a pool of blood. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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