Castaway Paradise (2015)

Synopsis:

This is your island, your adventure! Do whatever you like! It's the ultimate Sandbox sim! Farm, catch bugs, talk to villagers, build your own tropical dream island!

Pros:

• Decorate your home
• Plant a wide variety of flowers
• Grow your garden
• Fishing several species of fish
• Do lots of quest
• Have many items
• Get Free DLC
• Various Events

Cons:

• History
• Graphics (could be a bit better)
• Soundtrack (I think there is only one track in this game)
• Price a little expensive

Scores:

• History - 3/10
• Music - 3/10
• Graphics - 4/10
• Contents - 10/10
• Gameplay - 6/10

Final Opinion:

I played the first time on Android and I found the idea funny, although it is a little behind to famous "Animal Crossing", but for those who like this type of genre and do not have a game console, you can always play this game that will have the same or almost experience.

I call this game the Animal Crossing for PC.

So I do recommend it.

Note: 5/10

Gosh, I've only been playing this game for a few hours but it has sucked me right in!! It's kind of embarrassing, usually I'm not one to play things like this but it's just so much fun. I've never played Harvest Moon or Animal Crossing so it's all new to me in a way. In this game you appear on this cute little tiki-themed island and you become a part of the village community. You explore around doing little odd jobs for the peculiar residents to gain money. With money you can buy all sorts of customised things: outfits, furniture, upgrades, items, unlocking new areas. Originally this game was a F2P app, with microtransactions. But when they made the PC version they got rid of that and now it's just one upfront price and everything in the game is unlockable, no microtransactions.

The game has this wonderful cute feeling. It's actually incredibly relaxing to play, it's like meditation. As I explore the islands and tend to my crops and talk to the little denizens I feel a sense of calm wash over me. The art style is simple and cute, the music is light hearted. I love tiki stuff (I have a huge collection of tiki mugs IRL) so I love that, I've been buying goofy bamboo furniture and fish tanks to decorate my little house. There's hundreds more little features and things to do, and they developers keep adding more stuff every day. I only wish there was a co-op/multiplayer feature, it would be cool to invite someone to come visit my island.

I'm kind of frightened to keep playing it because I get the feeling I could easily spend months and month on this thing. Sure, the game isn't particularly deep, there's not much story, it's not an intelligent game, there's no thought required, or skill. And yet it's just so much FUN! I think everyone deep down dreams of escaping to a quiet little island and living out your days as a carefree Robinson Crusoe. If you want to relax and have a pleasant addictive casual gaming experience I'd highly recommend this!