Garden Story is a fun little indie game where you play as Concord and have to go on an adventure to save the Grove from the Rot. Others have described this as old school Zelda-lite. There aren't too many puzzles to solve, as is standard in a Zelda game, but the combat feels similar.
The pixel world is cute, and the music is very soothing. I'm glad I picked up this little grape adventure, even though I was expecting more (or any) Harvest Moon mechanics since Concord starts a gardener. I suppose eventually there is some planting, but nothing like the day-to-day in Harvest Moon type games.
Good bite-sized game, which works well before bed or while on a plane. There are daily quests to upgrade the various villages and this makes for easy quick gameplay while moving the story along when it's convenient for the player.
Of my personal scoring, I'd give this a solid 8/10.
Also, restarting my game-beat counter... so this is 1.. of 3.
Game Beats: 1/3
