Island Berry

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Island Berry is a single player role playing game. It was developed by Boolean and was released on October 14, 2022. It received neutral reviews from players.

Search for treasures, fish, garden and craft, help mysterious locals and fight monsters to find your way home one day.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 10 reviews

gameplay1 positive mentions

grinding5 negative mentions

Unique and somewhat weird world with basic story elements.
Challenging survival farming sim with some enjoyable progression after initial grind.
Good completionist game with decent inventory management and varied mechanics.

Controls are annoying, unintuitive, and lack customization or accessibility options.
No tutorial or sufficient in-game guidance, making it confusing for new players.
Tools break down quickly and lack of storage complicates inventory management, leading to tedious grinding.

grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding in Island Berry is generally seen as tedious and unintuitive, with little guidance for newcomers, making it particularly frustrating for those unfamiliar with survival farming sims. The game may appeal mainly to genre fans willing to endure monotony and patience, but its approach to challenge often feels more like repetitive drudgery than engaging gameplay.
- “I found it confusing, unintuitive and tedious.”
- “Only recommendable for players who are fans of the genre or don’t mind grinding or have the patience to stick with it for a bit.”
- “There's also a difference between a game being challenging and being tedious; Island Berry doesn't really understand the difference.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is criticized for being overloaded with numerous mechanics that do not enhance the experience, leading to a core gameplay that feels unfun and poorly focused.
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The story is basic and serves mainly as a framework for quests, leading to an early-game slog that can feel more like work than reward. While the game becomes more enjoyable later, the narrative itself is minimal and unremarkable.
- “After the early game slog the game does get more enjoyable to a certain extent but with a decent art and basic story, it leaves the player with more work than reward.”