Such an amazing experience, and one that hits close to home, as the game reminded me of one of my most favorite PS2 games "Barnyard" :p.

My Time At Sandrock is a sequel to My Time At Portia with better graphics, more balanced economy (Sadly Fishing is nerfed..), and more variety in the combat system with the addition of Firearms and a ton of unique weapons with their own movesets. However, the game is set in a DESERT.

At first I honestly found the environment ugly and frankly preferred the more luscious greenery of Portia with the hills and rivers, but the developers managed to make a dying town in a barren Desert as INTERESTING as Portia's more cozy, peaceful experience. While Portia's builder takes over the workshop after his/her father retires, offering a wholesome experience with the player trying to rebuild their family's workshop back to it's former glory and getting to know the townies their father used to cherish, much like Stardew Valley, Sandrock does not follow the same premise, instead you're being employed by the town to replace a retiring builder and you find yourself in a town that you have no connection to whatsoever, even worse the town has No rivers, No Trees, and a ton of trash lying around. It is the builder's job to transform this dying old town into


Just like Portia and Barnyard in the PS2, you feel good when you make upgrades and see your progress in buildings and structures around you. In Barnyard you upgrade the Barn and more and more NPCs use your upgrades and start hanging out and using the upgrades you made. Sandrock follows the same formula,
but SCALES it up with bigger structures bigger buildings and bigger upgrades that push the story forward in a way that gives you satisfaction not seen before in previous installments of the franchise. While Portia's community upgrades aim to better the quality of life, Sandrock gets deeper, the builder not only tries to better the quality of life by building upgrades but also solve problems left by previous generations.

In conclusion, Sandrock has been a great experience with surprising plot twists, funny dialogues and an amazing cast of characters that evolve and grow throughout the game.

empty unfinished and extremely ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ slow to move around

Honestly, this game feels like it was made with solely early access in mind and the dead time between updates. If you play as it is now, the progression is tedious and slow. Every single system in this game feels like running a marathon but you can only take one step every day. It's stretched way too thin and you have to just sleep the day away to get to the next progression point, because playing the full day leaves you with repetitive gameplay and characters repeating the same dialogue constantly.

I would have been better off just playing Runescape.