Review: Kynseed (Switch) – Not The Fairest Of Them All, But Still A Merry Fairytale Life Sim

Grow your own way.

Kynseed begins with a personality quiz that bestows upon you in-game benefits based on your answers. That’s a pretty good sketch of the life sim’s magic: choice. The debut from English studio Pixelcount (a team of former Fable devs), this fairytale-inspired game has entrepreneurship, fishing, marriage, combat, and plenty more – and you can focus on whatever you wish. It may not be the fairest of them all, but it’s a merry time nonetheless.

Releasing in Early Access in 2018 before its 1.0 PC release in 2022, Kynseed takes place in the faraway land of Quill, where humans walk among gnomes, pig-like monsters and all manner of otherworldly creatures. You start as a child where certain tools are prohibited, you have a bedtime, and pop-up boxes promise ‘You can use this when you are older.’ This lengthy prologue is a sort of tutorial – and it manages to be both overlong and overstuffed.

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