After relentless prodding from CGM’s Dayna Eileen, I decided to take a look at Mirthwood. It’s an ongoing thing between us to share interesting-looking cozy games, and she thought this would be right up my alley due in large part to its medieval setting and somewhat grim atmosphere—what that says about me, I’m not quite sure.
In truth, while the idea that a farming sim set in a time of mass famine, inequality and general ignorance would be considered cozy certainly piqued my interest, I couldn’t help but laugh at the irony of calling it a cozy game—it seems a bit more to me like a survival horror. However, despite its interesting ideas, Mirthwood failed to grab me for the simple fact that it’s just not really interesting.
The story, such as it is, unfolds when the ravages of war force the player from their idyllic country life on the Continent to the island of the Free Lands. Governed by no King or ruling class, the player must forge a new idyllic life here after... Read more