Disney's Dreamlight Valley: Apple Arcade Review | Is it the Stardew Valley for Disney Fans?
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Hey Gamer, today let’s take
Hey Gamer, today let’s take a look at Disney’s Dreamlight Valley. I've put 3 or 4 hours in so far, so let’s consider this a first impressions review.
In this game, you’re tired of the busy life and leave the hustle and bustle for a simpler place where you can farm, explore, and meet the locals… wait what’s that? I’m explaining Stardew Valley you say? Oh sorry, I’m not sure how I could have mixed those up. So. In Dreamlight Valley, you’re tired of the busy life and leave the hustle and bustle for a simpler place where you can farm, explore, and meet the locals. It’s a common theme in games today, I guess.
All joking aside, from what I’ve played of Dreamlight Valley so far, is that it’s a really solid game and impressive to be a part of Apple Arcade…. if your Apple product meets the right specs that is. I was able to play this on my iPhone 13 Max, but I could not on my iPad Pro 2nd gen or my Apple TV that is only one generation behind.
I’m not sure of what side of the fence that I’m on here. On one hand, you get full game experiences like this if they cater to the most powerful devices and everyone else gets left behind or they dumb the game down so much so that it can play on older devices but it’s a shadow of the original game. Where do you stand?
Anyway, in Dreamlight Valley, you create your avatar and are introduced to the world that has been overrun by the night thorns and the forgetting. And you seem to be the only one that can help save this world, so big responsibility, right? But who wants to do that, when you can grow crops, get different outfits, decorate your house, make friends and cook for them their favorite food and so on and so forth. The point is, is that there is a lot to do in this game and like other games that it’s…um, paying homage to, you choose how you want to spend your time.
The main area of the Valley is shaped as sort of a home base where you learn the ropes of what you can do, by finding the royal tools and unlocking memories.
The obvious draw to this game is that it is chock full of Disney characters, so if you’re any kind of Disney fan, this game is for you. You make friends with the regulars and even the enemies, and at first I noticed that when talking to the characters, they emote almost too much, going from ecstatic to depressed in the blink of an eye, but you get used to it after a while.
One of your main objectives is to visit the characters in their home world, help them remember and bring them back to the valley. The home worlds that I’ve visited so far are a bit on the smaller side, but what they lack in size they more than make up for in quantity. There are so many home worlds to visit, plus you can expand areas that are connected to the Valley. But you’ll never pay attention to the main story, because there are sooo many side quests to keep you busy.
You have your backpack, which is your inventory system and the main menu is where you track your starlight tasks, quests, and map. At first, I was a little overwhelmed by all of that. Like I would pick up an item, and have no idea of where it went. They throw a lot of systems at you right away, but after playing a bit, it starts to become second nature.
Let’s look at controls. I mostly played with my controller, but you don’t really need precision movement and the game has been optimized for touch controls, so I think that touch controls are fine here and makes me more apt to play on the go. Although I did like the dynamic of using the controller to move around and reaching to the screen to navigate the menu system.
You might have noticed from the title screen, that this is Dreamlight Valley: Arcade Edition. While this version will cross play with other Arcade Edition versions, it will not with the regular console and PC releases, so something to keep in mind is that if you were playing it on your PlayStation… that save will not transfer. The Arcade Edition does include the Rift in Time DLC, but locks you out of star paths and the premium shop. Other than that, it’s the full game.
So let’s get to my rating. I’m giving Dreamlight Valley a 4.5 out of 5. While it may not be original, it is definitely well executed and I’m glad to see games like this make it to Apple Arcade, even if it’s shutting out older devices.
If you’re looking for other games like this on Apple Arcade, check out the obvious choice, Stardew Valley+ or Game Dev Story+
And that’ll do it for today. Be sure to like and subscribe for more Apple Arcade game reviews, coming soon, and Top 5 lists. See ya soon!
In this game, you’re tired of the busy life and leave the hustle and bustle for a simpler place where you can farm, explore, and meet the locals… wait what’s that? I’m explaining Stardew Valley you say? Oh sorry, I’m not sure how I could have mixed those up. So. In Dreamlight Valley, you’re tired of the busy life and leave the hustle and bustle for a simpler place where you can farm, explore, and meet the locals. It’s a common theme in games today, I guess.
All joking aside, from what I’ve played of Dreamlight Valley so far, is that it’s a really solid game and impressive to be a part of Apple Arcade…. if your Apple product meets the right specs that is. I was able to play this on my iPhone 13 Max, but I could not on my iPad Pro 2nd gen or my Apple TV that is only one generation behind.
I’m not sure of what side of the fence that I’m on here. On one hand, you get full game experiences like this if they cater to the most powerful devices and everyone else gets left behind or they dumb the game down so much so that it can play on older devices but it’s a shadow of the original game. Where do you stand?
Anyway, in Dreamlight Valley, you create your avatar and are introduced to the world that has been overrun by the night thorns and the forgetting. And you seem to be the only one that can help save this world, so big responsibility, right? But who wants to do that, when you can grow crops, get different outfits, decorate your house, make friends and cook for them their favorite food and so on and so forth. The point is, is that there is a lot to do in this game and like other games that it’s…um, paying homage to, you choose how you want to spend your time.
The main area of the Valley is shaped as sort of a home base where you learn the ropes of what you can do, by finding the royal tools and unlocking memories.
The obvious draw to this game is that it is chock full of Disney characters, so if you’re any kind of Disney fan, this game is for you. You make friends with the regulars and even the enemies, and at first I noticed that when talking to the characters, they emote almost too much, going from ecstatic to depressed in the blink of an eye, but you get used to it after a while.
One of your main objectives is to visit the characters in their home world, help them remember and bring them back to the valley. The home worlds that I’ve visited so far are a bit on the smaller side, but what they lack in size they more than make up for in quantity. There are so many home worlds to visit, plus you can expand areas that are connected to the Valley. But you’ll never pay attention to the main story, because there are sooo many side quests to keep you busy.
You have your backpack, which is your inventory system and the main menu is where you track your starlight tasks, quests, and map. At first, I was a little overwhelmed by all of that. Like I would pick up an item, and have no idea of where it went. They throw a lot of systems at you right away, but after playing a bit, it starts to become second nature.
Let’s look at controls. I mostly played with my controller, but you don’t really need precision movement and the game has been optimized for touch controls, so I think that touch controls are fine here and makes me more apt to play on the go. Although I did like the dynamic of using the controller to move around and reaching to the screen to navigate the menu system.
You might have noticed from the title screen, that this is Dreamlight Valley: Arcade Edition. While this version will cross play with other Arcade Edition versions, it will not with the regular console and PC releases, so something to keep in mind is that if you were playing it on your PlayStation… that save will not transfer. The Arcade Edition does include the Rift in Time DLC, but locks you out of star paths and the premium shop. Other than that, it’s the full game.
So let’s get to my rating. I’m giving Dreamlight Valley a 4.5 out of 5. While it may not be original, it is definitely well executed and I’m glad to see games like this make it to Apple Arcade, even if it’s shutting out older devices.
If you’re looking for other games like this on Apple Arcade, check out the obvious choice, Stardew Valley+ or Game Dev Story+
And that’ll do it for today. Be sure to like and subscribe for more Apple Arcade game reviews, coming soon, and Top 5 lists. See ya soon!
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