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<\/p>\nWhen I hear “like Twin Peaks” anytime someone refers to their game, I sit down with certain expectations. For all its darkness, Twin Peaks is whimsical, even in its horror. Crop, the debut game coming from Carbonara Games in collaboration with 11Bit Studios, was said to have “Twin Peaks-style horror” by the pair from 11Bit presenting the game to me, yet Crop seemingly lacks any goofiness or some sort of grounded relief I’d expect in a Twin Peaks-inspired piece of media \u2014 and it may be better for it. In my hands-off demo, I saw how Crop clearly defines itself from its many idyllic farming sim counterparts by putting the hard, tedious work of farming front and center with a moody palette to match. And maybe some blood sacrifices too? Count me in.<\/p>\n
What stuck out most to me is that Crop is a narrative-driven farming sim, meaning once you finish its story, you’re done. From my brief showing it’s hard to say whether or not that story is engaging as a psychological horror, but it does have a curious start. The unnamed player character climbs out of the trunk of a crashed car in the woods, finding themselves at an abandoned homestead. <\/p>\n
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For reasons unknown, they’re stuck burying the former farm owner’s corpse while a crop quota from the starving local village hangs over them, forcing them to take up farming and investigate their terrifying circumstances. I didn’t get a sense of the protagonist’s demeanor during my 30-minute session, nor why they’re able to work with a cop at some point yet can’t escape whatever brought them to the countryside. Still, I appreciate the protagonist’s design. Dead eyes, pallid, and disheveled \u2014 an interesting reflection of their new home.<\/p>\n
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The farmhouse itself is surprisingly charming, but the land around it is an overgrown dumping ground. This is where the core of the gameplay comes in. Each day, you have a limited amount of stamina to clear junk from the farmland, use a scythe to cut overgrown grass, use a rake to push and pull the grass together, carry said grass to a compost pile (or wherever else you want it) with a pitchfork, till the ground, sow the seeds, add fertilizer if you have it, and finally, water the seeds. Then, when they’re ready, attempt to harvest the potatoes, celeriac, or whatever you managed to successfully grow. In the demo, each action took substantial time and energy, meaning strategy for each day is important if you want to get ahead of the quota. This will not be a relaxing or cozy time, unless you find comfort in tension. That being said, it does seem the developers left some tools for recovering from mistakes. I was shown that foraging for things in the nearby forest, like mushrooms, can help if something goes wrong. <\/p>\n
And a lot can go wrong. At least, more than has already. Like digging up a skull that triggers a jumpscare (I’m told there aren’t many of these at all, as Crop’s horror comes more from the general sense of dread), or if pests get into the fledgling plant. If you fail to properly care for the crops, they drop in quality and thus sell for a fraction of healthy ones. Plants can also die if their problems are ignored. If you happen to be out in the cold rain (weather is randomized), you might get sick and get a debuff, making it so that every action costs more stamina until you get medicine and rest. I’m curious to see how the horrors of the farm impact the lead in other ways and what happens if you fail to make the crop quota.<\/p>\n
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