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  • Summary: You wake up on a small island in a magical world. Grow your garden, nurture local creatures, furnish your home or adventure across the seas to explore more islands and gather new resources. This world is for you.

    Garden of the Sea invites you to play, craft and explore at your own pace.
    You wake up on a small island in a magical world. Grow your garden, nurture local creatures, furnish your home or adventure across the seas to explore more islands and gather new resources. This world is for you.

    Garden of the Sea invites you to play, craft and explore at your own pace. Let go of the demands of everyday life and be embraced by a world of creativity and wonder.

    If you are looking for progression and adventure, you will find it. If you are looking for respite and meditative relaxation, stay where you are and let the world gently take its course.
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  1. Mar 16, 2023
    80
    After playing Garden of the Sea for a while, it completely won me over with its downright adorable game world that I can't stop thinking about as well as its rewarding mechanics that are as fun to learn as they are intuitive to work with. What a fantastic VR experience.
  2. Mar 6, 2023
    70
    If you’re an Animal Crossing or Stardew Valley fan then this is a must buy: its peaceful setting, vibrant visuals, and freedom to explore and be creative when designing and decorating will keep you entertained for hours. It’s a shame that its main story is a little on the short side but with a fairly price point, its cost certainly won’t set you back as much as a trip to Diddly Squat Farm.
  3. 65
    It may be a tad plodding and poorly structured, but Garden of the Sea has its heart in the right place. It delivers on the most crucial component in that it’s a very relaxing time. Anyway, it’s tough to be sour about a game that lets you feed and pet adorable creatures in VR.
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    Apr 5, 2023
    60
    Out at sea, it’s a lovely vibe just sailing to the other half-a-dozen or so islands, each with its own quirks, from a maze-like bamboo thicket to ancient glowing structures that can be used as warp points. But while there’s an intriguing mystery bubbling beneath the surface, you’ll have to work through more arbitrary crafting checklists to uncover it. With limited inventory space, it’s no surprise our boat quickly piles up with junk, a sight that’s less than chill. [Issue#26, p.81]