Immortal Life
Embark on a magical journey in this captivating life simulation game. Escape to a welcoming valley, farm with spells, and master skills like fishing, crafting, and cooking. Engage in epic battles, strengthen the bonds with your companions, and build your dream home to achieve Immortal Life!
Immortal Life is a agriculture, crafting and farming sim game
developed by YiFang Studio
and published by 2P Games.
Released on January 17th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 4 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 3,772 reviews of which 3,045 were positive and 727 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 8.39€ on Steam and has a 40% discount.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7(SP1)/8/10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 4590
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750Ti
- Storage: 10 GB available space
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Oh gosh, this game is SUPER fun! I have been loving it so far, and there's still so much to do after 150 hours of playing, haha. I love how unique and quirky the characters are, the aesthetics, the banquet/cooking mechanics, and unlocking everything. One great thing about this game that sets it apart is it removes the tedium from similar games in the genre. The watering/planting mechanics are fun instead of boring, the storage system is satisfying instead of frustrating, and I can mass sell items in multiple ways! Oh - and the game TELLS you which items you've already given friends, and what they thought! One thing I will note - I definitely play this game with a pen/paper. There is a lot I have to keep track of, like cooking/crafting recipes, quest items, elixirs, trading items, materials to make artefacts, etc. So if that sounds annoying, this game may not be for you. Personally, I love keeping track of everything and the satisfaction of mass unlocking things. It reminds me of Mystia's Izakaya a bit, haha. Anyways, yes this game is lovely and charming and now I'm off to go feed my silkworms :D later brothers and sisters!
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It's pretty fun. There are no real relationship mechanics though. The most you can get with everyone is sworn friend and them living with you, but nothing else. It's a little disappointing. I finished everything so far I believe and well, the story still somehow feels incomplete. We're kinda left on a cliff hanger after finding out the truth of everything.
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Game is great, it is a good combination of farming sim and combat. Pros: - Good farming method: you can use your gourd to cast rain spell to water your plants really fast, you can use your scythe with such agility that harvesting doesn't take any time at all, you can use seed rain spell to sprinkle seeds really fast too. So everything is convenient. - Combat is like vampire survivor, pretty fun, but don't expect melee combat like in other farm sim games. - There is a lot of quests to do and dive yourself into - There is a cultivation class that you can take to upgrade your status - Cooking mini game similar to overcooked - Pretty engaging story about reviving a dead sect where you're the handyman - There are a lot of dungeons unlike other games where there are maybe one or two, this game has at least 10 - You can make trade routes in this game where you can then purchase many items from a shop run by your fellow disciple - Honey making is pretty complex and interesting to make a proper set of flowers to get your desired honey everyday - Silkworm farming is good as well Cons: - No romance (come on please?), I mean a farming sim with favorability everywhere has no romance really got me questioning the direction of the game - Fishing feels lackluster and there is no automation for fishing aside from that one fellow disciple. - After certain point in the game (after the introduction of blessed lands), it feels very repetitive - Blessed lands feel forced and not fun but very taxing since you have to move around crops and statues every day or every couple of day. - Alchemy feels like it has no point? (might be wrong on this one) - Pet mechanism feels lackluster - You cannot build anything anywhere except for places you can till. This makes decorating your house a nightmare, who wants to put an outdoor bathtub near the field instead of near your house? - Walking feels so slow, there is no option to run - Sword-riding combat feels good, but please add the option to ride your sword/pet in town, or even just teleport with your sword to another place would be nice Things to improve: Please add romance! Also please make your dao partner able to go to dungeon with you. Please improve on pet, either riding or combat pets would be nice Mu Xia said if you cook for your fellow disciples every solar cycle, it will improve your likeability (I have not seen or felt this and I'm in my third year)
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(Published on 1/13/2024. Updated on 2/11/2024 in the "Cons") I first heard of this game around 2022 and the concept sounded super cool but I wasn't that deep into farming games nor did I have a laptop or pc to play Steam games for a while. I was ready to pick this up last year when I got a Steam Deck but I heard safe files weren't working at that time so I avoided it once again but it's been on my wishlist for a very long time. Heard it was releasing full launch this month so I bought it during the winter sale and it's been 9 days where I have sunk 60+ hours in. I'll be explaining the genre, pros and cons. What is Immortal Life? It's a Chinese fantasy but to be specific, xianxia/wuxia farming rpg game. Xianxia is inspired by Chinese mythology and influenced by philosophies of Taosim, Chan Buddhusim, Chinese martial arts, medicine, alchemy. Wuxia on the other hand is fantasy and martial arts. They are pretty similar terms but I would say xianxia tends to have more fantasy elements compared to wuxia, it really depends though. Instead of the usual going to a new area after your grandpa sends you a letter as most farming games start off, you're invited to cultivate in the Guiyun Sect except a diaster strikes and now with new friends, you're helping rebuilding the sect. You'll be attending to crops, cooking, mining, decorating, establish friendships and assist in waking up sleeping beauty that's in coma where half the story is locked behind him. Pros (There will slight spoilers) - Graphics. This game is gorgeous. I was so impressed by how beautiful it was when I started. Screenshots and videos don't always do justice in how a game looks like and for this one, I agree on that. - Cooking. The cooking in this game is so much fun, I have played a few cafe games and the cooking Immortal Life offers is so addicting, interesting and fun. Now there is a small con where you're against a timer that will determine if the meals is 3 stars or 1 star as the lowest. Due to this timer, I felt pressured and didn't cook unless I was required to. Well after I had to rebuild the kitchen in the sect, I learned how to cook. I won't spoil why but if you do feel pressured by it, continue to practice more. It will be so rewarding later on! - Story/Friendships. Don't want to spoil it but recruiting some of the members have an amazing story/questline. I tend to ignore main stories for most farming games as I feel like lately some have been pretty basic but Immortal Life strays away from that. The friendship meter to level up is kind of slow in this game but the rewards are so worth it. - Cosmetics. You don't get to unlock outfits until later on, it's a pretty mid game thing which is unlocked by a character so make sure you're doing your quests. The outfits, however, are gorgeous. There's one type of outfit with like 5 (?) color options. Currently there are 32 in EA (From the shop) and as I'm writing this review but I think full launch will be more? - Decorating. This game has a mechanic similar to Stardew Valley where you offer items to unlock stuff which furniture items are one of them. There are several sets in EA already and full launch will have more. The sets are gorgeous, I have not decorated yet since I'm waiting to see what full launch offers but I am building up spirit stones (currency) so I can buy all the items when I can. - Length of the Game. If you're looking for a game to sink 100 hours in, Immortal Life will satisfy you. There is a grind to this game but I don't consider it to be an issue especially with how slow the friendships feel to level up. You're probably going to be going beyond Year 4 to finish the main story which to me is rebuilding all the broken places in Guiyun Sect. Cons I have for Immortal Life based on my experience so far (May contain spoilers) - Personally, I don't like heavy story driven games which Immortal Life is quite heavy on that. The main story is really long and towards the end, it gets tedious with growing legendary crops where you'll probably end up sleeping the days away. - Friendship is very slow. Someone did a test that if you give them their loved +9, talk to them +1 and host a banquet +9, it takes 3 months to do. If you're giving a mix of liked and loved, this will take over a year to do. You only need 5/6 hearts filled to get their special final heart reward but you'll need 6/6 for the Steam achievement. There's also a character that gets introduced literally at the end of the story. After 90 hours, these are pretty much all the cons I have. A lot of the ones I had when posting this back in Jan, it was updated during full launch which was really nice. Again, I adore this game and highly recommend it to anyone who wants a "fresh" take on the farming genre. It is also getting updates after launch but the main story is done and will take about 50 hrs if you don't get stuck like me haha. Thank you to the Devs for making an amazing game, this was one of my favorites in January and so far my favorite farming game of 2024!
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Introduction I came into this game with zero expectations. To me, from the trailers, it looked like a 3D Stardew Valley except with cultivators, a concept from Chinese fantasy literature. Then, I got my first "watering can". The difference from other farming sims was that it had unlimited water. After I watered my first tile, the characters next to me go, "What are you doing watering tiles one at a time like a PEASANT? Here's how a CULTIVATOR waters the field!" and teaches me how to summon a raid cloud to water everything in an AOE radius. At that point, I knew this game was gonna be good. Pros: Graphics Let's talk about the things that I think stand out first. The graphics are very pleasant on the eyes. The art style is detailed and looks great. It's easily miles ahead of other farming life sims. The character art is highly detailed and each character is absolutely beautifully drawn, including the NPC's. The environments, although lowpoly, make me stop at times to just look and soak in the scenery. The item icons are very clear and concise (although some of the seeds do blend together). The cooking graphics are absolutely great, too! Pros: Story This is where the majority of farming life sims fall short. They have no story other than the main character's grandfather died and left them a farm. Here, it's way different. The Guiyun Sect collapses due to a very unfortunate circumstance. You and six other sect candidates decide to take on the task of rebuilding the sect. You save one of the sect members and as he's in a coma, you constantly have to create medicines and nutritious foods for him to consume. Each person is tasked with a different aspect of the sect to rebuild. One is in charge of the market, the other is in charge of the physical rebuilding, another is to keep the local city safe, and you are in charge of the farm and management. It's way more involved than the majority of farming life sims. Pros: Gameplay Farming The gameplay is what you expect out of a farming life sim. Plant crops, water them, harvest them, sell them, buy more seeds, repeat. However, what it does different is the way you get access to various Cultivator skills and inventions to speed up the process. There's even a Harvest Talisman that causes your entire field of crops to grow to max maturity immediately, even those out of season. This adds on a whole different level of strategy involved with how crops are to be handled. Combine that with the cultivator techniques and inventions and you start to think about strategies different from what other farming life sims do. Battles Battles are different from the usual farming life sim. When I first got my wooden sword, I was thinking I was gonna be bashing monsters over the head with it. Nope. You go around shooting laser swords instead. It's akin to old school top-down shooter games like Smash TV except with Chinese Cultivators and it's very fun! You get spells and such to use for battle, too. And those are also very fun! My only complaint with battle is that some of the floors are a bit too large and there's little enemy variety with each floor in each biome, but I suppose not everything is perfect. Cooking My favorite part of the game though? Cooking. This is the most involved cooking system I've ever seen in a farming life sim ever. Other farming life sims have you just have a recipe, check for ingredients, click a button, and automatically cook. Here, you actually have to bring ingredients to various stations and prepare them/cook them there while following a recipe. The recipes are all different so cooking different dishes give you a different experience, too. Not to mention they actually follow real life steps, so you can actually up your own real life cooking knowledge through this mini-game. I even took inspiration to make new dishes in real life because of this mini-game. Pros: Characters Personalities I'm actually surprised at how well written the characters are. The sect members anyway. Each character has a deep and involved personality. I'm not talking about them having only new content when there's special events involved upon reaching certain relationship levels. That exists here, too. But instead, these characters, from time to time, give you various quests to advance the story. And when the story advances, the other characters join in, too. They're very involved in weaving the narrative this game has to offer. Each character is super distinct from each other, from the focused swordsman to the cunning yet caring merchant. I absolutely love each and every one of them, and sometimes, when they go off on missions to disappear for some time, I can't help but to miss them. Cons: Controls Since I've been doing nothing but talking about the pros, let's talk about some cons. The biggest con for me are the controls. Some of the design decisions behind making the keyboard and mouse controls makes very little sense to me. Selecting tools absolutely requires you to press the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 hot keys and then pressing the E button. There's no way to use the mouse's scroll wheel to quickly switch between them. This is odd to me because when using a controller, you can D-Pad around the tools in a very quick and efficient fashion but can't with the keyboard and mouse setup. It would also be nice to let tools be used with the mouse buttons (left click for E, right click for F). Navigating menus is a bit harsh, too. In some places the Escape button goes to the previous menu and cancels out the current window. However, other places, like the cooking board in the sect does not. Certain interactions absolutely require a mouse to do with while on a controller, it uses a button that is commonly used with other keys. Thankfully, I think these are problems that can all be fixed. By simply allowing tools to be used with mouse clicks, swapping them with the mouse wheel, etc. Allowing the escape button to function as a "cancel" out of each window would also be great. Cons: Inventory Management There's a lot of inventory management in this game and it's easily the most tedious part of the game. While it's great that the warehouse (your primary source of storage) can be expanded to house thousands of items, it kinda sucks that you still need to take things out of it in order for them to be used. This is a common problem in the massive majority of farming life sims and it's no different here. For things like crafting, researching, trading in resources, quests, etc. the game requires you to have them in your inventory. There's a lot of going back and forth between the warehouse and whatever requires those resources. Normally, it's not a problem to have those items in your inventory at all times, but this game gives at least three different rarities of most commonly used items (and mutations of that item, too). There's not much inventory space for the player after that so the majority of everything goes to the warehouse. That's a problem. The easiest way to fix this would be to let the player access the warehouse from afar or let the crafting, research, quests, etc. be able to take from the warehouse, too. Conclusion This is probably the most pleasant farming life sim I've played to date. The theme changing from the usual "grandpa leaves you a farm" to the story-driven rebuilding of the sect is huge to me. The gameplay is very fun by making Cultivation involved with so many aspects of the gameplay loop. Cooking is fantastic. It's not a perfect game, but this game does things right more than it does wrong. And once the things that it does wrong are fixed, I wouldn't be surprised if this game becomes the next big farming life sim hit. The potential for this game is huge, too, given the roadmap the devs laid out for this game and I look forward to the future updates!
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Developer
YiFang Studio
Publisher
2P Games
Release
17 Jan 2024
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