That sort of sums up Deiland‘s main shortcoming. There are a few more planets to explore, but only one can be visited regularly outside of major plot events. From time to time, travelers from other worlds stop by Deiland to visit, and Arco will have to rotate the planet to find a proper landing site before the timer (and their patience) runs out and they leave orbit. This is useful when searching for mushrooms or directing rain clouds to the best locations for watering, and it’s necessary when meteors threaten to crash and burn important crops. The bulk of the gameplay revolves around Arco’s life on his little world, and often in the most literal manner as he can control the rotation and orientation of Deiland from the map menu. He is also, by dint of his connection to his tiny world, capable of learning magic spells which consume crystal bits for various effects. Arco is able to attack with his bare hands or with any of his main work implements, and the damage he deals often depends on matching the right tool to the right enemy’s face. Planet Deiland is occasionally plagued by alien pests, and some of the more civilized visitors aren’t much better. There are several stats to increase, though the player can only choose one of whatever pair is presented upon leveling up.įrom various visitors Arco learns more about the cosmos and his place in it, but it’s not necessarily a safe universe out there. If he gets too hungry, he loses health, while his stamina suffers if he works for too long without rest. Arco tends to his three garden patches, mines for crystals, makes his own tools, and cooks up tasty snacks as he whiles away the seasons.
Planet Deiland is a miniature worldlet in the style of Antoine de St.-Exupery’s Asteroid B-612, only without any volcanos or threat of baobab. Set in the same universe as Summer in Mara and featuring some of the same NPCs, Deiland begins with the protagonist Arco waking to a brand-new, and very small, world. Recently one of those older titles was released to the Switch: Deiland, a cute romp of farm-life RPG. I was interested in seeing some of the other titles from the Valencian game studio, however, as one or two of those looked to be in a similar vein.
Last year, I spent part of my Summer in Mara, a quirky adventure game by Chibig that, while enjoyable, needed just a little more to qualify it as a complete RPG by most standards.
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