Royal Story vs Verdant Skies
Royal Story
Royal Story offers an interesting twist to the basic farming simulation genre as well as an engaging fairy-tale-like storyline. Gameplay-wise, Royal Story is very similar to another popular castle-themed farming game by Zynga, CastleVille Legends. In this game, you’ll need to plant and harvest your crops to feed the creatures, both magical and normal, in your kingdom. In return, you get items from them which can be further processed into more valuable goods. By keeping a delicate balance between crafting and selling, you will eventually earn enough money to clear the land in your kingdom of the curse that the evil witch has placed on the realm! The kingdom needs you – so, play Royal Story now to help your poor subjects to get rid of the witch’s curse once and for all!Verdant Skies
Verdant Skies is an indie farm simulation/RPG combined with a pretty unique art style and visual novel-like dialogue choices. In this game, you play as the latest pioneer who was sent from Earth to a habitable alien planet whose main job is to set up and manage the farms at the colony, but of course, you are often asked to help out other characters with their tasks. You can also interact with the characters to increase your relationship level and eventually unlock new options such as being able to date them and start a family.Verdant Skies also features a straightforward gathering and crafting where every almost every action you take in this game will cost you time and/or energy. There's no need to restore the time you lost, but energy can be easily restored by consuming food. As a game that's very similar to Harvest Moon in essence, the game's farming aspect can be impressively in-depth, allowing you to splice the genes of your crops and your livestock to produce much more superior versions.
Verdant Skies is definitely the sort of game you'd want to check out if you've loved playing games like Harvest Moon, Staxel and even My Time at Portia. The game isn't too expensive either, considering the hours you can get out of it.