STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar

Item: STORY OF SEASONS: Grand Bazaar
Rating: 91
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-08-28

Summary

Excellent game quality and experience
Best Story of Seasons title
Successful and thoughtful remake
High-quality voice acting
Engaging bazaar mechanic
Disappointing changes from original

Emotions

Satisfaction29%Excitement15%Nostalgia9%Frustration7%Joy6%

Reviews (sample size): 90
Helpful reviews: 76%
Unhelpful reviews: 23%
Protest reviews: 1%

91%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
9%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 326
Negative points: 71
Gameplay points: 32
Perf. points: 3
Rec. points: 56
Misc points: 35

Point	Description	Importance
Excellent Game Quality & Experience Description Players overwhelmingly praise the game's overall quality, smooth gameplay, intuitive controls, and beautiful graphics. Many consider it a strong contender for Game of the Year, exceeding expectations and providing a cozy, addictive experience with no major glitches or lag. Importance 100%	Players overwhelmingly praise the game's overall quality, smooth gameplay, intuitive controls, and beautiful graphics. Many consider it a strong contender for Game of the Year, exceeding expectations and providing a cozy, addictive experience with no major glitches or lag.	100%
Best Story of Seasons Title Description The game is frequently hailed as the best Story of Seasons game in a long time, often compared favorably to Stardew Valley and previous entries like Animal Parade. Players appreciate its polished feel and focus on core farming, bazaar, and community interaction without unnecessary combat or exploration. Importance 46%	The game is frequently hailed as the best Story of Seasons game in a long time, often compared favorably to Stardew Valley and previous entries like Animal Parade. Players appreciate its polished feel and focus on core farming, bazaar, and community interaction without unnecessary combat or exploration.	46%
Successful & Thoughtful Remake Description The remake is highly praised for successfully updating the original while retaining its charm and nostalgic value. Players feel it's a significant improvement over previous remakes, offering quality-of-life enhancements and content enjoyable for both new and old players. Importance 39%	The remake is highly praised for successfully updating the original while retaining its charm and nostalgic value. Players feel it's a significant improvement over previous remakes, offering quality-of-life enhancements and content enjoyable for both new and old players.	39%
High-Quality Voice Acting Description The inclusion of full voice acting for named NPCs is a major positive, enhancing immersion and highlighting character personalities. Players find the voice acting surprisingly good, cute, and fitting for the game's anime aesthetic. Importance 35%	The inclusion of full voice acting for named NPCs is a major positive, enhancing immersion and highlighting character personalities. Players find the voice acting surprisingly good, cute, and fitting for the game's anime aesthetic.	35%
Engaging Bazaar Mechanic Description The weekly bazaar feature is a significant highlight, described as a fun, interactive mini-game that makes selling items exciting and satisfying. Players enjoy the core loop of preparing for and running their stall, appreciating its ease of use and strategic depth. Importance 30%	The weekly bazaar feature is a significant highlight, described as a fun, interactive mini-game that makes selling items exciting and satisfying. Players enjoy the core loop of preparing for and running their stall, appreciating its ease of use and strategic depth.	30%
Charming Characters & Art Style Description The game's characters are consistently described as charming, interesting, and well-fleshed out, with adorable designs. Players feel genuinely attached to them, and the overall art style contributes to the game's endless charm. Importance 20%	The game's characters are consistently described as charming, interesting, and well-fleshed out, with adorable designs. Players feel genuinely attached to them, and the overall art style contributes to the game's endless charm.	20%
Appreciated Attention to Detail Description Players notice and appreciate the game's immaculate attention to detail, from thoughtful animations like swaying grass and flying dandelions to the town clock displaying time. These small touches enhance the immersive experience. Importance 17%	Players notice and appreciate the game's immaculate attention to detail, from thoughtful animations like swaying grass and flying dandelions to the town clock displaying time. These small touches enhance the immersive experience.	17%
Enjoyable Core Gameplay Loops Description Players find the initial hours and the slow introduction of mechanics enjoyable. The farming aspect is simple and quick, meeting series expectations, and the market gameplay is particularly fun. Importance 14%	Players find the initial hours and the slow introduction of mechanics enjoyable. The farming aspect is simple and quick, meeting series expectations, and the market gameplay is particularly fun.	14%
Enhanced Quality of Life Features Description The game introduces several quality-of-life improvements, such as a one-button greeting system for multiple NPCs, making friendship grinding easier. Other additions like more festivals and characters also contribute to a better experience. Importance 13%	The game introduces several quality-of-life improvements, such as a one-button greeting system for multiple NPCs, making friendship grinding easier. Other additions like more festivals and characters also contribute to a better experience.	13%
Improved Character Customization Description The character creation system is noted for offering a decent amount of choices and being better than expected. Players find the customization cute and solid, allowing for a personalized experience. Importance 12%	The character creation system is noted for offering a decent amount of choices and being better than expected. Players find the customization cute and solid, allowing for a personalized experience.	12%
Inclusive Pronoun Options Description The inclusion of pronoun selection is a positive feature, helping players feel more connected to their characters and contributing to a more inclusive gaming experience. Importance 10%	The inclusion of pronoun selection is a positive feature, helping players feel more connected to their characters and contributing to a more inclusive gaming experience.	10%
Expanded & Convenient Map Description The game features a larger and redesigned map with fewer screen transitions, which players find convenient and an improvement for navigation. Importance 7%	The game features a larger and redesigned map with fewer screen transitions, which players find convenient and an improvement for navigation.	7%
New Jumping Mechanic Description The addition of a jumping mechanic provides new freedom of movement, which players appreciate and enjoy. Importance 7%	The addition of a jumping mechanic provides new freedom of movement, which players appreciate and enjoy.	7%
Original Crafting System Description The crafting system, consolidated in the windmill, is considered original and appreciated, with unique elements like windy days speeding up the process. Importance 7%	The crafting system, consolidated in the windmill, is considered original and appreciated, with unique elements like windy days speeding up the process.	7%

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