Xbox Gamers Now Have a New Stardew Valley-Like Game to Play

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Xbox Gamers Now Have a New Stardew Valley-Like Game to Play

Highlights

  • Roots of Pacha is now available for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
  • The Stardew Valley-inspired farming sim recently released its 1.2 Update, adding more romance options, new skin tones, new hair colors, and more.
  • The game is not currently available on Xbox Game Pass.

As a seasoned player of Stardew Valley, I can’t help but feel a sense of excitement and nostalgia as I delve into this latest update! It seems like the developers have been listening to us players and have added some truly fantastic features that are sure to make our in-game lives more fulfilling.

The farming simulation game “Roots of Pacha,” reminiscent of “Stardew Valley,” is now playable on Xbox consoles following its recent 1.2 update. Prior to this, the game had been accessible for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC users.

In the previous year, the game “Roots of Pacha” was launched on Steam and received favorable reviews. However, it became embroiled in a controversy when it was taken off Steam due to a disagreement over the game’s ownership rights between developers Soda Den and publishers Crytivo. Fortunately, the matter was resolved, allowing “Roots of Pacha” to return to Steam and eventually appear on other platforms as well.

Software company Soda Den has just made Roots of Pacha available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S consoles. This release coincides with the debut of Update 1.2, which offers a host of enhancements for the game. Among these updates are support for Korean and Traditional Chinese languages, expanded options for character development like raising in-game kids, additional romance possibilities, new skin tones and hair colors, and many other exciting additions.

Roots of Pacha Is Now Available On Xbox One And Xbox Series X/S

In the game titled “Roots of Pacha“, players nurture a Stone Age farming community. This game is playable either single-handedly or in cooperation with friends online. The wilderness presents opportunities for players to discover animals to bond with and tame, as well as unique herbs. As players farm within “Roots of Pacha“, they can invent innovative tools to enhance crop growth and design their village freely according to their preferences.

In 2023, Pacha’s Roots was widely recognized as one of the top indie farming simulators, and now Xbox players who adore this genre have the chance to immerse themselves endlessly in this game. The Xbox iteration will mirror all versions of the game released on other platforms, encompassing every piece of content introduced in the 1.2 Update and all user-friendly enhancements, like the ability to save the game during the day, capturing screenshots without UI, and simultaneously processing multiple items.

Unfortunately, I can’t find “Roots of Pacha” on Xbox Game Pass just yet, so if you’re eager to play it, you’ll need to shell out $25 for a copy. On the bright side, Xbox Game Pass subscribers hunting for farming games similar to “Stardew Valley” have a wealth of choices! Some great options already available on both the Standard and Ultimate tiers are classics like “Stardew Valley” itself, “My Time at Portia”, “Homestead Arcana”, “Coral Island”, and many more.

Roots of Pacha Update 1.2 Patch Notes

Feats

  • Intermediate saves: save and resume the game at any time by going to your bed and choosing “Save at current time.”
  • Olla: an early watering Idea which holds 16 charges and waters the surrounding plants.
  • School: a late game idea where the clan’s children will go learn with Daari.
  • School learning station: after building the school you’ll get a learning station which can be placed in the fields affecting a 7×4 area. The children of the school will check it every morning to: clean affected sheds and talk to the animals living inside, water and harvest plants, refill ollas, pump irrigation pumps, harvest honey, and harvest trees. Up to 4 learning stations are available with higher prosperity.
  • Children new stage: toddlers can be enrolled in school to make them grow up to school-age children. Your child will get one of 4 personalities and eventually choose from 8 professions, with unique dialogue and gifts for the different combinations.
  • School-age children can wear hats, different clothes and you can also change their hair style and color.
  • Newborn, toddlers, and school-age children attend festivals.
  • Romanceables schedules adjustments to spend a bit more time in the house during the morning.
  • Added more dialogue for romanceables.
  • 2 new Union locations: caves and beach, in addition to the existing Pacha Tree location.
  • Kiss your partner in your Union reception.
  • New dance music pools depending on who you dance with.
  • Partners, nannies, and school-age children can now use the seats placed in your house.
  • Added “Available to date” setting, which will prevent you from being asked to start dating in 6 flower cutscenes. The setting can be changed anytime in Settings->Gameplay and won’t affect your ability to use the context action “Start Dating.”
  • Added 5 new skin tones and 5 hair colors.
  • Quick “Transfer all” and “Transfer matching” items in storage boxes and inventory. New Sorting methods added.
  • Pets can be sent to fetch in different areas and bring back items from them.
  • Cave lions and wolves can grow to be adult pets by giving them “Baby Shroom,” which is obtained in Glyptodon’s Tree shop.
  • Some pets can be mounted: mammoths, spiders, adult cave lions, and adult wolves.
  • Animals in the village will show an arrow when they’re in the tall grass area to make it easier to find them.
  • Animals can be fed alfalfa.
  • You can now put multiple items in processors (solar dryers, fermenters, etc.) by holding the main action button. It also works when picking up the produced items.
  • Processors can now be removed while producing with a confirmation.
  • New Village subcategory under Journal to show the prosperity objects and the players’ lifetime contribution.
  • A button was added in Settings->Exit to take a screenshot without the UI.
  • Trap locations now show on the map after interacting with them and show whether they have a trap and if it’s ready.
  • Jag will now ask you if you want to go with him to the festivals that can be reached from the map: Competition Day, Clans Gathering, Cave Painting.
  • Cave challenges can be exited to retry later. They can also be skipped and marked as completed, although no achievement will be given in this case.
  • The unstuck button changes from a “Go back a few steps” to “Go back to checkpoint” when in the caves and now works when in owl/monkey mode.
  • The dialogue before using the forest shortcut to the village is displayed only the first 3 times.
  • Igrork’s nursery shows the current count of the selected seed in your seedbag.
  • Mounts can be sent to their sheds/herds/home.
  • Frer starts using the harpoon a few days after the idea is researched.
  • Vallah, Touk, and Krak will always go to the New Year festival if they’re the partner of any player.
  • New fishing mini-game UI
  • Added Korean language.
  • Added Traditional Chinese language.

Rebalance

  • Lowered regeneration rate for field debris.
  • Most meditation buffs will now last a full day.
  • Stone fences need 3 stones instead of 4.
  • Grob has some feathers and boar fur to exchange weekly.
  • Fishing consumes a little bit more stamina.
  • Animal sheds cost more at 750 contributions.

Fixes

  • Active Idea smoke signals showing in “Past.”
  • Riding points for players when racing.
  • Water tool executing water animation when empty and not targeting anything.

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2024-07-31 21:43