

The game is very poorly optimized for Xbox and other consoles, chugging when entities are present, almost feeling like the cutest little slide show. The only gripe I have with this specific version is the frame rate.

The soundtrack is amazing, perfectly describes working on a ranch, or in this case, an interstellar planet. I really enjoy the slime's AI, it's almost as if they're actual creatures. The game is graphically gorgeous, from dense jungles to dried-out coral reefs, the game has this almost-cutesy art style to it. It manages to keep players enthralled with a repetitive, but oddly satisfying game loop of feeding and managing adorable slimes that drains time from the day. It manages to keep players enthralled withSlime Rancher is a captivating farming game made by a small development team known as Monomi Park. Slime Rancher is a captivating farming game made by a small development team known as Monomi Park. Slimes that wiggle their butts? Wait, do slimes even have butts? Slimes that burn with a radioactive aura? Bring it on. You had the courage to travel a thousand light years away from home to make a living as a slime rancher.

*With the sun setting, it’s time to head back to the ranch, rustle up some dinner for your slimes, and try and figure out just how the heck you’ll keep these new slimes that seem to, well, explode all the time. Along the way, you’ll encounter slimes you’ve never seen before, discover a new type of veggie to cultivate back at the ranch, and narrowly avoid certain doom in a valley of burly, feral slimes. *With your ranch set for the day, it’s time to begin exploring the untamed wilds of the Far, Far Range. *Next, you’re off to feed slimes their breakfast over at the slime corrals so they don’t get too out of hand during the day. Some slimes are totally not vegetarian, after all. Then it’s time to gather up the plumpest hens from the chicken coop.

*You wake at the crack of dawn and get to watering the crops at the ranch. While players are free to approach these challenges however they wish, a typical day might look like this: Slime Rancher is a first-person, sandbox experience where players will solve problems and survive through mastery of their vacpack: a vacuum/cannon/backpack that can vacuum up and blast out anything that isn’t nailed to the ground.Įach day will present new challenges to players as they attempt to amass a great fortune in the business of slime ranching. With a can-do attitude, plenty of grit, and her trusty vacpack, Beatrix attempts to stake a claim, amass a fortune, and avoid the continual peril that looms from the rolling, jiggling avalanche of slimes around every corner. Slime Rancher is the tale of Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the ‘Far, Far Range’ where she tries her hand at making a living wrangling slimes.
