Fields of Mistria enters Steam Early Access today

As a seasoned gamer with a penchant for life-sim RPGs and a soft spot for retro anime aesthetics, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of Fields of Mistria by NPC Studio. With its promising Early Access content spanning 35-40+ hours of gameplay, I can hardly contain my excitement!


As a devoted fan, I’m thrilled to share that I’ve dived into the captivating world of NPC Studio’s latest creation, “Fields of Mistria,” now available for Early Access on Steam! In their official announcement, the development team has revealed that the Early Access content offers a rich gaming experience spanning approximately 35-40 hours. They plan to keep the Early Access phase for Fields of Mistria active for about a year as they infuse new content and fine-tune the game based on player suggestions and feedback.

Fields of Mistria enters Steam Early Access today

Back in May, NPC Studio detailed what players can expect in Early Access on day 1.

Now, let’s talk about what you can expect in Mistria during Early Access:

Gameplay

  • Play through the four seasons with unique weather, crops, forage, fish, insects, and more!
  • Raise a variety of adorable animals, and even breed them to discover rare color variants.
  • Give your animals toys to play with, and even dress them up with their own cosmetics!
  • Crafting, Cooking, and Blacksmithing are available with over 600 items to craft!
  • Complete over 50 museum sets through fishing, bug catching, farming, mining, and archaeology!
  • Explore the depths below Mistria (down to level 60 with more to come) with engaging combat and surprises in store.
  • Upgrade your home (with more upgrades to come) and customize it with over 200 available items.
  • Unlock Powerful Magic Spells to aid you in your experience.
  • Check out our website for the full list!

Villagers

  • Meet and befriend 30+ characters, including 10 marriage candidates and 2 special candidates.
  • Raise marriage candidate hearts up to 4 hearts and unlock their unique 2 and 4 heart events. Additional heart level progression and events will be added up to 10 hearts via planned updates.
  • Get to know the villagers’ dynamic daily routines that change based on seasons, weather, and special events.
  • Villagers have unique seasonal outfits and special beach outfits for the romanceables.
  • Villagers have a variety of beautiful and expressive animated portraits.

Story

  • Rebuild and revitalize Mistria through a series of main story quests, with future content planned.
  • Raise Mistria’s renown and Star Rank from a lowly Wood Star rank up through Sapphire Star rank (with more ranks on the way via planned updates).
  • Begin to unravel the mysteries of the town’s past and the return of magic power to the land.
  • Enjoy 5,000+ lines of unique character dialogue and dozens of cutscenes.
  • Complete dozens of hand-written requests available daily at the town’s request board, with more on the way.

In Q4 of 2024, the first significant upgrade for Fields of Mistria in Early Access is set to arrive, introducing fresh adversaries, as well as cosmetic rewards that can be earned from vanquishing monsters. Furthermore, the maximum affection progression limit for NPCs will increase from 4 to 6, leading to a new event for dateable NPCs when players’ relationship with them reaches 6 Hearts. Additionally, skill levels are set to expand up to level 45 and beyond.

Other content coming to the game has been detailed for its Roadmap in the future, as well.

Fields of Mistria enters Steam Early Access today

Watch the Early Access Launch Trailer for Fields of Mistria down below.

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2024-08-05 21:55