Plantera Deluxe (Nintendo Switch) Review

This begins with almost nothing for the player, apart from one helper who will kindly harvest the first crop. You can use the money earned through clicking on crops in the ground and fruit in the trees to expand the farm. As the character level increases, so does the range of produce. Crops include carrots, pumpkins, lettuce and turnips, berry bushes, and fruit like oranges, cherries, apples, and several more. The cute farm animals help produce eggs, wool, and milk, when they are happy enough to give them, though.

The produce may be typical to farming games, but what makes the game appealing, is having to fight off the creatures that are determined to terrorise the animals and steal crops. The button layout, easily brought up on screen in a menu, means it is easy to go to the two ends of the farm where the unwanted guests appear. Tapping on them will send them scurrying back to where they belong! Buying guard dogs will help keep all the animals calm and safe from harm.

The touch screen can be used in conjunction with joystick and button controls, rather than being solely touch screen exclusive, which can make it less accessible to the needs of certain people. Player input is important, but the critters in here will collect money even when this is logged out, so progress is always happening, albeit slower than if players collect the fruit and vegetables themselves.