A fallen goddess, a rice paddy to tame, and demons to cut down between harvests.

On pure gut feeling, the community places Sakuna in the middle, ahead of just over four games in ten, but on a single duel, so just a hunch to confirm. And here the detail tips firmly upward. The feel with a controller in hand climbs ahead of 95% of titles, fun ahead of 90%, art direction ahead of nearly nine games in ten, and that one on slightly more votes, so it holds firmer. Attachment follows, high as well. Only the sound side breaks away, right near the bottom, on few votes. There is the tension, a game that reveals itself the moment you analyze it, controller in hand and eyes wide, yet one the snap choice has not yet crowned.

Against action-RPGs, Sakuna plays a rare tune, nervous combat living alongside the slow rhythm of rice farming. That blend explains the split, you love the motion and the style, you still wait to see if the music sticks.

So who is it for? For you if you love precise combat and a world that tends to every season, every plot. Much less if you want a soundtrack that follows you out of the game, there the early votes stay lukewarm.