Graduated Reviews

SCAM Does not work on high end PC, cannot go through first loading after the introduction scene. Devs ask for feedback but also ignore feedback.

extremely interesting, unique gameplay thats worth keeping an eye on. Horribly translated. It's like those videos on youtube where they translate songs 20 times back and forth between languages and you get a monstrosity thats hilarious. If you look past the awful translation and feel like you can get by without instructions, it is a game worth trying

The game has really cute graphics and it looks quite well made, however, it is practically impossible to play in English. The translations seem to have been run through Google Translate or something without anyone even double-checking. Even something as simple as "OK" or maybe "Confirm" shows up as "Determine" in the game. I wish I could recommend it, I truly do, but I'm going to have to refund it because it's just not playable for me. I hope that they update it in the future and add a legitimate English translation and I'll definitely buy it again! But until then, don't bother with purchasing this unless you plan to use it in its original language.

I'm going to be generous since this game is still in early access and there's nothing mechanically wrong with it. If you like games like Circadian City, where you're dropped into a new place and left to fend for yourself by any mundane means necessary while also juggling self-improvement, you'll enjoy this without a doubt. You can fish, farm, dive, sell, befriend the locals, combat haggle, buy property, ride bikes, study, cook, sprint and jump around just because it's fun, etc. Other english reviewers have already mentioned the poor translation but if you're someone who isn't fluent in chinese but learning, know that despite having an in-game clock, it pauses for all dialog and menus so you can read at your leisure. There's no language hot swapping, but you can switch between english and chinese with a soft reload and can save everywhere so it's not that big of a deal. There is a thread to report issues with the english translation which is great but it feels like the script was not edited by anyone at all so the issues are innumerable and reporting anything feels futile. You can close your eyes and point to anything and there's probably something wrong with it. Stuff like "layer" instead of "lobby" for the apt elevator, "生计" quest translated to "Biometrics", "rat cursor" instead of "mouse cursor", "psychic experience" used in some places while "soul" used elsewhere, potato item mislabeled as "potato seeds", "pouring kettle" instead of "watering can", etc, etc. Still some parts of the game are not translated at all, which includes quest objectives, so godspeed if you can't read chinese. There is a great game here if it's the sort of thing you like, but I'd wait if you want it in sensible english.

This game is fun, but... 1) The game is unfinished. The first thing you can tell something is off is the subtitles and words/phrase in the game world, that I'll assumed is the direct translates from chinese slang. Some of the names of the npcs are even in chinese... 2) Some of the dialog box of the npcs have errors which, it only shows all the coding text. Texture, theme, art wise of the game is alright. Colorful enough to get attention but too plain to get immersed in the game. Do not buy this game if you want a full game experience as this game feels terribly unfinished. Only buy the game if you're asian and understand chinese & english / you have all the time in the world to figure out the meanings of all the text in the game. Overall 6.5/10, please fix all the subtitles, text, words

Definitely not ready for an English audience. The translations are obviously done through a bot and do not always make sense. I could get the general idea of what characters were trying to say, but some of the lines were still in Chinese, or coding text. tried to push past this and give the game a chance, but I just couldn't continue.

The game seems fun but only if I could understand half of what is going on. Its so poorly translated, I mean, when I first got to the city and my 'old friend' greeted me so basically said she wanted to kill me? half the main stuff you need to look at and interact with isn't even in English so I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do here. Still a good game tho, but very very poorly translated.

FALSE ADVERTISING: "English Subtitles" Graduation has so much potential but it is NOT for players who need the English translations... Poor translations or none at all for very important parts of game. If you what to bumble around a cute game, it's awesome. But not know what is going on with half of the game-play ended up being way too stressful for me. I hope they fix the translations!

Not fully translated and the bits that are dont make a lot of sense... one npc told me it was "very moist" there which didnt sound like a good thing. A controller symbol appeared and i could no longer use the keyboard to move around with seemingly no way to make it work again without closing down. Might come back after a few updates, but as an English speaker not really playable at the moment.

Yeah this is a pretty easy review. As I'm writing this I am the first english reviewer here. Now the game doesn't specify on steam that it's NOT for English gamers. It NEEDS to be. It's only partially translated. And all the important stuff is whats not translated. Parts of the U.I. all over the game in all of its functions aren't translated. The shops aren't translated, the items aren't all translated. The only thing I can see that has ANY translation at all is the dialogue. Also I KNOW It's in early access but that only gets you so far. I have to review it based on it's release not on what it is in the future. So unless you can speak whatever language this is, or read it, then you won't be able to understand anything or have any fun with it. Either the developers need an update to fix the translation (which what IS there is pretty bad) or the steam store page needs to put a warning or something saying that the game isn't fully translated or whatever. The point is, unless you can speak and read whatever language this is (I think it's chinese) then don't bother with this game. It COULD have been a good little game. It has a great foundation for a good life sim. But not until that translation gets fixed. A lot of good ideas here in this game and even the gameplay mechanic isn't too bad. But all it's problems come down to horrible and unfinished translation. You start from the ground and have to work your way up in a new city. It's very in depth and free to roam around and choose how you want to live your life and what not. It's even got a kind of card game, turn based combat system. It's got customization of almost everything. From the way your character looks to your home and whats in it. And it's really laid back and relaxing. But with that translation problem it's anything but. If you'd like a deeper look at the game with some more in depth thought then I encourage you to check out the video on my youtube channel (Link Below). Otherwise thanks for reading and I hope I helped some of you out there to spend your money wisely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHtCj7oqYcg