My Time at Portia 9+

A very underrated hidden gem

I’ve been playing ever since I got it. If you like gather, craft, and build type of RPG, this game is for you, there’s dungeons, interactions with NPCs, it has it all. I have dozens of hours into this game, I finished all storyline and all side-quests. Many parts of the story remain unanswered, and several assembled items serve no purpose other than decoration, like The Dragonfly and Friend-Ship. The ending is kinda sloppy and rushed, and game crashes are annoying on iPhone 11 Pro Max, even on low settings, so many times I had to restart the day or a dungeon because it didn’t auto-save before crashing. Children don’t grow? That’s pointless. Going into browser to check the Wiki for answer often crashes the game.
I heard about My Time at Sandrock as a sequel, I hope it gets released for IOS, and fixes the issues with Portia, this game is enjoyable on the go as mobile, I can’t see myself playing it on PC.

Overall, one of the best, but it has it’s issues. Should more content be released, and issues fixed, I may give this a 5 Star.

Glitch

Read about the crashes - haven’t had that problem yet. A short tutorial screen in the ruins would be nice - to tell you that’s it’s not just an empty room - you have to swing a pickaxe and dig through like Minecraft. But the reason I’m done with it is I have to start all over due to a glitch. I created a couple storage boxes while my inventory was full and didn’t realize it. I look for them and they’re not there. I look at the crafting screen and it says there are 3 in my backpack. They’re not there. I craft another one after emptying my inventory but it must’ve stacked with the imaginary 3 in my backpack.
Edit: I found out about the 2 hot bars after I started over. I feel like it should have been more obvious. I found out by mistake. Game is very fun and engaging. It gets a little slow on my iPhone X, but hasn’t crashed yet and I have about 5 hours on the game.

Developer Response ,

Hey builder, they might be in the quick bar on the bottom of the screen, you need to scroll from right to left to see the second hidden row of the quick bar.

Almost Perfect

This past winter I found this gem of a game on the Nintendo Eshop and I had loved every second of the game. However, the switch version had certain elements missing that the pc version had. I have a Mac and don’t really have the cash to invest in a gaming pc. However the mobile version has it all and looks stunning on my iPad Pro.
The only complaint is there are a few problems if you want to use a controller. You can’t navigate item menus or advance NPC dialogue using a controller. Of course with that being said, some things are way easier with touch screen like placing parts on your assembly station is just a click. This would have five stars if I could play it completely with a controller.
I highly recommend this game! Can’t wait for sand rock!