This game is amazing, but not perfect. Since there's countless positive things about the game, I'll post the negatives here so that this review doesn't sound repetitive in comparison to the rest:

GAMEPLAY:
1.) There is a weird CPS limit on PC. If you manually try to click combos, you need to spam click to compensate for this, or slightly move your mouse between clicks. This seems like a bug.
2.) The combat is sorely lacking in comparison to Fantasy Life for the 3ds. No more combos, techniques, it's just "hold forward and mash attack while dodging every now and then." I really miss when you could use different combos for different scenarios but now it's just so overly simplistic. Feels like we're being treated like iPad babies who have no concept of patience or timing.
3.) Combat controls can be a little clunky on PC since the camera is kind of bad.
4.) Aiming can suck. If the character, during combat, would face where your mouse was pointing/hovering or if they just auto-targeted nearby enemies like in 3ds it would be better. Even console players complain about combat. Lacks the precision that one would expect.
5.) Some details about Farming are clunky. The watering mechanic is annoying, the crops only update every 30 minutes (you have to come back and check on your crops frequently) and the extra water PNG slapped onto the dirt and seeds is pretty terrible. Would be better if the soil actually turned darker.
6.) Music can be repetitive. A lot of the same tracks are reused, and it does get tiring after a while.

UI:
1.) Map controls are completely unintuitive. Why does scrolling all the way out take you to world map instead of just zooming out to the maximum range? Why does the "switch map" switch to the region your mouse is hovering over, instead of the one you were just looking at? The controls feel very clunky on PC.
2.) The button for moving the map IS THE SAME as placing the waypoint, and you can't group delete them. Very irritating to try and figure out why you have 2/5 waypoints used. Only way to see them is to navigate the map to the "Show list" section, which I found on accident.
3.) Why was the Username signature removed? I WANTED to be able to see the player names and know who made it for me. Signatures used to be special souvenirs now it's just slightly pretty flourish.
4.) Cosmetics you want to wear in Outfits menu MUST BE PRESENT in your inventory to use. It creates a bunch of clutter in your inventory. Would be better if the Outfits tab instead had an ever increasing list of cosmetics that you could wear and the only requirement would be that you had them in your inventory at some point in time. Inventory clutter is a serious problem for this game.

MULTIPLAYER:
1.) Why can you not progress the story together? Why can you not wander the world together without a timer? Why is the world so incredibly static and unchanging? It feels like this was a single player game that just slapped on multiplayer at the end as an after-thought.
2.) No trading? No way of confirming or anything?
3.a) Gifts have to be given one at a time. It takes you completely out of the menu each time you send one.
3.b) The player you're gifting to CANNOT BE IN A MENU of any kind.
3.c) There is no way to reject gifts or group them together. It's entirely possible to miss the popup and not realize you were given anything at all.
4.) No in-game friend list. They have to search for your room manually.
5.) You can't complete missions in multiplayer!! In 3ds, when doing missions for your Life rank up, you couldn't turn them in, but you could still DO them. Here, you cannot. You literally cannot make any progress whatsoever unless you're in single player...

Extras:
1.) Story feels infantile and overly simplistic. I understand it's supposed to be "for all ages" but I don't appreciate being treated like I'm 5 years old. I wish the story was more catered for at least 13 and up.
2.) Why do the Buddies talk.. so.. much?? I feel like I'm hearing one of their quips every 10 seconds it's actually annoying. Also, Colm has an absolutely obnoxious voice. I wish I could disable specific NPC voice lines, and also edit the frequency of them.


Will update if I think of anything else. I genuinely am enjoying this game, but there are some pretty bad flaws in it too.

Let's make a necklace this morning!

Oh, I need higher Alchemy. Better level it up making these Potions.

Oh, the Potions need Sharp Claws. Better head to the dungeon and fight Wolves.

Oh, the Wolves are behind a big Mining Node. Better go level my Mining farming Gold Ore.

Oh, these Gold Ores are really tough. Better go make a better Pickaxe.

Oh, my Blacksmithing is too low to make this Pickaxe. Better make a better Hamer.

Oh, the Hammer needs Golden Cloth. Better go level my Tailoring.

Wait, why is it dark outside?

I bought myself and my partner a copy to coop this together. It took nearly 3 hours to unlock coop, and then we found out that you can only do 30 min over-world sessions together. No story progression and you cannot even change areas. At least not right when you get it.

What an utter disappointment. I don't even understand the limited time exploration thing. Why? You can choose to end it early to go back (which you must go back to do anything like invest skill points, btw), so why the timer?

In short, this game has bad coop. It could've been good, but the devs decided to implement it in the stupidest way wish arbitrary limitations for no good reason. What a major disappointment :(