The second you put up the evicted category and said I’m not sure if anyone will be in this category, my first thought was “yeah OK Sarah we all know you’re gonna put Walter there”
honestly im kinda bummed that Semeru is the only male merfolk romance option i wished Agung was also an romantic option like COME on! they really missed out on making him a romantic pick, sheesh
Same but at the same time… holy crap there are so many romance options like I rather they just focus on fleshing them out more because it’s unfortunate that some have more characterization and others stand out as much as cardboard
I really like hearing how different people react to all these characters. It's great to have such a wonderfully diverse population so every person who plays this game can find someone to love or just avoid. Can't wait for the last of the heart scenes to know even more about all of them.
I was so excited when you put Raj in the marry category. Before I even played the game and was watching someone else play I zeroed in on Raj. Love them so much, lil coffee obsessed and their heart events are top tier embarrassing for me to watch, but still in my first save: we gonna get married. I accidentally got full hearts with Mark in that same save file, and learning his backstory makes his grouchiness makes sense. I think he's avoiding making connections on purpose. And it's kinda special when he calls you by your name for the first time. I think I would definitely enjoy romancing him on purpose more than I am with Scott on my second save file. I'm honestly just not feeling it. He's definitely "attractive but..." and I might just straight up switch in this save. He's very nice, though, and it's not just always about the museum or "can you tell I've been working out", he expresses a desire to dance with you and do things together several times. I cannot like Connor, though, and it's all down to Rafael (and Sam, like wtf about the scarecrows?) Connor is the first person to demonstrate how Raf is pushed aside in favor of and overshadowed by Pablo. And the scene also exposes Pablo, too. So Connor doesn't even have the dignity to name Raf, he says "Pablo and his brother" and then he, without Rafa there, gives special thanks and a gift to Pablo for things that Rafael also does. And does Pablo mention his brother or say he works just as much as he does? Nope, he just soaks in that attention while putting on an air of humbleness. I don't think Pablo is malicious, I just think he's oblivious and as he's social and outgoing he really enjoys being popular. But he should be Rafael's biggest advocate, but he's not. Oh yeah, and hate their parents. They're not there, so there needs to be a new tier: evicted from the planet. Sorry for the excessively long comment and look forward to your final tier list.
I love your war with Pablo. I am here for it LMAO. I haven't gottent oo far with the Pablo storyline despite having 7 hearts with him. I did get to the parents failure with Rafael though so hopefully that gets more interesting. My besties are Lili and Millie. I absolutely love those characters.
The tea has been served!!!!! while I do think Scott should be higher rated, I also understand your point of view. Also I totally agree on the Joko/Dinda situation, Surya deserved better !
I *could* see Scott going up to my marriage tier in the future. Honestly can't wait to do a fresh playthrough, when all heart events are implemented and really get into all the characters' stories!! #justiceforsurya
I didn’t care for Mark too much until I saw the cutscenes of him trying to save the little dog, he jumped very far up my list after that lol. Anyone who loves animals is ranked very high in my eyes 😅.
Me who has almost an in game year (winter 24) on oct 11. Been playing since may 1 with almost 200 hours. This video is a perfect time to sit back and relax for some coffee! Also couldn't sleep without you!
Just paused the video so I can share my delight at Walter's eviction . Also, I remember the first time we were introduced to Princess Miranjani in game, I typed in chat that she gave me Nina vibes, so it makes total sense that she would be up there in S+ tier alongside Nina for you
Besides the fact that Mark is gorgeous, he’s also the town defender and lover of dogs. He is my favorite romance option of any farming game there’s ever been!!!
Highly anticipated video!! Having been at each of the streams, this list fits perfectly. It was nice to hear your views on each of the NPCs. Love that you have asserted yourself on the island and sending out the eviction notices
fair point on Yuri, I can see the the drawback of her always talking about work or another person to be a bit repetitive or boring. On the other hand, like you said, her design is awesome and she became one of my favorite Islanders (as she was one of the first I met!) going forward. Funny story, she was the islander that I wanted to try and befriend first, so I thought I used the flower bouquet you make for one of the firsts quests. Little did I know that Yuri actually hates any flowers you give her, so imagine my surprise when she scolded me when I thought I was giving a thoughtful gift. Just my luck to give something the specific thing they hate first try.😅
Lol. Agree for most of these, except I weirdly love Walter. The scene with him and Luke, where he asked "should I bring my own dirty apron," made me laugh so hard I had to pause the game. Maybe I just love to hate him, but I think he's actually really well written, realistic, and a change of pace from characters that are just generically nice. Haven't seen any of the Pablo drama yet, but I'm so curious!
Yes, I love the well written, well rounded characters that they have formed to date. They have done a great job of making me invested in each character. It's always good to have the "villians" to keep the interest.
My nephew and I literally watched the last ranking last night and were so upset with some of the choices 😂😂 specifically Pablo so we are so glad he’s evicted 😂😂
oh how times have changed I am now armed with so much more information! I can't wait to do one final ranking once we get ALL the heart events for everyone!! (also what crazy timing that you were just watching the last one!!)
I absolutely can’t wait for your final ranking!! You actually have seen more cut scenes than I have with Pablo and I just couldn’t stand him not really being there for his brother. I do hope he gets some redemption for himself but I don’t have high hopes😂😂
Thank you so much for all your content! I'm so sad that I've been missing heart events like crazy. I wish and hope that Coral Island devs create a "Character Quests" tab where every time we unlock a heart level we could maybe see where to go to trigger these cutscenes. The game doesn't have any explanation of hearts or how they work. It's all just assumed that we've played similar games before in the past, but that may not be the case. So I just hope that the devs can retroactively go back and give the relationship/heart system/cutscenes some quality of life improvements to help us trigger these cutscenes. For example, with Pablo, I have 5 hearts with him and have seen ZERO of his cutscenes. I'm 22 hours into the game and I've seen no heart events at all for any of the characters. Rafael 3 hearts. Surya 4 hearts. No cutscenes, nothing! So yeah, I definitely wish that this system would get some reworking because a lot of the things you mentioned for these characters completely went over my head and it's wild to me that the Coral Island developers didn't see this as a potential oversight. A lot of assuming that we'd just know what to do. So yeah I hope that we get a "Character Quests" tab or something to help us know what to do or where to look for heart events when they are eligible to happen. It would make the game so much better. Like this entire time, I've been reading the same dialogue, romancing these characters and literally learning nothing new about them.
Thank you for your excellent work in putting this video together. I had to watch it again as it was so entertaining. It's not your usual ranking video. Love your creativity and dedication to providing quality content.
There is only one change I would make . . . . I would switch Wakuu and Nina for me personally. The rest is whatever to me bc I haven't focused on heart events with most people bc they are still adding them. I have been focused on the rest of the game. When the final update for the events comes I will start trying to get all the hearts with everyone.
Raphael is my babygirl through and through but I adore so many of them as well lol. I'm really crossing all my fingers Raphael's dating events live up to my expectations lol, like his platonic heart events were cute and I think we get enough of his personality through his day to day interactions so I'm kind of glad its not like about him on a personal level? But I need the romantic scenes to pivot and be about knowing him even deeper lol.
Can you do a ranking based on which items they can give you? Elenor gave me an extra insect house, and Sunny gave me a free fish pond. Needless to say, I was very happy, lol.
So maybe it’s just me but I am kind of wishing that we could get some indication of when a cut scene will/can happen. For example, when playing the game I am in Winter but because I am often running around the mind and diving I barely had any random cut scenes, likely because you have to enter specific areas at certain conditions and times. Admittedly I am worried having indication’s could also ruin the immersion/fun for some players so I would just like something that can be toggled on and off, maybe like a map filter, so we can have a easier time getting to know the characters. I mean I have Rafael who was my first choice for romance at a blue heart but had so few cut scenes (I think the only one I had was with Valentina) but thanks to my work on the Museum I have had more cut scenes with Scott and find myself considering changing romantic partners to him because of his story so far
“Soary not soary” spoken like a true Canadian, eh? I’m just getting started in this game. Nearing the end of my first spring. Thank you so much for all of these videos! Very helpful. Very pleasant and kind tone… just like the game!
An interesting list, I hadn't thought that little of Walter myself but I guess I haven't been focusing on him all that much so far but my first impression of him wasn't that terrible, honestly Leah out-snobbed him for the longest time, and some of the dynamic I've witnessed between him and Bree have softened that impression a bit as well.. Your S+ ranking for Nina has me curious now though so I'm going to have to start befriending her to see what she's all about. I might have kind of ignored her since I'd set my heart on Alice part of the way through my first Spring, I kind of got a kick out of her paranormal/extraterrestrial interests considering we (the player) are literally dealing with a goddess and straight up merfolk in the here and now.
A great list, I'm excited about the Dinda-Yoko-Incident I did not see right now, but shit surely seems to hit the fan there. I think I couldn't never generate such a list as I almost love everyone in this game :D
When you think Surya is all time bestie meanwhile he is my S+ boy ❤ he is too sweet too kind and OH MY GOD THAT SWEET FACE AND PERSONALITY. #justiceforSurya indeeeddd
HAHAHA OMG this is funny because I was thinking about you the other day and wondering if you were going to update your Tier list lol. This is too funny because this happens to me a lot when I think of something, and lo and behold that something happens lol. I've always loved your Tier system too. Based on your tier list, here's my Ranking (keeping in mind that I am a Straight female and I am basing this on my own experiences)- S+- Theo S- Sumeru, Agung, Luke A- Scott, Wakuu, Pablo B- ChoOyu, Miranjani, Denali, Erika, Eva, Millie, Alice, Macy, Surya, Nina, Jim, Lily, Aaliyah, Rafael, Frank, Kenny, Sam, Suki, Raj, Krakatoa, Betty C- Conner, Kira, Emily, Jack, Mark, Zarah, Yuri, Randy, Dippa, Bree, Emma, Paul, Sunny, Ben, Chaem, Leah, Noah, Ling, Anne, Charles, Wataru, Elanor, Olan, Nanda Devi, Antonio D- Walter, Joko E- Dinda I know I am being harsh on Dinda, but I'll be honest too, Dinda reminds me too much of my own mother and I am on very poor terms with her and she gaslights me (I can't afford to move out of my parents' place). Great person, but not a great mom. So yeah, my own personal experiences affected this. I am not as harsh on Joko (still don't like him) because I think Dinda takes the reigns more. Theo I was attracted to from the start and after seeing his heart scenes and just interacting with him, yeah +1 I am all for. And yeah I wish Agung was up for marriage lol. Fun list as always Sarah.
Choosing who to marry is going to be so so hard. Usually i have a character that is like "I'm marrying them first, no hesitation" i was thinking Yuri maybe at the beginning but now I'm thinking maybe Lilly. But it's so hard to choose!
I'm at the point where I explore the ocean but don't bother talking to any of the merfolk (even tho I adore them) because you can't build any relationship with them or learn anything about them. I'd rater get their dialogue when it is unlocked and reactive to the world.
Paul goes into the don't even bordering on evict category for me after one of his cutscenes involve him forgetting Anne's birthday and then begs our character to get him some green tea that he could buy from Raj's 🤬straight to jail
Waiting impatiently for my steam deck to arrive- I love this game, but my pc setup is a nuisance, and I just love handheld so much more. Because of that I haven’t gotten far enough into the game to make solid opinions on any of the characters, but it’s so much fun watching your videos, and every time I do I start getting ideas for my game.
Everyone overlooks Millie.she’s fun, thoughtful, and makes me feel loved with her pet names lol. Total S tier especially when she was one of the few characters that didn’t immediately seem attracted to you or cold to you.
Thank you for sharing your Coral Island Islanders ranking. I'm so upset that Agung isn't a romanceable that I haven't played since last year! *grabs a box of tissues
Started playing Coral Island today and came here to seek opinions, as the number of romance options is overwhelming, but I had to pause the video for a second. I'm probably the most immature creature (and possibly one of the very few Brazilians) in this channel, and I can't help but cackle at the "C U" around. Those two letters together form a word in Portuguese, and it's not an overly polite one.
Not gunna lie, I went with Leah first play through because I'm stubborn and knew she cares more than she likes to admit. I also know I wanted to see if I could crack the hard shell. I was not disappointed is all I have to say..
Alice was a surprise for me, but she's S+. I'll marry her, be best friends with her, whatever she'll give me I will die for Alice. Lily is S. She's so cute and I want to hug her any time she misses her mom. Mark is besties. I call my best friends weird names so lol. And Waaaakuuuuuuuuu. S.
I just started playing a while ago and I was walking around the island trying to figure out who I liked based on first impressions and I was SO UPSET that Derek wasn’t an option, he literally looks like my husband. But Rafael definitely caught my eye. I love teddy bear shy guys 😊 Pablo is hot but he’s too charismatic, red flags everywhere 😂
I'm not sure what it is, but Surya, Theo, Luke, and Kenny might as well just be the same person to me. They're all just kind of 'generic dude'. Millie is my top tier, 100% I cannot wait to see what her wedding dress looks like.
The way I was on your side for Surya. Joko and Dinda used to be favorites until I got his cutscenes. I don’t know if you’ll see this but where did you make your avatar? Could I pay to have one done 😂
As indonesian’s javanese people, i feel like i need to clarify Joko & dinda’s character is not dramatic 😂 is more like a culture, in javanese we called it “unggah ungguh” to folks. and surya as their niece living with them, so theyre like responsible for his behavior (to surya’s parents) since coral island is made by indonesian game developers; there’s so much indonesian culture in the game, :D. such as the mermaid. (I do believe the mermaid thing inspired by Nyi Roro Kidul, bcs the game studio based in Yogyakarta)
I saw this game on a Facebook group and a picture of Mark and my mind was "I MUST buy this game" I love farm games, my first one was Harvest Moon 64. There I married Ellie, the baker. She is so sweet. In Harvest Moon: friends of mineral town I married the girl from the library... Sorry, I forgot her name. Marie! I guess... Then Stardew Valley appeared and gave me the chance to marry a man. But most of the options, to me, where like... Boys. The only moderately mature was Harvey so I married him. But then Coral Island came with all those options... And this big, bearded guy appeared... Was like love at first sight 😅 First time a farm game allows me to marry the type of man I like in real life. Now that I wrote all this... That's... Wholesome? It feels good.
This just broke my heart! I just started playing the game and I was so thrilled about Pablo and now I hear this 😭 Noooo, what has he done?? (Don’t tell me, but like please let it be a misunderstanding)
My 3 choices for marriage candidates so far in this game are.. Chaem, Eva, and Alice. Usually in these games its easy for me to pick one and go for it. Im torn tho in this game. Might go for Alice tho. Ugh... toughest decision of my Coral Island life lol.
Walter is always evicted. I really can't decide on my S+ tier, although it's probably not Mark... I'm not a Garden Rake... Otherwise I'm pretty sure my farmer just runs around blushing and confused after talking to everyone all day 😆
Eva is my S+ teir, honestly I just started playing the game and I first met chaem I was like she’s the one I’ll marry but I don’t know as it goes on! I think Eva took her spot! 😂
queen is an s for me. smartest character in the game. i mean 4 of the characters struggled to move a sofa. meanwhile she had the best idea. use all the merfolk to clean up the ocean. would be a lot of help