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Let's discuss Stardew Valley. What aspects do you like about it? What doesn't work for you? Are there other games that gave you similar feelings? Feel free to share any thoughts that come up, or react to other peoples comments. Let's get the conversation going!
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I really want to love this game. The artstyle is amazing, the music and sound effects are to die for, it's truly magnificent. However, the gameplay seems too mechanic for me, like there's no actual freedom to the game, you need to do these tasks on these days at these times or else you're playing it wrong.
To be fair, that's just the culture that's come up around the game. You have to plan how you play if you want to "win" in the first 2 years, but the only thing you get is a few candles lit in your backyard, and you can still "win" in later years if you play more slowly. You absolutely can just plant some stuff around a sprinkler, sleep until they are grown, and do everything you want to do without being at all efficient with it
100% agree, i personally just don't enjoy that background feeling that i have saying I'm doing this wrong and the stress i feel over having to get certain things done everyday. i already feel enough of that outside of videogames, I'd rather my time spent gaming to be an escape from the norm. Love the game, love the community, heck I play it semi-regularly, it's just not my cup of tea, that's all!