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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’ve played through Terraria. I like Stardew Valley way more as well. Both games scratch certain itches for me but SDV scratches way more of them and way more variety.

Emotional, musical, technical, optimization, engineering, planning, combat. I would say neither game has great combat. Terraria is a bit better for the technical platforming and character control. But SDV overall is just a lot better in terms of music, story, immersiveness, attachment, and the feeling of accomplishment.

SDV is still the only game I’ve ever played that changed what I want to do with my life. That’s pretty special!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It changed what you wanted to do in what way?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It gave me a deep longing to move out of the city to live in the country! That’s now one of my main long term goals.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I get it. Don't listen to the haters, more nature is good for the soul.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It’s the same when call of duty makes kids yearn to go to Ukraine combat zone. Pure insanity right here. Imagine some innocent farmer hearing some city dweller be like ‚I played this game stardew valley you know’

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Go spend a month out there before you make any big changes. Rural life is super romanticized in the media, but in reality it's pretty boring and there's a bunch of meth and bigots.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's also a constant stream of work. As my grandma always says: "there's always something that needs doing". Also, if you have animals, you can't take a day off, let alone taking a week-long holiday because who's gonna take care of them?

Unless you move there just to live somewhere calm and not do any of the countryside stuff, in which case, yeah.. uber boredom, nothing to do other than what you normally do at home in an apartment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, I moved to the country in 9th grade. I went from a school where my class was about 1k kids, to one that was about 150 kids, to a graduating class of 28.

I lived on a farm and goat dairy, and there's a good reason I got a degree in information technology. Although I still have to go help my mom with stuff a few times a month.

It's definitely not fun when doing literally anything is a 30+ mile round trip, and that trip is to a town with a Walmart and a few restaurants.

The ideal town size is around 100k people. There's not a ton of people so traffic isn't awful, but there's still plenty of stuff to do.

The only plus is that I have 21 acres to grow food on when society collapses.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I tried Terraria a few times and I just can't connect with it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

The same but I know exactly what my problem is. I'm expecting 2D Minecraft even though I know it is its own game

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Same. It feels like an arbitrary mashup of several other games, without capturing the magic of any of those games. Also kind of feels like the "default demo game" for a generic game engine. Its kind of got no soul. It's a Roblox situation. I know lots of people adore it but I'd infinitely rather be playing Minecraft or Noita or another game with some true novelty.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Same. The controls feel awkward.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Having not played it, to me it looks like 2D Minecraft. Doesn't seem very interesting.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is a combat focused game, where the progression is beating different bosses to unlock new enemies, ores, weapons etc. Way more items than Minecraft, a lot of mechanics aswell.

Give it a go, defeat Wall of Flesh in the Underworld, and then the true game begins.

A lot more content with big mods like Calamity.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thanks but I'll pass. I got tired of 2D games in the 90s. I'm not afraid to admit that I'm a total graphics slut.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

I played with friends and always got frustrated. You can't just fuck around and discover new stuff. It kind of works like that right at the beginning and that's a lot of fun. Id say it works right until after you beat skeletron or maybe when you first go to hell, but if you want to get far at all it turns into a "wiki game" where everyone has to have the terraria wiki open in another window to learn where they have to farm to get the next good armor.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I find most of the boss battles unsatisfyingly hard, but I actually think it's a little bit more "chill" than Stardew, for just hanging out an growing/building stuff. I don't have to worry about birthdays or 2am passing out. But, I guess you do have to fortify against goblin/pirate invasions after a while.

I agree the Terraria doesn't have a hook for the player, really. You have to explore to find out what there is at all. Stardew does at least introduce you to the main activities, while still rewarding exploration.

I have more time in Stardew, and have never beaten Terraria. But, I haven't played the most recent versions of either.

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