jschligs wrote:Sauce Boss wrote:I finally started Stardew Valley this past week, and oh boy, that game is a treat. I don't know what it is, but it's soothing. Like it plays to my OCD lizard brain to do things efficiently, but it's not an anxiety box. Really enjoying getting deep into the summer season to harvest some melons and blueberries.
That game was a strange one for me. I picked it up on the Switch, played for like an hour and was like ok...don't think I'll like this much. Next day I fired it up again and played for a couple hours. Not soon after it became a nightly ritual haha.
Still don't really know what I'm doing, but that's the fun part. So much to explore at any time without any real restrictions or anything. Just go as you please.
That game was a strange one for me. I picked it up on the Switch, played for like an hour and was like ok...don't think I'll like this much. Next day I fired it up again and played for a couple hours. Not soon after it became a nightly ritual haha.
Still don't really know what I'm doing, but that's the fun part. So much to explore at any time without any real restrictions or anything. Just go as you please.[/quote]
Yeah, it's a weird beast. I'm playing it on PC because I bought it cheap during a sale several months ago and let it sit. One of my friends is playing on Switch and another on PC, so I decided to try it on an afternoon that I had to myself. I've been struggling to make time to play games over the past year, and it was really refreshing to just have something just grab me. I think it might be that it just is a good way to unwind, as it's so low-pressure. I can just spend a half hour fishing and feel good. It's an odd sensation that I don't have quite the words for yet, but it makes me feel good and that's all that counts. It's my honorable mention for my top ten games of the year since it launched last year and doesn't technically qualify.
