Stardew Valley

As written by others Stardew Valley is Harvest Moon spiritual heir, but much more complete and complex. The thing surprised me more is the dept and immersiveness it offers despite the simplicity of the game; the dev put a lot of attention to details, you can notice this every now and then, but many times you doesn't even notice it as it feels so natural. Stardew Valley helped me a lot during pandemic lockdown in 2020, because it had been an open window to an entire new world, where I could meet people, stay outside, adventure in the cave, fish, enjoy the wilderness, while in real life I had to stay at home every day and nothing ever happened. NPCs are simple (no AI or complex interactions), but they are somehow welcoming, and as you improve your relationship with them you come to know more pieces of their life and character. The game offers you many challenges you cannot accomplish in one year, without making you feel overwhelmed; they give you a goal, and you can feel a constant progress as you live your simple and peaceful game life: you simply want to play more. Stardew Valley succeds in giving me a serene and brightful experience, something other same-genre games fails at, and this is for me the most important thing.

To all of the Harvest Moon players out there. We all agree that Harvest Moon rocked our world in more than a way back then and we always wanted a PC port. Well of you agree with what i just said...why are you still reading? Buy the game! It's a redefined version of Harvest Moon with many new possibilities and new stuff. Wanna play as a trucker man looking farmer? You got it! A cool pretty girl? There you have it! Customization is so cool you spend a lotta time on it. You can customize your house , your character, your farm and many more stuff. So if you wanna have fun for many years to come, do yourself a favor and buy it. you won't regret it.

Normally I just play AAA RPGs like The Witcher or Skyrim. This one caught my attention because of its SNES graphics style, which reminds me of my first console games. I've played this game now for 60 hours and must say that this one is a nice and sweet little gem. The art and sound style is very heart warming, as well as the different story lines you stumble upon. Besides that the game offers a real nice gameplay, where you can do tons of stuff: Cultivate plants, upgrade items, craft stuff, fish, cook, marry someone, invest in a super market chain (or don't), fight cave monsters, find secrets... (Have I mentioned the 60 hours game time - this is no open world game!) All the different gameplay mechanics and tasks work extremely well together - the guy who programmed this must be a genius. 10/10 would eat the starfruit again

Simply a must play. Yes, I too played Harvest Moon -- the original, on SNES, and none of the others because I kind of grew up and didn't have a console to play games. When I first saw this, I immediately connected it to Harvest Moon, and had to get it. And while it's been so long that I can't reliably compare the two, I have spent *so* *many* *hours* on this game. I'm a control freak, and a perfectionist, and this game really allows those two facets of my personality to come out. Also, it's really nice to have a game where you don't have to shoot people to win.

The GOG version has broken controller support, and only a few old controllers work. The Steam version uses the Steam controller handling system so that works fine as long as Steam is running. I only want to support DRM-free games though, but until GOG or the developer fix this issue, I'll just be giving the GOG version two stars. Now that this game has split-screen co-op, it needs polished controller support now more than ever! If this issue gets resolved, I'll be updating this review, but as of SV 1.5.1 this hasn't been fixed. Otherwise, this is a great game!