Music Banter - View Single Post

Key · 05-23-2016, 11:42 AM

I recently picked up Stardew Valley and gave it a little spin. I'm not exactly sure how to feel about the game as a whole yet as I haven't really gotten too far into it, but I did play enough of it to give myself a good idea of what to expect.

As I mentioned in one of my posts before, I was and am still a pretty big fan of Harvest Moon, and so when this game was set for release, I checked out the screenshots and it was very complimentary to that game, and I mean very very complimentary. The games main goal is for you to play as a farmer to build up your land and make money, but the cool thing is, it's also got RPG elements thrown into it that you really wouldn't expect from a "city builder" / "farm simulator" type game. I really like the overall feel of the game where you attempt to make your farm, and make friends along the way. From the experience that I've had with the game so far, the interactions you have with the other people in your town seem really cool and it looks like you can attract those towns people to fall in love with you, or end up hating you in the long run. I also spent a little bit of time going into other peoples houses without their permission, which seems like a fun part of the game that I haven't really dove into much yet.

You probably think that a game like this wouldn't do well as an RPG because of the fact that you're basically playing a much more dumbed down version of Minecraft, but with RPG elements. I don't mean that in a bad way. The two go together really well, and especially with the way modern gaming is going nowadays, this one does a very good job of taking you back to the older style of gameplay and it allows you to do whatever you feel like doing with your town.

The only gripe I have with the game so far is the performance aspect. I've had a few times where my FPS dropped significantly due to rainfall or other aspects like too many pixels on the screen. However, my PC can handle things like that because I've played Minecraft and other higher graphics intensive games in ultra quality with no issue. That's probably more the fault of the game still being made by an indie developer.

The game does a fantastic job however at making you feel submerged in your farm, instead of it feeling like just another knock off of some other game. It's got a really rich soundtrack which I will talk about in another post, and it uses pixel graphics at it's finest. There's certainly a lot going for this game, so i'm excited to see what comes of it when the next couple builds arrive. It's got potential to be one of my all time favorite games, but we'll see what happens as the development process continues.

05-23-2016, 11:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	I recently picked up Stardew Valley and gave it a little spin. I'm not exactly sure how to feel about the game as a whole yet as I haven't really gotten too far into it, but I did play enough of it to give myself a good idea of what to expect. As I mentioned in one of my posts before, I was and am still a pretty big fan of Harvest Moon, and so when this game was set for release, I checked out the screenshots and it was very complimentary to that game, and I mean very very complimentary. The games main goal is for you to play as a farmer to build up your land and make money, but the cool thing is, it's also got RPG elements thrown into it that you really wouldn't expect from a "city builder" / "farm simulator" type game. I really like the overall feel of the game where you attempt to make your farm, and make friends along the way. From the experience that I've had with the game so far, the interactions you have with the other people in your town seem really cool and it looks like you can attract those towns people to fall in love with you, or end up hating you in the long run. I also spent a little bit of time going into other peoples houses without their permission, which seems like a fun part of the game that I haven't really dove into much yet. You probably think that a game like this wouldn't do well as an RPG because of the fact that you're basically playing a much more dumbed down version of Minecraft, but with RPG elements. I don't mean that in a bad way. The two go together really well, and especially with the way modern gaming is going nowadays, this one does a very good job of taking you back to the older style of gameplay and it allows you to do whatever you feel like doing with your town. The only gripe I have with the game so far is the performance aspect. I've had a few times where my FPS dropped significantly due to rainfall or other aspects like too many pixels on the screen. However, my PC can handle things like that because I've played Minecraft and other higher graphics intensive games in ultra quality with no issue. That's probably more the fault of the game still being made by an indie developer. The game does a fantastic job however at making you feel submerged in your farm, instead of it feeling like just another knock off of some other game. It's got a really rich soundtrack which I will talk about in another post, and it uses pixel graphics at it's finest. There's certainly a lot going for this game, so i'm excited to see what comes of it when the next couple builds arrive. It's got potential to be one of my all time favorite games, but we'll see what happens as the development process continues.