Stardew Valley Review

Every time I begin up a new farm in Stardew Valley or go back to my 100-hour save on PC, I feel like I’m going house. There’s a console in Stardew Valley that I’ve hardly found in other games. The music that alters with every season completely fits the growth of the 16-bit countryside town, and all the activities that anticipate provide both waves of peace in my daily routines and enthusiasm in the land’s mysteries. Whether you want to farm, go fishing, fight monsters, craft, extract, become everyone’s good friend, or do a little bit of everything, this farming adventure has much to proffer.

Stardew Valley “wonderfully gathers farm simulation with RPG elements to generate a fascinating, absorbing rural world,” and it’s only gotten better with every enormous free update. Multiplayer, fresh items, buildings, types of farms, events, and relationships provide Stardew Valley an even better groundwork and more of a rationale to stick around past the popular event in the third in-game year.

The five recent farm maps provide better focus for players than when Stardew Valley first commenced. Each of the farms’ designs supports diverse kinds of work – farming, foraging, fishing, mining, and combat. Every map’s activities are an emancipation from the grips of Joja Corporation, the cold, in-game company that intrudes on Pelican Town.

Stardew Valley’s story is straightforward, yet satisfying one. You come into your grandfather’s farm after departing the grind of your job with the Joja Corporation. Once settled on the farm, you then have to choose whether to hold the local Joja Mart or reconstruct the decaying community hub. This battle is the powerful factor in the two or so years that span Stardew Valley’s story, but once that’s all finished, befriending the townspeople bring in other contained stories.

The residents of Pelican Town and beyond are a delightful bunch, though enhancing your relationship with each of them is rather superficial. All you have to do is give them gifts they like twice a week to gradually gain their trust and affection. Giving them items they hate can lower their affection level so that at least encouraged me to attempt and build out what each person takes pleasure in most and to get artistic with my gifts once I had some superfluous resources well into my second year.

Despite the system’s straightforwardness, it’s still satisfying to study every person's dreams, passions, and confronts living in Stardew Valley. There’s a friendly monster who just wants to sell his commodities to nice people, an artist who’s a little too introverted to share her artwork, a bitter old man who’s reluctant to make connections, a scientist who understands the valley’s wildlife, and plenty other interesting folks.

After reaching certain friendship or romance stages, a particular character scene plays if you grasp them at the right time and place. The 12 romance-able characters have more scenes than others, and if you select to marry one, they move into your home and in fact help around the farm now and then. It’s a greeting benchmark for the late game. NPCs are also the explanation for learning certain food recipes and crafting blueprints, so there’s significance in befriending them beyond knowing their interests and personal fights. They’ll even send a small gift back to you rarely.

Stardew Valley is a stunning, enjoyable game that, when all of its elements are kept together, makes for a magnificent countryside venture. Whether it’s rainy, snowy, dusted, or sunny with pollen drifts through the air, every day provides a profusion of immense activities ready to be collected or mastered and innovative friendships waiting to be made.