As a long-time Stardew Valley fan, I never thought I'd find a game that could capture my heart quite the same way. Fields of Mistria has done just that. I'm honestly blown away by how good this game is

note: just a random fan, have nothing to do with this game at all. It kinda saddens me that it hasn't gotten as much attention though, there are so many mediocre games with soooo many reviews.. this game is legit insane. it's gorgeous!!

Edit: Concerned Ape must've seen my post, and now Stardew Valley has a midweek deal for -50% off LMFAO you cannot make this up

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[–] Buttflapper@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Every time a shares something in the Stardew Valley genre, there's like a militant group of commenters who are outright hostile to that new game. And yes, I'm seeing that sprinkled in the comments on this post.

Oh definitely. It's really funny though because these keyboard warriors that keep criticizing any game that looks similar to Stardew Valley, doesn't realize that Stardew Valley faced those exact same criticisms when people said that crazy ape, the developer of Stardew, was heavily inspired by* harvest Moon. It was such a silly and absurd thing to say, but everyone started regurgitating it over and over again. Just because one game starts becoming successful people forget the other games that they were very similar to in the past

If people really wanted to go down the rabbit hole though, this all started when Farmville hit Facebook. That was the beginning of it all that I remember personally. Farmville made people lose their fucking minds. People were all over that shit, it was like cocaine. No one would shut up about it for years

[–] Moah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure harvest moon predates Facebook by at least a decade

[–] Bobmighty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Farmville was a shitty knockoff of harvest moon.

[–] Buttflapper@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

It was, but the important thing is that it was conveniently located inside of Facebook, and generic enough that it grabbed people's attention, which is exactly what you need sometimes. When it's too niche or specific, that's when people lose interest. That's why fields of mistria is not necessarily as popular. It's a little bit more niche and specific, with magic and washed out color theme, pastel colors, appealing to the cozy gaming crowd. And that's okay! Not every game needs to be so generic that it appeals to everyone

[–] logos@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

But seriously, Stardew is just remade Harvest Moon or even maybe Animal Crossing. It's not like it invented the genre.