by Stardew Valley seems to be a very slow paced game. Your character, fed up with working in a cubicle farm, heads out to renovate the farm your grandfather left you and make a new life in the country. At first, I thought it was just going to be Farmville. Happily, farming is just a single option – there’s also adventuring, mining, and more. From what I’ve heard, this game has crazy amounts of depth – on the level of Terraria, they claim – and it was made by a single person. It seems like a very relaxing slice-of-somebody-else’s-life game, though it does look like grinding is probably going to factor in heavily as you spend more time playing.
So why I am I putting this into Tier Two? Quite honestly because it seems like it will take too much time. I could spend a bunch of time playing this game, or I could beat Dark Souls III. Granted, Dark Souls III isn’t going to be nearly as relaxing. But Tier Two is for games that I might pick up at some point after polishing off my Tier One. And I think that’s where Stardew Valley falls for me. If you think you’d like a game similar to Animal Crossing with a SNES art style, I’d recommend you give Stardew Valley a shot.
I had a large group of friends try to get me into this one. I think I’d rather just finish Harvest Moon for the SNES. I still never married that mechanic…