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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 89.0 hrs on record (75.8 hrs at review time)
Posted: 9 Jan, 2022 @ 10:39pm
Updated: 9 Jan, 2022 @ 10:42pm

So, after 75 Hours of gametime, relationship goals (in game, though. Not in real life.), very tiring battle, generating income, and plenty of grinding, I’ve finally beaten the game. And not gonna lie, I really liked the game. And this time, I’m gonna review this piece of gem.

First off...
--==Story & Character==--
Since this is actually contain spoiler, so... SPOILER ALERT!!! Only click it if you’ve beaten the game or if you don’t care about the spoiler. So, for the story, I’m only gonna give you the sypnosis of the intro. I can’t give you the rest of the story. Because... I just don’t want to. So, Here we go.
One day, Your grandpa was sending you a message that he wanna give you farm and tell you that you might feel bored about the modern life in the future. Which 15 years later (whatever), You really become bored and really tired because you have to work over, and over. And, when you checked your cabinet, there’s an envelope in there.
And, it was your grandpa. He wants you to change. It was the same thing happened to him before, and he tell us to just throw what we have now aside, and move into the village called “Stardew Valley”. And with that, You decided to do it. You took a bus into the village.
And while you finally there, someone welcomes you. Her name is Robin. She then takes you into your grandpa’s farm. Which is, yea. Looks filthy nowadays. And then, She shows you your new house to live in from now on. And then there’s a male elder (and yeah. I actually don’t wanna call it “Old man”. Kinda rude for me, man!) which his name is Lewis. He was the mayor of the Pelican Town, which is the town in Stardew Valley (Hmm... Why I call it village earlier, then? Heh. Whatever.) He welcomes you to the town as well.
And then, He tells you how good, but also rustic your grandpa’s house is (Which is yours as well.). Though, I think it still looks great. And, since you’ve been gone into so much bus trip to the village, He asks you to get some rest, so you can explore it the next day. And, he also inform you that If you can sell your stuff into the shipping box. And, you finally take a rest, and your new life is begin.


And that’s it for the story I can give you. The game actually has some backstory that is really good, and might suprises you. And, The game’s not only have the town’s story. You also have a story which involves the company that you just left.
And then, The Character. There’s ton of them. Each of them has some personality. And, Each of them has some schedule and things to do, but sometimes they went into somewhere else. And also, each character have some background and events that’s actually great to look at, and can make you either love them even more than ever, Make you think twice for trusting them, or even fully hates them. Which is amazing.

And now, the second thing of the game’s aspect...

--==Graphics==--
Not gonna lie. I actually don’t really pay much attention about the graphics. I actually can just put it into the end, or I can just throw it into the træshcan (ngl I actually don’t know who is Danny Devito. But I like this word.). But, This is review. So, I should talk about it. For the graphics, well. I like it. The dev uses the retro graphic, which is looks great to me (Not that I actually liked the retro graphics to begin with.). The backgrounds and locations were looks good, and in fact it’s good on any season. The character sprites are really great to look at. The monsters are amazing. And, the portrait on the other hand.... Umm... I actually used a mod called “Anime Portrait” by OhoDavi, because I love it so much, despite the fact that I never watched Anime. But to be honest, The Original Portrait looks good for me. I actually liked it.

And now, The most important aspect in the game for me, which is....

--==Gameplay==--
Now, How do I say about this? Oh yeah. Have you ever played Harvest Moon? If you do, It’s almost similar like it. If you don’t, That’s okay. I’ll tell you. First off, the farming. Obviously! You have Regular Farm, The Cave, and Greenhouse. The regular Farm looks very messy at the first time, and you obviously need to clean it before you can use it. And then, If you have cleaned it, You can use it to plant anything, from Potato, Pumpkin, to even Trees (If you need more of it to make your Farm looks good). And, You can make your Plants grow faster, or better. And don’t forget to take care of them from any “Intruder”. And just like Harvest Moon, Some plants can only planted to a certain season. Which means, You can’t just rely on single plant to get rich. Second one, The Cave. You can use it to harvest some Fruit Bats, or Mushrooms, But You need to make money before you can use it, Because It’s empty for the first time. After that, don't forget to chech it daily. And Last one, The Greenhouse. Like I said before, you need to do some chores to unlock it. And After that, You can use it to Plant anything in there just like you do in the Regular Farm. When I said anything, I mean LITERALLY ANYTHING, Even if it's not on the right season. So, If you wanna plant your favourite plant, You can plant it there, as long as you have the corps, that is.
The Second one is Mining. Just like Harvest Moon, you can Mine some ore and minerals. You can use them to upgrade your tools, or just donate them to The Museum. You need Pickaxe to mine, obviously, and then go into The Mines. In there, Not only there’s ore and Minerals to Mine and take, There are also enemies to stop you, Which will talk about it soon. And speaking of The Mine, There’s two of them. The regular and The Harder one. In the harder cave, Not only there are some high quality ores and minerals in there. But, There are powerful enemies in there as well. You need more powerful gear to get in there.
And then, Combat. Oh boy, the combat. First off, There’s some enemies in the game, In the Mines especially. Some of them are flying, some of them aren’t. You fight them with Sword, Bombs, Or even Slingshot. And, The more levels in the mine you get, The harder The enemies are. Sometimes, They dropped some stuff that can be used to craft something that can help you to fight the enemies easier. And also, try not to let them get you game-ended. Anyway, This is amazing. I like it.
Oh wait! You think That’s the only thing you do in the game? Haha! No! There’s other thing you can do, in this game, Like Talking to other people, Play some minigames, Fishing, Having relationship with people either into different gender, or same gender, Get Married, Go into the Event and Carnival, and many more.

And then the last aspect of the game is...

--==Audio & Soundtrack==--
Yeah. The audio is really good. The ambience is amazing. It always make me got relaxed for listening into it. And the Soundtrack was pretty great, Especially The Winter one. I really liked it. The songs makes me got relaxed even more. I can’t explain it more. I just really liked it. You can just experience it yourself.

--==Conclusion==--
So, In Conclusion, I really liked the game. It’s a great game. It makes you reminding of the old days playing Harvest Moon (For people who ever played Harvest Moon). You can either buy it on Sale, or Buy it immediately. Anyway, That’s it. Hope this review make you wanna buy the game.

--==Final Score==--
All Hail Stardew Valley / 100
Thumbs up for this game! Hope This game released in the Afterlife as well.

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7 Comments
Spring Cl🌞uds™ 22 Jan, 2022 @ 3:09am 
Much Appreciated :steamthumbsup:. So this game isn't suit for someone that has white hairs on his beard. :lunar2020gigglemonkey:
{Codename="Geovandi_DeWitt"} 14 Jan, 2022 @ 11:30pm 
@Lokked Okay. If I have time, I'll try it on both two laptops. ^_~
Lokked 14 Jan, 2022 @ 10:41pm 
Now mod with Stardew Valley Extended, Ridgeside Village, East Scarp, Aquarium, Immersive Farm 2, Grampleton Farm, and Tractor. Now you have a new game to play (maybe not all new, but more to explore).
gak 11 Jan, 2022 @ 5:05am 
Yesss, I felt a Deja Vu reading this lol, the Harvest Moon comparison :papyruswacky:
Baosas 10 Jan, 2022 @ 8:47pm 
1 person found this review funny
Stylotix 10 Jan, 2022 @ 2:04pm 
Imagine trying to improve Binary Code relationships instead of real life ones:sacrificed:
{Codename="Geovandi_DeWitt"} 9 Jan, 2022 @ 10:54pm 
I just realized this review has the same amount of mentioning "Harvest Moon" as The Portia one lmao. :steamlaughcry: