1y ago

Stardew Valley v1.6 confirmed to release in March, hits over 30 million sales

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On the topic of Stardew Valley do people recommend doing a first playthrough unmodded? I feel like there's probably some decent quality of life mods out there
- Honestly I've never felt a need for mods in stardew, and I've beaten it twice. The game's pretty polished as is
- There is a handful of QoL mods such as an ingame encyclopedia so you don't have to alt-tab to the wiki. But I've completed the game a few times and would definitely say mods aren't nessecary at a.
  
  Which mods would help with that? My big issue with Harvest Moon FoMT was how much of a guessing game the game was without a Wiki.
  Cursed tools for example. You need to mine to the at least the 29th floor and every ten floors after that and they have a chance of not being there. If you aren't save scumming you can spend in-game years getting them! I ended up editing the ROM just so I didn't have to write down the birthdays.
- The game is pretty perfect without mods. I don't think it really needs any QoL changes as there's no mechanics I found to be frustrating. The skill and tool progression feels natural and rewarding.
  I played it normally a couple times and then installed some mods (like one that auto crafts from chests for future runs). Both were fun, but the modded runs were for specifically minmaxing
- 99% of people do.
- TIL Stardew has mods...
  
  IIRC, the original intent of this update was to make it more mod friendly
  
  Stardew Valley Expanded is a popular one (and a big reason why I asked).
  Stardew Valley Expanded is a fanmade expansion for ConcernedApe's Stardew Valley. This mod adds 27 new NPCs, 50 locations, 260 character events, 27 fish, reimagined vanilla areas, two farm maps, a reimagined world map reflecting all changes, new music, questlines, objects, crops, festivals, and many miscellaneous additions!
- With the new update coming out, it may be a while before some mods get updated to be compatible with the new release version. I'd recommend starting your game unmodded, then look for mods that benefit your play style once you have a feel for the game and how it plays.
I bought it but haven't yet managed to get into it.
Is it normal to wander around aimlessly feeling lost, or is it just me?
- Yeah... sadly the gameplay loop gets a bit tired (for me personally anyways) after a little bit and I put it down for a while again. It's not the games fault, I just wish there was a hybrid of this and farming simulator, where it's not hyper realistic, but just more in depth/number crunchy I guess.
- you might have a better time if you find a friend to chat away with while you work on the farm together
  
  So would it be fair to say the general game plan is
  Start up farm
  Make friend
  Grow crops
  Sell crops
  Rinse and repeat?
- The game has the basics and does them well, but i feel like it's missing the hook. It's really good if you're already into the style, but it won't bring anyone new in.
I haven’t even completed all the 1.5 stuff yet, ha ha!
- Me either. I'm currently playing but just getting started on Ginger Island. Yet to really do the desert too

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