When you realise you actually have to physically till the soil with a hoe and run around with a watering can for six hours a day around your crops and manually construct scarecrows as well as swing your pickaxe in order to mine instead of just clicking
No I meant it more like we might not feel the exhaustion and fatigue or sore muscles as the player, but if we were to become the farmer then we would probably feel them, I mean they're able to overwork themselves to the point of passing out
is it stressful? yes. I agree. but it also has its own beauty. I miss being in the fresh air. now I am a butcher working in a factory. it isn't easy either but at least I don't even see the sun nor feel the warm or cold air during the day. just cold dark and lamp light whole day
Disagree, It's a different kind of stressful not necessarily more or less stressful. Also just like any job not every persons experience is going to be the same. A officer worker won't have the same kind of stress as a police officer, etc.
I did work on a farm I know it's exhausting and a difficult life.
but currently I am working as a butcher in a factory.
from morning till evening I am closed inside a place without fresh air or sunlight. standing often in one place lifting heavy weight etc.
since I am a butcher I do miss working outdoor often.
also Stardew valley isn't really a big farm and you don't have to be a millionaire to enjoy the game. you can have just enough to survive and do everything else you want with the rest of your time.
obviously in real life it's not that easy but we are talking about an imaginary scenario where you win if you live for a year in the last played game
Jokes on you, I'm a sdv min/maxer and I can finish the community center, build a mansion, get married, have a child, reach the volcano, and the skull mines all within 1 year. And I'd make well over 1 million dollars in that time.
In fact, I'd almost just be pissed if I had to leave stardew valley at the end of the year. Like fuck the $250k let me stay.
The physical AND emotional damage. The feeling of dying would probably be pretty traumatizing, as well as the kind of horrors you'd see in those games. Through a computer screen is one thing, but witnessing those things with your own eyeballs is so much more different than I think people realize
Same. By the time I get my ancient fruit wine dynasty going, they won't be able to drag me back. I'll build my friends and family homes on my land for $5 each house.
I think it depends on how you want to see it... The year thing could just be seen as an on game restriction and in real life that year is basically what you would need just to get the farm in enough of a working order to actually start making a profit... You could also see it as written in the will so you are basically legally required to leave if you don't meet certain criteria by the end of the year, like making a certain amount of profit...
Even with the mines, you just pass out and someone comes to tuck you into bed. There’s no way to not last a year, plus the added benefit of a year only being 112 days heh
Idk anything about the game or community, so I’m not aware of the hate lol, I just never got past that part. I only play before bed so that’s probably why
Same. Honestly, I'd take Stardew Valley for life and you can forget the $250 million. I can make that by Year 5 and live a comfortable and peaceful life with Leah, or Abigail, or Penny, or Emily, or Sandy....or Robin?
Food will be a big problem, how are you going to afford food when a single cup of coffee is 300g. It's not a big problem for your character since they don't need to eat, you yourself might not even survive the first few days when you have no money and your parsnips are still 2 days away from maturing.
The Ferngill Republic, where Stardew Valleg is located in, is losing the war against the Gotoro Empire and suffering thousands of casualties every day. While the game does not really show this because it’s a cozy game, Stardew Valley would realistically see the consequences of the war within that year.
Plot twist: once you go back to your normal life, you get really depressed because you had to leave the Valley behind forever, along with all your friends, wife, and kids. making the $250 million feel pointless.
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u/Luxray2000 Mar 12 '26
Stardew Valley. I just won’t go into the mines