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

  • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netEnglish
    211·
    23 days ago

    There was a highly upvoted post on the cozygames subreddit which I’m paraphrasing from memory.

    Every time someone 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.

    Like, imagine any other genre having to deal with people like that? “Oh that looks like it’s ripping off Doom how unoriginal looks boring just play Doom”.

    • Buttflapper@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      142·
      23 days ago

      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

        • Buttflapper@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          11·
          22 days 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

    • Buttflapper@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      52·
      23 days ago

      1. it’s a different flavor. Stardew is more like a farming sim, and a lot more rugged and rural farming feeling. Mistria is more anime themed and cozy feel, definitely geared towards chicks or those who like pretty aesthetics and cozy vibes. I also really LOVE the color palette, everything is gorgeous

      2. Magic. Love the magic

      3. The romance options are just better. They’re more authentic, they’re special

      4. Less nuance/annoying stuff that Stardew has you have to mod out, like friendship levels that decrease over time and become annoying as fuck tbh

      5. Less hardcore. Some stardew-ers have minmax strategies for everything and it’s hilarious. Exact locations to put items in order to min-max the absolute biggest harvests

      I’m still learning but Mistra is soooooooooooo much more fun

    • wavebeam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      23 days ago

      The storyline is more mystical? There’s a larger focus on skills selections and cooking in this, and the relationships are more varied.

  • caut_R@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    23 days ago

    I‘ve been playing it for like 12 hours so far, runs smooth on Deck, I’ve encountered no bugs so far, and I‘m not even in my first fall. If it didn‘t say early access, I wouldn‘t have been able to tell yet. I haven‘t regreted my purchase and it‘s honestly cheap even without a discount.

    The camera scrolls so stupidly smooth it‘s a joy, played a bunch of pixel games lately and it‘s sadly not a given (Potion Permit and its random stutters and sudden CPU load increases).