What's So Great About Stardew Valley? - What's The Point? 

I don’t know why I like this game but I can’t stop. Me: “one more day” Reality: year 2 begins

I was so obsessed with my farm that I started dreaming about going down the mines and discovering an ancient civilisation below coupled with a few dwarves.

*Gives Shane Pizza for his birthday* Shane: "This is so amazing thank you, you're so great!" *Talks to Shane immediately after* Shane: "Who are you? I don't know you, never talk to me again I hate everything you stand for."

“the neighbors are cheery” shane: am i a joke to you SIR

Being in my 50s, games like this keeps me relaxed.

when I first played stardrew valley it felt like a game you could play in small bits every now and then. somehow I ended up doing the exact opposite: I played it without a break for like 4 days and then never touched it again for some reason :D

"I have a 2 hour plane ride, I'll just pop in Stardew Valley..." * cries in console *

so lets conclude from all those comments below, u have to be chill while playing this game, u dont have to run after all tasks man, u dont have to complete the community needs so quickly, just chill, everything will be okay, let the passion flow up. why dont you try a normal life? water the crops in morning, collect artisans in 9 am, and go fishing till the dusk came down! then rest your dah by drop at Stardrop Saloon, and enjoy few drinks? Does this sounds normal? Dont get involved by all quests (although you know how to pass it) just chill, let your mind enjoy the game, and dont be obsessive about all things in this big games. got it? actually this game, allow us to choose our own way to enjoy (this is endless game, you will get nothing after complete all the tasks dont it?) so this stuff didnt force us to do all tasks, but choose the right tasks, to fulfill the part of our way in this game.

Criminally underrated channel. Keep up the good work man!

"Sandbox games aren't for people looking to show off their abilities or take on a grand challenge." >cries in 16-bit redstone computer

Due to quarantine and a good friend who decided to buy this game for me... I am now really enjoying this game. Just started playing today.

"The villagers are cheery." About that...

I have over 1,000 hours in Stardew Valley. Every time I start a new farm, it's a bit different. I enjoy playing because I CAN play the way I want... and I can change what that means every time I play again. The town is full of all sorts of drama... but you have to get to know the characters better than on a casual level. SPOILER ALERT Shane is suicidal and tries to kill himself. Pam has a sad history that you find out about as you get to know her. Leah left her ex in the city and he won't leave her alone. Sebastian is trying to make a living so he can get away from Demetrius. Caroline and the Wizard had an affair and Abigail is the result. Every person has something and if you want to get to know them, you eventually learn it all. END SPOILERS I have never become bored with this game and it has often allowed me to relax and forget about all the things that I have to contend with in my life. I'm old (nearly 70) but I've enjoyed games since before I bought my first game machine... a Super NES. I still have it and all of the games... and they all still work and I play them every now and then... but Stardew Valley is where I go most often. - Lately I've been watching the new Animal Crossing and am thinking that it's another game I might play for a long time, but I have to buy the Switch to do that... and I'm wondering if the game will give me enough time and pleasure to make that purchase worthwhile. I've looked at other Switch games, but not one of them is appealing to me, so Animal Crossing would have to be a game I play a lot to make the price worthwhile. - Although I bought Minecraft, I never could get into it... mostly because I don't like the graphics. I gave up on Facebook a long time ago, but I did play Farm Town (not Farmville) when I was on there and I enjoyed it until it began to be more about "inviting friends" than it was about playing a simple farming game. That felt more like an MLM to me than a game, so I quit.

You mention around 2:18 how nice it is to pop in Stardew and just slow down. Thing is, the first 4-5 times I've legit tried to play Stardew Valley, I never got past Fall of the first year. There's so much to do in the game that it always felt a bit overwhelming. I'd start to farm, then get a fishing pole and try to fisu, then get told about the community center...so I try to fill that up asap, then the mines open up and now I want to get down to the bottom as quick as I can. On top of the seasonal events, keeping NPC happiness up, filling up the museum, upgrading tools, and doing the Adventurers guild stuff. I legit got burnt out. Every save I started, I'd get to month 2 or 3 of the first year, and get tired and just quit. I always felt like I HAD to do everything as quickly as I could, and I'd get irritated if I missed something one month for the community center, or didn't have enough money to buy a certain event-specific item. I only recently started a new save after months of not playing. Figured with the newest updates, I might as well give it another shot. I'm only at the end of Spring on year 1, but I'm having more fun. I've decided to chill out. If I miss something, I miss it. No big deal, it'll be there next year. Like, I didn't even think to plant green beans, so I'm gonna miss them this year in the community center. But oh well. I'm also not rushing to do things constantly. Some days I'll just say fuck it and make it a lazy day where I just fish junk items for the recycler or something. Way more fun and relaxing this way.

By the quality alone I assumed this channel had a couple hundred thousand subscribers, this is insane content

Wait I'm sorry, you have only 801 subs?? This video was great quality, you deserve more my dude! New sub

kudos to the maker! you're so underrated! the quality, sound and the overall video is AMAZING! you should have hundreds or even millions of subs! earned the sub amazing vid!

Remember me man, I'm your ~1,500 something subscriber. Soon, I know you'll get to a million.

I loved the relaxed at "your own pace" feel of this game. Thats why I always end up min maxing the hell out of it like my life depends on it.

I've been playing farming games since I discovered Harvest Moon on the GBC. I went to a funeral 600 miles away and this game (along with Pokemon) went with me. I had maxed everything out. I was like 9 then, but I still liked more hardcore games like Zelda as well as games like Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons. Sometimes you need a chill game to play just to have some variety in your life, something you don't have to worry about screwing up a mission or quest.

One word: Escapism

honestly great channel and quality. when i first watched the video, i thought you were gonna be a youtuber with 100s of thousands of subs, then i went to like it and saw the likes and subs. very underrated channel, nice video!

Was debating buying this game, now me and my girlfriend have both decided to get it! Amazing video and there wasn’t really any spoilers it was just a genuine video about it and why it’s a good game. You definitely deserve more subscribers and it wasn’t until I saw someone else’s comment about it that it made me realise how low it was (I easily thought you were in the hundred thousands!). Keep up the great work, you have yourself a new sub :)

I've put over 200 glorious hours into this time. I might play it today. 10/10, one of the best relaxing games to play!

Loved this! Great summary of exactly why these games draw so many of us in. Glad I came across your channel

The way me and my friend literally have ‘stardew days’ where we spend a whole day playing the game. We once played it on a 4 hour train journey….that journey felt like 30 minutes because we were playing stardew the entire time it didn’t feel like time was passing.

"Nothing that will get you down" Shane's route: 👀

This channel is amazing and exactly what I’ve been looking for. I’ve often wished a channel like this existed. Liked and subscribed! Keep up the good work!

I think sandbox games give the player a sense of conttol over the environment. You don't necessarily see this type of thing in non-sandbox games.

i am obsessed with this game. it is so relaxing and you don’t feel pressured to do all the quests. the people are interesting and so far seem to be complex and each have their own individual story. the music is cute and makes you happy! perfect game for quarantine!

Perfect game for being quarantined!

Picked this up a week ago and have one of the songs stuck in my head already

I think the reason why I like and play this game even more than animal crossing is just because there’s so much to do! You can farm, you can explore caves, you can start a family, you can build a town to perfection, it never ends! All of that combined with the fact that every cpu is different makes this game 10 times bigger then animal crossing ever could be. It’s also kinda pathetic how one man can make a better and more fleshed out game then fricken NINTENDO!!!

Y'all saying Stardew valley is super relaxing but no, it is super stressful

1:51, it was at that moment that it occurred to me that after all this time, I had never actually seen the guy before, lol!

Great video! Saw it on Reddit, don't regret seeing it all! Thanks for the recommendation, fellow farmer!

Me being a fan of harvest moon when my cousin introduced this game *Oh shit here we go again*

Exactly what I wanted to see when I came to this video ! Thanks so much ! Subscribed!

i only wish there was an update to the journal for custom entries to track what you were doing, after a few years it gets exhausting to remember everything you're up to and god forbid you take a break only to come back and completely forget.

bro I'm addicted to this valley 😭

What a great video and underrated channel, glad to see such professional content!

Subbed bro you are going to get a bigger channel in time that's for sure just carry on :D You sold the experience to me and I was looking for that. Thank you for this content I found so useful!!

this game is so deep despite looking so simple , I'm on year 5 and I still have goals to do ,got a garden full of pots with delux retaining soil so I don't have to water them then got a full 80 beehives in bottom of my island farm ,didn't even know I was gonna do such thing before starting 5th year,you would think after you are done with community center ,there is nothing else to do but then goals just keep flowing in this game then you keep adding mods and this game almost never ends ,some of the mods that actually truely shine after community center completion, is automation ,better junimo huts,lookup anything ,fast animations and the new expansion mod ridge side cliff village which adds a whole new town and people without messing with your main game like sve ,ofcourse I got like 30 more awesome mods too but some of these mods actually make the game last forever without getting bored

Thanks for the video! I came here cuz I was curious about the new Animal Crossing game. Looked it up and didn't seem quite my style and led me to look into Stardew Valley. Time to start playing today XD

10 hour trip coming up... I know what I’m doing for 10 hours straight 😃✋🏽

Great video essay. I just bought it and I'm looking forward to a new addiction haha.

The size of the farm plots gave me claustrophobia for some reason.

Now at patch 1.5 which I did'nt even KNOW was a thing till I checked recently, the man's a god damn LEGEND and old saves almost never break from a new patch, can you see 1.6 over there? I see a sunset coming in 2022, we love you CA!!! Never give up on this game :)

Can you do a video on what's so great about Old School Runescape? Surprised me on how few subscribers you had, you've got some quality videos and definitely deserve much more attention. Keep at it! *SUBSCRIBED*

This channel deserve more subscribers . From Quebec.

GREAT VIDEO! Quality comparable to few 100k subs channel... You sir deserve way more credit and subs!

this channel is so underrated RU-vid algorithm should be arrested

love your channel man, super cool stuff!

Wow. Great content sir, especially with 1.6k subs you’re SO underrated 👍🏽‼️ *I’m buying the game asap lol*

I just realized I've been playing this game to win, even though i wanted to relax like the story wants me to. thank you for the help with this revelation.

Come on boys! Spread the word we're getting this channel 20k subscribers

Wow - that was an amazing review. Great channel! Subscribed!

Juat watched this video and some of your videos, the videos are really enjoyable. You got a new subscriber!

The content quality is great. ❤️

This is a good video. Your views are criminally low. I hope you grow more in the future cos you deserve it.

Great idea for a gaming series! Keep going and I think the views will come

Thanks for the vid i was looking for a vid about the game because it's on sale and you just got a sub

It has everything, Farming, Combat, Fishing, Socialization and even Marriage for god's sake! Not even Animal crossing could do that!

Thank you for this video , I never heard of this game before until I saw it mentioned on Reddit and the game kinda reminded me of MapleStory, I game I used to play a while back but Stardew Valley looks like just the game I need, this year has been very stressful for me and this games looks very peaceful

I hope you get way more views and subs this was amazing

this convinced me to spend the last of eshop gift card on this game. loved the video bro you earned a sub from me, surprised you’re not big already this review was straight quality

This is the very first video I watch of this channel. And it's an insta subscribe. A very well educated review. Keep up the good work. 😁

"Theyre all fleshed out people" EA could never

1:51 Eric Barone looks like that AND resurrected my beloved Harvest Moon games as Stardew Valley? Hey wifey? DIVORCE! Apparently I’m gay now!

Quality content, great review, subscribed

Its the orgasm when you feel after looking after ur crops for a whole month with a frickin default watering can and sell like 300 crops of goddamn melons to the mayor that secretly comes at night time to snoop around my farm, followed by a market summuary screen...

Hey man, great concept for a channel. I hope I get to see you make it big!

I’ve seen a lot of people talking about this game in my discord server saying it was really good. When I heard it was on switch I was ecstatic since I haven’t touched my switch in like a month and after watching this video I’m definitely going to get this game since it’s really not a lot of money for such a well made and good game.

Wow, you deserve as many subs as other super popular review channels. High quality content, you earned a sub from me

The whole point of a sandbox games to create your own there is no just a beginning and even when you reach the end the desire to continue is what makes sand boxes so fun.

I wish story of seasons pioneers of town had the drama and more adult scenes like this game.

Underrated af channel. Remember when you have 10 mil!

I'm so hooked on this game. Once I start playing I'm trapped. Truly the best game ever

Stardew valley is everything I want in a game, no quick time events. Or asking friends to join get resources. No loot boxes,or in game stores.

I was on break from this game for a year and half, got bored one day and heard there was a new update jumped back and went from year 3 and half to year 5 and it felt natural like nothing changed

When I first played Stardew Valley, I almost did not sleep and finished one whole year in the game. I was scared of myself. It seems like I could not leave it.

i picked up this game on steam for $9.99 and it's been my best purchase ever thanks to this review

As an FPS gamer who used to play Minecraft. This was an amazing experience. I read about this in a book called "Blood Sweat And Pixels" (amazing book btw) and it sounded interesting. Ever since my Gran always gave me money on Easter, Christmas and so on I decided to use that money to get this game on steam. I often got stressed playing FPS games and this game was relaxing and addictive for me. I immediately got flashbacks to my Minecraft days and I am now addicted. I highly recommend this game to any gamer. Edit: tip for beginners. Fish while your crops grow and get better rods. It is a good way to get money starting out.

i was playing hm and got bored coz i feel like something is missing so i look for a new sandbox game then stardew valley pop up i said to myself oh great another harvest moon. oh boy i was very wrong

Good presentation and I love Stardew. You seem like pro blogger who does not need to do circus or stand-up in your videos - Subbed.

I bought this game two days ago and I already have at least 12 hours in

So this is your most-viewed video, huh? Wonder why that is... Sometimes it's hard to tell why certain videos blow up while others don't. I just hope this video encouraged a lot of people to subscribe to this channel and check out the rest of your awesome videos!

Only problem is I can't play it with my friends because of them not liking the apparent "bad graphics"

Amazing that one guy, Eric Barone, built this entire game (programming, graphics, music) in 4 years.

Very Nice video, you have earned yourself a sub! I thought you were Gonna have like a couple of *very high number* K subs. But nope here we are with a bit more than 700+. Gladly suprised! Good job

I love your content :) new subscriber here from Philippines.

I grew up on harvest moon, from GameCube to 3ds. This game was exactly what I needed from a switch game and I would have paid more for it.

to me the thing thats so great about this game, is the massive nostalgia for the Harvest moon games it gives me. i still prefer Harvest moon in some aspects. but stardew valley certainly expanded upon the ideas of that game. i still think Harvest moon has the better characters and a better map though. also multiplayer, the fact you can play this with a total of 4 people is awesome.

Man this is underrated

We all know the answer of that question. Leah

To me Stardew is a game where I can just relax and not worry about failure. I come from extremely competitive games liek CS GO and R6. Those games are often played with sweat and tears. Stardew is the opposite and that is why I love it.

What a great video, congrats! Subbed!

"Your farm is still waiting for you and the neighbors are happy to see you." This is the main reason why I play Stardew Valley. If the Cheers theme song was a video game, it would be Stardew Valley.

“The neighbors are cheery!” I see this man has not met Shane XD

I love Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness , so I figured that I’d like this game. The controls are kinda weird if you play via laptop, but I like the game overall.