Jess👾
One of the most impressive things about Stardew Valley is that even in the 10 years since and countless copycats, there's still never been one that I'd play again. I keep going back to good old SV when it's been a bad month and I need something chill.
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Show threadJess👾Mar 7
Hot take:
Stardew Valley is an isekai
Show threadJess👾Mar 7
Normal office worker transported into a whole new region where they live out a power fantasy, naturally able to outdo everyone around them, gain magical otherworldly powers, speak with a godlike being, etc
Show threadEpic NullMar 7
@JessTheUnstill I kinda see where you are going, but doesn't the main character have to die for it to count?
Show threadJess👾Mar 7
@Epic_Null no isekai is just "to another world" - reincarnated is only one flavor of it
Show threadJess👾Mar 7
@Epic_Null Plenty are "fall through a portal" or "summoned as a hero" or whatever. Like Peter Pan would be an isekai
Show threadchocobo13ζMar 8
@JessTheUnstill
Definitely adult person moves into town, absolutely mops the floor with the children at the yearly Easter egg hunt. I can't help but picture them elbowing the kids out of the way like it's black Friday sales...
Show threadJess👾Mar 8
@chocobo13 not to mention romancing teenagers.
Show threadVon XylofonMar 8
@JessTheUnstill @chocobo13 It's this guy, essentially.
Show threadJess👾Mar 8
@vonxylofon @chocobo13 3 categories of people:
Children
Fuckable
Old
Show threadChris Dillon 🌹Mar 7
@JessTheUnstill "How did I, a game, get transported to this Steam library?" 💭
Show threadJess👾Mar 7
@squarism if it's your first time playing it, have fun. It's a serious classic of the genre. And if you're into modding, after you do one playthrough, do Stardew Valley Expanded. It is almost a full expansion to the base game.
Show threadNazoMar 8

@JessTheUnstill I want to say "but they went there willingly and knowingly" since isekai as a format generally means they are transplanted rather forcefully.

But technically isekai just means not Earth — another world. It doesn't specify how they get there.

And going from the corporate, capitalist world of struggling even to survive as you work your life away into a small town where one can survive just off the land and not have to constantly pay money to be alive kind of does qualify as moving to another world in a way I guess.

I guess I can see it?

Show threadFiralTheSpiralMar 8
@JessTheUnstill I mean, you're not wrong
Show threadEcho (&)Mar 8
@JessTheUnstill Lukewarm take, which is to say that yes, it absolutely is an isekai and I am now recommending it as one.
Show threadRewikMar 8
@JessTheUnstill I mean, if you consider that it's the player taking over an entity in a game world, isn't *every* game an isekai of sorts?
Show threadJess👾Mar 8
@rewik 🤯
Show threadepiloniousMar 7

@JessTheUnstill I also feel like "This can be easily played on a Macbook Neo" only adds to it's appeal.

In fact the 'MacBook perfect to piss off your spoiled teen this Christmas' would probably be overkill.

Show threadEVHasteMar 7
@JessTheUnstill Same, though I will say I think Fields of Mistria is on the right track! I stopped playing it til its out of early access cause I don’t wanna burn out on it early
Show threadjiub   Mar 7
@Haste @JessTheUnstill yeah, fields of mistria seems like it has the most potential for replay. i've played quite a few stardew clones and mistria is the only one i've been interested in replaying so far (besides stardew valley itself). excited to see what the full release brings
Show threadJakeMar 7
@JessTheUnstill the absolute perfect distillation of the genre