Utterly Mad

friggin data mining and leaking of informations. Data miners ruined the sense of "discovery" in binding of isaac. It's fortunate that no one appears to be doing that shit with stardew valley.
Speaking of which, holy shit does stardew capture the sense of harvest moon well. It's a bit more "mature" though in that you can tell that the characters know they live in a small town and some of them even feel like they are trapped there. Some of them almost seem somewhat depressed. Theres a homeless guy and sometimes he says "Please don't destroy my tent. It happens sometimes..." later on, you catch him rummaging through peoples garbage and you get to decide how to react to it. Even the intro to the game is pretty grim. It's you as a little kid standing by your grandfather on his death bed. He gives you an envelope and tells you, basically, "someday, life is gonna be shit and your gonna feel crushed by it. On that day, open this letter." Of course that day comes and then the game starts. I like it's whimsy mixed with the fact that all the characters aren't the standard harvest moon trope characters. It's a good game.

Oh yeah, the fishing minigame is a bitch at first, but you get used to it very quickly.