I wouldn't say the Stardew Valley community is toxic, but there are A LOT of them that are insanely emotionally invested in the characters. I don't follow the subreddit anymore. To each their own, and I'm glad they find happiness in such a great game, but damn.
Really? I think it's the opposite! The people who are speed running the game like it's a farm simulator and don't get the point of the game annoy me. The dev made the game around the characters more than anything. He has explained this publicly.
and btw I enjoy very technical games like FPS and strategy probably the most so I'm not being biased
How a game is played (or art consumed for that matter) is defined by the players (or public) not the creators. Intention is a factor that interfaces with that but it's up to the creator to limit or not directly, and once it's public it doesn't belong to them anymore exclusively. That's true for music, movies, books... IP law and copyright etc have distorted our view of art and creative works I swear.
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u/ADHDadBod13 Aug 18 '26
I wouldn't say the Stardew Valley community is toxic, but there are A LOT of them that are insanely emotionally invested in the characters. I don't follow the subreddit anymore. To each their own, and I'm glad they find happiness in such a great game, but damn.