Dude the new dialogue is EVERYTHING. The fact that during summer i had Lewis be like "Hey your melons are probably almost ripe now. Your grandpa's favorite dish had melons in it." and then Gus later was like "Lewis said your tomatoes ripened real well! Imagine a culinary world without tomatoes." Like im having to un-learn my speed click through of dialogue cause i feel like so much attention and love has been added
I gave Krobus a loved book (Monster Compendium) and the custom gift dialogue was something like "Hey my friends are in here. Wait, is that me?" Alex also got a bunch of new egg dialogue. Love that for him Demetrius literally gave me his triple shot expresso after he heard I hatched a dinosaur egg. Accidentally donating the dinosaur egg before 1.6 kinda worth it now
I love that Stardew has EXIT POINTS. At the end of every day is a perfect opportunity to put the game down. So many games don’t have anything like that, and encourage you to just keep playing non stop. I love that Stardew gives me the chance to put it down regularly.
@@honey2waysakaeggyegg Not as easy as it would seem apparently, there's a mod that adds a save button, and it absolutely breaks in tons of different situations. Could've just been a bad mod, I dunno.
CA is 100% beast mode. SDV shows that these AAA titles focus on the wrong things when making games. This mans mind is full of amazing ideas and his work ethic executes to perfection.
it makes sense that such an earnest and thoughtful game would attract an equally lovely community but i remember being SO surprised when i first when went on the stardew valley subreddit and bracing myself for the worst (given the absolute vile way gaming communities can often act...) and it was just filled with genuine love for the game, each other, and concernedape. love this community and i'm glad you're a creator in this space sal :)
I have barely interacted with this community but so far pretty much all I've seen is people hating on characters for the most entitled and cruel reasons and players fighting each other over optimization routes lol, not to mention how pretty much all mods that add NPCs that I tried so far seem to have been made by or pandering to terminally online twitter dwellers who haven't interacted with a real person in years
@@rajkanishuLike the other reply says, I think if you keep looking you can find the wholesomeness :) I've interacted with a lot of great and kind people through this community, and yes we have negativity too, but at least in my experience the majority of us are positive
One the biggest ones I LOVE is ConcernedApe's support for modding. Some of the features in 1.6 feel like previously modded things and he also worked with the modders for SMAPI and SVE!
1.6 was originally like, almost entirely for modders too. It makes a lot of major coding changes and the goal was, very openly, to make modding easier to do and more powerful in its capabilities.
Yes! My bf was having trouble getting on one day, so I was messing around in the menu while I waited. When I looked in the credits section, I got really excited to see Pathoschild officially there! He made the Seasonal Outfits mod, among other things, so I’m pretty sure he did a lot for the new winter outfits.
7:49 It's really worth mentioning that CA has been an extremely stand-up guy the whole way through as well. Dude is a total class act when it comes to dealing with bad circumstances (like with Chucklefish ages ago) and listening to the community. So many features specifically come from community feedback it's unreal. How many devs can you name who take time out of their day to help individual people fix their stardew saves when issues come up? I don't mean to put him up on a big ol pedestal or anything but I think he plays a big part in making the community one that for the most part truly stands out as an incredible example of a fandom executed well, and he definitely deserves credit for that. His status as a primarily solo act has also made it much easier for him to avoid controversy from stealing breast milk, lol.
one of the things i love about the update is popular mods that have been introduced to base game, like seasonal outfits and the many versions of harvest with scythe
@@honey2waysakaeggyegg Not just that, but the fact that (If I'm remembering this correctly) CA not only worked closely with the dev for Expanded to make sure that it was ready for the 1.6 launch but actually put them on payroll when they really needed a job is absolutely astounding.
The fact that he loves it that there's such a great modding community with the game and he goes out of his way to make it so it's easier for them is great too. So many games are afraid of mods but CA embraces it
The community is definitely the best part of this game for me. Stardew is the only game I've actually joined the big discord for, because I wanted to get into modding, and I was terrified it would be a cesspit of garbage like most other big gaming communities are. It's law of numbers -- the more people you get in one place the more jerks you find. If there's 1 jerk to every 100 people, that's still a lot of jerks. Everybody in the Stardew Discord has been so incredibly sweet and welcoming, especially the modding and art communities, which I find tend to be the LEAST friendly to newcomers traditionally in fandoms. Basically every time I go into the modding chat it's full of people helping someone troubleshoot, or collaborative idea sharing, or people just complimenting each others' work. Absolutely phenomenal you funky little video game
Same!!! When I first started playing the game with mods, I absolutely /destroyed/ my save and I was devastated. I joined a discord and everyone was so so nice- someone even went and fixed my game files by hand. I'll never forget how kind that person was. I've never had an experience like that in a game community before and it'll always stay with me ^^
Honestly I love all the new gift specific dialogue, like how Sandy will comment on the smell forage flowers, Alex will eat the eggs you give him raw, and Hailey will mention that coconuts remind her of the beach. Makes their preferences feel all the more intentional instead of just "Wow this is great!"
stardew valley is such a beautiful game. especially as someone who has a lot of hours in the sims 4, its just so refreshing to feel the dedication and love that has been put into stardew valley. 15eur up front and no money grab broken dlcs, only expansive free updates. i count more (and often game breaking) bugs in one sitting of the ts4 than i have ever experienced in stardew throughout my entire time playing it, and all bugs that i have experienced have since been patched. i started playing modded not long ago and there i also see such a difference between the two, it really is fixing and adding missing parts vs complimenting. the game feels whole and it has so many beautiful little thought out details and how many possible things there are to do, it feels so so polished. the genius it takes, to make a game that feels so whole and easy to follow but yet sets you free to do whatever you want. it lets you play at your own pace and in your own way. and its so nice to see CA reply to tweets of people bringing up issues they have and promising to get to fixing it immediately, and smapi telling me i need to remove a mod from my mod folder because the feature has been implemented into the game (esp after playing the sims which has been having the same major bugs for over half a decade, and only keeps introducing new ones, that you often even pay for, before fixing the already existing issues). its really exciting to play a game that feels so truly loved and cared for by its creator. i really hold this game so close to my heart
I don't know if this counts for the entire game, but I love when CA adds content to the game. Not just for new stuff to discover, but because of how it always feels fresh and new. Like he isn't just copying from the modding community to make things official, he's coming up with this big ideas and giving unique things to them. Like Ginger Island is an obvious example, but the Mastery System in 1.6 is amazing. And I've seen some Mastery mods, sure, but none like what he did
Hi, Salmence! I am just commenting here because I want to let you know that your videos gave me newfound love for Stardew. Ever since I started watching you, I have found ways to make my gameplay more fun and you introduced me to mods! Thank you so much for doing what you do. I love unwinding from work while watching your videos. Cheers!
love love the context dialouge. i havent played that much but lewis and caroline saying that pierre was bitter over me winning the fair display the day after it just soooo fun!!
Whilst I love the themed catalogues, you best believe I'm looking for a mod that combines all of them into one furniture piece, with the new catalogues just being tabs along the top.
I must add that not only the overall community, but specifically the content creators are top notch. I'm always in awe at how creative and passionate you folks are. So thank you for giving us not only entertainment, but also new perspectives on the game
3:22 I've been working on a mod that adds _even more_ of those custom dialogue lines for specific gifts. It's been an absolute blast. Easily my favorite part of the update too since it directly led to me picking up the proverbial pen.
If you have a USB controller, the PC version is compatible with them! I personally use an Xbox controller, still does the haptics and everything. There are very minor issues (like you can’t access the side tabs in the furniture catalogue for some reason with controller), but otherwise works very well.
The thing I love about stardew is that there is no time limit. I'm on year 7 of my first playthrough and still haven't completed perfection and it doesn't look like it soon because I'm only at 32% 😂
I think Stardew Valley is the ultimate comfort game not because of how relaxing it is (anyone inexperienced who is simultaneously checking 20 pages of the wiki to understand what to do will know that - I speak from personal experience on this) but because your progression ingame is literally a reflection of you, and because there's always a second chance no matter what mistakes you make. There's no rush to progress, no to do list constantly keeping you in the run unless you actively choose to add to it and take in responsibility. You can play and progress at your own pace. There's no game over system. Sure, you can die, you can lose money because of bad decisions of if you're like that one guy on the wiki who lost 200000 gold because Penny changed the wallpaper in the house and deleted all his calls of starfruit wine, but you can always recover. Even if you die, you wake up again and you always have another chance (god bless you Harvey, no amount of money is too much to pay when you literally bring me back from the dead). There's no bills, no pressure. The valley and the town never age. You can walk and talk and play for as long as you want, then step away satisfied knowing that there won't ever be a big deadline or pressure that you have to meet when you return - unless you voluntarily took up that deadline. It's the perfect formula for an addictive but ultimately peaceful and satisfying experience.
I don’t know I loved this so much. But maybe it’s because everyone could have a different favorite 10 things, and I just enjoy learning what other people like about probably any media I’m interested in. But I legitimately could hear like 50 more things you like about the game and be interested still
I absolutely love this game and this community. The general vibe is one of doing your best at your own pace. It's calming that the only person setting the expectations is yourself.
0:36 This will forever be an... interesting line to take out if context Sal, you question Erik about "jack be nimble, jack be thicc", I give you your "vibrations"
7:34 There's no reason to pontificate all day on why the Stardew community is pretty chill, because the answer is right there on the surface: it's not a PvP game.
Those games are always the worst. Full of people who are try hards and cheat and everything else. That's why I stay away from those types of games. Just not worth it to me
I ABSOLUTLY love that you have a button to put everything already in the chest that is in your inventory, in the chest. And a button to organize them with a pretty good and logic way.
Sal, thank you so much for mentioning that waiting for the fish is not the most exciting part of the game. I've been watching your stuff for a while (as well as other SV youtubers), and everyone always gushes about how great and important fishing is, while I usually end up avoiding it because I find it more difficult than anything to just stare at a motionless screen waiting for a tiny movement. So to hear that you, as someone who makes content about this regularly, also kinda struggle with that - it really helped to validate me in that! It means a lot!
I love all the references to reading in this game. I love that you aren't forced to spend any time in a community if you chose not to. I love the hominess of Pelican Town. I also love the rainy days. I also love knowing when I start a day, I have so many activities to choose from each day. Some days I go to the water fountain in town or the bench by the cemetery and people watch. No judgment or penalty for doing that. Awesomeness.
I just wanted to write this to appreciate your spring, summer, fall and winter guide(I started a week ago but your videos are 2 years old). Although it gave me a lot of stress and made me overwhelmed, it gave me a path to follow. I couldn't finish in year 1 but I did in year 2 just because of your guide. Also I can't forget to mention how well you explain things, I saw a lot of guides but they fail to explain it to the viewer in a way that everyone can understand. Overall you're a W UA-camr and you earned a subscription.
Can’t wait to see your perfection video whenever it comes out! Still waiting for 1.6 to hit Switch, in the meantime your videos for advice on what ways to make money are great to watch!
I love the new dialogue! It makes me feel like I'm actually a part of the community when I hear Kent tell me (someone who marries Sam) he's happy his son his happy
I believe there are 3 heart events that you can miss. Sam's 3 heart event in year 1 like you mentioned, but there's also Penny's 4 heart event if you complete the community center before triggering it, and Clint's 6 heart event if you've seen Emily's 8 heart event first.
I will say that I wholeheartedly agree with the "community' comments. I can't think of another game that I can just say something I'd like to see added or ask a dumb question without fear of someone trying to argue or insult my lack of knowledge. It's very refreshing, not to mention rare.
I love your videos a lot and I appreciate the effort that you put into making them. I would really like to see a play through video where you’re going for perfection or any other goal you’d like
I enjoy the new specific fish bait, and how willy sells a random one daily. Often if someone wants a fish he has that kind of bait, but I think I've just been getting lucky.
I absolutely prefer a game controller to the mouse n keyboard, (mainly cause I started playing the game on Switch, and then got the computer-Steam vers when 1.6 came out cause I could not and would not wait for the switch update release lol). There's just something about the handheld controller that feels so much more seamless than the keyboard controls.... also, yea, the vibration is a huge bonus for fishing, especially since some of the bite sounds just blend into the rest of the game's background noise. You do not know how many times I've mistaken the natural sound of the water just blooping for my bite notification sound 😂😅
After the sadness I experienced when I made Legend bait, I didn't think to try Legend II bait. I'm currently on the extended family quest, so I want to give this a try!
A few weeks ago I redownloaded SV on a whim to my Xbox and opened a save last touched six years ago in Fall year 1 that was way behind (all copper tools, no sprinklers, barely through the mines). Now in Fall Y2 I have tons of quality sprinklers, one rabbit foot away from finishing the CC, all gold tools, and a lot more money. Your guides helped a lot, and it’s way easier to enjoy the game’s vibes when you have a clue what you’re doing.
The "unmissable content" thing is actually something I'm a little mixed on - it's nice to know you can always get anything you missed later, but I also think there's something incredibly satisfying about making decisions that give you access to certain things while locking you out of other options, pushing yourself to achieve something in a certain manner that gives you a bonus, and so on. However, I don't think Stardew is not the right type of game for that, so the fact that there is so little content that can be permanently missed in Stardew specifically, is a big plus.
oh i absolutely love playing with a controller too!! and mainly yeah because there's a vibration feedback... whenever my horse runs through dirt, it's like a mini massager for my hand lmaoooo and i love the new dialogue as well!! they made the characters so much more endearing :>
Love this video. The part about the menus being easy to use is so real, it just makes it so much more accessible for people of all different levels of gaming skill or interest in gaming.
1) I love your voice in these videos, it's like thanksgiving gravy and potatoes. Seriously smooth. 2) BWAHAHA you're in trouble hon, that's definitely not the ToTK pause menu! Good point though, that is a bad menu to use 3) Weenie Hut Jr! xD
Absolutely. Once I discovered Trap Bobber there was no going back for me... people complain about Glacierfish and honestly Trap Bobber is the solution 🤷♀️ I always get it first try now, it's fantastic
I'm so stoked for the new fishing things because the farm i started for the 1.6 update is my first attempt at a perfection run and the legendary fish scare me I've only ever caught ONE on all my previous saves
I can't recommend the Trap Bobber enough! It's saved my bacon more times than I can count, and it gives you the time you need to catch up to the fish :)
If you've never tried them before get the Trap bobber. It's not 100% gonna get them for you but it does make it somewhat easier. It makes it so the bar goes down less when the fish isn't inside the space. Combine that with lv 10 fishing and it's way easier
Even the expansion mods are so immersive! Characters will comment if you chose CC vs Joja... They say hi/hello to each other more. They talk about recent events. The valley definitely feels alive.
Man, those lists complete me with my completions and are completely awesome! I wish more games had such an easy-to-read, all items included menu tab. Loved the video ❤
My favorite new dialogue refers to (spoilers) the green rain. Year one, everyone is panicking when this unknown substance starts falling from the sky, but when it happens again, everyone is super chill with it now that they know that it's not harmful.
My personal favorite fishing combo is just deluxe bait, lead weight, master enchantment, and then cork bobber or quality hook to taste. The lead weight has to be the most underrated fishing rod attachment imo. Everyone talks about how good the cork bobber is, but I've lost more legendary fish hooks due to not being able to get the bar to stop bouncing off the bottom when they dive down than to not being able to keep the bar on them when they're bouncing around.
since you mentioned it, legend II farming is INSANE i found that my go-to build was deluxe bait with a trap bobber and a quality bobber. with the angler and artisan professions and the new fish smokers plus tent kits to save time, i was able to catch twenty-five iridium quality legend II, which after smoking and skill bonuses rounds out to... 1.05 million gold. in three days.
This game makes me so happy. I like doing a bit of everything and being able to just tackle things at different speeds is so nice. I have a small group of friends that I love playing with because it's so wholesome to have us all running around going "I just saw your romance partner over there" with us all having unique playstyles. We are all joking about one player yearning for the mines, while I go hunting secrets, and another loves the animals. I'm their encyclopedia and can find them odd resources or help complete funny quests, and we're all just vibing in happiness. And while my fav hats so far are Wearable Dwarf Helm and Witches Hat, I have also found so many others, like the leprechaun hat (SO BEAUTIFUL) and lucked into a perfect arrow quiver trinket. I have found *one* other missable thing: *spoilers for a new event* Green rain year one *spoilers* Demetrius's hazmat suit, I have only seen it in the first year. I have also made sure everyone around me has seen it because it was so funny
I personally also love the flexibility of the game. You can make up almost every sort of challenge run and actually complete it. I'm currently trying to complete the "lazy" run, where you community center and move to Ginger Island without using a single point of energy. It's so much fun.
re: the new dialogue, i was playing through a new run in 1.6 and i talked to caroline with a bouquet in my inventory and she said “you’ll make her really happy with that.” at first i didn’t even know what she was talking about, but now i’m convinced she was talking about me giving the bouquet to abigail
It's worth mentioning that is not the pause menu for TOTK, that's the quick access menu 😂 The pause menu is more organised into categories and pages (for anyone who hasn't played it lol)
I think there is one other permanently missable item, unless there was a way to get it in added in 1.6. The Boat painting was ONLY obtainable from fishing at a specific spot on the Beach farm. Its a shame because I usually romance Elliott, and I like to have the boat painting as like an "our first date" memory.
Stardew is one of the best games I've experienced at being whatever kind of game you want it to be. It's not a sandbox open world but there is so much flexibility in how you approach game play.
Beautiful. I'm in winter of year 7 since gaining a controller i can use with my PC. Even with all the fishing buffs i'm still putting that part off. I'll try the two cork bobbers ... LOL ...sometime soon.
I think one of the best things about SDV is the community. It's the most positive and accepting gaming community that I've been in, especially the modders
I feel like besides being a list of things to love about Stardew this is simultaneously a list of reasons why Stardew won't be replaced. I see so many headlines like "this game is stardew valley meets animal crossing" and while great games do foster and inspire other great games, I feel like stardew valley has earned its place as a truly unique farming sim. A genre that's already overpopulated imo.
I love SDV on controller. Especially with UI Infosuite 2, it's so convenient and yea i can zone out looking at the ocean and listening to the breeze while I fish.
Minecraft is the best game I've ever played, but I personally have NEVER enjoyed a game as much as Stardew Valley. Thank you for dedicating so much of your time to talking about and teaching about my (and many others) favorite game.
Admittedly, there are things in 1.6 that I’m not a fan of, but I acknowledge that that’s a me problem. I will never deny the pure love and dedication that’s gone into the making of this game.
I recently returned to the game after many years (the last time I played, I loaded the game up just long enough to check out that new "witch's hut" thing), and your content has been the absolute BEST for getting back into things without getting too spoiled on the major changes that happened not just in 1.6, but in 1.5. I really like how you structure most of your videos so that I skip the endgame spoilers. However, I wish you would explain more basic things (been watching your series where you break down each skill), since it's been long enough that I don't really know all the things that "everyone knows." The wiki is great, but if there's something I don't know about, I can't just look it up, because I don't even know it's a thing. For example: I kept hearing all these references to Ginger Island and how it's the best place for farming, but no one ever said WHY. Ginger Island didn't exist the last time I played, so it took me weeks of snippets of random videos to finally pick up on the fact that it's like the greenhouse in that you can grow any crop regardless of season. Anyway, thanks for making high quality content. And if you ever want to make a "guide for people who haven't played since the base game and whose information is out of date", there's probably an audience for that!
I wish there was something like the catalogue in AC:NH. Not having to worry about what items are in Miles Redemption Service, Nook's Cranny, & Paradise Planner or how to afford the items would make decorating so much easier. Like yeah there's people with hacked islands or time warp glitches, but hacking in items but that isn't everyone's cup of tea. It's like I either have the choice of going to a treasure island, or waiting irl years for items.
I've ignored this game for so long, until I've started recently and fell for it hard. Learning that these updates were recent makes me glad I started at 1.6
I played pretty hard core my first go around of Stardew and it lead me to getting burnt out. I recently came back to the game and told myself “bro you don’t have the complete anything in the first year” and it has made the game so much more enjoyable
I gotta admit: I just got the chicken hat and it’s entertaining. Walking around like there’s a chicken where my head should be? Slightly reminds me of the Kids in the Hall skits where the guy has a cabbage for a head (yes, I’m that old). 😹
I was usuallt more into puzzle games and I was very reluctant on playing this game, It was the best desicion, I absolutely adore how big the world of stardew valley is, the great community and the amazing creator, I felt so welcomed being a newbie, This game is just Fantastic.
I love how there isnt any substantial consequences by forgetting something. Villages dont get mad if you accept a quest and so on. As a forgetful person, it makes me less mad at myself for forgetting.
Dude the new dialogue is EVERYTHING. The fact that during summer i had Lewis be like "Hey your melons are probably almost ripe now. Your grandpa's favorite dish had melons in it." and then Gus later was like "Lewis said your tomatoes ripened real well! Imagine a culinary world without tomatoes." Like im having to un-learn my speed click through of dialogue cause i feel like so much attention and love has been added
I recommend the Dialogue Viewer mod, which lets you review recent dialogue in case you missed something.
same @appleschloss, it makes me invested in the world all over again!
@@emurphy42 Didn't know about this one, and now I'm going to download it immediately!!
I gave Krobus a loved book (Monster Compendium) and the custom gift dialogue was something like "Hey my friends are in here. Wait, is that me?"
Alex also got a bunch of new egg dialogue. Love that for him
Demetrius literally gave me his triple shot expresso after he heard I hatched a dinosaur egg. Accidentally donating the dinosaur egg before 1.6 kinda worth it now
Alex commented that i had caught a legendary fish the day after i did.
I love that Stardew has EXIT POINTS. At the end of every day is a perfect opportunity to put the game down. So many games don’t have anything like that, and encourage you to just keep playing non stop. I love that Stardew gives me the chance to put it down regularly.
To be fair since there's no way to save otherwise (with the exception of the mobile version) it kinda has to have those exit points.
@@macaronsncheese9835 idk anything about coding, but i assume having a 'save and exit' button would be just as easy, if not more
@@honey2waysakaeggyegg Not as easy as it would seem apparently, there's a mod that adds a save button, and it absolutely breaks in tons of different situations. Could've just been a bad mod, I dunno.
@@salmence100 i have the redux of it, works well for me and i'm on a crappy school laptop
@@salmence100 also omg hi the one and only salamander has replied to me
CA is 100% beast mode. SDV shows that these AAA titles focus on the wrong things when making games. This mans mind is full of amazing ideas and his work ethic executes to perfection.
EXACTLY
I’m so impressed with the fact that this is a one man game. This dude is genius as hell. We don’t deserve him💜
it makes sense that such an earnest and thoughtful game would attract an equally lovely community but i remember being SO surprised when i first when went on the stardew valley subreddit and bracing myself for the worst (given the absolute vile way gaming communities can often act...) and it was just filled with genuine love for the game, each other, and concernedape. love this community and i'm glad you're a creator in this space sal :)
I have barely interacted with this community but so far pretty much all I've seen is people hating on characters for the most entitled and cruel reasons and players fighting each other over optimization routes lol, not to mention how pretty much all mods that add NPCs that I tried so far seem to have been made by or pandering to terminally online twitter dwellers who haven't interacted with a real person in years
all gaming communities are full of snowflakes, I just steer clear of all of it, woke ppl are just weird
@@rajkanishu keep looking for good people and you'll find them :)
@@rajkanishuLike the other reply says, I think if you keep looking you can find the wholesomeness :) I've interacted with a lot of great and kind people through this community, and yes we have negativity too, but at least in my experience the majority of us are positive
One the biggest ones I LOVE is ConcernedApe's support for modding. Some of the features in 1.6 feel like previously modded things and he also worked with the modders for SMAPI and SVE!
1.6 was originally like, almost entirely for modders too. It makes a lot of major coding changes and the goal was, very openly, to make modding easier to do and more powerful in its capabilities.
Yes! My bf was having trouble getting on one day, so I was messing around in the menu while I waited. When I looked in the credits section, I got really excited to see Pathoschild officially there! He made the Seasonal Outfits mod, among other things, so I’m pretty sure he did a lot for the new winter outfits.
7:49 It's really worth mentioning that CA has been an extremely stand-up guy the whole way through as well. Dude is a total class act when it comes to dealing with bad circumstances (like with Chucklefish ages ago) and listening to the community. So many features specifically come from community feedback it's unreal. How many devs can you name who take time out of their day to help individual people fix their stardew saves when issues come up? I don't mean to put him up on a big ol pedestal or anything but I think he plays a big part in making the community one that for the most part truly stands out as an incredible example of a fandom executed well, and he definitely deserves credit for that. His status as a primarily solo act has also made it much easier for him to avoid controversy from stealing breast milk, lol.
one of the things i love about the update is popular mods that have been introduced to base game, like seasonal outfits and the many versions of harvest with scythe
@@honey2waysakaeggyegg Not just that, but the fact that (If I'm remembering this correctly) CA not only worked closely with the dev for Expanded to make sure that it was ready for the 1.6 launch but actually put them on payroll when they really needed a job is absolutely astounding.
The fact that he loves it that there's such a great modding community with the game and he goes out of his way to make it so it's easier for them is great too. So many games are afraid of mods but CA embraces it
The community is definitely the best part of this game for me. Stardew is the only game I've actually joined the big discord for, because I wanted to get into modding, and I was terrified it would be a cesspit of garbage like most other big gaming communities are. It's law of numbers -- the more people you get in one place the more jerks you find. If there's 1 jerk to every 100 people, that's still a lot of jerks. Everybody in the Stardew Discord has been so incredibly sweet and welcoming, especially the modding and art communities, which I find tend to be the LEAST friendly to newcomers traditionally in fandoms. Basically every time I go into the modding chat it's full of people helping someone troubleshoot, or collaborative idea sharing, or people just complimenting each others' work. Absolutely phenomenal you funky little video game
Same!!! When I first started playing the game with mods, I absolutely /destroyed/ my save and I was devastated. I joined a discord and everyone was so so nice- someone even went and fixed my game files by hand. I'll never forget how kind that person was. I've never had an experience like that in a game community before and it'll always stay with me ^^
Love this video! It's really cool to see everyone fall in love with the game all over again 🌸
Honestly I love all the new gift specific dialogue, like how Sandy will comment on the smell forage flowers, Alex will eat the eggs you give him raw, and Hailey will mention that coconuts remind her of the beach. Makes their preferences feel all the more intentional instead of just "Wow this is great!"
stardew valley is such a beautiful game. especially as someone who has a lot of hours in the sims 4, its just so refreshing to feel the dedication and love that has been put into stardew valley. 15eur up front and no money grab broken dlcs, only expansive free updates. i count more (and often game breaking) bugs in one sitting of the ts4 than i have ever experienced in stardew throughout my entire time playing it, and all bugs that i have experienced have since been patched. i started playing modded not long ago and there i also see such a difference between the two, it really is fixing and adding missing parts vs complimenting. the game feels whole and it has so many beautiful little thought out details and how many possible things there are to do, it feels so so polished. the genius it takes, to make a game that feels so whole and easy to follow but yet sets you free to do whatever you want. it lets you play at your own pace and in your own way. and its so nice to see CA reply to tweets of people bringing up issues they have and promising to get to fixing it immediately, and smapi telling me i need to remove a mod from my mod folder because the feature has been implemented into the game (esp after playing the sims which has been having the same major bugs for over half a decade, and only keeps introducing new ones, that you often even pay for, before fixing the already existing issues). its really exciting to play a game that feels so truly loved and cared for by its creator. i really hold this game so close to my heart
I tend to rate game quality on a scale of Sims 4 to Stardew Valley for the exact reasons you’ve outlined here! 😅
I don't know if this counts for the entire game, but I love when CA adds content to the game. Not just for new stuff to discover, but because of how it always feels fresh and new. Like he isn't just copying from the modding community to make things official, he's coming up with this big ideas and giving unique things to them. Like Ginger Island is an obvious example, but the Mastery System in 1.6 is amazing. And I've seen some Mastery mods, sure, but none like what he did
Hi, Salmence! I am just commenting here because I want to let you know that your videos gave me newfound love for Stardew. Ever since I started watching you, I have found ways to make my gameplay more fun and you introduced me to mods! Thank you so much for doing what you do. I love unwinding from work while watching your videos. Cheers!
love love the context dialouge. i havent played that much but lewis and caroline saying that pierre was bitter over me winning the fair display the day after it just soooo fun!!
Penny's marriage decorations can now be bought from penny's stand during the desert festival which is awesome
Whilst I love the themed catalogues, you best believe I'm looking for a mod that combines all of them into one furniture piece, with the new catalogues just being tabs along the top.
It's called Happy Home Designer
@@debs_7163i don’t think that mod has combined all the themed catalogues yet!
@@debs_7163 ahh did that one finally get updated to include the new catalogues?? If so that’s very exciting as it was perfect before.
I must add that not only the overall community, but specifically the content creators are top notch. I'm always in awe at how creative and passionate you folks are. So thank you for giving us not only entertainment, but also new perspectives on the game
3:22 I've been working on a mod that adds _even more_ of those custom dialogue lines for specific gifts. It's been an absolute blast. Easily my favorite part of the update too since it directly led to me picking up the proverbial pen.
The haptic feedback from the controller was the biggest thing I missed when I started playing on PC after learning on Switch
If you have a USB controller, the PC version is compatible with them! I personally use an Xbox controller, still does the haptics and everything. There are very minor issues (like you can’t access the side tabs in the furniture catalogue for some reason with controller), but otherwise works very well.
The thing I love about stardew is that there is no time limit. I'm on year 7 of my first playthrough and still haven't completed perfection and it doesn't look like it soon because I'm only at 32% 😂
lmao same except i'm on year 11 and still at 47%
1.6 playthrough when?! I need something to watch while cleaning my house 😂
Current guess is three weeks out from now! That's the estimation I gave for the thumbnail artist at least lol
@salmence100 Thanks for the update :) looking forward to it
@@salmence100 ahhhh looking forward to it!
Same, lol. I'm currently watching Sharkygames play through! Can't wait to see Salmences 😁
I think Stardew Valley is the ultimate comfort game not because of how relaxing it is (anyone inexperienced who is simultaneously checking 20 pages of the wiki to understand what to do will know that - I speak from personal experience on this) but because your progression ingame is literally a reflection of you, and because there's always a second chance no matter what mistakes you make.
There's no rush to progress, no to do list constantly keeping you in the run unless you actively choose to add to it and take in responsibility. You can play and progress at your own pace.
There's no game over system. Sure, you can die, you can lose money because of bad decisions of if you're like that one guy on the wiki who lost 200000 gold because Penny changed the wallpaper in the house and deleted all his calls of starfruit wine, but you can always recover. Even if you die, you wake up again and you always have another chance (god bless you Harvey, no amount of money is too much to pay when you literally bring me back from the dead). There's no bills, no pressure. The valley and the town never age. You can walk and talk and play for as long as you want, then step away satisfied knowing that there won't ever be a big deadline or pressure that you have to meet when you return - unless you voluntarily took up that deadline. It's the perfect formula for an addictive but ultimately peaceful and satisfying experience.
That was not the tears of the kingdom pause menu😭
It pauses the game, and it's a menu, so I counted it lol
@@salmence100 Ya I guess that works
yeah very misleading lmfao
@@salmence100 thats like saying the skyrim"s quick switch menu is a pause menu
@@simonsoupshark8009 It’s not the main pause menu, but it’s objectively a MENU that PAUSES the game: It’s a PAUSE MENU.
I don’t know I loved this so much. But maybe it’s because everyone could have a different favorite 10 things, and I just enjoy learning what other people like about probably any media I’m interested in. But I legitimately could hear like 50 more things you like about the game and be interested still
I absolutely love this game and this community. The general vibe is one of doing your best at your own pace. It's calming that the only person setting the expectations is yourself.
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This will forever be an... interesting line to take out if context
Sal, you question Erik about "jack be nimble, jack be thicc", I give you your "vibrations"
7:34 There's no reason to pontificate all day on why the Stardew community is pretty chill, because the answer is right there on the surface: it's not a PvP game.
Those games are always the worst. Full of people who are try hards and cheat and everything else. That's why I stay away from those types of games. Just not worth it to me
I ABSOLUTLY love that you have a button to put everything already in the chest that is in your inventory, in the chest. And a button to organize them with a pretty good and logic way.
Sal, thank you so much for mentioning that waiting for the fish is not the most exciting part of the game. I've been watching your stuff for a while (as well as other SV youtubers), and everyone always gushes about how great and important fishing is, while I usually end up avoiding it because I find it more difficult than anything to just stare at a motionless screen waiting for a tiny movement. So to hear that you, as someone who makes content about this regularly, also kinda struggle with that - it really helped to validate me in that! It means a lot!
I love all the references to reading in this game. I love that you aren't forced to spend any time in a community if you chose not to. I love the hominess of Pelican Town. I also love the rainy days. I also love knowing when I start a day, I have so many activities to choose from each day. Some days I go to the water fountain in town or the bench by the cemetery and people watch. No judgment or penalty for doing that. Awesomeness.
I just wanted to write this to appreciate your spring, summer, fall and winter guide(I started a week ago but your videos are 2 years old). Although it gave me a lot of stress and made me overwhelmed, it gave me a path to follow. I couldn't finish in year 1 but I did in year 2 just because of your guide. Also I can't forget to mention how well you explain things, I saw a lot of guides but they fail to explain it to the viewer in a way that everyone can understand. Overall you're a W UA-camr and you earned a subscription.
Can’t wait to see your perfection video whenever it comes out!
Still waiting for 1.6 to hit Switch, in the meantime your videos for advice on what ways to make money are great to watch!
I love the new dialogue! It makes me feel like I'm actually a part of the community when I hear Kent tell me (someone who marries Sam) he's happy his son his happy
I really love that I can do as little - or as much - as I want.
I believe there are 3 heart events that you can miss. Sam's 3 heart event in year 1 like you mentioned, but there's also Penny's 4 heart event if you complete the community center before triggering it, and Clint's 6 heart event if you've seen Emily's 8 heart event first.
I agree with all of this, except that is NOT the Tears of the Kingdom pause menu. That is the ToTK fuse menu
this one is so wholesome!! i love CA made it so personal and accessible all by himself! so excited for his new projects :D
I will say that I wholeheartedly agree with the "community' comments. I can't think of another game that I can just say something I'd like to see added or ask a dumb question without fear of someone trying to argue or insult my lack of knowledge. It's very refreshing, not to mention rare.
I love your videos a lot and I appreciate the effort that you put into making them. I would really like to see a play through video where you’re going for perfection or any other goal you’d like
I enjoy the new specific fish bait, and how willy sells a random one daily. Often if someone wants a fish he has that kind of bait, but I think I've just been getting lucky.
I always watch your videos when eating dinner and it makes me fell relaxed just like what the game does ❤
but that isn’t the TOTk pause menu tho… the pause menu is where you see all your weapons and food and armour…
I absolutely prefer a game controller to the mouse n keyboard, (mainly cause I started playing the game on Switch, and then got the computer-Steam vers when 1.6 came out cause I could not and would not wait for the switch update release lol). There's just something about the handheld controller that feels so much more seamless than the keyboard controls.... also, yea, the vibration is a huge bonus for fishing, especially since some of the bite sounds just blend into the rest of the game's background noise. You do not know how many times I've mistaken the natural sound of the water just blooping for my bite notification sound 😂😅
Its 1am for me so glad i stayed up. Im glad you still find so much to enjoy in this game. Keep it up.
Make sure you get to bed before it hits 2am and you pass out
After the sadness I experienced when I made Legend bait, I didn't think to try Legend II bait. I'm currently on the extended family quest, so I want to give this a try!
Oh dear... I'm so sorry for your loss 💀 good luck on extended family, you can make up for it easy :)
A few weeks ago I redownloaded SV on a whim to my Xbox and opened a save last touched six years ago in Fall year 1 that was way behind (all copper tools, no sprinklers, barely through the mines). Now in Fall Y2 I have tons of quality sprinklers, one rabbit foot away from finishing the CC, all gold tools, and a lot more money. Your guides helped a lot, and it’s way easier to enjoy the game’s vibes when you have a clue what you’re doing.
The "unmissable content" thing is actually something I'm a little mixed on - it's nice to know you can always get anything you missed later, but I also think there's something incredibly satisfying about making decisions that give you access to certain things while locking you out of other options, pushing yourself to achieve something in a certain manner that gives you a bonus, and so on. However, I don't think Stardew is not the right type of game for that, so the fact that there is so little content that can be permanently missed in Stardew specifically, is a big plus.
oh i absolutely love playing with a controller too!! and mainly yeah because there's a vibration feedback... whenever my horse runs through dirt, it's like a mini massager for my hand lmaoooo and i love the new dialogue as well!! they made the characters so much more endearing :>
Love this video. The part about the menus being easy to use is so real, it just makes it so much more accessible for people of all different levels of gaming skill or interest in gaming.
1) I love your voice in these videos, it's like thanksgiving gravy and potatoes. Seriously smooth.
2) BWAHAHA you're in trouble hon, that's definitely not the ToTK pause menu! Good point though, that is a bad menu to use
3) Weenie Hut Jr! xD
Weenie hut junior build for the win.
Absolutely. Once I discovered Trap Bobber there was no going back for me... people complain about Glacierfish and honestly Trap Bobber is the solution 🤷♀️ I always get it first try now, it's fantastic
I'm so stoked for the new fishing things because the farm i started for the 1.6 update is my first attempt at a perfection run and the legendary fish scare me
I've only ever caught ONE on all my previous saves
I can't recommend the Trap Bobber enough! It's saved my bacon more times than I can count, and it gives you the time you need to catch up to the fish :)
If you've never tried them before get the Trap bobber. It's not 100% gonna get them for you but it does make it somewhat easier. It makes it so the bar goes down less when the fish isn't inside the space. Combine that with lv 10 fishing and it's way easier
Even the expansion mods are so immersive! Characters will comment if you chose CC vs Joja... They say hi/hello to each other more. They talk about recent events. The valley definitely feels alive.
Woo you know it's a good day when a Sal video comes out!
5:48 "I would consider myself aesthetically challenged" MOOD
Man, those lists complete me with my completions and are completely awesome! I wish more games had such an easy-to-read, all items included menu tab. Loved the video ❤
I am literally in tears for this video and it's comments. So beautiful, I love this community so much 😭💜💚❤
#10 is great. I loved the game my first play through, and didn’t even unlock the cc until year 3 LOL.
1. Penny
2. Penny
3. Penny
4. Penny
5. Penny
6. Penny
7. Penny
8. Penny
9. Penny
10. Penny
Everyone deserves love, even the character the game lovingly referred to as a copper trash can on her wedding day
My favorite new dialogue refers to (spoilers) the green rain. Year one, everyone is panicking when this unknown substance starts falling from the sky, but when it happens again, everyone is super chill with it now that they know that it's not harmful.
My personal favorite fishing combo is just deluxe bait, lead weight, master enchantment, and then cork bobber or quality hook to taste.
The lead weight has to be the most underrated fishing rod attachment imo. Everyone talks about how good the cork bobber is, but I've lost more legendary fish hooks due to not being able to get the bar to stop bouncing off the bottom when they dive down than to not being able to keep the bar on them when they're bouncing around.
since you mentioned it, legend II farming is INSANE
i found that my go-to build was deluxe bait with a trap bobber and a quality bobber. with the angler and artisan professions and the new fish smokers plus tent kits to save time, i was able to catch twenty-five iridium quality legend II, which after smoking and skill bonuses rounds out to... 1.05 million gold. in three days.
I enjoyed this video alot, this bit of positivity is what i needed today. Thanks :)
This game makes me so happy. I like doing a bit of everything and being able to just tackle things at different speeds is so nice. I have a small group of friends that I love playing with because it's so wholesome to have us all running around going "I just saw your romance partner over there" with us all having unique playstyles. We are all joking about one player yearning for the mines, while I go hunting secrets, and another loves the animals. I'm their encyclopedia and can find them odd resources or help complete funny quests, and we're all just vibing in happiness.
And while my fav hats so far are Wearable Dwarf Helm and Witches Hat, I have also found so many others, like the leprechaun hat (SO BEAUTIFUL) and lucked into a perfect arrow quiver trinket.
I have found *one* other missable thing: *spoilers for a new event*
Green rain year one
*spoilers*
Demetrius's hazmat suit, I have only seen it in the first year. I have also made sure everyone around me has seen it because it was so funny
The thought of playing a calming game while travelling and admiring nature in real life is just beautiful.
I personally also love the flexibility of the game. You can make up almost every sort of challenge run and actually complete it. I'm currently trying to complete the "lazy" run, where you community center and move to Ginger Island without using a single point of energy. It's so much fun.
re: the new dialogue, i was playing through a new run in 1.6 and i talked to caroline with a bouquet in my inventory and she said “you’ll make her really happy with that.” at first i didn’t even know what she was talking about, but now i’m convinced she was talking about me giving the bouquet to abigail
Concerned Ape is like the Mister Rogers of game devs. SV being his neighborhood.
It's worth mentioning that is not the pause menu for TOTK, that's the quick access menu 😂
The pause menu is more organised into categories and pages
(for anyone who hasn't played it lol)
I think there is one other permanently missable item, unless there was a way to get it in added in 1.6. The Boat painting was ONLY obtainable from fishing at a specific spot on the Beach farm. Its a shame because I usually romance Elliott, and I like to have the boat painting as like an "our first date" memory.
That's not the pause menu for TOTK. That's the item quickselect menu. The pause menu is the one you get by pressing +, and it's perfectly readable.
I have to ask, how many hours do you have on this game?
Love you videos Sal! When are you realeasing a 1.6 playthrough or a modded episode?
Honestly love how Concernedape just keeps in certain glitches. Are some of them game breaking, absolutely, but he keeps them in cause they’re fun
Stardew is one of the best games I've experienced at being whatever kind of game you want it to be. It's not a sandbox open world but there is so much flexibility in how you approach game play.
I can't wait to see the new 1.6 perfection run from you!
I cant wait for this update on switch. Patiently, Impatiently waiting.
Such a good game. Thanks for the great content!
Thoroughly enjoyed the video and I really agree on so many of your points!
I always love watching salamance. His vibes are so chill and genuine, idk it warms my heart
Beautiful. I'm in winter of year 7 since gaining a controller i can use with my PC. Even with all the fishing buffs i'm still putting that part off. I'll try the two cork bobbers ... LOL ...sometime soon.
I think one of the best things about SDV is the community. It's the most positive and accepting gaming community that I've been in, especially the modders
I feel like besides being a list of things to love about Stardew this is simultaneously a list of reasons why Stardew won't be replaced. I see so many headlines like "this game is stardew valley meets animal crossing" and while great games do foster and inspire other great games, I feel like stardew valley has earned its place as a truly unique farming sim. A genre that's already overpopulated imo.
I swear, with that weenie hut junior setup, you could probably get a perfect on the legend pretty easily
I love SDV on controller. Especially with UI Infosuite 2, it's so convenient and yea i can zone out looking at the ocean and listening to the breeze while I fish.
6:53 Making that song from the mine cart in the bus stop to the entrance of the farmhouse would lead to 75% less passing out just outside the door.
Minecraft is the best game I've ever played, but I personally have NEVER enjoyed a game as much as Stardew Valley. Thank you for dedicating so much of your time to talking about and teaching about my (and many others) favorite game.
Admittedly, there are things in 1.6 that I’m not a fan of, but I acknowledge that that’s a me problem. I will never deny the pure love and dedication that’s gone into the making of this game.
I recently returned to the game after many years (the last time I played, I loaded the game up just long enough to check out that new "witch's hut" thing), and your content has been the absolute BEST for getting back into things without getting too spoiled on the major changes that happened not just in 1.6, but in 1.5. I really like how you structure most of your videos so that I skip the endgame spoilers.
However, I wish you would explain more basic things (been watching your series where you break down each skill), since it's been long enough that I don't really know all the things that "everyone knows." The wiki is great, but if there's something I don't know about, I can't just look it up, because I don't even know it's a thing. For example: I kept hearing all these references to Ginger Island and how it's the best place for farming, but no one ever said WHY. Ginger Island didn't exist the last time I played, so it took me weeks of snippets of random videos to finally pick up on the fact that it's like the greenhouse in that you can grow any crop regardless of season.
Anyway, thanks for making high quality content. And if you ever want to make a "guide for people who haven't played since the base game and whose information is out of date", there's probably an audience for that!
i got jump scared by the destiny menu lol. just a massive jump of "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IM HERE TO NOT WORRY ABOUT TIME GATED CONTENT"
I went from controller to mouse and I missed so many fish the first few times because I didn't know they didn't have the vibrations on mouse
I wish there was something like the catalogue in AC:NH. Not having to worry about what items are in Miles Redemption Service, Nook's Cranny, & Paradise Planner or how to afford the items would make decorating so much easier. Like yeah there's people with hacked islands or time warp glitches, but hacking in items but that isn't everyone's cup of tea. It's like I either have the choice of going to a treasure island, or waiting irl years for items.
They did add something like the catalogue, but only for the happy home designer DLC
I've ignored this game for so long, until I've started recently and fell for it hard. Learning that these updates were recent makes me glad I started at 1.6
I really can’t wait for 1.6 to come to console! I’m so excited for the new dialogue and all the new features ❤️❤️
I played pretty hard core my first go around of Stardew and it lead me to getting burnt out. I recently came back to the game and told myself “bro you don’t have the complete anything in the first year” and it has made the game so much more enjoyable
I gotta admit: I just got the chicken hat and it’s entertaining. Walking around like there’s a chicken where my head should be? Slightly reminds me of the Kids in the Hall skits where the guy has a cabbage for a head (yes, I’m that old). 😹
0:00 I was fishing while watching this video and I cast in my line each time the sound went off on your game
One the switch when you ride a horse, you can feel the clip clopping in the vibrations!
I was usuallt more into puzzle games and I was very reluctant on playing this game, It was the best desicion, I absolutely adore how big the world of stardew valley is, the great community and the amazing creator, I felt so welcomed being a newbie, This game is just Fantastic.
this was genuinely nice to watch :)
I love how there isnt any substantial consequences by forgetting something. Villages dont get mad if you accept a quest and so on. As a forgetful person, it makes me less mad at myself for forgetting.