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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

I can never relax with that game. I just get it in my head that I must get my chores done right now and it always fucks my head up.

[–] ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 432 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It's Portal 2... the Valve classic is Portal 2

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 93 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (14 children)

It might feel wrong to call their last proper sit down at a couch/desk singeplayer experience a "classic", but its older than Half-Life one was when it came out.

That makes me feel old and I wasn't even around for HL1. How's your back feeling, millennials?

[–] knight_alva@lemmy.world 47 points 4 days ago

Not great. Thanks for asking.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 29 points 4 days ago (3 children)

How's your back feeling, millennials?

Wearing good shoes and keeping my weight down and staying active so it feels fine.

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writing headlines like that should earn a nice lengthy face tazing.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

Here i was imagining "valve classic" was somehow a wildly popular game ive never heard of

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 199 points 4 days ago (20 children)

And I'd say that it is 100% deserved. Stardew Valley is a once in a lifetime kind of game and has one of the best developers you could ask for. Free new content and updates for 10 years and it's still like $20 and frequently on sale. The developer actually tweeted out once that if he ever charged for new content that he'd want everyone to publicly shame him.

“I swear on the honor of my family name, i will never charge money for a DLC or update for as long as I live. Screencap this and shame me if I ever violate this oath.”

Stardew Valley is the gaming industry at its best and one of the best indie games out there.

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 44 points 4 days ago (2 children)

My only issue has always been that I cannot throw more money at the ape. So I buy the game for gaming-adjacent friends and almost always ~~ruin their lives~~ convert them

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[–] Anivia@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Probably only surpassed by Minecraft, although that is of course no longer an indie game today

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

The copy of Minecraft I bought back then no longer works (there was a bunch of buggy account change stuff that never worked for me). My copy of stardew valley still just works.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

I think I would much rather watch a stardew Valley movie than a Minecraft movie

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And at those prices I’ve bought it at least twice

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’ve bought it at least 5 times; sent it to a lot of family members.

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 89 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What valuing quality over profit does to a mf

[–] Jolteon@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

To be fair, portal 2 was also built when valve valued quality over profit.

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[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 14 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Good.

Nothing against Portal 2, but Stardew Valley just offers so much more for so much longer

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In game time isn't everyone's metric for a good game. Some of my favorite games only have a few hours of content, but those few hours are really good.

I've watched some let's plays of Starcraft Valley, and I'm glad I did because I probably wouldn't like it, and if I had to give it a rating, it would be pretty mediocre.

I think it being so positively rated is that there are a ton of casual gamers that this type of game really appeals to, not that it has a lot to do.

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I know it's a typo, but now I want a cozy space ranch game based in the world of StarCraft.

Lol, yeah, that could actually get me to play. "Whose a good hydralisk? You are! Yes you are!"

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[–] kieron115@startrek.website 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Stardew lost 100% of it's appeal to me once I learned that the events just repeat year after year and there are no consequences for doing nothing. I really want to get into the cozy vibe gaming space but I just can't seem to do it.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I would end up with a farm that took all day to water, and never enough time to go down in any mine far enough to find iridium enough to make sprinklers out of, and then stop playing.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago

There are some cheap sprinklers you can make pretty early but they only water like 8 tiles or something.

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can buy an Iridium Sprinkler from Krobus every Friday

I can also say I've had my fun with the game and move on.

wait for a rainy day, no watering needed!

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[–] Klear@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

The fuck is with the clickbait title? For shame, OP

Edit: Thanks for changing it.

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[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 49 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Portal is such a great series. I hope we get a new one one day.

[–] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago (3 children)

It's one of my favorite games of all time, but I don't think Portal 2's basic formula would be culturally relevant if it was reused today. The quippy writing is very 2010s-coded (à la Guardians of the Galaxy), the gameplay is a bit too simple to be re-used as is in 2025, and the sweet&short linear storyline of Portal 2 would ironically be lacking ambition for a successor to Portal 2.

Like all truly Great pieces of classic media, Portal 2 is a product of a skilled and truly passionate team getting together at the perfect time with the right idea, and reaching its public at a culturally relevant time.

The Portal universe still has stories to tell, and there are still test chambers to solve, so I obviously wouldn't complain if Portal 3 came out, but I understand why Valve wouldn't want to make a barely decent game in the shadow of Portal 2.

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[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 37 points 4 days ago (9 children)

No pressure on their next game or anything.

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[–] Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

Well it is the best game.

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