I must be doing something wrong then. It’s one of the most stressful games I’ve ever played.
The constant grind on the field, the need to explore and find resources to upgrade your tools, while the villagers passively-aggressively force you to interact with them and give them gifts. Then, there’s a lore to uncover, but after a long day of work and responsibilities, you don’t have any time or power to discover anything.
But wait, you now have the resources to largely automate the plant watering, so you might have some time to experiment with livestock. It eats grass, which there is plenty of. It’ll be easy. However, just when as think you have things figured out, the winter hits, and you slowly start to realize your hay reserves will not last til spring. Shit! What would Marnie say about how I treat my animals? This is just too much…
I must be doing something wrong then. It’s one of the most stressful games I’ve ever played. The constant grind on the field, the need to explore and find resources to upgrade your tools, while the villagers passively-aggressively force you to interact with them and give them gifts. Then, there’s a lore to uncover, but after a long day of work and responsibilities, you don’t have any time or power to discover anything.
But wait, you now have the resources to largely automate the plant watering, so you might have some time to experiment with livestock. It eats grass, which there is plenty of. It’ll be easy. However, just when as think you have things figured out, the winter hits, and you slowly start to realize your hay reserves will not last til spring. Shit! What would Marnie say about how I treat my animals? This is just too much…
I can see how some may see the farming as grinding. Different folks have different preferences in gaming.
It’s not grinding for me. I have the beach farm so I can’t put so many sprinklers. I need to water some of my crops manually. It’s OK.
I don’t plant so many crops so I have time to explore at the end of my day.
I lack iridium ores to upgrade my tools to iridium level but it’s OK. I hope I’ll get many iridium ores in the future.
I don’t feel any passive-aggression from my fellow villagers.
Buy hay if you run out of it in winter?
Are you enjoying? If no, I suggest altering your playstyle or making a new save for a cozy playstyle. :)