he did nothing wrong

This game would be so much better if Pierre's and Joja Mart switched places.
The utter kino it would be, to have to walk past Joja to go to Pierre's, and feel the pull of convenience.

Walking by Pierre's to make sure he sees me carrying the 999 bags of Fairy Rose seeds (for Jas) that I bought from Joja.

>>714646508
That's a crazy post, I like you

>>714645980 (OP)
Should i play with Expanded mod or original?

>>714648871
Do not use SVE on your first playthrough. For one, it's an overwhelming amount of bloat. But most importantly, SVE has a nasty trend of turning its players into actual retards who cannot distinguish what's vanilla or modded and I do not want (You) becoming one of them.

>>714645980 (OP)
I mean, he's a true believer. In his eyes, he is genuinely doing the righteous thing and everybody else is too backwards to see it.

>>714649024
SVE content on the same level as original?

As cartoonishly evil as the game made Joja Mart, I always found it refreshing that Pierre wasn't that much better from a purely customer service perspective. Even when his main competition is out of the picture he still complains about slow business and tries to justify selling locally grown produce (from a farmer that literally all his customers know, no less) at exorbitantly high prices with the standard "wow sorry I want to eat tonight, cheapskates".
Plus he's a cuck, which is funny too.

>>714649024
Vanilla doesn't have any real content though.

>>714649534
Hell no. SVE has an unhealthy focus on combat, not only gameplay-wise (the horrendous crimson wasteland area) but also in its narrative with the whole guild and ministry faggotry. It also commits the grave fanfiction sin of tacking on retarded bullshit to vanilla characters - Alex used to be obese, George learning he has cancer, the now removed event where Haley gets molested at the fair, etc.
>>714649597
Quality > quantity. And SVE will never not be a mod for bloatlords who only care about having MORE content regardless of how terrible it is.

>>714645980 (OP)
The game has a writing issue and im not afraid to say it.

The community center stuff is a nice direction but there should be a constant pressure of joja encroaching.

>>714649597
>cant tell whats content
He's lost

>>714650256
It's supposed to be a comfy game without pressure or time limits, anything that changes that I think isn't worth it. Joja is implied to be winning at first and that's really enough. Next you'll want the bachelors to marry each other and for them to kick you out if you don't advance relationships by X amount. These are the problems harvest moon has.

>>714652115
This is why we can't have farm sims with dynamic npcs anymore. Everything has to be static and soulless. Because of paranoid babies scared that they won't be able to make that 3 year deadline for a 15 day project.

>>714652115
it doesnt have to affect the gameplay a shit ton but at least make it appear as if they actually do affect the world around like idk advertising or seeing more people go there than pieeres. like it seems like joja was an after thought

Joja is objectively better than Pierre.

Without mentioning it was Joja who got rid of the boulder blocking the mines, sometimes save you when you pass out and gave a job to useless bums like Sam and Shane.

They were portrayed as evil because HURR CORPORATIONS EVIL, EMBRACE WHOLESOME TOWN, and becasue joja was the previous job you ran from at the intro.

>>714653573
I don't think they're portrayed as evil. Just lacking the human connection. And the game does kind of make a point about expecting the human connection to just exist in a small town because it's a small town is bullshit. The town is full of all sorts of fucked up people with secrets and problems they are avoiding. The player character basically has to become a messiah-like figure for all of Stardew Valley.

>>714650256
play hero of leaf valley for better writing.

then again concernedape is just 1 person.

>>714654957
Im having fun with sun haven. Gameplay is more important to me.

>>714654053
Well yes and no, the dev gave problems to everyone in a poor attempt to make them feel more human but ended up looking like the town itself is a hopeless land.

Sex with Pierre's wife

>>714646508
fpbp. ape btfo again

>>714652115
>no pressure
>watering plants drains a quarter of your energy

>>714646508
Joja being more inconvenient is the biggest issue with Stardew Valley. If the prices were better or the location was closer, it would help make the themes of the game much stronger.

In general, the updates for Stardew only really served to undermine the game, not strengthen it as the game tried to become more convenient, less thematic.

I do love the game but I think Ape became more concerned about giving players reasons to stick on a single save file then the themes of the game.

>Get divorced because you chose wrong
>Delete your baby
>Wipe peoples memories so you don't even have to deal with the awkward consequences of a marriage ending

any good farming games that isnt stardew? i tried guardians of azuma but it was the furthest from scratching the inch so far. is not bad, just that farming is the lowest focus in it.

>>714648871
>expanded
>Hey guys, grll gm3r 19 here. I like anime and cosplay and i also make the best wine in the country, but I'm actually pretty shy and i suffer from depression. My favorite series is My Hero School and at the last comic convention I dressed up as the main character from that retro game Prairie King with my girlfriend (not that kind of girlfriend, you pervs ;p).

>>714662648
Tits not enough big.

>>714646508
Joja should also have been cheaper.