If you're talking video (not board) games, I think most the games I played were kind of a mix of good and bad. I mean they usually start out pretty well but then end up being repetitive and boring. If I ever have to play another farm sim where I'm required to craft things in some convoluted way that makes no sense, I'll chuck my game system out the nearest window. Why does "Stardew Valley" get it totally right, and the rest not get it right at all? OK yes I play mostly casual games, but the real "gems" are few and far between. Still waiting for another good sim that isn't more work than it is fun.
I'm replaying of all things "Spyro" Reignited on Switch - a game that is so much more difficult than people ever admit. I've only made it through about half the first game and 60 percent or of the second game - I always have to quit them both because the mid-game boss battles are impossible and the stress makes me physically sick very quickly.
I have no idea what the rest of those first two games actually look like, I could never get that far. I'm battling through the third game (very very difficult game) and hoping I can make it to the end this time (but doubt it). It's a fun game, but it's not for casual gamers at all.
Yep, it's on Switch, I originally bought a physical copy for PS4 back when it first came out, but then my PS4 gave out around the same time I was gifted with a Switch system. And then I found out all my PS4 games were pretty much also available on Switch. But what I really envy are people who can play Steam games, they are so much my type of casual games.
My computer is supposed to be able to run anything, and it runs virtually nothing. I can't even get basic things like email or older games to run on this thing. I've never had good luck with technology - but maybe I'll invest in a newer computer once of these days and hope for the best.
I truly wish I had access to Steam. I see all these wonderful casual puzzle games (my #1 love) and they never come out on Switch. But I don't have a good computer that is up to date and it cannot run Steam at all. My mouth waters when I see playthroughs of certain Steam games on Youtube.
Terraria. I wanted to like that game but immediately found it unenjoyable and disagreeable in every way. I'm still waiting for a Stardew Valley-like game that is actually good (i.e., has farming without ridiculous missions like "find the cows and build a pen for them) and doesn't require the player to "craft" his own tools with ridiculously complicated mechanics. I hated "My Time in Portia" for the incredibly difficult crafting, that had no tutorial or explanation and was very poorly conceived.
Well I don't, honestly it's just hearsay and I can't say anything more. Not that I wasn't looking forward to Haunted Chocolatier also, who knows maybe it will happen at some point in time.
Oh I know Stardew Valley is still enjoyable, I bought it years ago and then I even bought the book/guide for it and I probably have played the equivalent of what you've played, I'm sure I'm well into 300 hours by now. But, it does get stale, and repetitive - it does make one wish for more game content, even with the update that brought the "golden walnuts" island expansion to it.
Well there's the problem. I tried downloading Steam, of course it didn't work because some extension or other had to first be installed on this computer. So I installed the extension, now it says it can't open. I did get it open once, but the game I downloaded never worked at all. Steam doesn't work on every computer, I guess.
But my main game system is the Switch (right now), I don't even use the computer. And it "steams" me because there are SOOO many great looking casual games on Steam I wish I could play!!!!
Oh okay, those mods I don't even get what they are and am much too old to figure out how. I was getting excited over nothing then. Obviously there'll never be an across the board expansion or add-ons for SV - or a sequel either, which is odd given how successful it's been. Haunted Chocolatier looks promising - but obviously isn't actually ever going to come out at this point.
Stardew Valley expanded?? What is that? Is it something that is available to us long-term SV users? I bought Stardew Valley when it first came out and people looked at me like I was crazy for buying such an obviously casual and pixelated game.