#when I found out I squealed in octaves only dogs and dolphins could hear

[homesweetgoodneighbor]

BIG SCREAMING STARDEW VALLEY 1.6 SPOILER INCOMING!

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Okay, y'all wanna know what my most beloved and favorite thing about SDV was? I mean, I love the whole game even (when I bitch about the fishing) - especially the entire mood CA captured with the Fall and Winter - but there was one tiny, little insignidicant detail that will always keep this game in my top 5: the fact that when your pet cat flops on the ground it makes a little "thoomp" noise. Cats are rarely graceful when they flop on the floor to emphasize that they will in fact die/dry up and blow away if they are not given immediate affectipn/food, and it is charming as all get out CA captured that.

But, you know how CA managed to fucking surpass that?

BY LETTING US HAVE MULTIPLE PETS!

Holy shit! Y'all, I was ranting not a week ago about Coral Island having a full ass animal adoption center and only allowing us one pet, and how even even Stardew, which they emulate, had that flaw. How I was sick of farming games of all genres only allowing one pet, whereas BG3 is over there straight up giving us an owlbear, a dog, a depressed, snarky vampire who is barely house trained, a tressym's pet wizard... I mean, for fuck's sake, they are Farming Games and have you EVER known anyone living on a farm who didn't have a bunch of loved pets other than the livestock? ("Oh, that's my goose, Cuddles. He only tries to take your finger off if he likes you. He's a big softy.")

BUT, CA FIXED IT.

I would send him fucking flowers in thanks if I could.