Stardew Valley is a very fun game. While it does a lot of things right, it does a few things wrong.

Combat is not as deep or fun as it could be (mostly pressing the attack button while standing still or sometimes dodging a little)

Cooking is hard to use because you can only cook a few preset recipes, while in certain Harvest Moon games you could cook by experimenting as well as using recipes. It's weird that I can't make a fruit salad with an extra ingredient of strawberry or something like that. A ton of crops can't even be used for cooking for me even though I have most recipes unlocked.

There are a few other aspects I don't recall right now that could be improved, but overall the game is a very fun experience and one of my most played games. I highly recommend it!

Stardew Valley is a very fun game. While it does a lot of things right, it does a few things wrong. Combat is not as deep or fun as it could be (mostly pressing the attack button while standing still or sometimes dodging a little) Cooking is hard to use because you can only cook a few preset recipes, while in certain Harvest Moon games you could cook by experimenting as well as using recipes. It's weird that I can't make a fruit salad with an extra ingredient of strawberry or something like that. A ton of crops can't even be used for cooking for me even though I have most recipes unlocked. There are a few other aspects I don't recall right now that could be improved, but overall the game is a very fun experience and one of my most played games. I highly recommend it!