Stardog765

Interesting thread and I can totally see the issue. Having just bought the game last week and now having some times in it I love it. I certainly love MC too but this to me feels like a more thoughtful and adult MC-like game. There are many differences but I can see how that is first thing someone sees when looking at this game for the first time. Personally I think this game could shine in another way too and in doing so it would appeal to a whole different group of players. Along with MC I am also a HUGE fan of the farming games, Stardew, old Harvest Moon games and all the like. I am an older gamer but my son got me addicted to Harvest Moon games back when I was raising him, sitting on the couch playing on Gameboy! This game already has a much more involved farming system than MC and I think that is an aspect of the game that could really be built upon, maybe not like those games I mentioned but if done properly it could appeal to that huge group of players who love those games. Things I would do if I wanted to expand farming in that way would be: 1. Expand the number of crops even more. Its already impressive for a game such as this but more is always better. Not too much but some more would be great. 2. When seasons come to the game, I think I read seasons are coming at least I hope so! If we get seasons there could be seasons specific crops. 3. Like the traders in the game maybe add farming traders that trade all sorts of seeds or special farming tools for payments of different types of produce that the player grows. Maybe traveling traders. That would be cool too. Traders that move around the map. 4. Not technically farming but it goes with it, expand beekeeping more if there is something that makes sense to expand upon. 5. And last but not least would love to see brewing added to the game. Honey mead, beer, ale, wines. That would be really cool and maybe have a chance of some interesting random effects on brews that you make that you can share with other players. Anyway just come ideas that came to mind as I am learning this great game. I really really like what I see so far and very much want to see this game succeed and shine as its own special game not just a cool game kind of like another game everyone knows. In my humble opinion expanding the direction of the game in those kinds of areas would open it up to a whole new group of players that love farming type games. Thank you for taking the time to read.