Is this not just a Stardew clone?

[Oldycow]

I haven't played this game, let me start off with saying that. But isn't this game almost exactly like Stardew? I get that there's some minor differences like magic and swimming/diving, etc. But the art style, premise, the general feel, the purpose, isn't it almost all exactly the same? Crazy how many people are praising this game while mentioning that it's also like Stardew....

[yumeta]

For the 6 hours I only played, yes it is very similar but still very enjoyable

[Space Clown]

Bro I have hundreds of hours in Stardew. I have some of the 1% achievements. I'm so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ sick of Stardew now, despite it being a master piece surpassing my beloved Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games from back in the day.

I haven't played this yet, just bought it to check it out. I always peep new farming sims to see if they have that magic Stardew/Harvestmoon captured for me. So far nothing is quite sticking, and I can bet this will be the same.

If this game is as good as Stardew though, like a clone... and I get a new story, NPCs, and landscapes, then this is a win for me. Unless it has boring characters and a trash story. Just want to escape my life for a bit with a new one, and grow stuff.

My pumpkin patch IRL isn't giving me the serotonin as fast as a farming sim does.

[MooCows]

Crazy how many people are praising Stardew when it's almost exactly like Rune Factory / Harvest Moon / Story of Seasons.

These games are all in the same very niche genre. They're going to have a lot of similarities. If you got enough mileage out of Stardew/Rune Factory or any other existing title in this genre then obviously you don't need to pick up a new one.

[Quaiv]

Stardew is just classic Harvest Moon clone.

[izutsumii]

I think people forget that many farming sims get heavy, heavy inspiration from older titles, and MANY game mechanics get passed around in this genre. Yes, this game functions much like Stardew, but so do most pixel farming sims. Tool wheels, bag expansions, heart events, farm being passed down to you, I've seen a lot of this in other games. The premise very rarely changes lol, just a matter on if the game sticks to you!

I will say the only thing I'd say is a bit more "copied" from stardew is the HUD layout specifically. It still feels like a different game to me, as I dont ever go "dang im better off just playing stardew" but just blowing this game off for being a stardew clone is a bit much.

Like how the creator from Stardew was inspired by Harvest Moon, these devs seem like they've been inspired by Stardew with how the mechanics work, and older style Harvest Moon for the general feel of the art style, but are still adding their own systems and flavors to the game. Big fan of leaning more into animal care/customization if the full version expands in it like they seem to.

But yeah in the end, stardew is not even an original idea in of itself so cant judge this one for the same thing lol

[Jasmin]

Originally posted by Quaiv:

Stardew is just classic Harvest Moon clone.

Came here to say that :D

[Lemon]

Yeah, I've played both games and I think the people saying this game is like stardew just... haven't played very many farming sims tbh. Both games are farming sims, they're gonna have similarities. Saying it's a clone is straight up not true though, so much of this game is handled differently, from the social aspect to the farming, that I don't know how people are thinking that.

It has ranching, farming, mining, fishing and heart levels. That's... basic farming sim framework.

[Prism]

Is this a farming game? Yes.
Is this pixel art? Yes.

Does it have similarities to Stardew? Depends.

It is in the farming genre, they're all going to have core elements that are similar as time goes on. Harvest Moon used to be about farming and getting a life. There are many more factors now, decorating, customization, freedom of choices, etc. So yes, Mistria has some of these elements. But to say it's more like one game versus others in the genre, I'd say no.

[AndyFox]

Originally posted by Oldycow:

I haven't played this game, let me start off with saying that. But isn't this game almost exactly like Stardew? I get that there's some minor differences like magic and swimming/diving, etc. But the art style, premise, the general feel, the purpose, isn't it almost all exactly the same? Crazy how many people are praising this game while mentioning that it's also like Stardew....

Have you ever heard the concept of "game genre"? Farming sim is a gaming genre, with is basically an specific branch o various games that play similar to Stardew Valley, and Stardew was not the first one by the way, although it is by far the most popular and 100% the one that popularized this genre, the first one by my knowledge was Harvest Moon, which is a very old Nintendo game by which Stardew was directly based from as per word of Stardew developer himself. There are literally hundreds of games like this, which is not a bad thing for ppl who played Stardew and want to experiment something similar but with a different take.

[Crevette]

2024 and people still act as if ConcernedApe is the pioneer of the farming game genre.

[Balls]

Originally posted by Crevette:

2024 and people still act as if ConcernedApe is the pioneer of the farming game genre.

Well he did independently create a game that made him $30 million and some would say he revitalized the genre.

[Phantom]

yes it is which means its a harvest clone which means its a .....

[VR]

Yes, it's a SDV clone which means there's no real reason to play it over SDV if you haven't milked your 3k hours out of SDV yet. Maybe later in development there'll be more, but the roadmap doesn't seem to be prioritising completing the game's story any time soon unless it's under a different name to what you'd expect.

[strawberrymilk]

I can tell that the only game you played is stardew valley.. bruh. Like even stardew valley was inspired by the originals "Harvest Moon"

[VR]

Originally posted by strawberrymilk:

I can tell that the only game you played is stardew valley.. bruh. Like even stardew valley was inspired by the originals "Harvest Moon"

SDV =/= HM. You mustn't have played much in the genre to not understand the differences between the games.