Anyone else feel like festivals are a bit underwhelming?

[Nova225]

Most of the festivals seem like simple one trick ponies with very little to do.

Egg Festival: Pretty neat, doing an egg hunt. And that's it aside from the shop. Also, Vincent gets stuck on a rock. At the very least, the winner could change each year, instead of having just Abigail be the default winner.

Flower Dance: You get a shop and the dance. At the very least you'd think doing the dance with somebody would raise the heart level, but alas, it does not. Maybe some after festival dialogue with the partnet you danced with? It obviously takes a lot of inspiration from Harvest Moon: Back to Natures Goddess Festival.

Luau: Absolutly nothing happens here. You can throw trash in the pot and aside from some slight changes in dialogue, nothing special happens. There's no prize for throwing in a gold star Ancient Fruit.

Dance of the Moonlight Jellies: Again, nothing happens. I mean, it's cool to look at, but aside from chatting with everyone and getting some eye candy from the jellyfish, nothing special happens. What would work best in my opinion would allow you to ask one of the singles to watch it with you, and get some unique dialogue and maybe an affection boost.

Stardew Valley Fair: The only festival I really like. You actually get to do stuff and win prizes (or buy you're way to the tokens if you like). Would be better with one or two extra games.

Spirits Eve: Neat maze, but after the first time you complete it, that's it. There's nothing new besides a free Golden Pumpkin. They could have at least made it so the villagers actually try to complete it (rather than just stand around). Have everyone wear costumes or something!

Festival of Ice: Simple enough. You should at least be able to build a snowman too, maybe have a snowman contest?

Feast of the Winterstar: You give a gift, get a gift, and then it's all over.

Maybe it's just me, but I feel like the festivals could have really been expanded on more. As it stands they're nothing more than rare item shops and some standard dialogue that's the same every year. Maybe it's my Harvest Moon nostalgia talking, but that game had 3x the festivals, with some being simple contests (tomato throwing competition anyone) to some that were focused on improving affection levels with your chosen character (Starry Night festival, Fireworks festival, etc.)

[Klumpatsch]

Gamesjunkie eredeti hozzászólása:

I was really surprised there was no special merchant at the Feast of the Winter Star.

I totally agree, I was so disappointed that you can't buy any christmas decoration like fairy lights for your roof... I love winterly decorations... why can everyone have them besides me?

And I tend to agree with the OP - after the second year there really is no reason to visit the festivals again, besides from RP or if you didn't win the prize at the first try. At least the dev is aware of this issue - in the new beta patch the spouses' dialog is slightly changed during festivals.

[arachness]

This was one of the biggest disappointments to me. The events don't change whatsoever year to year. Marriage only very slightly changes one line of dialogue. Your spouse otherwise doesn't interact with you at all. Friendship levels don't change anything. You become "best friends" with villagers and they still say the same generic dialogue.

I usually don't bother going to events, unless I get trapped into going to it. Some of them, after you've seen them once there's no point. The only one that is decent is the Fair because it actually has things to do, but even then, it's still all the same junk year-to-year. The rest of the events are fairly pointless and a waste of an entire day.

The Luau is annoying because it's a "potluck" which is usually you bring a dish to it, but once you're literally trapped in the event you find out it's actually a big soup pot. Year 1 I brought a dish to the event because I didn't know it was a soup. Year 2 I brought a gold-star item to the event, got the best outcome, and got nothing for it. I don't see the point of this event after Year 1.

Doesn't need to be a huge production for each event but at least to have some different dialogue at a few various friendship/heart-levels & spouses or at LEAST different dialogue for Year 1-2-3, and to get an item + shop per event would be nice. Otherwise give us an option to avoid the event, or limit it to a few hours a day so you don't lose an entire day. Sucks when you want to check your Crab Pots/fish on the beach and you can't because the Event takes over the entire main town. Also sucks if you need to turn in a timed Quest and you forget about the event.

Let's put it this way- the events change so little that Jodi actually glitches into Kent during the Ice Festival fishing contest, because Kent wasn't accounted for after Year 1.

[Mr. Needful]

Just the fact that the events take an entire day is really annoying. They're great for being able to talk to every single townsperson, thus helping you maintain your relationship with them, but I'm a farmer and need to leave early and do things. Wouldn't mind seeing event expansions done as a mod.