Why is this game so popular?

[Super_]

I tried it a while ago but refunded it. I've been looking to buy it again but only because everyone is saying it's good when:

- It's a very lonely game yet doesn't have any hook to keep players from feeling depressed
- It's gameplay is very basic and boring
- You don't need to use your brain at all
- The slimes themselves aren't interesting at all, they just look different and eat different

I played Stardew Valley as well and had a similar experience. It's highly rated yet there's nothing fun at all to do inside the game.

[Typisch]

is fun

[Super_]

I do not lack the skills to entertain myself but rather the game lacks the tools for me to have fun with it. It's only fun if you're incredibly casual and enjoy doing menial ♥♥♥♥ like what fast food workers and garbage truck drivers do.

[Typisch]

Originally posted by Super_:

I do not lack the skills to entertain myself but rather the game lacks the tools for me to have fun with it. It's only fun if you're incredibly casual and enjoy doing menial ♥♥♥♥ like what fast food workers and garbage truck drivers do.

not really i play a lot of competitive games

[Super_]

Most competitive games are only fun if you like the menial task of getting better, without actually having anything fun to do themselves. I prefer games where I win because I tried hard and lose because of my own error yet still had fun. Competitive games are won because you practiced more than the other person or had a better team - something time-consuming or out of your control; not fun for me.

[MisfortuneRising]

Originally posted by Super_:

I tried it a while ago but refunded it. I've been looking to buy it again but only because everyone is saying it's good when:

- It's a very lonely game yet doesn't have any hook to keep players from feeling depressed
- It's gameplay is very basic and boring
- You don't need to use your brain at all
- The slimes themselves aren't interesting at all, they just look different and eat different

I played Stardew Valley as well and had a similar experience. It's highly rated yet there's nothing fun at all to do inside the game.

Why are you commenting negatively about the game if you find it boring/don't like it? That's pointless.

[Super_]

Because I'm a hopeless person who has nothing better to do. I'd like to be like everyone else and enjoy the game but I don't know why no one else agrees with me on those things I've witnessed.

[Nachtmahr]

Maybe you should stop buying games because of their rating or because people say it's great and form your own opinions. You don't like it and that is fine, no need to buy it again just because it was received well. Everyone loves the Witcher yet I hated my 20 hours with it so I uninstalled it and went on

[Silvi the Bun]

Because it's fun. Not everyone's taste is the same. No point in playing it - it seems the genre of life/farm simulation is not for you.
The points you made, about gameplay being basic or slimes not being interesting, won't matter much in a game like this - there's no need to overcomplicate farming (you plant, water and harvest). Slimes being boring is subjective, people en masse consider them adorable because their design is quite cute.
The reason why nobody agrees with you on those things is because of difference in taste not because of the quality of the game - it's actually a really well done one.

[Super_]

Why is very basic farming fun for you?

[Silvi the Bun]

Repetitive tasks help some people relax after a stressful day. And Slime Rancher is very much a comfort-food esque game to me. Besides, farming being this simple makes it easier to leave the ranch and explore.

[OrganizationOatmeal]

Originally posted by Super_:

Why is very basic farming fun for you?

This is such a weird question, because I don't think there's really an answer. Some people can give you essays as to why they enjoy a specific task, while others can't. Sometimes things just find certain tasks to be fun, and the reason is only "I find it to be fun".

Slime Rancher is obviously a fun game to all of those who continuously play it, and those who have positively reviewed it. It is, at its core, a management simulator. You do a lot of repetitive tasks -- farming, feeding, harvesting, building -- to improve your ranch over time. The reward is in the journey itself -- the rewards come in finding your own groove, in finding the way that your ranch works optimally for your personal desires and preference. The game is colorful and cheerful, the slimes are cute, the objects we interact with are bright and soft and enjoyable to look at. The environments are beautiful and movement is fluid and smooth, the sound design is wonderful. There are plenty of positive elements in game that keep people coming back for more.

If you don't like management games -- of which Stardew Valley is also one, in many ways -- then this game may not be for you. It not being your type of game does not make the game unfun. Cuphead is not my type of game -- that does not mean Cuphead isn't fun. And this game not being your type of game is not a flaw of the game, nor of you personally. If Slime Rancher cannot hold your interest, then you shouldn't waste your money on it, and should instead try to find a game that you'd enjoy more thoroughly.

[Fynnpire]

If something doesn't interest you, just move on. You're looking for happiness in the wrong place. Trying to force yourself to like something just because other people do is a quick path to disappointment.

Also remember that if you're struggling to find fun in most things, you should talk to someone about this. Whether it be a family member, or a friend.

[Mike Morkleson]

Originally posted by Super_:

Why is very basic farming fun for you?

If you refunded, you played less than two hours. You barely got into it. Did you even get to the lab? How many keys did you get?
Clearly didn't get far enough if you call the farming "very basic".


also anything can be fun. if it were just the farming, it'd be okayish, but the game is a package deal: A fun game can derive "funness" from aesthetic, music, world, etc.

[ぐー]

Originally posted by Captain Zidgel:

Originally posted by Super_:

Why is very basic farming fun for you?

If you refunded, you played less than two hours. You barely got into it. Did you even get to the lab? How many keys did you get?
Clearly didn't get far enough if you call the farming "very basic".


also anything can be fun. if it were just the farming, it'd be okayish, but the game is a package deal: A fun game can derive "funness" from aesthetic, music, world, etc.

But then how would he refund it if it was beyond 2 hours and didn't like it even then.

[Shoobflops]

Personally, after coming home from an incredibly disorganized work environment by no fault of my own I like to come home and have something to have my ♥♥♥♥ together in. It's a management game thats why I play it. It doesn't have to be fun per se but it works for me.

See some games don't have to be fun. Just like some people don't have to comment about things they don't like. Some games the object is not exactly fun but they give you a job you like to do in relation to the boring real life job you don't like to do.