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playing stardew valley and shenmue (almost) back-to-back is such a great way of showing why stardew valley has never worked for me and shenmue does. in stardew valley you wake up every day and have to gogogo immediately. the timer is so incredibly tight and fast that you can’t just chill and do Whatever, it’s all gotta be planned out. if i walk down the wrong path in stardew valley i could literally waste the entire day, which always drove me crazy. it’s a very stressful game. whereas shenmue is technically way higher stakes (find dad’s killer!) but you can just spend a couple months hanging out in the arcade, collecting capsules, doing whatever. and you don’t have to worry about losing out or missing out on anything. more games gotta just let you Chill, Man.