Hello my peoples who humor me by reading this. I hope you all are doing well. I'm taking a quick break and thought I'd craft a short post.
If you know me (which face it, this is the internet so most likely unless you are one of the few of my friends/acquaintances whom I told about this blog, then you probably don't know me), you know I occasionally like to dabble with gaming. I'm very picky about games. If I'm going to invest time and money into something I want it to be something I'll like. I'm fond of the Lego games, GTA V, Lord of the Rings Online, Mortal Kombat, Kingdom Hearts II, The Sims 2, and Hogwarts Legacy just to name a few. I never got into Animal Crossing. I tried Stardew Valley and could not figure it out. Previously, I would go months without playing any games. This was mostly due to not being able to see the tv well from the couch. I got a Nintendo Switch for Christmas this past year. This significantly increased my video game playing since I could actually see the screen because of the handheld option. I started playing Hogwarts Legacy, and I do enjoy that. One of my friends plays it all the time. I play at home maybe an hour before bed usually. Or on the weekends.
This past weekend, I had the crud. So I was sitting on the couch resting and wanted to entertain myself. I saw an ad for Dreamlight Valley being on sale. I saw the previews and it looked interesting. I used to play Kingdom Hearts II on the ps2 which had a lot of Disney characters in it. I had a house fire in 2017 and lost the ps2 and all my progress. I do have it for ps4, but I never got around to putting in the time required. I enjoy the Disney games.
Upon starting up Dreamlight Valley, I was very confused and almost quit immediately. So far I have maybe 12 hours invested into this game and I am still at the beginning. I enjoy it so far because you don't have to do the quests immediately. You can garden, fish, cook, or hangout with the other characters. You can play at your own pace. I will admit I am old and had to look up some of the stuff on Google. So far, I have only opened up one Realm. I've been farming carrots for money and have maxed out both Goofy's stall and Scrooges store in the first biome.
Pros:
You get to hang out with your favorite Disney characters
You can go at your own pace
You can easily change your wardrobe
You can design your own house and valley (although this comes much later in the game I am told)
You can craft storage boxes (simultaneously this is a con as well as you have to grind for materials)
Cons
Storage
Limited Energy - you have to go back into your toon's house to regain energy in order to play the game OR eat food which can be simple like an apple or if you want more energy you can grind and cook a lot of dishes to put into your already overflowing inventory
You have to grind to make money albeit you can plant and harvest crops to sell to Goofy, but that still takes time
There is soooooo much information to learn about this game and very little in game direction. This can be very overwhelming. My daughter was overwhelmed by this more than I was.
The controls are a little fiddley (on Switch) when it comes to clearing trees to put houses (I opened Remy's realm and am trying to put his house in the valley and have not been able to clear a spot).
Overall, I like it. I played LOTRO since it debuted in 2007. I am used to grinding. While it can be annoying at times, it's tolerable. It's a cute game. I like that if I just want to go fishing I can turn it on and grab Goofy to hang out and fish. It's a bit of a break from Hogwarts Legacy which I do enjoy playing as well.