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Lauren Morton

10 years later, I still can't believe Eric Barone thought Harvest Moon fans would hate Stardew Valley

Stardew Valley player character standing outside of a green farm house with a heart over her head. Nearby, there's a black and white dog, and the farm is full of flowers and greenery. .

If there's one thing I'm always saying as a PC gamer, it's "I really hope nobody takes a console-exclusive series I loved as a kid that's rarely if ever been replicated on the platform I now predominantly use as an adult and creates a modern homage to it." You know, like we said about Final Fantasy Tactics for years. More stuff like that formative thing I loved? No thank you!

That's basically the reaction Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone expected from Harvest Moon fans back in 2016 when he released his indie farm sim. Thank goodness he was wrong.

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