Cozy Games I STOPPED Playing…

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1. What cozy game have YOU stopped playing and WHY?

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2. I can't get my head round why no one else seems to feel this way about DDLV!! Is it just cause everyone is simping for Disney? I really wanted to like it too but it's legit boooring. It's just a non stop grind/fetch quest and nothing of actual value! Plus I couldn't even get into decorating anything cause of the AWFUL switch controls 😭😭 I'm so gutted I paid so much for the top tier pack with all the extra bonus content like an idiot only to have not touched the game in months

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3. Even though I love DDLV on Switch, a lot of the points you made were things I've thought about the game. It does imo have a great and surprising story going on, but that's accessed through a whole bunch of fetch quests! The characters being who they are makes it easier to stomach those fetch quests if you're a Disney fan. For me, it's got me through emotional times because Disney is so near and dear to my heart, despite questionable corporate moves. And I would consider the games free to play but early access but not model a questionable move too! But while the game was worth buying for me, especially when it first became available, I have and would never recommended buying early access to my curious friends.

   Anyway, the cozy game I stopped playing was Inhabit. It felt silly to stop playing a game that short without finishing it, but the puzzles were kind of making me rage lol

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4. I agree with you about DDLV. I feel so dumb for spending so much money on an incomplete game that will eventually be free. But you’re right, fomo got me big time and I love Disney so I thought I would love it. And I did at first, but eventually I started getting so overwhelmed by how many tasks I had to do for so many characters, and there felt like there was no benefit to me to do them.

   On another note though, I LOVE where your channel is going and that you’ve moved away from animal crossing. You’re so honest in your reviews and I find we have really similar taste in games. Also your streams are always so fun and feel fresh because you’re trying new content. I love animal crossing and still do my tasks every day, but it’s definitely gotten stagnant at this point. Love, love, love your channel and vibe though!

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5. yeeeahh i bought Dreamlight and it was fun for a little while but its SO mobile gamey that its hard to play for a long time. i know its literally a mobile game but i just feel like it should feel less like that. everything takes like 2 seconds to grow which on paper seems great but its not great its so… THERE ARE SO MANY TASKS happening all the time lmao and the events arent.. too bad theyre not hard but i dont like when games force me to play every day just to make sure i dont miss out you know? its very predatory. i may go back to it just because ive spent so much money on it but i needed a long break from it for sure.
   i loved animal crossing so much, it came out at the exact right time. but, over time the events got very frustrating the time investment just wasnt worth it to me, and theres just… not a lot to do. oh you can invite your friends over? cool, but theres nothing to do once theyre there except show them your island. and the decorating is fun to a point, im not the type of person that wants to keep redoing the island over and over again, so that doesnt appeal to me. i got my island looking the way i wanted and then… thats it lol. i hope the next animal crossing has the stuff from new horizons but also the minigames from new leaf. its what i missed the most.

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6. You were spot on with ddv and my feelings toward it I still play ACNH everyday though

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7. I agree with you 💯 about Dreamlight Valley. I too felt it was rubbing me the wrong way. Glad I only picked up base game. I couldn't last longer than 10 to 15 minutes in the game and needed to close the game and go play something else. It felt frustrating to play. Even if there was no lag I don't think I could get into the game but definitely would have made it more enjoyable.

   I know a parent who uninstall Dreamlight Valley from their child Switch. They have it set to restrictions so they can't download it. Their child was getting very upset and went into a panic, was in fear about not able to get cosmetic and started lashing out because of FOMO. Parents never has experiences this with their child. The parents were very upset that a game with a Disney license would do such a thing with the currency knowing full well a lot of children might be playing the game.

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8. I could not agree more on Dreamlight Valley. As for all the microtransactions and "the game will be later". No. The game just needs to have zero micro transactions till it is free to play. As long as it is pay to play all of the "freemium" stuff should just be free for the current player base.

   Make them microtransactions once the game is free. For now. There is no excuse to charge so much to even play and then charge so much for cosmetics.

   When.It's.Early.Access.

   If people are paying to give you feedback, then you shouldn't be charging this egregiously for cosmetics.

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9. I stopped playing ACNH because I just felt so overwhelmed after getting to 3 stars. I really wanted to decorate but I suck at ideas and I felt like a lot of things have already been created. I love ACNH, and AC in general, but I always drift off after a few months.

   Also, I haven’t tried Everdream Valley, but seeing some gameplay & your VOD, I felt.. pretty underwhelmed lol. I’m still planning on watching more gameplay but so far it feels a bit disappointing. I know I should play it myself to really get a feel of it, but I like to watch gameplay before buying and I’m kinda glad I did for EDV. I wish I did that for Hokko Life because I regret buying it lol, it felt very, very sllllooooowwww… lol

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10. Thank you for sharing your opinions, especially on Disney Dreamlight Valley. Having grown up with little disposable income, I am not easily influenced by FOMO. Knowing that the game will eventually be free has made it quite easy for me to hold off and I am not enough of a Disney Adult to be tempted by limited-edition items.

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11. I actually refunded Everdream Valley on Steam because it just didn't do a thing for me, despite it being the type of game I normally would love. I never got far enough in to get to the "dreaming" part of the game, but I wasn't having fun with it and wanted to refund it while I still could. I had Song of the Prairie on my wishlist, but I think I'll take it off the list now knowing that you and others weren't fans of that one either. As for Dreamlight Valley, I have 585 hours in the game and since I played on PC, I had zero issues with the gameplay and no bugs. You're correct that playing it on the switch was a huge mistake because the game just doesn't run well on the switch and probably never will because of the limited amount of memory available on a switch. I made the initial investment in the game and haven't paid a dime since then, yet have all the items I want or need. I'm not tempted to use up my moonstones on anything in the premium shop because I'm not a decorator (I've made only very minor changes to the look of my valley, and usually only when a quest requires that we decorate an area). I don't have FOMO, so that helps too. I log in once or twice a day between the new content releases and do some minor things while waiting for the next update (such as Vanellope coming to the game tomorrow). I also got to the point on ACNH where I felt I'd done everything there was to do, except for getting the final genuine museum pieces, so I just stopped playing it and don't really have a desire to start over with it.

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12. I tried the demo for Song of the Prairie a few weeks before its release and honestly I couldn't play more than 10 minutes of it. Disney Dreamlight Valley I got on gamepass and was excited about it but it just got me running around and talking to people and picking up stuff etc so much that I wasn't really enjoying it. Animal Crossing was the second game I ever bought on switch primarily because of the hype and just how much people are into it, but honestly, if you don't have pandemic-esque amounts of free time, it takes too long to get anywhere significant in the game. It became such a chore that I just gave away my copy of the game.

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13. I haven't played DDLV but looking at the game, they definitely want you to pay to play, personally I might try when it becomes free, I believe they are dropping extra paid parts now so players get used to the idea of it early on, which yes I'd rather them finish the game than be off making extra paid for things

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14. Agree with everything you said about DDLV, 100%. Unfortunately Gameloft is just a greedy, money-hungry company. FOMO and micro-transactions are how they roll, and they have made it very clear that they don't care if you don't like that, because there are still plenty of people who DO pay and those are the only people that matter to them. It's unfortunate, because as you mentioned, this game is all about nostalgia and that nostalgia is being used in a predatory way. Plus yeah, so unbelievably grindy that it makes the whole game feel like a chore.

    I stopped playing Everdream also. The tutorial instructions are lacking or just poorly explained, the world is beautiful but ultimately lifeless, the quests are given in a confusing order (sometimes you are stuck on a quest until you progress in a quest you're not given until after), the amount of mini-games is just crazy excessive, and so many mechanics are just frustrating and unnecessarily hard (leading or herding animals made me want to rage quit every time). The biggest annoyance to me was that they didn't even finish the main story. The quests just end and you're left confused because of how incomplete it is, and some portions of the map can't even be unlocked. To me this just isn't acceptable for a game that's not in early access. I was so disappointed because it was a game I wanted to love so much, and ended up just feeling let down.

    P.S. Thank you for doing videos like this by the way. I wish more cozy youtubers would spend more time discussing games they didn't like, instead of ONLY hyping games up. I definitely feel like I can trust you for honest reactions to games.

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15. Thank you so much for this video Payton I honestly have stopped playing a lot of these games you’ve mentioned but honestly want to go back and play again 💙🦥 I love your outfit by the way you look super cute

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16. Bear and Breakfast: I liked it a lot! The semantics are a lot, but once you get the gist of the game and what you need to do I really enjoyed it. After a time, you can hire characters to regulate almost everything, and this is where I stopped playing because all my inns were humming!
    I enjoyed the journey of this game and running a business so that all my customers were happy everything was cleaned up, everyone was fed, and the heating was regulated! I really feel that cozy feel of gaming can be in running a business, and this is what separates the game from others.
    These developers IMO are very innovative! PS I'm 64 y/o so maybe that's a factor! Loll

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17. Definitely agree about DDLV feeling very grindy. The main feature I liked from it was the Quest system as imo it’s a good way to keep you focused on something. I just dislike that you have to complete certain things outside the quest before progressing to the next quest a character has. I thought at least Merlin would have quest available at all time but nope, gotta complete some meaningless task before you can even progress.

    Also agree that the way they’re handling the game currently feels very slimy. If it were just $30 with additional purchases I wouldn’t mind but they’ve already promised it’ll be free at a later date. Like if this game is in Early Access, why add updates to it? Shouldn’t you be working on updating/fixing the base game and adding the bonus stuff at a later date, after it’s free? Reminds me of this game called MultiVersus that did something similar; release for Early Access/Beta testing, add a ton of updated rather than work on the base game, and has now gone offline while the devs work on it leaving many in its community disappointed. Not to mention the more content they add to DDLV the more buggy it’ll be for platforms like Switch, which means it’ll take even longer to fix those bugs.

    I stopped playing ACNH for the same reason, I just felt I’ve done everything it had to offer. I’ll always be grateful for it since it was an excellent distraction especially for the time it came out. While I never expected them to update it indefinitely I at least understand where many people are coming from. I believe the team behind the game promised at least three years worth of updated but did not deliver, most we got was about a year and a half leaving many disappointed. At least we got the Froggy Chair back

    Apologies for the long comment, just wanted to share my thoughts

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18. I have the same with animal crossing, It's more that I put the game on pause because there came some nice games out I want to play. But there would become a moment when I start playing it again and I wil enjoy it again. 😆
    Have you played happy home paradise, that brings a lot extra fun to the game as same as the main story line.

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19. I REALLY wanted to love DDV but I actually kinda hated it. Lol Everything about it was frustrating and the glitches, crashing and bugs really made it completely unplayable. It looks great and the idea is fun, but it honestly made me angry and I'm a pretty chill person in general. Lol Even thinking about playing it and that I bought the game pisses me off a little. Lol And the community to me was…. 50/50. Disney fanatics and then the rest. I am not a Disney fanatic so even being a part of a community with people who will gladly die on the Disney hill was just not my cup of tea. I even had to block the community on Reddit so I was constantly overwhelmed by the posts. Whew. 😅

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20. I bought Aka on the switch and I want to return it but as there is nothing wrong with it I can't get my money back. It is so boring and I had the same issues as you. It feels like a free mobile game tbh. I also have ddlv and I think I played it so much at the start that I got through everything so quickly. I regret spending the money on it and it is so buggy.

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21. Personally, I love DDLV and still play it daily, so it has been well worth the money for me. Since I got the most expensive pack on a sale, I never felt the urge to spend real money on the game yet, but I absolutely see the fault on the microtransaction front and hope that they fix it. Apparently, there are plans, so let's see how it ends up. My favorite things have been decorating the valley and my houses and dressing up for my daily exploration. It has become such a happy place for me. But yeah, I'd definitely get it on sale.

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22. I used to play Animal Crossing New Horizons every day but now, I have branched out from Animal Crossing New Horizons and started playing cosy games with different mechanics.

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23. I've only played AKA and ACNH, but I feel you're 100% correct about AKA. I was SO hyped for the game. The vibe, the ambience, the design… it honestly looked like that game I would spend my mornings playing daily. The clunkiness and lack of a cohesive tutorial was such a hassle to figure out what I could simply interact with. And my biggest letdown was the art. They have at least three distinct art styles in that game that, individually, would be incredible. But all together it looked so out of place.

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24. I honestly got bored of ACNH when I played it for a few weeks only. It doesn’t compare to ACNL in my opinion since I’ve played that game for more than a year without time traveling.

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25. I stopped playing "No Place Like Home" on switch. Clearing the junk was very satisfying, but the controls on switch are soo bad.

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