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What might be western games of a similar bent, with a focus on soothing game play: -Stardew Valley -My time at Portia -Euro/American Truck Simulator -Anno
by billfruit 6y ago
What might be western games of a similar bent, with a focus on soothing game play:
-Stardew Valley
-My time at Portia
-Euro/American Truck
Simulator
-Anno series
I personally find snooker/pool simulations very soothing.
- simion314 6y agoI would also add Minecraft, I spent a lot of time just mining and building while listening to audio-books at the same time. I preferred survival but it has a creative mode and options to turn off hostiles.
- zonefuenf 6y agoI find the energy and time mechanics of Stardew Valley to be pretty stressful, to be honest.
- ajmurmann 6y agoI actually stopped playing Stardew Valley because of the mining. At some point to progress meaningfully you gotta mine. I found that part very stressful and not fun, especially once you get to the mine in the desert.
- VMisTheWay 6y agoUnpopular opinion, that game is cellphone quality addicting.
- nmfisher 6y agoIs that a good thing or a bad thing? Can't tell if it's pejorative or not.
- Bukhmanizer 6y agoI actually liked the mining part of stardew best. I view pretty much all the other parts as a way of supporting my mining habit.
- ajmurmann 6y agoGiven the mechanics, seeing mining as the main game isn't unreasonable. Most progression hinges on it. Unfortunately I find the fighting part not well done and quite punishing given how bad the gameplay of the fighting is. All the fighting in the mines also makes it clearly not a experience that fits the type of game we are discussing here.
- slightwinder 6y ago> -Stardew Valley > - My time at Portia Not really a surprise, as they are clones of harvest moon, a japanese iyashikei-franchise. > -Euro/American Truck Simulator Nice example. And probably also a good case of explaining the difference in pop-culture between east and west. > -Anno series I'm not so sure about that. Wouldn't than civlisation and basically every round-based paradox-game be an example?
- em-bee 6y agoi'd like to add a sailing simulator to the mix. without an opportunity to actually go sailing i found it a pretty relaxing way to spend the time.
- billfruit 6y agoYes perhaps Sailaway fits the bill.
- zargon 6y agoAdditionally, I think Farm Together is a good fit in this category.
- livueta 6y agoWeirdly enough, some older MMOs (OSRS, to a lesser extent WoW Classic) fill that need for me. Sometimes, the repetitiveness of really simple grinding (think click tree, click inventory to drop log, click tree) lends itself to falling into a meditative state, especially when you have muscle memory built up for a particular action/click pattern.
- whywhywhywhy 6y agoMy Summer Car. I know it gets rep for being a frustrating unforgiving game but that’s only part of it the other part is an excellent virtual remote Finnish village, saunas, fishing, trips to the pub, downloading Finnish shareware games from bbs.
- canjobear 6y agoThe truck simulators are relaxing as long as you're not trying to park!