Why I STOPPED Playing THESE Cozy Games

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Cozy Games I STOPPED Playing
00:36 Sun Haven
02:47 SunnySide
05:14 Instant Gaming
06:40 Immortal Life
08:33 While the Iron's Hot
10:14 Coral Island
12:34 Bandle Tale

[MissBubbles]

I feeel you, there are so many reasons to stop playing a game but I love that you are one of the people who actually stop. Some people keep pushing and burn themselves out 🥺

[kay]

I completely understand but from a different perspective

Reasons why I stop playing or never end up playing

ADHD: Hyper focuses on the game and plays it consistently then gets burnt out/bored; too many saves; restarts constantly 😅

Autism: Researches everything about the games; watches gameplay and looks up guides
Then gets overwhelmed with so many options; feels like I’ve already played the game without actually playing; gets stuck in preparation mode, never plays
Realizes I don’t want to play just watch gameplay 😅🫣🤦🏽‍♀️

[allylila]

I’ve started waiting until full release. I work full time and have limited gaming time. The chance of revisiting a game, especially longer games, is pretty low. So, I wait now.

[Handnail]

I'm on a Coral Island break because its nuts to get to town rating A, like repeatedly doing the dive or searching in the mines for those missing artefacts that are missing in the museum. Even though there is now the option for Town rank S how much intense is the grind supposed to be?

[perchalicious]

I personally adore Sun Haven, but I'll freely acknowledge the game is a lot. And keeps being a lot with each major update. It could really use a thorough replay by the developers and possibly even some restructuring or pacing balance passes. Or at least feel more like it really is 'play it your way' as opposed to go hang out in Elf Town and Demon Town for a few hours then get back to your 'real farm' in Sun Haven. And you know, honestly, I think the devs know it too. Both Nel'vari and Withergate only have year round crops that can survive you not watering them for days/weeks at a time, whereas Sun Haven requires constant pampering unless you turn off season pests/negative weather effects or have late game seasonal greenhouses that you want to set up elsewhere.

I love it. I love it so much I've got 750 + hours in it and three fully completed play throughs. I come back to it and fire up a new save every few months and play all the content from beginning to end and set up challenges to keep things fresh (like my last playthrough was the divorce olympics where i worked through every single steam marriage achievement with one character) or rushing to get and stay in either Nel'vari or Withergate year round first or whatever. But there's so much to do and it can be very overwhelming and unwieldy.

And you bet your booty I'll be right back in it again once the switch port drops and they introduce the fourth full city and next round of marriage candidates.

But that doesn't mean it's for everyone or even a lot of ones and there are so many options for farming sims alone that it's okay to bounce off things, take them slowly or need a bit of time to get back to it. I got gifted Stardew Valley years ago when 1.5 dropped and I couldn't get into it at all. I tried again with 1.6's announcement and I not only loved it, it served as a gateway to other games I adore in the subgrenre like Sun Haven, Roots of Pacha, Coral Island, Little-Known Galaxy, Fields of Mistria and Moonstone Island. Love what you love, play when you can and explore for your youtube hustle. They'll be there if you want to come back.

Thanks for taking the time to play all these games Min and to share your experiences and opinions. It helps a lot to see gameplay when so many games come out nowadays.

[GabrielleTollerson]

I stopped playing Dreamlight Valley for the shady sh*t they kept pulling, and the microtransactions is unforgivable

[howperfectlycurious]

Re: Coral Island, I totally feel that! I avoided playing it in early access for a similar reason - I didn’t want to have to restart. I’m now playing it in full access and loving it! But there isn’t as much of a community or hype about it online now. Still loving the game, but def a trade off of sorts.

[Roadrunner]

I am so with you on this. I feel so bad I buy a game and play it enthusiastically for many hours then never pick it up again. Sometimes its just because I can't remember what I'm doing but the thought of starting again is so daunting. Sunnyside and Coral Island are amongst my list too.

[avamae]

I REALLY wanted to like Sun Haven… but I got like an hour in and it just seemed too complicated and overwhelming for me. Maybe I didn’t give it enough time and I need to give it another chance. But this is coming from someone who has been playing farming sims for like 5 years now.

[drklstyk]

Unfortunately Devs nowadays go for the hype. So once you buy the game because you re excited about it, for them it stops there. They don't care if you stop playing, you already paid. That's what I feel

[crossfang]

Same reason on Sun Haven as you, once I unlocked the 2nd farm, I felt overwhelmed (not just the 2nd farm, but with tons of things to keep on track of) and I simply got demotivated to go further. Imo, the game needs more polishing . I also prefer playing games like these alone because I get to properly know the story. As for Coral Island, I simply am just waiting for the near-finalized stage of the game before playing it again .

[cherrykaguraowo]

I'm constantly taking breaks from playing coral island. I love the game but there are so many grindy aspects when it comes to upgrades and quality of life improvements. The trash mechanic is really really grindy. The game is gorgeous but despite having a pretty decent gaming laptop the game stutters and so many other issues when it comes to the graphics. I like coming back to it every now and then especially ones after playing games like league as it helps cool down my head after every intense round xD.

I wish the trash requirements in coral island would lessen in the next few updates but then again the main theme of that game is to clean trrash so probobly not ;-;

[pippaloves]

If I’ve stopped a game for too long, what I do now is watch streams of the game to refresh me. Then I’m generally ready to jump back in.

[siennatran]

I don't think I could enjoy Sun Haven without QoL mods. With mods, the game is a lot more relaxing and fun, personally. Things like increased walk speed/instant travel/sprinklers/etc. make the pacing a lot more quicker, and its easier to get things done in a timely manner. So I'd recommend them if you get back into it!

[bruceboivin]

Sometimes its good to mix it up. Cozy or something like cyberpunk or wuthering waves its fun to mix it up. Even crime scene cleaner is actually relaxing.

[hinaka]

Honestly when I stop playing a game, I never find the will to go back to it. There are so many interesting games out there...

[zaratastari]

I don't play any of these games but something similar in mobile was called Harvest Town. Tho the reason I stopped is because I got tired of these events that happens every week or two? Its quite a limited event that you get from mobile games which I get super burnout when it's supposed to be a cozy game. So I feel you about playing these games and stopped playing them for various reasons.

[Saphira.]

I had the issue with coral island. I really enjoyed it for 2 ingame years, but then i hit a wall where i had no new quests or anything anymore, just a few rare seasonal things to collect and some rocks for the museum, and it became such a grind to reach town rank A, that i ditched the game right after unlocking the underwater farm.

[SimuLord]

I stopped playing Coral Island because I kept feeling like it was "When Mom says we have Stardew Valley at home." I dropped Coral Island when Stardew 1.6 came out and just never came back to it. When 1.1 came out for CI, I was like "nah, that ship sailed and you weren't on it."

[susanschubert]

The way you described going back to a game after a long amount of time was very relatable