`` Star Dew Valley '' where you can enjoy agriculture & fishing and slow life in contact with residents in the countryside, newly added multiplayer system review



' Stardew Valley ' is an indie game released in 2016, a country life RPG where the hero develops a desolated farm. Received a very high evaluation from the beginning of the release, and will support Japanese in 2017. From August 1, 2018, a multiplayer mode for up to four players has been implemented. Originally, it was a game for one person, Star Dew Valley, I actually played and reviewed how multiplayer can be done.

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Star Dew Valley can be downloaded from various platforms such as Steam and Nintendo Store. This time, I downloaded it from Nintendo Store to play on Nintendo Switch. At the time of article creation, the price of Star Dew Valley was 1480 yen (tax included).

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◆ Single play
Start Star Dew Valley immediately. When starting up for the first time, select 'From the beginning' from the start screen.



First, make the main character's character. After selecting the name, ranch name, gender, hairstyle, etc., select 'OK'.



When the game starts, a reminiscence scene in which the main character's grandfather passes one letter flows. 'When you grow up into the world someday, you may find it hard to live,' said his grandfather, when his heart is about to shine. Talk to you.



Eventually the date will come ...



The protagonist working for a large company was tired of everyday life.



So I decide to read the letter entrusted to my grandfather that day.



The letter stated that my grandfather had a ranch in a place called 'Star Dew Valley on the South Coast' and enclosed the title.



The hero leaves the company, leaves the city, and relocates to Stardew Valley.



The ranch that has been neglected for a long time is desolate…



The hero starts living in the village.



The morning in the game starts at 6:00. When you pick up a gift with the A button ...



Get the vegetable seed called

parsnip . It seems that the mayor celebrated the protagonist's departure and gave me a present.



First, we need to clean and maintain the weeds, disturbing stones and tree branches growing on the ranch.



Items at hand are displayed at the bottom of the screen, and you can use the items in the part surrounded by the red frame with the Y button. Weeds and tree branches are removed using items such as axes, pickaxes, and scythes.



Exit the farm and go right ...



I arrived at Pelican Town, where there is a ranch where the hero lives.



You can enjoy a slow life in the countryside while deepening friendships with town dwellers.



Talking to people ...



Try drinking alcohol at the bar.



As you continue your activity, the right side health gauge will gradually decrease, and if you reach zero, you will not be able to do your activity. The protagonist becomes sleepy around 12 o'clock at night, so he has to stop activities around that and sleep. If you go around 2 o'clock in the evening, you will fall and your money will be reduced. You can not save in the middle of the day, you save by sleeping on the bed, so if you want to save and end the game, sleep on the bed and quit the game on the next morning. You.



Plowing the field from which obstacles were removed ...



You can plant seeds.



Once the seeds are planted, water them ...



We will harvest when the crops finally come.



Materials obtained when removing harvested crops and obstacles can be converted to money by putting them in the shipping box on the right side of the house.



In addition to plowing the fields, you can go fishing, mine, make money and play the game as you like.



◆ Multiplayer
There is a “host” that opens the farm, and guests who participate in the farm that the host has opened. The host user selects the 'CO-OP' button on the Star Dew Valley start screen.



When playing on Nintendo Switch, you can select the communication method from two patterns, 'Internet communication' or 'Local communication'. If you select 'Internet communication' to play, you will need to subscribe to Nintendo Online to communicate using the Nintendo Online friend code.



On the other hand, when selecting 'local communication' to perform multiplayer, the user will play each Nintendo Switch close to each other. This time, play with 'local communication'.



You can participate in multiplayer in two patterns, 'join' and 'host'. The host can open the village for multiplayer, but non-host players cannot participate in multiplayer unless the host has opened the village. This time we will open the village as a host.



In multiplayer, basically it is OK to create a village in the same way as in single play ...



This time, you can select the number of sheds at the start, the layout of the sheds, and the profit margin. The number of huts at the start is the number of huts that have been built from the beginning in addition to the hero's house, and one to three can be selected.



There are two types of hut layouts: `` neighborhood '' and `` far distance ''. There are two patterns: a layout where houses and huts are lined up in one corner of the ranch, or a layout where houses and huts are dotted around the ranch You can choose from.



The profit margin indicates the percentage of money that can be obtained by harvesting crops, and it is possible to perform operations such as 'Because cooperative play is possible, reduce the percentage of money that can be obtained and adjust the difficulty level.' Profit margin can be selected from 4 levels of normal (same as single play), 75%, 50% and 25%.



When the setting is completed, select “OK”. This opens the host village.



When other players participate, select the village connected by local communication from 'participation' ...



It is OK if you make a character in the same way as when you play normally.



If you want to host the village once created for multiplayer and play again, open CO-OP play and select the village you created from the 'Host' item.



The morning starts from the point of getting out of bed like in single play, but ...



Going out of the house is different from single play. There are huts next to the house.



Then, the members connected by local communication participated.



You can't talk to your friends through chats in the game, but in the case of local communication, you can play while talking face-to-face. Even in the case of Internet communication, collaborative work may be better if you play while talking using a call application.



As you remove obstacles with your colleagues, the tasks that seemed to take a tremendous amount of time in single play were quickly completed.



It looks like you are destroying obstacles with your friends.

I tried to break the obstacles on the farm in Star Dew Valley multiplayer


You can go out to town with your friends.



Conversation and intimacy with the resident is independent for each individual player, and it is possible for the host player to get along with unfriendly resident individually.



Each can act in completely different places, and you can see where the other players are on the map.



Hang the fishing line with your friends ...



You can also brag about the fish you catch.



If you sleep in bed during multiplayer, other players will not be able to sleep until they are in bed. In addition, the bed to sleep was OK whether it was another hut or the same bed.



Once you have a large field, you can use the mulberry to reclaim the field. It looks like this when I cleared it with my friends.

I tried to clear the field with multiplayer in Star Dew Valley


You can cultivate a large number of fields at once by mulling in a line.



You can expand the field at a speed comparable to single play.



Then sow seeds with friends in the field ...



Water the watering can.



Closed on rainy days.



Only a few days later the field has crops. Harvest together ...



Put the crop in the shipping box and you will be paid.



This is a movie that summarizes the state from sowing to harvesting.

I tried sowing and harvesting in Star Dew Valley multiplayer


One thing to keep in mind is that both the host player and fellow players who come to play can use the same wallet and anyone can spend money freely.



Without knowing, someone could go out into town and spend money on their own. Even during the review, my friend bought a 'big backpack' without permission, and the money from 2166G was instantly reduced to 187G. In addition, the goods bought by the friend are the property of the friend only and do not belong to the host. It seems better to spend your money in consultation with your friends.



In local communication, you can play face to face with your friends, so while talking with Arecole, you can 'cut a little tree over there', 'I will rest because my physical strength is gone', 'Do not buy things you do not understand well!' Play and enjoy.



The package version of `` Star Dew Valley '' is scheduled to be released on Thursday, January 31, 2018, and at the time of writing the article, 14% off price (3263 yen) of the reference price (3780 yen) on the Japanese version Amazon ) Was available for pre-order.

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