Stardew Valley Flower Dance Event Criticized by Fans Yet Again

Stardew Valley Fans Call Out Flaws In Underwhelming Event By  Steven Garrard Published 30 minutes ago Steven is a seasoned writer specializing in the video game and technological fields, with years of experience creating reviews, features, and industry analysis. Passionate about the gaming world and its evolving culture, Steven always wanted to combine his enjoyment of writing and love for gaming in a way that can provide insightful coverage for players and enthusiasts alike, striving to provide this since he joined Screenrant in 2024. Sign in to your ScreenRant account Summary Generate a summary of this story follow Follow followed Followed Like Like Thread Log in Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents: Try something different: Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap

After years of free updates and options for replayability, Stardew Valley has come a long way since its humble origins back in 2016, but that doesn't mean there aren't still areas for improvement. Expanding the limited dialogue options after romancing one of Stardew Valley's bachelors would be an easy choice, and one of the very first romantic moments you'll have with your virtual partner is easily the worst out of the bunch.

As pointed out by Reddit user erxnnholland, the very first Stardew Valley event, the Flower Dance, is easily "the worst festival in the game", offering little reason to attend unless you're immersed in role-playing. This isn't the first time the complaint has been brought up, with countless other players slamming the Flower Dance as a disappointing venture that often isn't worth the effort to revisit, aside from some extra heart points.

The Flower Dance Is Easily The Worst Stardew Valley Event

Even if the abrasive personality of Stardew Valley's villagers is one of its greatest selling points for creating more lifelike characters, it's hard to get over the initial rejection of getting brutally rejected by your virtual crush in the first year.

While it's entirely possible to get enough hearts with certain characters, like Haley, thanks to her early birthday and love of easily accessible dandelions, you'll still stick out like a sore thumb when it comes to the dance itself.

The player character is the only one not wearing seasonal attire and doing the Flower Dance itself completely wrong, masking it's easy to see why players like boilyourdentist feel "embarrassed" for their farmers. Even outside of the embarrassment, there's very little to actually do in Stardew Valley's Flower Festival itself, especially after you've already purchased its limited stock of seasonal items.

One Simple Change Drastically Improves The Flower Dance

Although Stardew Valley has received an impressive number of updates over the years, one of the primary defenses as to why the farmer stands out so much is how difficult it would be to fit their catalog of clothing and body shapes into the dance itself. Fortunately, this problem could be easily solved thanks to one simple adjustment.

Rather than having the dance be a simple cutscene with whatever you're wearing, other players have suggested that Stardew Valley could have added a way to learn the dance itself, either with repeated visits or skill books. Interactions with other NPCs could have also solved this issue entirely, especially with Emily already making the farmer a dress for the Desert Fair and similar outfits existing in Stardew Valley itself.

While simple outfit-changing mods help mitigate these issues by letting you easily swap into a similar outfit as the rest of Stardew Valley's villagers, it's still a far cry from the potential that the spring event could have had. For now, you'll have to rely on modders, like kelly2892 on Nexus, who offer their own modified version of the Flower Dance itself to fix these Stardew Valley issues.

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10 stars 9 stars 8 stars 7 stars 6 stars 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars 2 stars 1 star Like Follow Followed RPG Simulation Systems OpenCritic Reviews Top Critic Avg: 90/100 Critics Rec: 99% Released February 26, 2016 ESRB E for Everyone (Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood, Mild Language, Simulated Gambling, Use of Alcohol and Tobacco) Developer(s) ConcernedApe Publisher(s) ConcernedApe Engine Proprietary Multiplayer Local Multiplayer, Online Multiplayer Cross-Platform Play Stardew Valley does not currently support crossplay between different consoles and PC Cross Save cross-progression is only available between the PC and mobile versions of the game Number of Players 1-4

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