For as much as I love life sims, particularly the farming variety (Stardew Valley and Coral Island, my beloved), one of my biggest pet peeves is when they raise up the player character as some sort of messiah figure. Everything hinges on your actions, which makes sense in the interactive media format known as a video game, but ultimately only makes me roll my eyes. Even if you try to downplay your efforts, either through dialogue or simply just messing around to do your own thing, it feels like that only makes your community love you more. “The farmer is much too humble to say they’re the best. Even more reason to know they are!”

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