At first, seems like a relatively standard farming game, but as time goes on, players realize the game’s world is more fantastic than it appears anddoesn’t always make total sense. Some elements of the game don’t make sense simply because they are strange or unexplained occurrences that leave the player with questions about the game’s world. Other instances are more mundane but still perplexing.
None of these detract that much from the overall experience of playing. Instead, they are more the type of questions players may ask after spending 100 hours playing it. Players who have spent enough time in Pelican Town will likely have questioned at least a few of these moments.
Stardew Valley recently added some fun new mechanics to the game, however, one may have unintentionally made players a bit more like JojaMart.
One of the earlier quests in tasks the players with finding Mayor Lewis’ missing purple shorts. Unlike Robin’s missing axe or Linus’ fruit basket, the mayor’s shorts aren’t sitting in the woods somewhere but in Marnie’s bedroom instead. When the player returns the shorts to Lewis, he asks them to keep his and Marnie’s relationship a secret. While the pair can be seen publicly hanging out on several occasions, it seems they want to keep their romance a secret for seemingly no reason.
Stardew Valley primarily takes place in Pelican Town, and its Mayor Lewis is one of the most-hated residents due to his rotten personality and greed.
Neither Marnie nor Lewis are married, nor are they in some sort of committed relationship with another character that would make their relationship scandalous in any way. It isn’t like Caroline’s apparent affair with the Wizard. The only possible explanation is that Lewis feels their relationship is somehow inappropriate because he’s the mayor, but it’s not like there’s an incredible power imbalance between them. After all, Marnie is a seemingly successful independent business owner. There doesn’t seem to be much reason the two
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