One of the best parts of Disney Dreamlight Valley is its dedication to adding fun new seasonal events. These holiday festivities are common across plenty of not just simulation titles, but video games in general. Both Disney Dreamlight Valley’s individual gameplay and community events have been welcomed with open arms by its player base, especially since both kinds of events offer great rewards for players.
However, Disney Dreamlight Valley’s gameplay for these events has become increasingly redundant as the game ages. While players will, of course, engage in these events due to their rewards, Disney Dreamlight Valley should also make the gameplay for these events fun. Instead, the game’s recent holiday-themed events have featured the same tedious gameplay over and over again. In fact, this same sort of gameplay is also present in Disney Dreamlight Valley’s quests. If Disney Dreamlight Valley truly wants players to get something new out of the hit simulation game, it should definitely cease hidden item gameplay.
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Disney Dreamlight Valley Events Need to Get Rid of Hidden Item Gameplay
Two of Disney Dreamlight Valley’s recent festive celebrations have involved hidden item gameplay. Eggstravangaza is Disney Dreamlight Valley’s most recent event. Players must find various eggs to craft with, with very little indication as to where they are hidden. The various Alien Toy quests necessary for both Buzz Lightyear and Woody’s Friendship Levels are similarly tedious.
Both versions of Disney Dreamlight Valley’s Festival of Foolishness put a unique spin on the hidden item version of gameplay. It should be noted that this Community Event took place through the game’s Discord, showing that hidden item gameplay can reach even Disney Dreamlight Valley’s socials. Rather than searching for items in-game, players read about various adventures surrounding the game’s Villagers. Hidden in the text of these stories are redemption codes for items like Moonstones, crafting items, and completed items. While this twist on hidden item gameplay is great, it requires players to use Discord. Players need, at the very least, a break from this form of tedious gameplay during events.
Disney Dreamlight Valley’s other gameplay events do feature non-hidden item gameplay. However, foraging and searching are still core aspects of these events. This part of the gameplay typically leads to some sort of crafting, like in the Trick-or-Treat and Lucky You! Events. Crafting gameplay can certainly be fun, and foraging and searching tend to have more directions than Disney Dreamlight Valley’s hidden gameplay, but these features do share similar elements that are starting to grow stale.
Some Disney Dreamlight Valley Event Gameplay Alternatives
Perhaps making new non-holiday events more gameplay-specific would be a great route for Disney Dreamlight Valley to take. A fishing tourney, a recipe-crafting cook-off, a gem hunt, and so forth could be great versions of this sort of event. Furthermore, these gameplay-specific events could be tied to particular Villagers, or even usher in new Villagers onto Disney Dreamlight Valley’s character roster. For example, a gem hunt could be perfectly suited to the addition of Snow White and maybe a few of her dwarves. A cook-off would align well with Tiana’s storyline, though, considering she’s already present in Disney Dreamlight Valley, if combined specifically with new character additions, the cook-off could work with a character like Prince Naveen.
Including entirely new mini-games for a limited time would also be a great avenue for Disney Dreamlight Valley. Not only would these new mini-games give players something fresh to try out, Disney Dreamlight Valley could test out new gameplay they are thinking of implementing at a larger scale with this sort of roll-out. Ultimately, these are some ideas for how Disney Dreamlight Valley could spice up its gameplay. But it’s become increasingly clear that Disney Dreamlight Valley should leave hide-and-seek gameplay to the wayside.
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WHERE TO PLAY
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