As a new player, I really enjoy the steady introduction of new mechanics/mini-games.

One of the biggest reasons I was turned off from DTD before actually playing it is that the gameplay shown in trailers and promotional content looked…overwhelming to say the least. There was a lot going on but didn’t look particularly focused so I didn’t give it a chance.

But I decided to try it on a whim after watching Floydson (YT creator who 100%’s lots of games) play it for a bit and I was dead wrong with my assumptions.

The rate at which new mechanics are added is near perfect. Manage the farm, manage the fish pools, keep on top of your ingredients, manage your staff and training, manage the party days and the wants of special customers, oops now you’re doing a cook off mini-game, now a sea person read the cursed book (this just happened in my playthrough Idk what it means yet), now you have to catch these special Pokémon fish, etc.

DTD manages to straddle a very tight line between introducing a lot of new content but not in a way that makes the loop feel bloated (minus maybe some of the Sea People nonsense but I usually take my time with those quests as to not get burnt out) and I really think it does an excellent job in a way not many games do.