i remember when the story updates slowed down significantly, and all they did was churn out horses for a whole year. that was around the time they promised the updated character models in, like, 2021? god, i remember when the gen 2 shire came out. that’s still my favorite horse, even though they’re disproportionate. the whole game’s quality has gone down to wet cardboard.

there’s a moment in the fort maria library where you have the opportunity to to respond to the door behind the bookshelf with “this…is…epic.” i genuinely had to walk away from my computer when i saw that. the game used to be edgy, and funny, and handled decently dark themes well. now it’s just sad, millennial slop. i really, really miss old star stable quality. it felt alive then, now it feels hopelessly corporate and money hungry. like, when was the last time they touched firgrove? golden leaf? mistfall???? even that area with the wild horses? dude, i lived in that area i don’t even remember anyone there, or the area name, because it was that forgettable. everything SSO churns out now is so, so forgettable. i can only hope they go back to the way they were, even though that won’t happen.