The boy is the same character from HM2, who goes to an island at the behest of the town’s mayor to help out a girl who just recently took over her father’s farm.īut you take control of said girl if your choose to play as the female lead. This GBC title features two different stories depending on whether you choose to be a boy or a girl at the start of the game. Certainly not terrible, although it may leave classic fans longing for what the games used to feel like. Instead we’re left with just another Harvest Moon under this new title. Now along with the townspeople and rival farmers you aim to turn the settlement into an international trade hub.Īmong the most notable features that set it apart from previous HM games are the wonderful customization possibilities for the player, first seen on HM: A New Beginning.Īnd the possibility to set up a Wildlife Safari where exotic animals like monkeys and parrots could be kept.Īlthough it’s a pretty solid game, one would expect the developers to go above and beyond to create a unique experience for their flagship title under the Story of Seasons name. This 3DS game was the first game developed by Marvelous AQL under this name.Īfter answering a call for farmers on a flyer, your characters travels to Oak Tree Town to take over a farm. Having lost the Harvest Moon name meant Bokujo Monogatari’s publishers had to switch over to a new title.
I really do think if you can enjoy this game for what it is, and not compare it to other entries, then StH could turn out to be one of your absolute favorites in the series. Overall, it’s a bit hard to feel invested in the protagonist’s quest to save his grandfather’s land from being repurposed as an amusement park when the game doesn’t show you anything worth saving.īut I still had a lot of fun playing it. It’s also difficult to feel a sense of community, as befriending other characters has more to do with choosing a route to “save the homeland” rather than getting to know them all.
The harvest moon ps2#
This title was developed for the PS2 and took advantage of the machine’s power to create beautiful, detailed cel-shaded graphics that rival those on HM: A Wonderful Life.Īnd this was the first Harvest Moon title on the PS2 so it caught the eye of a brand new audience.Īll that said, other than being pretty, the game feels a bit empty since it ends after each year passes by in-game. While in some aspects it seems way ahead of its time, in others, it feels somewhat rushed or maybe lacking very much post-game stuff. Save the Homeland is a multifaceted beast. I’m hopeful for the future of their take on the franchise, but right now, the whole thing is a bit sad to watch as a fan. I was taught as a child to stay silent if I had nothing constructive to say, so I won’t be including these games such as Harvest Moon: Skytree Village and Harvest Moon: Light of Hope in the ranking. And while they’ve had some interesting ideas, they also threw out everything that had made Harvest Moon special up until that point. Regrettably, Natsume’s in-house developers don’t seem to understand what makes the original games so addictive.
The harvest moon series#
In recent years, publisher Natsume who had localized the series since its inception lost the rights to the Bokujo Monogatari series… but kept the Harvest Moon name for in-house releases.Įver since then, they’ve released several games following the same farming simulator concept under that name.
Like many other Japanese games, Bokujo Monogatari had always been localized and released in the West under a different name: “Harvest Moon”. If I’m going to do this right then I need to address the elephant in the room. Join me as I take a look at the series throughout the years, ranking each entry in the franchise to determine which Harvest Moon games make for the ideal farm life experience.
If you’re a massive fan or just want to keep up with the latest releases then this list is gonna be fun. Harvest Moon is a franchise that has kept itself fresh by listening to audience requests and not fearing to shake things up. Nowadays, the game that brought countryside life to the middle of our living rooms counting over 20 games under the Harvest Moon title, including several spin-offs such as the fantasy-adventure Rune Factory series. But this SNES exclusive sold relatively well and with that the farming simulator genre was born.
The harvest moon full#
The first game in the Harvest Moon franchise was released in Japan as “Bokujo Monogatari” back in 1996, competing with a market full of platformers and adventure. A farming sim seems like a weird idea but you have to hand it to this franchise for breaking the mold and truly becoming a massive success.
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