Harvest Moon DS is one of the few installments in the series that doesn't follow your inheritance of the farm from your grandpa. Instead, you're tasked with saving the Harvest Goddess and her Sprites who have been unintentionally sent to another world by the Witch Princess.
How do you do this? By running a successful farm of course! There are a lot of things to do in Harvest Moon ; you'll get to grow crops, care for animals, court a girl, gamble, and much more.
Harvest Moon's open ended nature has always been its greatest strength, but for newer players this can lead to a problematic lack of direction. Veterans on the other hand might find it hard to shake the feeling that you've done this all before. Further adding to the deja-vu is the fact the game looks and sounds exactly like its predecessors. With the home versions having long since made the jump to 3d, it would have been nice to see at least some change to the Harvest Moon aesthetic.
Again, this is really only an issue for veterans of the series because the game never looked bad. Many were probably hoping that the DS touch screen would offer up some new tricks for the franchise.
Unfortunately the stylus implementation is half baked and you'll mostly use the stylus to navigate menus. By picking up an item cleverly entitled 'Touch Screen Glove'?
This is a fun diversion the first few times, but it's hamstrung by the fact that actually playing the minigames is far more time consuming then simply automatically petting, sheering or milking your animals with one button. Overall the implementation of the touch screen feels like an afterthought more then a fully implemented feature. On its own merits, Harvest Moon DS is still a pretty good game. It follows the Harvest Moon formula to the letter, and that ultimately makes it just as good as previous installments in the series.
If you're new to the series this is a fine place to start, but if you've already played Friends of Mineral Town you've already seen much of what this game has to offer. From Natsume comes Harvest Moon. It is n small character RPG that is filled with an above-average story and plenty of conversation There are multiple areas to explore including many different towns and buildings both large and small inside of the walled cities.
Your progress is gently guided through the adventure but not so restricted that it feels like you are just watching a movie and pressing buttons. Graphics are reminiscent of early Super NES games, but are not realty needed to be all that impressive due to the player's attention being drawn to other areas of the title, mainly the story.
Harvest Moon is a video game released in in Japan and in North America. This game is one of the rarest SNES games for these countries.
The gameplay consists of daily tasks and using the time wisely for the best outcome in the end of the missions. Vegetables develop over the course of the game-day and must receive water each day. The lack of water keeps the plants from growing, though it does not kill the crops. The chickens require feeding, cows must be talked to, brushed and milked in order to retain their health.
Cows may become sick and even die if they do not get food for a day. Chickens can only die if they are left outside and allowed to be blown away in a storm. They can also get eaten by wild wolves. During the night the player can only access the bar, where non-playable characters gather to drink and talk. Besides the night part of the game, this release looks very much like one of the latest hits on Facebook, called Farmville.
Each year has four seasons, each lasting for 30 days. Birthdays and festivals are already kept on different dates to avoid issues. Aside from seeing old festivals that you have been used to in previous games, you will also get to see new ones.
The stable is connected to the home, which kind of makes it hard for you to move around. However, it is similar to the older Harvest Moon such as those you would have probably played in Gameboy color, because it lets you expand the planting area. Also, you have an outdoor pen where you can let your chickens eat and run around, saving you the hassle of chopping lumber to build it. You also get to have Windmills. So with more money saved, you can work on expansion and purchasing of needed farm tools.
Animals, tools, and expansion costs can be quite high so be wary of these. Unfortunately, the bachelor lineup is kind of boring so too bad for girls. The good news is, more can be expected from the bachelorette lineup. No translation errors in the Harvest Moon, which is really good to know. Perhaps the only issue here is that the game only lets you save when you are already about to sleep, and this can be a problem especially for those who are considered compulsive savers.
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