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from Blockbusters Summary:
The only other Harvest Moon game I have ever played was Harvest Moon 64. I loved it. It kept me entertained for hours, days, weeks, months, and years (I occasionally still play it today).
The characters were lovable. The atmosphere was calming. The gameplay was simple, offering tutorials on just about anything you may have any questions on.
The story that developed over time was nice, and the way that so many people's lives turned out because of my character's actions were great.
Remember, this is all describing Harvest Moon 64, not this game, which is it's polar opposite.
Seriously.
I'll start with the improvements. The graphics are much better, with more detailed characters and sceneries (no more tiny little chibi-style models to represent characters).
There's a whole new town to explore, probably bigger than the one in Harvest Moon 64.
The farming system has become more sophisticated, offering many new aspects to growing crops and raising your animals.
The time system is a lot better. In the N64 version, an hour would fly by before you could say "holy crap where did that last hour just go?!". Now, each hour is one minute, as opposed to 5 seconds, which is nice.
There are actually quite a huge cast of characters, despite what some others may say. I found that there were probably a lot more than in the N64 counterpart of this game.
That just about sums it up.
Now for why I truly despise this game.
First of all, so many of the characters are god-ugly. So many of them are the biggest freaks I have ever seen. Seriously, you have characters with faces you'd just love to burn off, as it would be a huge improvement. And a lot of these characters have the biggest freakin' chins you've ever seen! Others are weird and hairy, and then comes the "doctor" of the game, who features some sort of weird machine eye with a red light for a pupil (think Terminator). Sure as hell wouldn't be my freaking doctor!!!! All of these are major turn-offs, and make the characters far from lovable.
There are only 3 girls in this game. In the other there were 5. And in this game, only 2 of them are remotely attractive (something about that blond chic creeps me out...). What's worse is that you actually HAVE to get married as soon as the first game year if you want your game to go on after that, or else it's "game over, man. Game over."
Jeez, talk about getting rushed.
In the N64 game, you could go at your own pace with that kind of stuff.
One last thing. The bar in this game... it doesn't serve any booze. What the hell?! THERE'S NO BOOZE IN THIS GAME!! LAME! In the N64 version, there was booze! Why is it no longer there?!
Ok, it may seem weird that I complain about this in a video game, but seriously, how lame is it to have a freakin' bar serve tropical punch as their best drink.
I give this game a 3, but it truly deserves a 2 and a half. I rented this game, and I soon hated it about 3 game weeks into it.
If anybody has ever read one of my old reviews, they may be shocked by how brutally I am rating this game.
I'm sorry, but I loved the N64 game, and this was the biggest letdown for me in my video game history. Report this review >>
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