Which Harvest Moon?
Another series which I sometimes thought about trying out but never actually did was Harvest Moon.
There seems to be considerable variation in the favor shown to the various incarnations of this game. Last I checked, the GBA version, Friends of Mineral Town, was considered supreme, but that was a long time ago.
(I suppose there will one day be an HG101 article for this series that will answer everything, but there isn't one yet, alas.)
"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge." --Bertrand Russel (attributed)
Did you know that Friends of Mineral Town [and More] is based of the PS1 game?
That being Back to Nature.
"If each mistake being made is a new one, then progress is being made."
This might sound like a pointless reply, but I've only played the one on SNES years ago.
More recently I found that I didn't have the patience for it, but as a kid in grade school, I thought it was great and was amazed that I was actually enthralled with a game about...farm life.
So if a simpler concept works for you...Start at the beginning, I think.
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I felt the same way about Harvest Moon and Sim Farm. Both games seem completely opposite to anything that'd remotely appeal to me, but god damn if they didn't keep me hooked. Hell, Sim Farm was damn near edutainment.Originally Posted by onReload
As far as the best Harvest Moon games go, most people seem to stand by Back to Nature (PS1), Harvest Moon 64 (N64) and Magical Melody (GC) while I've heard nothing but rampant complaining about A Wonderful Life (GC) and Save the Homeland (PS2). Everything else kind of falls between those five, though I have a personal bias towards the SNES game since I was so thoroughly addicted to it at the time.
Recently, I picked up Shepherd's Crossing based on its similarities to the Harvest Moon games. Haven't gotten a chance to play it yet and the reviews haven't been terribly kind, but it does sound sort of interesting.
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My wife has them all, And magical melody reigns supreme in her opinion.
On a side note, I found Harvest moon N64 to be an unenjoyable mess IMHO.
I've played Back to Nature and the SNES original, and Back to Nature is superior in every way. I shouldn't have sold it when I sold off most of my collection
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