Although I never made my farm look this crazy. At some point money just doesn't become a issue. They do get quite a lot of unique lines for whatever’s going on in the town and some skits that give a few of them a bit more than a generic anime archetype. Additionally most of the characters are one note archetypes as well. Reminds me of a DS game more than a 3DS game honestly. With this being a port of a 3DS game the graphics aren’t going to impress anyone. Like a lot of games the slow build up can be a little boring but once you get everything it is enjoyable to do an assortment of things each day. Since most of it is either gained by using prince/princess points to decree something new to happen like a festival or just getting a cooking license. Getting all that stuff unlocked takes quite a while. All of this stuff can then be sold in your very own shop to make some extra money vs what you would get by selling them in the box every morning.
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Since each item requires using rune points it makes sense not to let the player see some of the later items till you have enough to make em. Yes eating bread is the only way to learn things in this world if you're a crafter.
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But the only way to learn new things to make is via cooking bread. Really starts to feel like some MMOs that have different level up trees for crafters. All the other things you can craft like weapons and farm tools all have their own level up tree. No matter what you do in this game between sleeping and bathing in the hot springs you are likely to rank up something just by walking around. Doing that multiple times will increase a skill rank. Gathering the right items and then combining them together equals a new tasty dish. Along the way a bunch of items can be picked up to craft a ton of stuff.Įarly on you get access to cooking tools. It works well enough and is mostly used for continuing the storyline via different dungeons. None of the fights are very complex and you don’t even get a dodge roll to avoid attacks. They can be magic spells like cure or special attacks like an uppercut. Special moves can also be equipped to the x and y buttons. Along with a charge attack that can be learned by using it a lot. Every weapon the protag can use has a two to four hit combo attack. The main way you can mix up the fights in the game is the variety of weapons/magic the player can use.Įlsewhere the player can battle monsters and it is pretty basic. Then they can also then help in any fights you might encounter as well. Throwing random items at monsters in the overworld is how the player can recruit new allies. So recruiting a cow like monster will give the player milk every morning. A monster barn gets added on to property and that ends up being your livestock area. Managing the soil is a new element but I can’t say it really hurt my farming efforts much since all that requires is not using the same section of the farm for a few days. Till the land and water the plants so they grow. Still the core is about farming kinda so let’s start with that. Yet a lot like Animal Crossing you start to have a routine for every in game day. I was not prepared for the amount of stuff it is possible to craft. Which can be a little overwhelming once you have access to everything. After the intro the game slowly introduces all the different things you can do each day. That reads like the most haphazard way to get from one point to another one but it works I guess. Confused but willing to do whatever our protagonist starts their new life.
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Luckily it seems everyone thinks they are the prince/princess and now they must tend to the royal farm. Soon it becomes obvious that the protag has amnesia.
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By pure chance they land on the wind dragon that governs the town they will soon live in. They seem to be bringing something back that’ll help but before they could do anything they end up falling off the ship via surprise attack. With this being a new version it does have some new features like dual audio.Īt first all seems to be well as our unnamed protagonist makes their way to the land of Selphia on an airship. Although I wouldn’t say these games are known for their storyline this one does have one so let me convey that to you first. So on a wilm I decided to pick up this game and now I’m hooked once again. Which is too bad since I do like this style of daily management game.
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I’ve not really touched another game like it since barely playing one of the PS3 Rune Factory games.
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I’ve been a fan of the Harvest Moon series since the first game on the SNES.