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Harvest Moon (Nintendo DS)
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While gentler games like Nintendogs and Animal Crossing: Wild World have become the best selling games on the DS, the Harvest Moon series has been ploughing very much the same field for nearly a decade now. As always the game starts with you inheriting a farm and most of the game revolves maintaining and growing your crops of vegetables and herds of animals. You have to work pretty hard at it too, planting crops, watering them and then harvesting them. Animals have to be watered and feed too, eggs collected from chickens, cows milked and sheep shorn. Once you've tired yourself out with your daily chores though there's a whole village to explore around you, as you collect wood to make new buildings or harvest fruit and other rare items to sell at the shop and expand your business. Your main goal in town though is to find yourself a sweetheart and woo her enough so that she'll agree to marry you. As fun as all this is though it's exactly how the Harvest Moon games have worked since the original SNES game and this version takes almost no advantage of the DS. The touch screen is used merely as an inventory and as a means to pet your animals - other than that it's almost entirely superfluous. Even worse, the graphics seem identical to a GBA game and not even a particularly good one at that, with some very poor animation. There are a few new features, such as a mini-casino run by the harvest sprites, but it's not nearly enough to tempt you if you have one of the more recent GBA versions. If you haven't though, it's a reasonable, if unambitious, introduction to the series.
HARRISON DENT
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5/5 |
Harvest Moon... gettin' bigger n better!
(September 05, 2008) |
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People who have been rubbishing this latest Harvest Moon game are just plain lazy... they whinge and whine that it just isnt the same... it aint supposed to be! There is more to do especially when interacting with your livestock, instead of just picking em up n putting em down you get to stroke them and even brush them using the touch panel glove. I do agree that you dont get to use the stylus as much but the minigames and challenges you have to overcome are so much better, you have to work harder in this game than the previous games but thats half the fun!
I would reccomend Harvest Moon DS to ALL fans of RPG'S and Harvest Moon, it's a game that will take you days, weeks, months possibly even YEARS to complete and thats the point! You can pick it up and put it down whenever you want... your farm will still be there... and so will your chosen wife to be! ;) |
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2/5 |
The Harvest Moon magic just isn't there...
(August 10, 2008) |
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As a huge fan of the Harvest Moon series, I was really excited about the first edition of the series on the DS. However, I was very disappointed in this game. Although the series has never been known for amazing graphics, Harvest Moon DS uses the exact same graphics as Friends of Mineral Town of the Gameboy Advance, making it seem dated and plain lazy. There are NO shops in the village, you have to buy things via telephone, another sign of laziness by the developers. The characters seem lifeless and the village in general lacks any kind of charm. The soul of the Harvest Moon series wasn't in this game for me, neither was the magic that touched me in the past and kept me coming back. Trust me, Friends of Mineral Town is a MUCH better game than this disappointingly lazy effort. The Harvest Moon series and its fans deserve better. |
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3/5 |
Harvest Moon, a tale in a handheld
(August 07, 2008) |
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Harvest Moon Ds takes you to a world where cutesy folk go and do their duties day by day, Harvest sprites sprites a Goddess thats been sent away by her rival, the witch princess. You goal is to be the most successful farmer, rescue the harvest sprites by doing certain requirements, rescue the Harvest goddess and get married.
Sounds like there is a tough mission doesn't it? Don't worry, the sprites are unexpectantly found by doing your chores, farming, looking after livestock and also asking Gotz to build the buildings to help keep the much needed cash flowing. You also get the chance to woo the gal of your dreams and once the goddess is rescued, you may get married and have a son as long as you keep your future spouse happy.
There is plenty to do but balancing stamina/fatigue with the chores can be a doozy at first, but over time, you ar able to purchase items that can help with this. Plenty of animal husbandry and crops to learn about, seasons and weather conditions day by day all combine to make this game a challenge to the most organised of players. Of course time in Harvest Moon flies by compared to ours and soon you'll become addicted to your chores on your farm, wooing your sweetheart and befriending people and sprites. The more sprite teams you find, the more help you may have to help with harvesting or watering your crops...Even to feed your animals, while you pursue your other goals such as fishing or finding land elswhere in Harvest Moon and grow your crops or plant trees.
All in all a good game to fall into. It may become repetitive but other things are unlocked in time. Harvest Moon: Cute will be more oriented to the girls who want to start their farming 'careers' and Harvest Moon will be popular with both genders. |
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4/5 |
Endless gaming fun!
(August 04, 2008) |
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when i first bought this game, i was a bit 'iffy' about the whole concept, thing just farming would get boring, but, soon enough, i was hooked.
firstly, there are multiple choices on how you go about this game. i enjoy making friends and getting married, nut my friends enjoy growing crops and having animals. There are so many possibilities but be warned, once you pick it up, you'll never stop!!
My only dissapiontment was that, if you are the 'exploring-the-caves' type, then your characters stamina is very limited, and you must remember to bring lots of food. |
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2/5 |
harvest moon is one of the worlds worst games
(July 23, 2008) |
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by an 11 year girl
Harvest Moon is a game, where you play as a boy in a farm. It takes weeks to earn money and the graphics are rubbish. It gets better when you earn enough money for an animal but you have to buy food, shelter,grooming tools ect. I once spent 3 weeks earing money for a straw shelter and a cow but it was knocked down the next day in a snow storm. Harvest moon is like a rubbish version of animal crossing with a twist, as you also collect spirts.
A boring game not worth buying.
DON'T BUY IT! |
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