First off, I haven’t had ANY issues with lagging, skipping, glitches etc. I have an original release grey joycon switch which I’m playing on, and I’ve had no problems running this game. To be clear though, I have the physical hard copy of the game, not a download! Not sure if it’s a different story if you downloaded it as opposed to getting the physical copy.
ANYWAY— this game is amazing, I’m in love with it, I can’t stop playing it. I bought it when it was released and was a little hesitant/uncertain about it at first, so I held off on writing a review until I had actually gotten more playtime in and had more of an experience to actually review. I’ve been playing the harvest moon/story of seasons games since I was a kid, and I’m actually thrilled about this installment in the series! It has just about everything any of the older games have, plus a ton of new things added in. There are so many things to do, I’ve been playing for months and still haven’t gotten bored or hit a wall with playing it yet. One of the new things I loved was that there are all kinds of new flowers and crops in the game! Instead of having just a few per each season, there’s a whole slew of them! And, on top of that, they’re not all readily available in the general store, as some of the older games were. And, still unlike the older games, where some you had to sell a certain number of each crop to unlock others, in this game you actually have to discover some crops in the wild first and ship them out for the seeds to become available in the shop! I thought that was a fun twist—I get excited at the start of each season now, running around the map trying to find new crops to discover.
Some other newer things include a bucket you can use to scoop up water leftover from rain or even try to empty out small ponds or lakes over time! This is one of those things I was hesitant about, I thought, “really? A bucket? That’s weird.” And it is! Weird and fun! At the bottom of these lakes and ponds are treasure which you can then run up to the museum with to get appraised and even donated. The museum, of course, is another new addition! As well as a beehive, where you can harvest honey yourself every few days, a ton of makers that put creation in your hands, a hydroculture plant, and one of my favorites—you can literally choose how you want to look now!! I mean, it’s been a long time coming, but we finally can look however we want to! There are a good number of options, nothing too in-depth, but there are a nice amount of customizable eye shapes, hair and eye colors, hair styles, skin tones, etc. Hopefully there will be more over time, too, but it’s a dream come true for someone who always grew up playing as preset characters that you couldn’t change a thing on! Oh, and speaking of, you can make tons of clothes and accessories now! 🥺 There’s a salon and fashion store you can unlock which allows you to create your own clothes and change how you look too, should you get tired of your hair/eyes/etc over time.
There IS a harvest goddess, too, and there IS a story, it just takes some time to unlock each cutscene to meet her and get to know her. If you’re a fan of the HM/SOS series, you probably are already aware of how the game typically focuses on some form of rescuing the Goddess or reviving sprites, etc etc. It still is, just in a more relaxed, less dramatic format haha. (The harvest goddess doesn’t turn to stone as a dramatic “nobody likes me anymore!” stunt like in HM: Magical Melody anymore, is all I mean, but she is still involved in the game!)
In addition, I’d like to add that I did purchase the DLC too, which isn’t too pricey and has some fun stuff in it! Although, it is COMPLETELY not necessary to get, the base game itself will still be amazing even if you choose not to get the DLC. :)
Anyway, TLDR, it’s a good game and I hope you play it yourself! It really honestly deserves the hype!
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Es un harvest moon :D
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This is the OG Harvest Moon
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