The last Harvest Moon games I played were HM64 and HM: Back To

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2017-06-21 09:03:03 Post No. 381365108
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Anonymous 2017-06-21 09:03:03 Post No. 381365108 [Report]

The last Harvest Moon games I played were HM64 and HM: Back To Nature. I loved the former, hated the latter (mostly because it was made from re-used assets from the former, mixed up so that they don't make any sense anymore).

I loved HM64 because of how simple, yet full of charm it was. It didn't have any main plot - just taking care of your farm, exploring, participating in the village's life, and slowly getting to know each character's (surprisingly very well-written) story. I also loved that the village it was taking place in actually felt like a sleepy village, with the people living basically in the woods, and little to no civilizational advancement.

Any newer (PS2/GC and up) HM game that will let me re-live that oldschool, nostalgic HM64 experience I described above? I've been looking at some of them, but each one seems to be very plot-oriented (save the village, save the harvest fairy, don't let your farm fall into the evil hands of industrial moguls etc.), with dumb gimmicks everywhere and mechanics that don't make any fucking sense whatsoever.

Any advice?

Anonymous 2017-06-21 09:05:53 Post No.381365384
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Anonymous 2017-06-21 09:05:53 Post No.381365384 [Report]

>>381365108
no, the series pretty much stagnated for years and has been struggling to find it's identity. The best games were 64 and BTN.

Maybe check out Stardew Valley?

Anonymous 2017-06-21 09:06:55 Post No.381365467
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A Wonderful Life has the isolated experience you described. But it's so isolated that there isn't anything interesting going on in the town, and feels kind of creepy. I still love it though.

Just play Friends of Mineral Town.

Anonymous 2017-06-21 09:09:49 Post No.381365738
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Anonymous 2017-06-21 09:09:49 Post No.381365738 [Report]

>>381365384
>Maybe check out Stardew Valley?

I tried giving it a chance. The gameplay was alright, but I couldn't stand all the forced memes and how poorly written the characters were.

>>381365467
>Just play Friends of Mineral Town.

I was looking at it, too, but it has this weird BTN-like character roster that doesn't make sense (eg. pink haired young girl isn't the daughter of a pink-haired older lady, but instead she's the daughter of a blonde lady and a black-haired guy).

Anonymous 2017-06-21 09:14:03 Post No.381366096
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Anonymous 2017-06-21 09:14:03 Post No.381366096 [Report]

Also, what about the Rune Factory games? Are they any good? I've never tried them.

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