Harvest Moon -Game review

Harvest Moon is a farm simulation, role-playing game series that was first developed by Amccus for the SNES.  
The very first release was in Japan in 1996, in North America in 1997, and in Europe in 1998.
And apparently the game did sell a decent amount for that time. 

There is a lot of Harvest Moon games out there, its around 14 games, so let's take a further look at this subject.





Story

The games are usually about a young man (or girl in some of them) that has to take care of a deserted farm to be able to collect money for a loan like in Harvest moon: Hero Of Leaf Valley Or try to save the harvest goddess, like in Harvest moon DS and Harvest Moon DS Cute also in Harvest moon: Magical Melody and the goal changes with every game.



Gameplay

To be able to achieve the final quest at the end of the game, you should go through many simple daily tasks.
For example, planting crops, raising livestock, selling harvests, go fishing, mining, selling gems and ores, interacting with the villagers, and attending festivals.





Planting crops

you can buy seeds from the shop in the village or in some games you order them via the telephone, to plant them you just have to dig the area with the shovel and simply throw the seeds there, and don't forget to water them daily!


Raising livestock

to raise your animals you should take care of them daily, feed them, talk to them, and check if they are sick. However, if they are, you can simply buy the medication from the shop, make sure to keep them in a good mood so they can produce daily.


Fishing

Fishing is very simple all you need is a rod and go to a place full of fish, you can collect different types of sea creatures and simply sell them for different prices or cook a delicious dish.


Minning

Minning is one of the best ways to collect money. ores have different prices, you can sell them anytime and if you are lucky enough you can find a really rare one which is very expensive.



Marriage

This is one of the most fun things in Harvest Moon, all you have to do is interact with the character that you want to marry on a daily basis also gift them their favorite things and they will slowly start falling for you.
But be careful don't gift them things that they dislike it might affect their feelings towards you.





My personal opinion about the HM series

HM has the best games for this genre it's really fun and exciting to play,
I highly recommend trying them out, unfortunately, they're underrated.



HM games that I recommend

• Harvest moon: Magical melody
• Harvest moon: Friends of mineral town
• Harvest moon: Hero of leaf valley
• Harvest moon DS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

            

nice article