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I Watson posted:It is vastly improved over Rune Factory 2 where you had to grow the required crops in the field(s) next to the gate that wants them and pray to whatever you beleive in that a typhoon doesn't blow through and ruin your progress. Or Rune Factory, where you can blow through the first few dungeons and get stuck waiting until winter for the next one to open.
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busydelicious posted:I was really disappointed with the fact that Oceans looked so crappy graphics-wise on the PS3. I mean, why in the hell offer it on a way more powerful system if you're not going to try and put in a few more high-res textures. I'm guessing porting it over for PS3 was an afterthought. It was initially developed for the Wii in the first place. At least you get better load times and save file management?
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busydelicious posted:Anywho, the Harvest Moon artbook looks pretty cool. Anyone gotten it? If it's worth it, I'll have to stop by Kinokuniya and pick it up if it isn't sold out. I just got the artbook and flipped through some pages. It's got pictures of every character/animal/crop from all the Harvest Moon games up to Land of Origin (No Rune Factory) and some more special illustrations on the last few pages. It's more of a collection of character pictures than art pieces. That said, it's a pretty thick book and has pictures of everything related Harvest Moon. Here some pictures of it.  
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I saw all the PSP Harvest Moon games work with Vita now. Are any of the PSP ones any good?
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Rune Factory 3 question, how do you get rid of the poison plots in the dungeon fields?
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Rune Factory 3 question, how do you get rid of the poison plots in the dungeon fields? There's an item called Neutraliser available at the pharmacy. You can also craft it.
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RF3 question: Is there any way to get rid of furniture if you don't want it anymore? Evelyn won't sell me any awesome paintings because I foolishly bought all the plants/a table/some chairs and now I apparently have too much furniture. She should have warned me that there was a limit!  
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Hit it with whatever you have on hand so it turns into wood. I've accidentally destroyed chairs and tables since it's been a few years that I've played it.
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Hi, I know that by now this question has been repeated ad nauseum, but... Which is the best portable harvest moon to currently buy? I waited for tale of two towns for the 3DS, but now I've read some reviews I'm not so sure anymore, as it seems to mostly being getting scores in the 6-6.5 range. The only HM game I have ever really played was FoMT way back on the GBA, and to my mind it was the perfect game. Also, I was looking at Animal Parade for the Wii, it seems like it could be great fun, would that be the best route to go in terms of playing HM on a home console?
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The next Rune Factory, will it work if I don't have a 3DS? I like my lite just fine...
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x239marine posted:I waited for tale of two towns for the 3DS, but now I've read some reviews I'm not so sure anymore, as it seems to mostly being getting scores in the 6-6.5 range. Tale of Two Towns is a decent harvest moon game but it's not as great as FOMT. If you're dying for a traditional harvest moon game on the portables, Tale of Two Towns is one of the better ones. It's not like Harvest Moon games get high review ratings in the first place anyways. If you're willing to try something new, Rune Factory 3 will be a better choice. It's in part an action RPG, but farming is still a large part of the game. Overall, the production values are great and there's tons of dialogue if you like the social aspect of Harvest Moon games. Finally, Animal Parade is the best console Harvest Moon of this generation (which isn't saying much). I enjoyed the game but it doesn't really bring anything new and it's a really slow paced game. Nettle Soup posted:The next Rune Factory, will it work if I don't have a 3DS? I like my lite just fine...
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Zettace posted:Tale of Two Towns is a decent harvest moon game but it's not as great as FOMT. If you're dying for a traditional harvest moon game on the portables, Tale of Two Towns is one of the better ones. It's not like Harvest Moon games get high review ratings in the first place anyways. Thanks I think in that case I will pick up animal parade now as I can get it cheap and will look into getting Rune Factory 3 soon.
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I'm a long time Harvest Moon fan, and lately I've been getting the urge to play again. The last one I finished was Rune Factory Frontier about a year ago and I really liked it, but I'm not a big fan of the dungeon crawling, so I'll probably stick to the more traditional ones. I've completed: Harvest Moon SNES Harvest Moon 64 Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility/Animal Parade Only played a bit years ago: A Wonderful Life Magical Melody Back to Nature - I'll probably finish this one eventually. Now, I was considering trying out A Wonderful Life again. I know there are three different versions, and I've read what some of the differences are, but I was wondering if there was a version that's considered the "best" from someone who has played all three. I really like festivals, interesting villagers, raising crops/animals. Is one of them best for all of these together? If not, how about Magical Melody? Is this a better choice? I never got very far in either of these. Thanks.
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I've been playing Tale of Two Towns, I've found it very enjoyable for a base Harvest Moon game. Though it seems pretty limited at the start since you can't mine and not all the seeds are sold in the first year. Hand fishing and critter catching is pretty fun, same with the requests and all the recipes. Don't like how time runs inside and how seeds only cover one square. I need to find a copy of FoMT someday... I've only played the Gamecube version of A Wonderful Life and I found it pretty slow. I think the PS2 version is better since it apparently shortens up the chapters.
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Zettace posted:Finally, Animal Parade is the best console Harvest Moon of this generation (which isn't saying much). I enjoyed the game but it doesn't really bring anything new and it's a really slow paced game. Animal parade does have a lot of improvements over Tree of Tranquility, but it's refining system is an incredible pain in the rear end. In order to get bars to upgrade your tools, you have to refine the ores. And the percent chance of refining from ores to bars is pretty low. Low enough that it is always more profitable to just ship the ores if you are mining for profit and I've never done more than break even on wonderfuls/gems. I enjoyed Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny much more, even though it's a lot shorter. LeapFrog posted:A Wonderful Life I really enjoyed Magical Melody on all my playthroughs. It's got a sort of light achievements system that encouraged me to try out things I don't normally do, and I don't even like achievements. So if you like achievements, you'll probably like it, and even if you don't, its worth a try. I played it so much I never got around to trying the others 
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KariOhki posted:I've been playing Tale of Two Towns, I've found it very enjoyable for a base Harvest Moon game. Though it seems pretty limited at the start since you can't mine and not all the seeds are sold in the first year. Hand fishing and critter catching is pretty fun, same with the requests and all the recipes. Don't like how time runs inside and how seeds only cover one square. I need to find a copy of FoMT someday... The requests are a great addition and make TTT the best Harvest Moon game on the DS (and the third best ever, after FoMT and HM64) in my opinion. I got used to seeds covering only one square by now, but I do miss mining a lot. Days seem to go by slower, so I'm not too bothered with the time passing inside. I also don't like that you have to travel quite a bit to get to the other town when the tunnel is closed, though it's better than Grand Bazaar which had a tiny map. The upcoming Harvest Moon for 3DS is looking really good too. I can't wait!
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My only problem with TTT (outside of the bland characters) is that cooking festival. I recently tried replaying it and I just couldn't sit through yet another slow as gently caress cook off! Oh look, it's that top hat guy! It's always that top hat guy! Let's mash the button in desperate hopes that the dialog might go even a little faster than normal! Oh look, my perfect five star meal is complemented by a loving burnt dish from my teammate! Looks like it's 1/4th of a loving heart again! Maybe I'll get that tunnel opened next year! I am angry. Angry about Farming Games. 
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Giant Boy Detective posted:Here's a video compilation of all the outfits in the game, or a less complete Photobucket album of them if you'd prefer.  Yuuka, is that you? 
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The cook-offs wouldn't be so bad if they didn't take forever to judge. I can't wait until the tunnel opens so I never have to participate again!
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What's the newest one with the least anime-sperg bullshit and the most nostalgia? I got Rune Factory for PS3 and returned it 3 days later after nonstop "tralala" type poo poo. I have Harvest Moon DS and even that seems a little too plot filled. Friends of Mineral Town still holds a place in my heart, but I don't think I can start yet another game of it. Should I get Rune Factory 3 or Tale of Two Towns. Will it be too much? I don't think I'd mind a bit of dungeon crawling, but really, no story unless it's minimal. I liked FoMT because it had a story based on seasons. Should I even bother continuing on with Harvest Moon DS? Will I eventually unlock cool stuff, or is it always gonna be the town you start out in? ZanderZ fucked around with this message at 17:48 on Jul 11, 2012 |
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^ TTT and especially Rune Factory 3 are pretty heavy on the stories, sadly. If you own a 3DS you might want to keep an eye open for Harvest Moon GBC coming out in the eShop: Natsume announced it a few weeks ago.
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Eruonen posted:^ TTT and especially Rune Factory 3 are pretty heavy on the stories, sadly. If you own a 3DS you might want to keep an eye open for Harvest Moon GBC coming out in the eShop: Natsume announced it a few weeks ago. Is it cute farm tales story or "A wizard cast a spell on me and now I'm a wood nymph in love with you! Tralala!" autism pandering story? All I have is a DS and I don't think I'm gonna get a 3DS. I got into this game because it was a relaxing farming game. I don't want weapons or magical wizard hats with +10int. I want a hoe, shovel, watering can, etc. I might just have to buy FoMT on Amazon.
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The story:quote:Long ago the towns of Bluebell and Konohana were friendly neighbors, joined together by a tunnel underneath the mountain that separates the towns. Eventually the towns started to disagree with each other on whose town had the best cooking cousine. As the villagers became more obnoxious with each other, the Harvest Goddess became more annoyed with them. One day she finally put her foot down and collapsed the tunnel between the towns, cutting them off from each other. Now the only interaction the towns have with each other is at their cooking festival, where their cooking conflict continues four times per season.
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Rune Factory games are basically Harvest Moon: 600% More Anime so you should probably stay away from all Rune Factory games since it's obviously not your cup of tea.
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ZanderZ posted:Is it cute farm tales story or "A wizard cast a spell on me and now I'm a wood nymph in love with you! Tralala!" autism pandering story? All I have is a DS and I don't think I'm gonna get a 3DS. I got into this game because it was a relaxing farming game. I don't want weapons or magical wizard hats with +10int. I want a hoe, shovel, watering can, etc. Have you looked at Shepard's Crossing?
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Looks like Rune Factory 4 will have cameos from Raven and Barrett. Raven is pretty much unchanged but Barrett looks like a pirate captain now. 
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ZanderZ posted:Is it cute farm tales story or "A wizard cast a spell on me and now I'm a wood nymph in love with you! Tralala!" autism pandering story? All I have is a DS and I don't think I'm gonna get a 3DS. I got into this game because it was a relaxing farming game. I don't want weapons or magical wizard hats with +10int. I want a hoe, shovel, watering can, etc. Get Shepherd's Crossing 2 for the DS. The main plot is not starving to death.
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Eruonen posted:^ TTT and especially Rune Factory 3 are pretty heavy on the stories, sadly. If you own a 3DS you might want to keep an eye open for Harvest Moon GBC coming out in the eShop: Natsume announced it a few weeks ago. Harvest Moon GBC owns bones. Too bad someone stole our copy The Game Boy River King title is neat, but the translation is really...weird. It's hard to figure out exactly what to do without a guide of some sort. Still fun, though.
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Night Gaunt posted:Looks like Rune Factory 4 will have cameos from Raven and Barrett. Raven is pretty much unchanged but Barrett looks like a pirate captain now. Raven is cool and all but I was hoping for Daria.
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Killbot posted:Raven is cool and all but I was hoping for Daria. But now you can relive RF3's classic game-defining conversations like "..." and "...ugh" and "...ok..."!!!
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Barrett's pretty solid though. He "grows up" to be an okay dude. Way better than Jake, at least. gently caress that guy.
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Eruonen posted:The story: Wandering Knitter posted:Get Shepherd's Crossing 2 for the DS. The main plot is not starving to death. Both of these sound great. I don't mind a cheesy story such as "food drama" but once it gets up it's own rear end with self-created memes, I just can't do it. I can't find much info on Shepherd's Crossing aside from an IGN review that says it lacks the redundant process of tilling soil and watering plants. Not sure how I feel about that. Anyone who has played this game, can you tell me more about how it differs in both good/bad ways from Harvest Moon? I might go with Tale of Two Towns, not sure though. Would Tale of Two Towns stand out from Harvest Moon DS? I'm extremely unmotivated to carry on my Harvest Moon DS game, yet I was always willing to continue on my FoMT game.
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ZanderZ posted:I might go with Tale of Two Towns, not sure though. Would Tale of Two Towns stand out from Harvest Moon DS? I'm extremely unmotivated to carry on my Harvest Moon DS game, yet I was always willing to continue on my FoMT game. I felt the same way with HM:DS and also was always willing (and still am) to continue FoMT. I haven't played enough TTT to know whether it will keep me motivated, but since it has a lot of content (check out fogu.com/hm10) I suspect it might keep me interested for quite a while. It's hard to compare HM:TTT with HM:DS since they're very different games. To get a good idea of what TTT (3DS and DS versions are pretty much identical) and Shepherd's Crossing (you may want to disable annotations) are like you could check out some gameplay vids on Youtube, I suppose. a7m2 fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Jul 12, 2012 |
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Zettace posted:Rune Factory games are basically Harvest Moon: 600% More Anime so you should probably stay away from all Rune Factory games since it's obviously not your cup of tea. Your Harvest Moon: 600% more anime but I was wondering if anybody here could tell me if Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley is worth the $25 USD that they are asking for it on the Vita shop?
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11wheels posted:Your Harvest Moon: 600% more anime but I was wondering if anybody here could tell me if Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley is worth the $25 USD that they are asking for it on the Vita shop? Did you ever play HM: Save the Homeland for PS2? It's that with upgrades. It's an alright game, but I never really fell in love with it. Apparently you can get married now (which wasn't in StH) and the plot is a little revamped. I've read that there are abominable load times, however. It's definitely not as deep as most HMs are, but it's not terrible by any means. I personally would not pay that much for it. Edit: I just remembered I beat StH 3+ times, but that was more from lack of things to play than real enjoyment. And it was a super quick game to beat as well, compared to my normal HM experiences. Shirec fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Jul 23, 2012 |
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11wheels posted:Your Harvest Moon: 600% more anime but I was wondering if anybody here could tell me if Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley is worth the $25 USD that they are asking for it on the Vita shop? It's....okay, but hardly worth USD$25. I paid maybe eight bucks for a UMD copy for my PSP, so I was satisfied by the enjoyment-per-dollar ratio. $25 is a bit much for the title, though.
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ZanderZ posted:I can't find much info on Shepherd's Crossing aside from an IGN review that says it lacks the redundant process of tilling soil and watering plants. Not sure how I feel about that. Anyone who has played this game, can you tell me more about how it differs in both good/bad ways from Harvest Moon? I've just been trying to track down some information on this game myself, and aside from some hilarious anecdotes about arranged marriages and slaughtering guinea pigs earlier in this thread there are some really detailed reviews on Amazon. I think I'll just repost the most helpful one: some lady on Amazon posted:I apologize in advance for constantly comparing this game and the Harvest Moon series. But, since farming simulations are limited, HM was the only other game I could use as an effective comparison.
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Shirec posted:Did you ever play HM: Save the Homeland for PS2? It's that with upgrades. It's an alright game, but I never really fell in love with it. Apparently you can get married now (which wasn't in StH) and the plot is a little revamped. I've read that there are abominable load times, however. It's definitely not as deep as most HMs are, but it's not terrible by any means. I personally would not pay that much for it. The last HM game I played was Friends of Mineral Town on GBA, I really got into that and HM 64. I'm not sure but I think the load times are better if you have it as a digital copy, but I looked again and I guess it's actually $30 USD. Would it be worth that much considering I've missed everything between FoMT and now?
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11wheels posted:The last HM game I played was Friends of Mineral Town on GBA, I really got into that and HM 64. I'm not sure but I think the load times are better if you have it as a digital copy, but I looked again and I guess it's actually $30 USD. Would it be worth that much considering I've missed everything between FoMT and now? I hate to be a downer, but I would say no. It's not very similar to Harvest Moons in regards to depth/longevity. I didn't think the characters were very good either, and I have a hard time remembering anything I liked about the game, which is surprising for a game that I beat more than once. I'd pick it up for $5, but not more than that. Do you only have a PSP? Or could you get a DS game?
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