Harvest Moon: Truly A New Beginning [3DS]

Xenogears of Bore

Xaviar wrote: »

I'm kind of sad now that I didn't get the faster shipping.

Bitch is spending a whole week in transit.

You and me buddy, you and me. I mean sure, it's still gonna be about two weeks early, but it could have been sooner.

Magic Pink

Xenogears of Bore wrote: »

Xaviar wrote: »

I'm kind of sad now that I didn't get the faster shipping.

Bitch is spending a whole week in transit.

You and me buddy, you and me. I mean sure, it's still gonna be about two weeks early, but it could have been sooner.

I got mine on Amazon so I have to wait an extra 2 weeks or so.

Lucascraft

So I have never actually played a Harvest Moon game. I've always wanted to, because the concept sounds neat.

Is there anything I need to know to maximize my play experience when I get this new game?

Lorahalo

Generally there is a way to upgrade your tools, usually through mining. Get an awesome watering can, it's unbelievable how much faster it makes you work. Other than that, nope. Just keep an eye on what girl likes what item and give them gifts like every day for 2 months till they want your dick.

Quical

I have only played the one for Gamecube. How does that compare to the other games in the series? I loved the hell out of it. Have I experienced harvest moon PROPERLY?

Ragnar Dragonfyre

I hate being "that guy" but I've been pining for an iOS Harvest Moon since I got my 3G. Hurry the fuck up already Natsume!

I don't want to buy a handheld

Wyvern

Quical wrote: »

I have only played the one for Gamecube. How does that compare to the other games in the series? I loved the hell out of it. Have I experienced harvest moon PROPERLY?

There were two Gamecube Harvest Moons, A Wonderful Life and Magical Melody. Which one did you play? They're pretty different.

SightTDW

This is sitting in a box at my feet, but I bought it as a Christmas gift for someone I live with. One that I will undoubtedly steal and play myself, but its stuck in this box for a couple of months...

Xaviar

Just open it and get them socks or something.

Quical

Wyvern wrote: »

Quical wrote: »

I have only played the one for Gamecube. How does that compare to the other games in the series? I loved the hell out of it. Have I experienced harvest moon PROPERLY?

There were two Gamecube Harvest Moons, A Wonderful Life and Magical Melody. Which one did you play? They're pretty different.

A wonderful life i think. You start the game with those three little people that live in a tree up the road.

Magic Pink

Quical wrote: »

Wyvern wrote: »

Quical wrote: »

I have only played the one for Gamecube. How does that compare to the other games in the series? I loved the hell out of it. Have I experienced harvest moon PROPERLY?

There were two Gamecube Harvest Moons, A Wonderful Life and Magical Melody. Which one did you play? They're pretty different.

A wonderful life i think. You start the game with those three little people that live in a tree up the road.

A Wonderful Life and Another Wonderful Life were okay but Magical Melody was much more fun even tho it ended up ending way too fast. As far as HMs go, AWL was middling. The big drawback was clunky controls and some weird livestock glitches. The weather was a little too complex as well; you had to monitor watering more then I'm ok with doing. I prefer the games where you just have to water once a day, not keep track of water levels and such. AWL had some pretty limited marriage choices also and the "wait for the merchant" selling system was pretty crap; I prefer the dump box.

Wyvern

I didn't really like A Wonderful Life at all, personally. The pacing was really screwed up. It seemed like barely anything happened in the span of a single year in terms of events, festivals, or relationships with anyone other than your intended wife, and what content there was was stretched really thin over like ten years. I didn't have the patience for it.

It's more typical for Harvest Moon games to have a lot more going on, concentrated mostly over something like 2-3 years.

Xenogears of Bore

It has one of the best endings of any game I've ever played and some of the landscapes are serene. The semi realistic watering and animal husbandry is a bit annoying and I'm not a terribly big fan of any of the potential spouses in either version of it but I do like the game overall.

Fantastic vision, so-so execution. Probably my favorite of all of the experimental Harvest Moon games though as Save the Homeland and the Robot one are wretched.

ManetherenWolf

Friends of Mineral Town on the GBA still to me is the perfect Harvest Moon game.

Magic Pink

ManetherenWolf wrote: »

Friends of Mineral Town on the GBA still to me is the perfect Harvest Moon game.

It's a great one; one of the best. More Friends was a little better but I still like the first DS game the most. I would have liked it more if they'd removed the lame touch controls.

Taya

Hey whoa this game came out of nowhere.

Like I knew it was out in Japan and Natsume was working on it but all of sudden it's out?! Holy moly.

I can't afford this and Layton and 999-2.

Taya

My all time favourite Harvest Moon game is Animal Parade for Wii. It's basically perfect.

Xenogears of Bore

Taya wrote: »

Taya wrote: »

Hey whoa this game came out of nowhere.

Like I knew it was out in Japan and Natsume was working on it but all of sudden it's out?! Holy moly.

I can't afford this and Layton and 999-2.

Not only that but it came out three weeks early.

So Animal Parade is actually good? It's sort of built off of Magical Melody right? I unfortunately missed it and only played ToT for about five minutes.

Magic Pink

Xenogears of Bore wrote: »

Taya wrote: »

Taya wrote: »

Hey whoa this game came out of nowhere.

Like I knew it was out in Japan and Natsume was working on it but all of sudden it's out?! Holy moly.

I can't afford this and Layton and 999-2.

Not only that but it came out three weeks early.

So Animal Parade is actually good? It's sort of built off of Magical Melody right? I unfortunately missed it and only played ToT for about five minutes.

Yeah, the two that came after MM were really fun; Animal Parade and Tree of Tranquility (ToT being the better of the two). The graphics are ROUGH but once you get over them the games are really fun. They really get back to the simplicity of the great earlier games. The one downside is the map is a little confusing to get around in for quite a while.

Taya

I really thought Animal Parade was an improvement over ToT.

Although both are good.

Xaviar

Xenogears of Bore wrote: »

It has one of the best endings of any game I've ever played and some of the landscapes are serene. The semi realistic watering and animal husbandry is a bit annoying and I'm not a terribly big fan of any of the potential spouses in either version of it but I do like the game overall.

Fantastic vision, so-so execution. Probably my favorite of all of the experimental Harvest Moon games though as Save the Homeland and the Robot one are wretched.

I really didn't like Save the homeland at first. It grew on me a lot as I played it though.

Magic Pink

Taya wrote: »

I really thought Animal Parade was an improvement over ToT.

Although both are good.

I may have those backwards. Whichever one came out later was better gameplay wise.

Taya

Magic Pink wrote: »

Taya wrote: »

I really thought Animal Parade was an improvement over ToT.

Although both are good.

I may have those backwards. Whichever one came out later was better gameplay wise.

Animal Parade came out second. It was mostly the same as ToT, but had some improvements.

Boxcutter3005

So my copy came in yesterday, but only got an hour in to it. So far it feels lonely to have a small town to start out with. Hopefully the town populates quickly .

Xenogears of Bore

My copy is coming tomorrow. After spending a week in California and never departing it it is now only a two hour drive away. I hate Fed Ex's package tracker. UPS at least always updates whenever the thing is scanned in or out.

Wyborn

I still like Harvest Moon 64 the best.

How does this game compare? I'm looking for a really - well, not basic, but fundamental-oriented experience.

Xaviar

Plush bigger than expected.

Xenogears of Bore

Yep, got mine too, might actually play the damn game tonight if I can find the time.

PLA

What's all the timelimit-stuff like this century? 'Cause I didn't like it in the 20th century.

SightTDW

I could always keep the game for myself, and then swap out a new copy come Christmas!

No, that's an awful thing to do. Damn.

Xaviar

Holy crap.

Spring 25th.

Game changer.

Xenogears of Bore

It really is. First spring is basically a very long tutorial.

blaze_zero

Is it good? I just realized this was coming out. I was saving up for Paper Mario, but this might break me.

Xenogears of Bore

It's clean, it runs well, it's got a very interesting setup with its whole build the damn town aspect. The dialog isn't bad, the economy is fairly hard to break early on.

I love the villagers so far.

The only negatives are that the game might take a bit too long rolling out features in the first spring and the 3D isn't great.

blaze_zero

Well, those negatives don't sound that bad.

How are the load times? Some of the HM games have some pretty horrendous ones.

Xenogears of Bore

1-2 seconds. Sometimes if you hit home though it can take about ten seconds to load when you come back but I've only run into that one once in a busy area.

Xaviar

Only a little ways into summer. Been working 12 hour shifts so haven't gotten to play as much as I'd like.

Just unlocked

garden tours

and the seem a bit obtuse. I haven't had a chance to mess with it at all, and I'm sure it'll make more sense as I play with it, but that seems like a lot to just throw at a player as a casual dialog mention.

Gaming-Freak

Dammit, I might have to play this game. We'll see. I'm gonna look at fogu and see the details on this game.

EDIT: PFfffftt. I'm sorry, but what is WITH the character designs. Half the female characters either look too cutesy or generic, and the male cast range from "pretty-boy to bad boy" styles. Oh well, it seems like the stuff you can do to immerse yourself into the game is more... abundant.

Xaviar

I like Dunhill's look, but I'd agree its a bit too cowboy for the mayor or whatever he's supposed to be. I'd buy him more as wandering salesman, or even animal shopkeep.

eobet

Wow, that cow would have been a great gift for my wife (she loves cows)... just looked, and talk about price gouging going on over at Ebay on them... oh, well...

I just got Sunshine Islands and Grand Bazaar for the DS in my bathroom... ahem... well, I've only sporadically played these, and does anyone remember what to do with branches and stones?

I've read that they can be converted into building materials, but I have no idea how, and they are taking up space in my rucksack (and so are herbs, which apparently don't stack).