This game is Very BAD!!!!

[chief424]

I love Story of Seasons very much, I play this game since Game Boy , Switch and Steam
But this one, it make me VERY disappointed !!! It don't deserve the price

1. The game graphic are TOO simple, just like 90's PS1 3D game, It means this game is LOW BUDGET !!!!!

2. The map is VERY SHORT!!! It show that the developer are LAZY!

3. Player have only 40 days to survive the WILD environment, you must find someone to breed to continue the progress, It's very bad gaming experience, it means this game don't welcome player visiting or having fun in the game (e.g no more mining or fishing)

4. Some farming tool need to purchase (Animal Brush and fish rod), not like other game before, what a joke?

5. You cant skip the scene, very time wasting. (Purchase SEED too, you cant buy different seed at the same time...)

Again, i really love Story of Seasons , after i play FPS, Horror or Bloody game, this series bring me lot of fun and comfortable ( you can farm, feed pets, dating or something ...)
But this time, this game make my glasses broken

This game is very LAZY and Incomplete to me

[Zrim]

1. Yes, including the UI design. But I starting to enjoy it after getting few custcenes. The environment shines it's beauty when you progress more.

2. Yes agreed, they should've added the City too.

3. Not exactly, it's much more forgiving than old version. Also, you don't need to give gifts very often for the bachelor/bachelorettes, if you get heart cutscene, high chance for the npc to increase 1/2 heart if the outcome is positive (p/s: save regularly, you can now access save Journal wherever).

4. You don't need to if you don't want, because once you unlock bathroom in year 2 (it's free unlock btw), you can increase stamina just by taking a shower. The brush is fairly cheap but you don't need to if you have other stuffs to buy to make more money.

5. It's a roleplaying and story driven game. As for the seeds, meh I got used to more redundant, grindy stuffs and difficult games, so bear with and don't pay much attention to it.

I hate story of seasons franchise to be honest, but this "Sos: A Wonderful Life", is a lot more better than other SoS franchise and the old version once you progress a little further. I agreed, I played bunch indie games that has better and more new gameplay than this, but I do in fact enjoyed it (except for the price tag). The charm and beauty of this game will slowly came to you... but I do hope that the developer don't take this as a praise as a lot of other games are way ahead of them. All the OG Harvest Moon games has been remastered, it's time to create a better IP for new gamers who probably don't know what is Harvest Moon anymore.

[🏳️‍🌈CamiRock17🏳]

1) The game is literally 20 years old (2003 gamecube).
2) Maybe engine limitations from the era?
3) maybe, but if it has same sex marriage: why would you need to breed?
4) It's realistic understandable.
5) Yes, I second this: not only seeds but everything has to be purchased individually (you can add 10 and more, but only per-item).

[AsianGirlLover]

If you’re looking for a more relaxing game, try Rune Factory 4, or Pioneers of Olive Town

[Brimmy]

this used to be called Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life its literally a PS2 game they took special edition and another wonderful life, mixed em together and ported them to here

game isn't bad its just old

[Kameraden]

Originally posted by Brimmy:

this used to be called Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life its literally a PS2 game they took special edition and another wonderful life, mixed em together and ported them to here

game isn't bad its just old

It was their 2nd attempt at a fully 3D game of the franchise. I'd argue despite how much some fans like it, very little of AWL carried over into future games, and for good reasons.

Much of the new mechanics were tedious in the original, and the gameplay itself was terrible. Where as say the 1st fully 3D game of the franchise Save the Homeland actually had some pretty good gameplay for what it was, even Fishing was actually fun for example, the STHL remake Hero of Leaf Valley for the PSP improved upon by even making chopping trees fun. To sum it up just watch the animation for cutting grass/fodder in STHL and compare it to the original AWL. STHL just blew it away like a rubber dingy vs a battleship. Issue for STHL though was the game had no festivals, no marriage. Which is why it sadly doesn't get higher on people's list as well, which is understandable. I honestly don't get why they didn't take STHL and make a better game out of it because they had the foundation, but instead we got AWL.

A Wonderful Life felt like a big downgrade though when compared. The way AWL tells it's story doesn't exactly make up for that fundamental flaws. The original Gamecube version was slow as well, so the game would become utterly boring fast. The PS2 Special Edition version fixed some of the pacing issues, but even then, in spite of that the game still felt slow and boring.

It's why despite how much love some people have for AWL I wouldn't even put it on my top 5 best of the franchise list. I've never understood why the game got as much love as it did.

That being said SoS AWL does improve and fix a lot of the issues the original game did have. Gameplay isn't tedious anymore for example. Most of the worst aspects have been improved or flat out removed. Character animations are much smoother, the game doesn't feel like it's in slow motion when doing simple things like watering/tilling, etc etc. Most everything was improved in my opinion.

[Sierra]

Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

[Inari]

I disagree with the game being too slow or the like.
In some ways I find it more engaging than Stardew or whatever, just because it has some adversity ("tedium" as many like to put it) and what you do feels rewarding through it.
If everything is super easy (don't even have to water your crops in a lot of modern games a sprinklers do it), nothing feels rewarding to do

[ShockedHearts]

nice bait mate.

[23.عادم المكربن]

i will add 1. even if u chose he/him pronounce u cant get rid of the npc's heart emoji. freedom of speech or freedom to dictate?

[AsianGirlLover]

Originally posted by 23.عادم المكربن:

i will add 1. even if u chose he/him pronounce u cant get rid of the npc's heart emoji. freedom of speech or freedom to dictate?

Yeah, it is a bit disappointing that you can’t choose your character’s sexuality. It takes away more than it gives when you make all the NPCs protagonist-sexual.

Take Rune Factory 4 for example: you couldn’t romance the same sex, but you got a lot of cute bromance interactions that made your friendships seem even stronger. Then RF5 came out and nobody is your friend anymore, everyone just wants to get in your pants.

With how poorly Marvelous has handled it, I can’t tell if the move towards inclusion is genuine or a convenient excuse to do less work.

[Mrach31]

1. Name 1 90's ps1 game that looked like this.

2. That's kind of the point, it's SUPPOSE to be a small community.

3. There are mining and fishing, and 40 days for this slow paced game is just right, if it were 120 in a year it'd drags for too long.

4. Why would that be a joke? It's cheap enough anyway.

5. *Sigh* At this point, you're just looking for another reason to slander or bait or whatever you're trying to do.

[NewAD]

this game should have more system than old version but I like this game too because it's a classic. However, this game is much easier than the old part.

[AsianGirlLover]

Since this post got resurrected, I’ve got two more options for you. If you want to play fun games and support Chinese developers, try searching Steam for Immortal Life and My Time at Portia. The first one is inspired by Chinese mythology.

Alternatively, for something beautiful but not farming related, try Astlibra Revision.

[Joe Onta]

Dude, its a remake of PS2 HM:AWL. Its MUCH MORE forgiving than the original one. The old one, if you are not married in year one then youre done, game over. Milk? You need to breed the cow first, and they will give you milk for some time after birth. Time is ticking too long? Deal with it! The new version is adding the traveling option to skip 6 hours. back then, if you goes uphill outta town, its game over. The old one is much harder my friend.

[cesar_otoniel]

I do agree this game is weak compared to other entries. The music and characters are completely unremarkable. I even enjoyed PoOT more than this one. I will give it a try and let the credits roll once, though.