Stardew Valley vs Animal Crossing vs PS1 Harvest Moon

[alphariot]

How does it fare? Does it feel better?

(Less boring?) Kind of inclined to grab this, but I'm not sure :(

[alphariot]

Originally posted by Riedy:

I never played Harvest Moon, but there's definitely a lot more to do in Stardew Valley than in Animal Crossing. AC is mostly about interacting with the NPCs and being creative with your town/self, while SV lets you run a farm for profit, has a mine you have to fight your way through and more of a narrative and endgoal with the community center/joja store while also being about the NPCs and your creativity. And Stardew Valley also has collectibles in the ground and lets you fish, though there's no option to catch bugs and for many the time passes too quickly, though there is no rush to do anything as there's no "enddate" for your main goals.

Thanks for the answer! :D All of that sounds good, I've alway felt bored from Animal Crossing at DS that time, so hearing that there's a lot more to do (probably overwhelming at the beginning) sounds good.

I think I'll pick this game up then as soon as I can (Although probably not on PC) :)

[Lenneth]

Never played animal crossing, but if you are a fan of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature, you probably would love this. I was a huge fan of Back to Nature, and always wanted to find a worthy successor for 10+ years. Right now, I can't decide if I like SDV or Back to Nature more.

[alphariot]

Originally posted by kwan1031:

Never played animal crossing, but if you are a fan of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature, you probably would love this. I was a huge fan of Back to Nature, and always wanted to find a worthy successor for 10+ years. Right now, I can't decide if I like SDV or Back to Nature more.

Gotcha, this sounds great then. I remember playing HM a lot, until at least my farm runs well.

Is it still fun once you manage to make the farm runs well enough though? Things to do still?

[Vroomi]

Animal Crossing (at least New Leaf) is more about taking care of a town instead of a farm. You can fish, catch bugs, hit rocks, plant trees, etc. You can invest in the town by building bridges or benches, and so on. You can upgrade your own house numerous times. Decorating the inside (or outside) of your house is much better too. You can gain 'emoji-actions' by spending time with an NPC, there are always holiday-themed events where you can gain furniture or so on. There's a social/mp feature, etc.

Imo, in Animal Crossing, there's much more to do. Getting your house fully upgraded takes time, getting every fish and bug takes time, filling the museum takes time, making your town look as good as possible takes time and so on.

It's slower-paced, but it's got more to do. It also allows you to not get addicted, because you're gonna have to wait a day in order to play again once you already have, since the game functions in real time. While in SDV, you can easily play 8 hours a day and ♥♥♥♥ up your sleep schedule.

That last part is only really important if you get addicted to games easily and wan't to avoid that.

If you're an achievement hunter or someone who loves to do collections, then I'd suggest Animal Crossing over Stardew Valley. If you're a casual player, you can pick up both.

If you're still having a hard time deciding? Then you can watch some reviews about both SDV and AC:NL and decide from there.

(Oh, and the slingshots are actually useful.)

[alphariot]

Originally posted by Vroomvroom:

*the review, thanks for that by the way XD*

(Oh, and the slingshots are actually useful.)

I see, I see. I'm not sure about how addicted I'll be, but I played WIld World, and damn, I got bored so hard in that game in around a week. Never got interested in picking any of the new ones- seems the newer ones sounds good though.

And I don't mind addictiveness in game, while I get addicted to them, I still really easily put them down (and my original plan of getting this in Switch will make it even easier).

I'm definitely falling down on casual side though on playing, looking for stories + gameplay if possible, playing on easy / easiest difficulty if it's leaning to hard game-- but yeah, I think I might try to pick this up haha.

[Lenneth]

Originally posted by alphariot:

Originally posted by kwan1031:

Never played animal crossing, but if you are a fan of Harvest Moon: Back to Nature, you probably would love this. I was a huge fan of Back to Nature, and always wanted to find a worthy successor for 10+ years. Right now, I can't decide if I like SDV or Back to Nature more.

Gotcha, this sounds great then. I remember playing HM a lot, until at least my farm runs well.

Is it still fun once you manage to make the farm runs well enough though? Things to do still?

It is very similar to Harvest Moon, which means it inherited all good and bad of Harvest Moon. Once, you have a good system going there aren't too many concrete goals to reach. You can get married, finish a collection, add mods, set a self imposed rules, or get bored. But, I think people will get at least good 200 hours of playing time. For my case, I am trying to make as much money as possible in first two years, and that extended the game play to a thousand hours.

I was not a big fan of portraits of people, so I initially put this game aside. But, good thing about PC version is that I can exchange portraits to what I like.

[alphariot]

Originally posted by kwan1031:

It is very similar to Harvest Moon, which means it inherited all good and bad of Harvest Moon. Once, you have a good system going there aren't too many concrete goals to reach. You can get married, finish a collection, add mods, set a self imposed rules, or get bored. But, I think people will get at least good 200 hours of playing time. For my case, I am trying to make as much money as possible in first two years, and that extended the game play to a thousand hours.

I was not a big fan of portraits of people, so I initially put this game aside. But, good thing about PC version is that I can exchange portraits to what I like.

I see... :| this is a problem to me because I'm the type that enjoys when the game tells me what to do, follow stories and such.

Now I'm back to unsure again, I'll... think about it I guess. Thanks for telling though :)

[Lenneth]

Originally posted by alphariot:

Originally posted by kwan1031:

It is very similar to Harvest Moon, which means it inherited all good and bad of Harvest Moon. Once, you have a good system going there aren't too many concrete goals to reach. You can get married, finish a collection, add mods, set a self imposed rules, or get bored. But, I think people will get at least good 200 hours of playing time. For my case, I am trying to make as much money as possible in first two years, and that extended the game play to a thousand hours.

I was not a big fan of portraits of people, so I initially put this game aside. But, good thing about PC version is that I can exchange portraits to what I like.

I see... :| this is a problem to me because I'm the type that enjoys when the game tells me what to do, follow stories and such.

Now I'm back to unsure again, I'll... think about it I guess. Thanks for telling though :)

Yeah, like harvest moon, you will be evaluated in two years, but how you do that is up to you. There isn't much of story, but almost every villagers have own story line. To me, this is must if you liked HM, and if you have an access to PC, you can try for couple hours. If you don't like it, you can always return it too.

[M4SKUER4IDER]

In my opinion Harvest Moon is better than all

[I Kinda Fail]

Animal Crossing was more of a casual, timekilling, daily game. You'd fire up the game, you'd run to the shops and see if they have anything you like, look for fossils, you'd say hi to your animal friends, you'd do errands for your friends until they got grumpy, then you'd go fishing or bug catching until your inventory was full, sell them, then be "done" for the day. Only real reason to grind is to either pay off debt, or improve your town. There's a limit to what you can do every day.

In Stardew, it's the opposite. Time moves fairly quickly, so there's usually not quite enough time to do what you want every day. You'll dedicate an entire day to mining, then an entire day to fishing, then start heading for the mines and remember it's somebody's birthday, so you decide to spend that day foraging and socializing instead... Outside of the first week, when the mines are locked and you have very little energy, it's unlikely you'll run out of things to do, ever.

[Dutria]

I never seen nor played harvest moon ( I know mortal sin)
and for as far as AC goes all I know from that game is this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6rVl9NWLxI

[funewchie]

Originally posted by alphariot:

I see... :| this is a problem to me because I'm the type that enjoys when the game tells me what to do, follow stories and such.

Now I'm back to unsure again, I'll... think about it I guess. Thanks for telling though :)

There is a sort of guide for the story.

The Community Center is the main story for the game. Completeing all the bundles is what your ultimate objective will be.
The valley is in danger of being ruined by the evil corporation you used to slave work for.
Your goal is to rejunvenate the town, by completeing those bundles.

As you complete those bundles, you'll unlock certain things, like the quick-transit system (minecarts), the greenhouse, access to the desert, etc.

The difference with this and HM:BTN is, you can deal with the goals however you wish, in whatever order you wish.
But the goals are always clearly outlined for you.
You just have to get the items. But you can get them in whatever way you want.

(Alternatively, you can embrace the dark side, and join up with the evil corporation, destroying the Community Center, and instead embracing the power of money. You can then buy the bundles. ...Of course, you then have to live with knowing you've doomed the town's economy and community spirit and pride)
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The game handles very similar to Harvest Moon: Back to Nature, except more streamlined (and without that sometimes annoying isometric (diagonal) view).

As with that game, looking in the shops will show you what some of your objectives will be, such as buying coops and barns, renovating your house, buying animals, upgrading your tools, getting better fishing gear, etc.

(The endgame even has some really expensive buildings)
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And as with Harvest Moon, you also can work on making friends with the town, and likely wooing a boy or girl in town, marrying them, and having children.

This is both a little tricker, and a little easier, than HM.
It's easier, as it's a little easier to get items the people all like.
But trickier as you can only give gifts to person twice a week.

(One improvement though, is that once a person's friendship stat is maxed out, that person won't lose affection for you anymore (from neglect, anyways))

[alphariot]

oooooh. These are all very interesting, thank you!

(I'm sorry that I can only give thank you for the long answers you all have given me! I probably will try for a while on PC before deciding to plunge it or not :) thank you all!)

[Violeta]

Don't forget Story of seasons:trio of towns. Its a solid game with a lot of content, in some areas I'd even say too much content like field decorations. First harvest-moon like I've seen where you can marry a goddess aka the fox goddess. (It has 3 goddesses, 1 for each town. harvest, fox, and witch). You can grow stuff I haven't seen in other harvestmoon-likes such as tea.

Rune factory 4 was "okay" as well

[alphariot]

Originally posted by Carpel (Daily Workout):

Don't forget Story of seasons:trio of towns. Its a solid game with a lot of content, in some areas I'd even say too much content like field decorations. First harvest-moon like I've seen where you can marry a goddess aka the fox goddess. (It has 3 goddesses, 1 for each town. harvest, fox, and witch)

Rune factory 4 was "okay" as well

Mmh, I hear they are good but I haven't looked into them mainly because my 3DS has been neglected for months...