This or Harvest Moon?

[Blaze Theil]

iyo What's better, this or Harvest Moon.

[Vroomi]

Never played HM, so I'd say SDV.

[dragonbratz]

Stardew Valley

[Dee Twenty]

Assuming we're talking about real Harvest Moon and not the recent cheap Natsume knockoffs. I like Harvest Moon a bit more, especially More Friends of Mineral Town, but since MarvelousAQL continue to resist the glorious PC master race Stardew Valley is an acceptable second best.

[Neekole]

I honestly am stuck between the two, I grew up with Harvest Moon and over the years the game just kept getting better and better in terms of art and gameplay quality. However I think when it comes to characters Harvest Moon in the begginning of the franchise were more diverse and had a lot more personality to them, the latest Harvest Moon games have that but they're still lacking comething. With Stardew Valley its like each and every character is alive with their own stories and backgrounds and its just so loving. I also really enjoy how Stardew Valley has a bit of a Terraria feel to it, and a skill leveling system. Overall I think both games are freaking lovely.

[Savisa]

Stardew valley is way better imo. I didn't get too much into the harvest moon games, only the first one but it was really fun. After logging about 150 hours into this game, I tried to get back into the SNES harvest moon, and I really couldn't do it.

[Gramora]

I like them both a ton :) However, if you can get your hans onf hte Playstaion 1 Harvest Moon, I think that is the superior game.

[Blaze Theil]

While I haven't played very much of Stardew Valley, so far I like it better than all Harvest Moon games except for probably Back To Nature.

[Sarsben]

I've been a Harvest Moon fan since the original-- I actually remember getting hyped for the first game after reading a preview for it in Nintendo Power before it released in North America-- and I've played around ten HM games over the years on various platforms, old and new (plus a couple of Rune Factory games). If I'm trying to be fully objective, I honestly think Stardew Valley is much, much better than any of the HM games.

Stardew, for me at least, strikes just the right balance between depth and variety in content and simplicity, and it introduces new concepts at just the right pace and days last just long enough. A lot of later Harvest Moon games have days that drag on, to the point that I find myself going to bed in early afternoon or running around catching bugs or something half the day because there's nothing else to do. Newer HM games also tend to take way too long to introduce core gameplay concepts, new townspeople, etc., and many of them feel a bit bogged down in side activities or intrusive story elements that feel like they get in the way of the core experience a little bit, instead of enhancing it. To my mind, Stardew gets basically all of these things right.

[koinzell]

which Harvest Moon?
most of them are limited crap with less waifu's
unless its animal parade

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PCMasterRace

[Prinny]

Stardew Valley has character customization... HM never had (in the most recent, they added the choice of gender and three or four haircut choice total... compare that to Stardew Valley and its 100 of choices...)
the game doesnt 'end' after 3 years, in HM you get stuck after 3 years and if you didnt reach the 'goal' you're game over. Yeah, start over why don't ya.
Wife/Husband in HM have less variety, that is true. in HM they let you marry the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ goddess for crying out loud! or the witch, if you so desire... BUT in Stardew Valley you have the option to be gay/lesbian and it won't crush your dream of a happy family! You can have kids no matter who you choose. Too bad you can't marry the Wizard. But I am sure....
Yep, I am sure MODS will help with that! A big PLUS for Stardew is the MODDING of the game. Sometime in the future we will see the HM goddess being modded into Stardew and marriage compatible. or the witch, or Celia (for the old-school fans) or any pokemon... i'm threading on dangerous ground when I say this : Stardew has the potential of becoming a monster. The possibilities are endless, limited only by the game's engine. I mean... I've got a Luna (sailor moon's cat), married to Winry (FMA) playing as Ash Ketchum.... Jas is Alice in wonderland (I saw a mod for Jas, marriable and yandere... scary) All my cows are Tauros and Milktank, horse is Rapidash, Abigail is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ centaur... should I keep going?

All in All, even thoguh I LOVE Harvest Moon, it's Stardew Valley that wins the contest. hands down. I mean... if you prefer HM... you can always mod Stardew to be identical to HM... the gameplay is very similar in the end. so why not?

[Rio]

I gotta go with havest moon back to nature for psx as the better one. I still like it's girls way, way, way better. And its more timeless, while stardew is more about modern issues, sometimes some of which offend me.

I also like being able to give as many gifts as I have and talking to people as much as I like. And people who I become great friends with I can enter thier places at times I usually couldn't like entering the store when its closed.

That theres lots of festivales with worthwhile rewards and theres festivales for my horse, dog, horse, and livestock.

That you kind of see people grow up and the community can help people like cliff. Duke becomes a better person, gray earns some respect from his grandfather. People grow up and marry thier true loves. As the player there are some characters who you can affect if they leave or stay year round.

To me the Btn town feels more real as a living, breathing whole. While stardew I feel like has little holes here and there. Little touches like a police officer, Zack who picks up your bin and pays you each day, livestock split to two families (Both of who are responsible and not marine), the whole marrying thing, so on.

[「OnTheCouch」]

Originally posted by Promise:

I gotta go with havest moon back to nature for psx as the better one. I still like it's girls way, way, way better. And its more timeless, while stardew is more about modern issues, sometimes some of which offend me.

I also like being able to give as many gifts as I have and talking to people as much as I like. And people who I become great friends with I can enter thier places at times I usually couldn't like entering the store when its closed.

That theres lots of festivales with worthwhile rewards and theres festivales for my horse, dog, horse, and livestock.

That you kind of see people grow up and the community can help people like cliff. Duke becomes a better person, gray earns some respect from his grandfather. People grow up and marry thier true loves. As the player there are some characters who you can affect if they leave or stay year round.

To me the Btn town feels more real as a living, breathing whole. While stardew I feel like has little holes here and there. Little touches like a police officer, Zack who picks up your bin and pays you each day, livestock split to two families (Both of who are responsible and not marine), the whole marrying thing, so on.

+1
also with fellow dwarf that helped us in farming

[Moooo]

Is both an answer? I really like HM/Story of Seasons and can't wait for the next one. Stardew Valley is good too, so you might as well get it now instead of waiting for the next SOS game.

[BloodyMary]

I think they are both a good game, the only difference is that there are too much Harvest Moon Titles. And the worse on it that from year to year the harvest moon series is getting bored, much of the idea´s they do are mixed up games from the past...