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RECOMENDATION: DON'T BUY IT!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game was alright but it wasn;t nearly as good as ANY of the other Harvest Moon games. Personally I hated it, and I'v been a Harvest Moon fan for quite some time. This game only gives you a sertain amount of time to complete. and then u start over again, with the same stuff u had... i'v "saved the homeland" as many times as you could and it didn;t seem to be/get any more interesting.

Why Natsume, why?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: April 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Not only is this the most pointless Harvest Moon I've played, Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland is the most pointless GAME I have ever played.

In order to change direction and create something different from the original formula, Natsume opted to minimize the focus on farming and emphasize your relationships in town. While interesting in theory, the way in which the approach is executed yields only utter failure. This is because it renders farming COMPLETELY obsolete! Why? Because you don't need to farm to win the game. That's right -- farming has absolutely NOTHING to do with winning the game. Planting and harvesting your crops? Pointless. Raising chickens, cows, a horse, a dog? -- all pointless. MONEY? Pointless! You just don't need it. You need not lay one finger on your farm, you can simply talk to people and give them gifts easily found within the environment -- this opens up a few lackluster events, and presto, you win the game. No farming necessary. I woke up on the 7th of Summer and all of the sudden, the game was over. The 7th of Summer! On the first and only year! I hadn't even seen Fall or Winter yet. I wonder why on earth this is called 'Harvest Moon', because it is certainly NOT a farm sim. Farming is optional, but why would you want to do it if it doesn't lead anywhere, and matters not in the end?

Additionally, if that weren't enough, the characters are just too flat for the relationship emphasis to work. They just simply aren't interesting. They do not have the flare, the charm, the personality of those seen in BTN, or even the original. They are absolutely dull.

To top it all off, Natsume omitted some of the most charming elements of the series. There is no marriage, no children, and perhaps worst of all, NO festivals. There really isn't anything to look forward to, and the boring characters certainly don't provide any incentive. There really isn't anything worth working for. Need I say more?

Gameplay wise, what irked me the most was that 1 second = 1 minute. Not only does this make days absurdly short, but a contradiction arises. The game strongly suggests that you work on your fields during the day, and this is implemented by your energy depleting at a must faster rate in the night hours. Also, in certain weather conditions, if you don't attend to your crops, they will whither and die. You can have your itsy bitsy field at nearly full, and by the time you are done watering, the sun has already set. Well, what does that mean? That a lot of people you may want to speak to are unavailable! If not at the second you finish, certainly when you get anywhere. Though this may make it a bit interesting in terms of time management, it gets a bit irritating if you get colds constantly (which you contract if you work too much at night). Although, then again, as stated above...why bother farming?

The only remotely positive points this game has to offer is decent (though at times tiresome) interface, superb graphics and, best of all, the transportation of your cows and horse in and out of the barn is a breeze -- no where near the frustrating hassle that it was in BTN. ...That's it.

I have noticed that a majority of the good reviews are written by those who are new to Harvest Moon, while a majority of the negative are written by veterans of the series. This is no surprise. If you are new, and would like to start out on the series, I do not recommend this title: this was a failed experiment, go to Harvest Moon: Back to Nature, Harvest Moon 64, or the original Harvest Moon instead. If you are a veteran, stay away -- or, if you're really that curious, just rent it. Though, don't be surprised if you feel you've wasted your time, money, and gasoline in getting there.

Overall? It should be obvious. This is not a purchase worthy game. I wasted twenty dollars and five hours (yes, only five hours and it was over!) of my life on this garbage. However, there is hope for the series; Harvest Moon: A Beautiful Life looks incredibly promising. So, Harvest Moon veterans, don't despair just yet.

Very fustrating

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: October 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a very fustrating game. For example It is almost impossiable to make enough money to keep you'r animals alive for one days work at bob's farm isn't enough to buy one bottle of medicene, and your animals get sick no matter what you do!!!!!!! Second of all the controls are confusing. Finally figuring out how to sell items is very confusing. If you give an Item to a person they take it from you saying that you could have sold it. But how!!!!!!!! I sold this game an bought NCAA 2003, a much better game.

Absolutely Horrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: July 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The graphics are the only good thing about this game. The plot sounded really cool (just like the other harvest moon games but this was disapointing) i wanted to cook! But I couldn't even figure out how too!

This game sux!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have all the HM games, and get them as they come out. I know every cheat, storyline, and strategy there is to A Wonderful Life. But this thing Natsume has created is a horrible insult to the series and its players alike! It is boring and doesn't have that "Wow, I could play this forever!" flair to it like the others. HM lovers avoid this, for it will soil your collection of RP games. As for those who are new to HM, don't get this, get Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. It's the best one!

This game was a dissappointment.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: August 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game was a total let down. The makers went away from what made the other Harvest Moons so great. I would not waste my money if I were you.

What a Dopey Game.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: March 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After playing it for awhile, I realize all you get to do is play with cows and chickens, and a dog if your lucky. What a boar. The "Harvest Land" in this game is so small I wonder where all the memory went to. Your main goals are to bake goods, farm the land, then attempt to earn money that way, so you can buy something to give as a "gift" to some townsfolk fool. This way the townspeople will give you clues to go on stupid little adventures to get to one of nine stupid little endings to the game. Oh, and if you miss their birthday dont expect any help. Save up enough money and you can buy a kitchen for your crappy little shack, whoopie!

Im sure glad I could get $11 for this game when I sold it. Thats the best part of the game, getting rid of it.

I thought it [stunk].

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: May 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

My friend let me borrow this game because he said it was really addicting and really fun. So I came home and started playing it. I got so bored, so fast. There was no point, I didn't even know what exactly I was supposed to do. Grow crops? How exciting! Oh, build a relationship with the townspeople? That's all right, they dont even talk, and it takes forever for them to finish a sentence...

A disgrace to the harvest moon name

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: October 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Let me start out by saying I am huge harvest moon fan, and I have been ever since I played the super nintendo version. I have played just about every harvest moon game ever made and I have to say that this version hits rock bottom. When I bought this game I had just finished harvest moon 64, and it is possible I just set my expectations too high, but there was nothing in this game that even remotely interested me. I thought the graphics were choppy for a ps2 game, and the visuals were dull(dirtroads galore). you have to walk great distances to buy and sell things and everything looks very similar, so it is very easy to get lost. I also cant believe that you couldnt buy and raise sheep! all in all harvest moon:save the homeland was very poorly made, and they didnt spend nearly enough time to make it live up to its name. all the people that have been giving this game 5 stars overall, either they have not played earlier harvest moon games or they enjoy playing crappy games like this.

This game diserves 0 stares.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 15
Date: July 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game just sucks plain and simple. My friend loves Harvest Moon and he says it suckes. I would of given this game 0 stares but I can't.

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