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Harvest Moon Lover

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this so I would have something to do when I got my wisdom teeth out.

I really love Harvest Moon, I wish though that this version had more festivals. Otherwise I love it!

Before you Buy

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my wife, and this is what she thinks:
The animation isn't like it is on Magical Melody,(prefer cartoon look).
Your maps aren't easy to read and you can end up lost if you don't have your players manual.
She prefers magical melody because you get to choose where you live and name everything.

My Daughter's Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game for my daughter and she seems to realy enjoy it.
thank you Mark J Shemanski

Very disappointing

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had played the original Harvest Moon on the SNES and when I saw Havest Moon A Wonderful Life for the GCN I jumped at the chance to play it again.

For those of you out there who think that HMWL is anything like the original let me quickly dispel that notion right away.

Additions and Subtractions: The game has a few things added, and a few things removed when compared to the Original Harvest Moon (SNES)
While some additions are good, I will be focusing on the ones that made the game suck.

Additions:

Cows suck - Cows don't just give you milk like they did in the SNES version. You have to get them pregnant...which takes a YEAR (40 days)
Then they will produce Milk for one year and dry up..so you have to get them pregnant AGAIN.
You also have wash your cow in addition to talking and loving it. So you take them outside, get them next to the water stall and wash them with your brush. This wouldn't be so bad if you didn't have to 'push' them from behind to get them to the stall; which is painfully slow and tedious because of the god-awful controls you are given to guide the stupid beast to said destination.

Set up Shop: You go into town and set up a shop and you sit there and WAIT for people to come to you and buy your produce. This can take from 10 to 15 minutes of just sitting there WAITING. And you will only get about 2 or 3 customers who never buy in bulk.

Subtractions: Things removed in the GCN version that were present in the SNES

No Crop drop bin: You have a bin for only Animal products. Milk, eggs, etc.
But not for crops.

No Golden scye: Cutting grass will forever be done as God intended...one square at a time.

All this coupled with many poor menu designs makes this a mediocre game as best.

I can't see how this game would be for children. With it's 480 hours of gameplay (that's just how long it takes for the game to end) any normal child will quickly get bored and move onto something else.
Only if you are a hard core Harvest Moon fan, and a little bit masochistic

Dissapointed...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

________Well... I'll give the pros first: the graphics are cool, I like how people move about at all times independently, and I like that your kid actually grows up.
________What I don't like: it's too slow, who has time? It takes FOREVER!You have three spouses to choose from, everyone in the town is weird and the normal people all die. I don't know what to say, it's just really dull... I love Harvest Moon and this was just not very good.

A great game for families with Christian values

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: February 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Our family has nearly all of the Harvest Moon games, for the various Nintendo systems, and visually, this is stunning. It has the usual farming/nuturing theme of all the other games, with the addition of a few new animals, though cattle and chickens remain the moneymaking farm stock. One real plus in this game is that *finally* you are able to ride the horse all over the play area, not just the farm....but the horse race has been deleted. Another fun addition is of little real value, but just kind of interesting- you now can breed cattle with your own bull, which are rather neat looking animal. The cattle are of four different "breeds", as well, giving milk of different values.

There are many new people to meet and interact with, which somewhat offsets the dearth of suitable girls for marriage. The only really nice one is Celia, who lives on the town's other farm. The other two girls, a tart of a barmaid in a red and black slip, and a spoiled girl with too much money and time on her hands, could care less about the farm, and are not girls I want my own kids to spend the length of the game with. (Game time is 30 years. I don't know what the other two girls are like to chat with, but Celia is kind of limited conversationally, both before and after marriage, but is totally devoted to her family. Her son, a cute lil squirt in the first three years, has the options of growing up to be an artist, farmer, breeder, scientist or archaeologist, depending on who your friends are, and the influences of his life. Another problem we noticed is that there seems to be no wedding of any sort- Jack, the farmer, goes to the home of his fiance, and from there, they tour the town, saying hello to folk...that's it. Really disappointing, especially after HM:64, HM:FoMT and HM:MFoMT, with the nice little church and priest in each town.

As far as game play, it moves at the usual leisurely HM pace- which I personally find relaxing, but those into FPS games will find screamingly boring. The controls are different than in other HM games I've seen, but typical for the GC. One thing I very much wished had been included was a first person perspective, which would have made targeting much easier in many situations. (On the plus side, there is a yellow targeting frame that helps with watering crops.) Not having had time to play this game completely through yet, I have not learned all its tricks, the main play problems I've encountered have had to do with not enough energy or money. It seems that there are no power berries in this version, despite the fact that it is designed to link to the HM:FoMT game. Your character does seem to develop stamina gradually, though it would be nice to have some way of measuring it, as can be done with the berries. The money is another snag- it is very hard to make enough with crops and the stock to have breathing room to develop other parts of the game. Fishing does seem to be a good way of making money- a day spent fishing at the base of the waterfall can easily bring over a thousand gold when sold. But it would be hard for children playing this game to manage the time well enough to earn money to move the game along. Children not old enough to actually play would enjoy watching the game, and those ages 10 and up should have the skills needed to play this without too much frustration. Our four kids, ages 10 to 16, like to watch it, but only our daughter seems to have the patience to actually play any of the HM games.

This game does mention drinking, does have a bar (complete with a barmaid in a back room), and does involve breeding animals, though nothing inappropriate is seen. There is some innuendo, which will likely go straight over the heads of small children, but overall I do believe this is a good game, and one that can be added to the collection of any family with Christ-like morals and values.

Gail Nichols

Kinda Boring

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Amazon delivered item quickly and got it within a week! The animation on this game is pretty good. However, there aren't any games to play during the festivals -- NO Dog race nor horse race nor contests. Dog is useless and only 3 girls to choose for wife. Wife doesn't help around the farm. No greenhouse. seasons are short. Not much to do as a farmer or places to go. Rather BORING. Younger kids may enjoy it better.

I Personally Loved It, but it's not for Everyone

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: January 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Your father passes away and you inherit his old farm. His old friend Takakura helps you on the farm. At the very beginning he gives you a tour of the farm and town. He takes you into the barn and shows you your first cow. He acually bought it for you!
So you have your first cow, so now you take care of it and plant some crops. I suggest you get some pretty cheap ones, because you should really buy stuff cheaply at the beginning. For a while buy cheap seeds and only essetial products.* You should consider finding a wife soon.*
After a while (only if you have around 4000G that you don't need for essential stuff) you might want to start buying good fodder and seeds for trees and just stuff a little more expensive than before. Follow that for awhile and soon buy a miracle potion (or cow/bull).
Like I said earlier try to find a wife! You can choose from three different bachloretts. The three choices are Muffy, Nami, or Celia. In the first chapter, first summer the Harvest Sprites will be fighting over the Blue Feather. The Blue Feather is the item to give your girlfriend during proposal. If she has 4 or more hearts, she will eccept. After that you get married. That leads to Chapter 2. In this chapter you now have a child! The child is mainly based on your spousces personality. Nami's is interested in learning, Celia's in farming, and Muffy's in athletics. The animals you can get in the game are:
Cows
Chickens
Sheep
a goat(ch.2 only)
Ducks
Bull
and a horse
The animals play a big role in this game so be sure to get 8. The crops aren't so big but be sure to get them too. They become bigger when you can use Tarten, Takakura's two-headed plant. The crops you can grow are:
Turnips
Watermelon
Strawberries
Yams
Carrots
Melon
Apple
Grapes
Banana
Orange
Peach
*There are more, I just can't think of them at the time.*
Over All Ratings:
Graphics: 5/5
Music: 4/5
Story: 5/5
Fun: 5/5

Like I said, it's not for everybody but I hope you like it.
I'm a girl so other girls should love it like I did!

Harvest Moon Excellent

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I don't know much about it - but my daughters couldn't get enough of it and played it for about a week straight...eventually the shine wore off a bit and they don't play it as much, but they thoroughly enjoy it.

Not satisfying, and addictive

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: December 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is really bad and hard. You start as a rancher, but making money is very hard, you have to marry raise kids, like in real life, but it's not as it sounds, it's boring,cause you have to do everything all the time. Bottom line Don't buy it, if you haven't played the other ones

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