Harvest Moon

So what’s the game all about and why is it so addictive? If you’d ever fancied the idea of running a farm and performing all the backbreaking tasks that go into it then this is your chance. Having being left the rather overgrown and unkempt farm by your grandfather you must take over the reins and turn the farm into a success in only three years if you’re to be allowed to stay in the village. All the regular farm tasks from hoeing, planting and reaping and tending the animals, collecting the eggs, shearing the sheep and milking the cows are here and they must be carried out the dutiful regularly if you’re going to earn your keep.

Still it’s not all work and no play as the village is inhabited by a veritable array of likely characters and interesting people. You can interact with these folk, getting in their good books by giving them gifts on their birthdays or getting on their wrong side by being rude and not helping them. They all have their own background and stories and it’s this element in the game which makes it so fascinating. Perhaps the most intriguing part of the game is wooing one of the local girls in the hope that you can eventually marry her.

The game play is nice and light and once the controls have been mastered the speed the game can be played at is fast and entertaining. I’ve no doubt that the “shoot ‘em up” crowd might not quite get the appeal of this gentle and non-violent game but for those who appreciate a good story and a challenge this will present hours and hours of enjoyment.


The best harvest moon game to walk the earth!!!!   December 24, 2005
James F. T. Mainwaring (Hereford, England)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

At the very begining you watch a cinematic, i won't spoil it for you,
You start off in a small village, you get shown around you gramps old ranch by the mayor. At the start it is hard to get going, and people don't enjoy it, but when you complete the first year the cash starts to roll in, cows, sheep start to play their roll. now tou have enough money the game is easy going, with lots of festivals and fun things to do, but if you like the hard farming you can carry on and make the best farm you have ever seen, the only promlem about sitting around is that you have to get the farm up to scratch in 3 Years!!!!!!! not a long time, you think, this is where the long seasons of 30 days takes it's roll, people find the seasons to long, i find them fine, it is a sense of achievement at the end of every year . I wold strongly recommend this game, it is a relaxing game from all the shoot em up. YOU MUST TRY IT !!!!!!!!


Back to nature.   June 25, 2005
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Well, to be honest, I was skeptical about buying this game at first. I read alot of reveiws and heard alot about it, but I didnt think a farming game would be all that much fun. But I saw it and bought it. OMG!
The game is fantastic.
Everyone should own this game now!