Harvest Moon DS

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It's heeeeeeeeeere, yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa beauty!

Finally, the game i've been waiting for on the DS. Unfortunately don't have my DS atm, so will need to wait until tonight when i post my mini-review :)
 
Oooh I'll await your feedback with interest, I bought Animal Crossing at the airport thinking it was Harvest Moon ages ago, then spent 28hrs flying to NZ feeling cheated :D
 
Is this just like Animal crossing but not real-time? Never played it. I've got AC but struggle finding time to play it, so the real-time thing causes problems. The girlfriend reckons I'd like HM more.
 
Minstadave:
You felt cheated by Animal Crossing? Heathen! AC is a timeless Nintendo classic.

-AnthraX-:
November 24th. I imported it for £16.99, dispatched last Thursday. Arrived today, no charges as it's under the threshold. (www.movietyme.com)

Ol!ver:
It's not real-time no. But it's very very different from AC. In harvest moon you run a farm, you build the farm, you buy the animals, you buy the crops and then you have to look after it all. Which takes up most of each in game day and somehow you have to find time to adventure and find a girl to marry. But it's good :)


It only got 6/10 on IGN.com but the only reason i can see is that it's too similar to the GBA game and apparently they didn't make much use of the touchscreen capabilities but that's fine by me :)
 
Windle said:
Minstadave:
You felt cheated by Animal Crossing? Heathen! AC is a timeless Nintendo classic.
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I didn't really get it, it was slow and repetitive and kind of aimless :S

All I did was catch some fish, a few bugs and plant a few flowers, there didn't seem much more to it :confused:
 
Remember, it's not a game. It's a life simulator ;) Nah i do agree, AC has some good qualities but having a plot isn't one of them. It's why everytime it comes out i play it solidly for a few months then get bored.
 
Minstadave said:
I didn't really get it, it was slow and repetitive and kind of aimless :S

All I did was catch some fish, a few bugs and plant a few flowers, there didn't seem much more to it :confused:
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I must admit it's the lack of an aim that I struggle with. Every-so-often I'll have an urge to turn it on and see what's happening, but I play it for 10 mins then run out of stuff to do. It needs a quest system like Oblivion :)
 
There is more of a drive in HM. You have bills to make, things to buy, plants to tend, crops to cut, animals to milk/feed/groom,a wife to woo, sprites to find etc.For £16.99 you can't really go wrong :)
 
Windle said:
There is more of a drive in HM. You have bills to make, things to buy, plants to tend, crops to cut, animals to milk/feed/groom,a wife to woo, sprites to find etc.For £16.99 you can't really go wrong :)
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Sounds a bit like a rustic The Sims :D
 
Minstadave said:
Sounds a bit like a rustic The Sims :D
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Mmm i'd say it's better than the sims and quite different but i guess there's a comparison :p More fun running a farm than building a house and trying to get the woman knocked up in the sims though.
 
Well only been playing briefly but it seems good so far. Graphics aren't fantastic but the game area is very big and it's quite complex. Busy working trying to get my first crops up and growing and expanding my farm :) Enjoying it so far though. Looks like it could be a bit of a time hole :)
 
Got mine :D Had to wait for my Mum to send it from Swansea :o

Now to find some decent time to devote to it, looks good so far though :) I know it'll become a huge timesink once I get going.
 
i saw it in newquay at the weekend, but i haven't got enough time to invest in those sorts of games at the moment. i think i'll be getting rid of AC soon. i've not played it in months
 
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