![]() ![]() To begin with you'll simply find said sprites down wells or waiting on paths as you wander around. On top of this lovey-dovey-ness, you've another mission – to recover 101 Harvest Sprites who have accidentally-on-purpose been transported to another world by the Witch Princess. ![]() But without recourse to speed dating, beating off your token rival invariably means training your dog to do pleasing tricks, organising picnics on the beach, and bringing the right kind of flowers. Harvest Moon gives you the advantage by making you pretty much the only single non-freak man in the village. However, save up for a Touch Glove and you'll open up a petting mini-game that enables you to tickle your cattle with the stylus. Weirdly, animal happiness seems to mostly be a matter of picking up said animal and throwing it around. Keep them happy and they'll produce more goods for you to sell, as well as occasionally winning prizes in the seemingly endless cycle of village competitions. What keeps Harvest Moon moving along nicely are the bonds you build with your animals (no, it's not that kind of farm), and also your search for a wife.Ĭaring properly for your animals is crucial. On that score the DS' touchscreen enables you to see what's in your rucksack and to drag-and-drop items, as well as providing an overview of your financial situation. And it's true there's plenty of inventory management underpinning your labour. Lose track of the weather and neglect your animals though and you'll suffer sausage-fingered disaster.īearing in mind farming is the number one profession for suicides, you'd might be forgiven for thinking it all sounds too much like hard work to be a fun game. Finding the most fertile spots and sowing in time with the seasons (basically each day in Harvest Moon takes about 15 real-time minutes) will bring green-fingered success. Strategies for success include planting high value crops such as strawberries and pineapples and investing heavily in livestock, so you'll have to quickly get in touch with your land. ![]() And with all rustic worlds (virtual or otherwise) being run on material terms, that means making money. You inherit a decrepit farm in Forget-Me-Not Valley, where nothing but weeds grow. Well, our side of the family always were the dark sheep.Įven those with forebears inhabiting inner city towerblocks will immediately grasp the basics of farming sim Harvest Moon DS, however. Pastoral settings ranging from the hobbits of The Shire to Eddie Grundy in The Archers chime with ancestorial memories of foamy pints of scrumpy, bucolic wenches and rolling around the hayloft. Despite years of assault from agrochemical companies and mealymouthed government departments, the idyllic charm of the farming community somehow lives on. ![]()
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