In this way, the game feels more like it’s teasing us with an open world experience, while sticking to traversal mechanics from a very linear experience. While you can see plenty of trees and stuff going on beyond those hedges, there’s no way to actually get there. Seriously, little raised edges of grass form the narrow paths for you to wander. This is made worse by the fact that your travel is hemmed in by path barriers that feel pulled straight out of the Gameboy era. Even with that expectation, the scale of each town was small. Sure, I planned on there being some roadblocks (or busted bridges) to keep gamers in a certain location to hammer out quests before moving on. The problem, though, is the “open world” aspect of the game is WAY more limited than I expected. Once you get through the LONG tutorial section of the game (made even longer by the fact that there are no options to increase the text speed), you’re free to build up your farm in just about any way you choose. The concept is entirely geared towards getting gamers to explore in ways they normally don’t in a Harvest Moon game, and it works for the most part. It’s important to explore at odd times of the day and under different weather conditions. Wisps are the only way to acquire seeds (at first), and some come out under specific conditions. You’ll travel from town to town, solving problems and growing your farm as you work towards fully reviving the Harvest Goddess. The big idea here being you have to travel the world, a new approach since these games normally limit you to a single town, and find all the new seeds you can.
Thankfully, the spirits of the Harvest Goddess have seen something in you and you’re able to see ‘Harvest Wisps’ who will give you seeds to grow all kinds of new foods.Īvailable On: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch You enter a land where virtually all vegetables and fruits are pretty much the thing of legend. One World brings in some interesting ideas, and gameplay elements that I would love to see adopted by other titles, but in many ways feels very much like a game from 2017…or earlier.Īs I mentioned in my preview article, the set up for Harvest Moon: One World is fun. After getting to watch a gameplay demo for One World last month I was definitely eager to get my hands on this and see if the latest entry in the long-running franchise is able bring the magic even among some impressive competition in the years since it’s last mainline release. Even so, fans have a soft spot for Harvest Moon.
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