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Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning
- Thread starter marshmallowXO
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Every time I play a Harvest Moon game, I get scared that once I stop, I can't ever pick it up again.
It happened with ToT, it happened with Animal Parade, and it even happened with Twin Towns.
The thing is, I finished both of the Wii games, they were so addicting.
But for both Twin Towns and A New Beginning, I stopped much earlier. I really want to keep playing. But I'd be just out of sync. And if I start over, well... I'm pretty sure the majority of the comments will explain the 'first month'.
It happened with ToT, it happened with Animal Parade, and it even happened with Twin Towns.
The thing is, I finished both of the Wii games, they were so addicting.
But for both Twin Towns and A New Beginning, I stopped much earlier. I really want to keep playing. But I'd be just out of sync. And if I start over, well... I'm pretty sure the majority of the comments will explain the 'first month'.
I have to ask, were you playing with the cartridge or digital copy? o: I have the cartridge and it doesn't have any frame rate issues. I would know because I spent over 350 hours on the game. 8U Also because there were frame rate issues in ToT and AP so I know which to compare with.
And yeah, I have to agree with the first month of the game. If HM: ANB wasn't the only game on my 3DS at the time (and if I weren't so excited about playing it) I probably would've stopped early as well. Tutorials are always boring to go through for veterans of the game.
After the first month though, you soon won't have enough time to do the things you want in a day. xD That's why they had crops able to survive without being watered for a day or two so that you can manage your time more efficiently. The game has literally SO MUCH to do. Besides farming you have to befriend the townspeople, gather/hoard materials to build buildings, take care of animals.
The most awesome thing is customization. So many outfits to choose from, hairstyles, faces, skin color and you can choose which buildings go where. If you hate or don't want to interact with someone, just place them as far away from your farm as possible. If you're courting someone, you can place them right by the gates of your farm.
The reason why this game is my most favorite of all is that it doesn't get boring too fast because of too much repetitiveness. The older games were simpler, yeah, but it gets boring quickly because you do the same thing over and over again and pretty soon your only objective will be to have as much money as possible. By the third year you'll have done all there is you could possibly do in the game. In ANB they added so many things to enhance the gameplay that you could play until Year 10 and not be completely done with everything. At the latest, you'll probably be married at year 5 or 6 (if you get a late bachelor/bachelorette and went for both reverse confession/proposal). In fact, most animals unlock by default only after the first 2-3 years and most buildings and items you can't build or get until after the first year or two (unless you take steps to unlock them earlier). To me it is the most perfect HM game everrrr. Everything about it just makes me soooo happy. <3
I'm sorry for the long post but I just really love this game so much. 8U Obviously.
Trent the Paladin
Retired Staff
Trent the Paladin
Retired Staff
Yay
radical6
stop pming me for collectibles
Michelle is utter trash! It's alright, personally I'd just stick with RF4.
she reminds me of nonon i love her because shes adorable and shes like me. a princess. you have no taste
also i saw theres a tsundere boy ill be going 4 him too
Trent the Paladin
Retired Staff
Nonon was so lame and disappointing though! Freaking Ryuko became so OP with Senketsu!
Guess we know now we're not compatible in love! :V
taylalatbh
Senior Member
I got this game a few weeks ago and I think it's awesome. Unfortunately I don't have enough time to play all the games I have on the go atm D:
radical6
stop pming me for collectibles
please dont make that a thing
Got this game today. C:
Looks like I'll be marrying Neil and my second choice would be Rob. I'm pretty disappointed with all the bachelors though. :L Out of the bachelorettes, I definitely adore Felicity. Michelle would be my second choice.
The last one I played was Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. So that's my foundation when playing this game. I know all about shipping, getting money, taking care of animals & stuff like that.
The fodder system is quite different. In the Gamecube version we had a fenced area where you just had to use the sickle to collect fodder.
I'm still getting used to a lot of things. Haven't played it in so long. I'm worried about missing out on any important / big items. I'm using that Fogu website though. {:
Looks like I'll be marrying Neil and my second choice would be Rob. I'm pretty disappointed with all the bachelors though. :L Out of the bachelorettes, I definitely adore Felicity. Michelle would be my second choice.
The last one I played was Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life. So that's my foundation when playing this game. I know all about shipping, getting money, taking care of animals & stuff like that.
The fodder system is quite different. In the Gamecube version we had a fenced area where you just had to use the sickle to collect fodder.
I'm still getting used to a lot of things. Haven't played it in so long. I'm worried about missing out on any important / big items. I'm using that Fogu website though. {:
One of the bachelorettes nicked my name. 
I started playing ANB on New Years Day. Keep getting distracted by other games though so I'm only like five weeks into the game.
Building up the town is a little annoying though but it serves as a good way to get to know each individual character.
I started playing ANB on New Years Day. Keep getting distracted by other games though so I'm only like five weeks into the game.
Building up the town is a little annoying though but it serves as a good way to get to know each individual character.
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