Same. I've found myself kind of dissatisfied with the newer titles and all their wacky gimmicks, and I had heard that SoS wasn't like that lol. I've seen a couple gifs here and there, but I'll probably check out some videos just in case. Thanks, Amissapanda.
Yeah, definitely check them out if you get the chance. I could just be way too critical/cynical. And this is speaking as someone who actually LOVED
A New Beginning. I thought the game was a great step forward to them and really interesting, despite a rather widespread dislike of it.
I did see a little bit of LinandKo playing SoS and I stopped watching after the first few because I didn't want to spoil anything for myself, but from my experience I absolutely hate how they take so much time to explain everything and not give me an option to skip it. And if it's worse than A New Beginning, I might just lose my mind. The tutorial sessions in that game drove me insane and I couldn't get out of them. I KNOW HOW TO PLAY HARVEST MOON GAMES! I just think they're gearing the games more toward younger audiences and I've been suffering trying to deal with it.
I loved the older games and their styles and I can clearly see they've been steering away from those styles and kind of "dumbing" everything down. I'll most likely still end up getting the game. But the confirmation of it being another "dumbed down" games just makes me less excited :T
It is a shame that things have changed so much. I have yet to find a game I enjoyed as much as
Harvest Moon: Animal Parade. I've also been increasingly upset that newer titles have completely done away with rival marriages. It gave an extra incentive to gain friendship with the bachelors/bachelorettes so you could see them all get married. Plus, I just liked seeing other couples get married, have kids, and basically have their own lives apart from interacting with the player character.
But yeah, too much tutorial is nuts. It got to me in
A New Beginning, but at least once it was done, it was basically done. About all they bugged you for after that was an occasional festival or someone new coming into town. I could handle that. This game starts off with a
seven day initiation. I could hardly believe it. And even after that, they had more tutorial stuff. Even Lindsey, who was playing, got annoyed with how the game was basically holding the player's hand.
They probably are trying to appeal to the younger generation, but Nintendo doesn't seem to realize that their core customers are in the 20's+ range. Because not only have they been around since Nintendo became popular, but they also make a lot of their own money to buy new Nintendo games/consoles/etc whenever they release. We've been Nintendo fans forever, basically.
...this sounds scary, I'm going to have to take a look even though I don't want to. ;w; I'm getting a little scared, though I'll get it either way considering I Pre-ordered, I just hope it didn't go too far backwards.
Gahhh, please don't get freaked out or anything. I emphasize again that it's completely my opinion. But at the same time, I couldn't come here and start pretending that I loved what I saw of it when I actually didn't. I wanted to at least be honest about what I thought.
It may still be right up your alley. At the very least, I doubt you'll end up really regretting buying it or anything. I may still buy it down the line. I'm just not nearly as excited for it as I was a day or two ago.
