Harvest Moon: Light of Hope Special Edition

Honestly really lacks the magic of previous Harvest Moon games. I loved HM A Wonderful Life and HW DS, but this is an empty shell of a HM game. Gone is the cosy, lively feeling of the world. None of these characters feel fleshed out or real. All NPCs either love seashells or flowers basically. It's so surface level. No feeling of relationships between them or how they relate to the island in any way that motivates you to save it. For some reason they've also dispensed with the mechanic of letting the NPCs walk around. Instead they just fade in and out of existence at different places at different times. It's a nice change to have an overarching plot to a HM game rather than just marriage and kids, but it's so so short. Completed it by Fall Year 1. Like the only reason I have 46 hours in the game is because I'm playing whilst working from home so hours are being spent on the pause screen in between working. The story line again also feels very surface level. We're constantly told that we have to restore the lighthouse to 'save' the island and afterwards that things are not just saved, but better. But nothing change. Nothing looks different, no visual anything to reward you for completing the main story. The mining mechanic is better than older games. It's nice that you actually have to progress in the mines in order to upgrade tools and unlock buildings. The inclusion of the multiplayer pixie thing really helps too. Really not a lot else to the game.

Es dopamina pura. uno de los pocos HM en los que sé qué estoy haciendo y me interesa continuar...

Mostly play if on a Switch now, but it's really fun. If you leave and forget what you were doing, it's really easy to get back into the game. It even helps with character gifts by keeping track of likes and disliked gifts after you give them to the character. It's really easy to "finish" the game and get to post game events. It's possible to "finish" by Fall :-P Getting characters friendship up is super easy! Just do requests! It's more kid friendly than the Story of Season franchise but mainly because of the forgiving nature they have. This is in the form of You won't have to wait a year to plant crops cause your in the wrong season. I really love the Story of Season franchise, but Natsume has some enjoyable mechanics that they utilize.

NOT worth your money! The game as a whole just feels empty. The world is hollow and lifeless, gameplay is extremely clunky and the story is just...empty. Things often aren't thought through which leads to an overall unbalanced game. For example: to progress the story you need wool at some point. But not any wool. A very SPECIFIC quality of wool. But what quality you get is random. It took me three seasons...with literally nothing else to do. The Game is completely empty while you wait for story progression. And oooooh boy will you do a lot of waiting! For a farming sim farming in this game is fascinatingly unnecessary. You can't make money with it. You only need 2-3 very specific things for quests. You don't benefit from upgrading tools or stables since you mostly just use them to kill time while you wait around for random stuff to happen that you need to progress the game. On top of that the characters personalities are SO limited they might as well not have any at all. You have the girl who always says ZOINKS for no reason. You have the girl who always pouts for no reason. You have harvest sprites who always pout for no reason. And as a treat: You have a harvest sprite that talks in a baby voice. That's it. That's all they do. No development, no things to discover. Nothing. Just safe your money and buy Stardew Valley instead. Or bang your head against a brick wall. Would still be more enjoyable.

I love the harvest moon games and had this one on ds long ago so I purchased it for pc because it claims it has full xbox controller support. Love it!

Muito bom, mas falta a essência dos criadores originais.

I love taking my chud gem son into the mines on the daily, child labor is an awesome dlc… guys this harvest moon is so awesome

A great addition to Harvest Moon games!

This game is 'Wonderful" for players of all ages!!! It's so fun loving to be in this growing your corps, meeting people, fixing their houses so they can return home. mining the caves, and fishing is everybody's favorite in game sport!!!

YES