Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2

"Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2" ist ein RPG-Maker Farming Simulator im Stil von "Harvest Moon" oder "Stardew Valley" Im Gegensatz zum Vorgänger spielt der Nachfolger im Winter. Da es in dieser Jahreszeit nicht wirklich viel zu farmen gibt, fokussiert sich der Nachfolger mehr auf einige zu erfüllende Aufgaben, auf Quests. Im Prinzip ist das auch eine willkommene Abwechslung. Dumm nur, daß diese Quests nicht wirklich viel Abwechslung bieten, sondern eher zu nervigen Pflichtaufgaben mutieren. Das klassische Farming gibt es aber natürlich aber auch noch. Mit etwas fadenscheinigen Begründungen wird auch erklärt, weshalb es im Winter denn doch möglich ist. Oder man farmt halt Pilze in einer Höhle. Wir haben also unsere Farm, müssen gewinnbringende Pflanzen anpflanzen, deren Samen wir aber erstmal im Dorf kaufen dürfen, oder wir züchten Nutztiere oder wir gehen fischen oder wir bauen Erz in Minen ab oder sammeln wildwachsende Pilze. Die upgradebaren Werkzeuge wie Hammer oder Spitzhacke können wir in der Stadt kaufen. Auch mit anderen Dorfbewohnern können wir in Kontakt treten. Und das sollten wir auch, denn eine unserer Hauptaufgabe ist es mal wieder einen Partner zu finden. So ziemlich alles also wie bei den Vorbildern wie "Stardew Valley"? Im Prinzip schon. Im Prinzip. So ziemlich alles ist reduziert, eingedampft, nur angedeutet, simplifiziert und homogenisiert. Die zu bebauenden Flächen sind vorgegeben und im Vergleich zu "Stardew Valley" winzigst. Größtest Manko allerdings nach wie vor: es gibt keine wechselnden Jahreszeiten, was in einem Farming Game ziemlich absurd wirkt. Und so fehlt es verdammt schnell an Abwechslung. Zwar können wir einiges verbessern, aber so wirklich Neues gibt es kaum zu entdecken. Zudem sind die Charaktere, insbesondere die heiratswilligen sehr platte Abklatsche von Klischees. Natürlich typisiert ein solches Game, das paßt zum Genre, wenn man es allerdings ob der nicht vorhandenen Tiefenstruktur der Damen lieber vorzieht, alleine zu bleiben, stimmt im Design etwas grundlegend nicht. Auch wenn "Melting Hearts: Our Love Will Grow 2" ganz nett und durchaus ambitioniert gemacht ist, das eh nicht wirklich teure "Stardew Valley" ist um mehrere Klassen komplexer, intelligenter, abwechslungsreicher und somit auch um mehrere Klassen spaßiger. Daran kann auch ein Yeti nichts ändern. [h1]Wertung:[/h1] 5/10 Atmosphäre 4/10 Story 5/10 Grafik 5/10 Sound 4/10 Spielmechanik 4/10 Balancing 5/10 Spielspass [h1]Fazit:[/h1] "Stardew Valley" in arm 2. [h1][b]5/10 Gesamtwertung

The ending is bugged - game literally unbeatable What is this feeling of emptyness?

It's cute, but you can't be homosexual, the mayor is trash, and a key item you need (DRAGON BERRIES) is very finite, in that if you make too much jam, or sell one too many berries, you're up a creek and can't finish. BUT, I only paid $.48 for it... Don't get it if you have to pay more than $.50 for it. (I JUST WANTED SOMETHING TO DO WHILE WAITING FOR A CONTENT UPDATE IN STARDEW VALLEY AND MY TIME AT PORTIA. In fact, save up your money and get those two games.)

Si vas a comprarte éste juego y no tienes Stardew Valley, no te molestes, cómprate SV que merece la pena. No puedo decir que este juego esté malisimamente hecho, pero carece de muchas cosas (incluyo el idioma).

I didn't mind the first "Our Love Will Grow" title or the second, but the sequel definitely has more to it. I think that repetition in farming games is inevitable, but that this series suffers from it being mind-numbing. I finished this game because I felt like it would be easy to do, and since it wouldn't be difficult mechanically to complete the game, I felt as though I had an obligation to do it. I would describe this game as okay. I really like the party mechanic in the series--it's a nice take on the events you see in other farming games, but the themes are varied. I would have liked a log of some sort to keep track of quests, and a repeating party schedule (I think there is one you have to attend for an achievement that I missed and didn't realize til way later). Otherwise, it seems as though the game's story exists in a kind of limbo: everything is triggered by your actions rather than there being a need to complete certain things by a certain time. All of that said, I'm pretty sure I got this game for $.50 and milked as much as I could out of it. One last thing: like Harvest Moon, Story of Seasons, and Stardew Valley, there is a romance mechanic to this game (and romancing one of the candidates is crucial to the story.) However, this is where I noticed some bugs: depending on who you go for, [spoiler]you might end up "forced" into marrying a different candidate. This happened to me when I went for Riley (the blue haired businessman character). At the end of the game, it suddenly shifted to one of the other characters.[/spoiler] All in all, not a bad game for $.50. I'd go as far to say that it's more or less worth the $5 tag it ordinarily has, but that depends on how quickly you figure everything out (there aren't very many guidelines).

While this game is at least more enjoyable than its predecessor, I still can't recommend it. There's more to do in this game than in the previous one and I managed to have some fun with it... but it still takes soooo much time to get started, to actually be able to do more than till the same 6 plots of land over and over, and to even receive a fishing pole. Having to grind out 4+ tedious hours just to get to the fun parts really kills a game's momentum completely. And it really doesn't help that the existing story is as bland as bland can be! None of the characters, save maybe your douchey brother, are memorable and it's simply impossible to get invested in a town as generic as the one you're living in. You're better off replaying Stardew Valley or old Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games instead of this one.

This is the sequel to Our Love Will Grow, and takes place in winter, where you will need to help save the town. Luckilly, you have this nice cave system where it is warm enough to grow crops. You can choose to play as either male or female, and the potential love interests change to match (I.e. you play as a male, they are women, and vice versa). There are a bunch of side quests, and the love interests are amusing enough. Would suggest getting this game on discount. It isn't QUITE at the same quality as the first game. But it was a decent try.

fun game 2 so sad that no one can buy it now