STORY OF SEASONS: A Wonderful Life

Honestly, there is only 1 complaint I have the the new games, and its that the animals cant die like they did previously in the originals, so there is no punishment to ignoring them. both this and grand bazar, animals never die no matter what so no point to even feed them, would be better if they had kept that mechanic.

The game is good but i have to give it a thumbs down solely for the body type bs, and the addition of same sex marriage when it was never apart of the original game. It's sad that these body type 3's have infested and ruined an entire genre of games simply due to the popularity of stardew valley

So, ngl friends, this is one of my "braindead" games. The kind of game I zone out while playing while also catching up on my Youtube lineup or my Netflix list because the game loop I've established just allows it. That being said, when I was a kid, the OG version of this game was one of my favorites. I played it over and over again. So, when people say this game is one of the grandfathers of the Life Farming Sim, they mean it. This game is iconic. Its fingerprints are on virtually every Life Farming Sim in existance now. That being said! While I do recommend the game, I also want to stress that, even in a remake, this game is dated. Broad brushstrokes, this is an improvement on the OG in every way. The inclusion of festivals is probably my favorite major change. The world is so much more lived in now thanks to them, but even compared to other giants in the genre like Stardew or Coral Island, they're bare bones. They're cutscenes, no interactions. The remodeling of the characters is great, they all look amazing (even though I will never forgive them for taking away my scruffy greaser Marlin and replacing him with Matthew). However, there are minor changes made that I question why they were included and they all, strangely, revolve around the digsite, which was my favorite part of the OG but which now just seems like a headache. Like, why the hell, WHY THE HELL, can I not dig in a square where Flora and Carter are around? What does the 'X' button (I use an Xbox controller) have to do with the 'A' button? Why do they cancel out each other? Then we get to the issue of sometimes having to dig in one spot upward of 4 TO 5 times to uncover a relic once discovered. And your horse, which is made to cut down on time traveling around the town, will fall asleep randomly for upwards of 15 to 20 seconds sometimes. Multiple times I've just abandoned it and called it later. In a game that literally passes time in seconds, these are ridiculous changes that should be patched out. Tl:dr while I do recommend this game and do consider it a success of a remake, there are small nitpicky changes that over time prove almost too much of an annoyance to ignore. And while the loop is satisfying once you establish it, I'm afraid that modern audiences won't find much to latch their teeth into. Get this game on a discount.

You had me until "non-binary pronoun option". Unfollowed, unwishlisted, and blacklisted. Shame on you....

It's kind of crazy how often this game crashes during loading screens. My guess is that it's a Steam compatibility issue, rather than a base game issue. For the most part, I love it because I love AWL and it still captures the heart of AWL. (I only just started Summer 1, Year 1, though so this might be too early to say.) Since it crashes anyway, I decided to download a mod that gave it textures similar to the original AWL since SoS mobile game style graphics felt like a major downgrade. And honestly? It was such a big game changer that it made me glad to buy the steam version of SoSAWL even with the crashes. SoS devs: PLEASE - your player base really doesn't like the cheap, oversaturated, childish mobile game style you've been going for with your games. Can you please consider going for more natural, almost watercolour aesthetics like we see in Back to Nature and A Wonderful Life. Even now, generations later, Back to Nature is far prettier than recent gen SoS games. And A Wonderful Life for Game Cube is probably the most beautiful SoS game there is. Lean into those vibes. And this is just a personal opinion, but I'd also like to see slightly more mature stylisations of characters and character portraits, too. Honestly, I'd be fine with like what we see in Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild & Tears of the Kingdom. (Preferably not with the stubby little legs, though, lol. Hopefully my meaning's understood.) [Update] I'm now at the end of Chapter 4, my character's kid is a teenager. I like how they handled the kids a lot more in this version than in the original version. It's largely the same, but the dialogue feels a lot better and more plentiful? I also love that the child adopts a middle ground skin tone between the spouse and the player-character. Also, Gustafa is amazing. This is my first time playing AWL with bachelors, and he's fantastic. My favourite marriage candidate by far. I kind of wish there was a proper female equivalent goes around playing music or painting in plein air, etc.

It pains me to say this, but this game feels pretty half baked, bugged animations, rushed scenes. what used to feel comfy and calming now feels rushed like they didnt bother to change the place holder animations. this doesnt feel like a piece of art it feels like a sloppily done mobile game clone. The original was very flawed in many ways. this adresses some of the ways it was flawed and breaks it worse than it was in other ways. in the games trailer you never see an NPC walking. Once you see the starting cut-scene you will understand why. 40€ is a joke. This game is worth maybe 10 Euros. dont buy it for anything thats more than 10 euros,

The Gamecube ROM is better, this version has cut content and somehow the GameCube version even looks better. Beyond all that though the devs here decided to put their politics and their degenerate proclivities into this GAME FOR KIDS. Not only can you now call yourself a they/them but you can also be a cross dressing freak, in a kids game; Harvest moon... Yeah I'm just gonna play the GameCube version where the devs were focused on actually finishing the game and not brainwashing kids.

Politics is what you get before the game starts.

Um remake que descaracteriza o clássico. Resumo: Apesar de bater aquela nostalgia forte dos tempos de ouro de Harvest Moon, esse remake deixa muito a desejar. PONTOS POSITIVOS: Revisitar o vale traz boas lembranças da infância/adolescência. PONTOS NEGATIVOS: Fidelidade Seletiva: Focaram no Wonderful Life original e ignoraram as melhorias do Another Wonderful Life, onde você podia continuar jogando. A morte permanente aqui é um retrocesso para os padrões atuais. Uncanny Valley Animal: As vacas estão realistas demais perto do resto do cenário e outros bichos. Essa falta de coesão visual incomoda durante toda a jogatina. Visual dos NPCs: Mexeram no que estava bom. Os novos designs dos personagens são sem graça e visualmente piores que os originais. Conclusão: Mesmo pegando em promoção, não sinto que valeu a pena. Recomendo apenas se você quiser completar a coleção da franquia na Steam, porque para jogar mesmo, o original ainda entrega mais alma.

A super really beautiful, magnificent, awesome, wonderful game, fun and well designed. My rating: 10/10 I recommend this game.