STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town

操作不适应，玩不下去。可能时代变了。。。为童年补个票吧

With my first SoS game being Grand Bazaar, I hopped onto here after getting hopelessly addicted. I was chasing the highs of that #FarmingLife, but wanted to see a new environment, meet new characters, and explore more of this series that I had been interested in since I was a child, but didn't have access to. So Mineral Town's been fun. I guess. I enjoyed playing it, and it helped me get through a traumatic event with the cozy farming game play and beautiful music. The bright and unique music is my favorite part of this game. The sound effects like the walking are also so soothing. The 2D Graphics are cute, although sometimes, the small mouths of the female characters can make them look weird/childish. The 3D graphics have that old school console charm, but I miss the double jump. I wish that they had updated the game with voice acting to enhance the charm of the characters because some of them are really cute. I like Gray's sweetness, Marie's creativity, Jennifer's wisdom, Kai's easygoing nature, and Cliff finding family in Mineral Town. I do like how the remake [spoiler] lets Cliff return to town if you don't unlock that Autumn event [/spoiler] instead of letting him leave forever, lmao. I do think that the we could've had more heart events (since 2 aren't really enough to get to know them and the rest are locked behind romance) and town events to get to know them better. The other town's people are okay. Apparently Gotts stops working if you don't get him to high friendship by year 3, which I find so funny. I do love the derby festivals and pineapples! Great money makers hehe. Quality of Life wise... could have used more work. - Tutorials. They kind of just isekai you in the world and leave you to figure things out so thankfully online guides are a life saver. (Like how are you intuitively supposed to know about Cliff or the Harvest Goddess rip.) - Festivals. I couldn't really participate in any of them because certain conditions weren't met (like no pets for the pet show, no eligible sheep/alpaca for some reason though I have them, unclear instructions for the chicken festival, etc.), so I appreciate that GB has NPCs giving us materials and a heads up. - Mines. I didn't even know there was a second mine until 5 minutes ago :O I find mining tedious with the lack of early elevator (level 50. really.), lack of sufficient stamina (with food being the best way to get cooked stamina. and you can't really cook until after house upgrades, equipment, recipes from Lou/townsfolk), lack of upgraded tools' ability to target multiple squares. There are 255 levels, but tbh mithril can be found in floor 10 so /shrugs/ - Secret Bachelor/ettes. They're kind of just there to aura farm and get gifts? Most of the time? I'd personally would have loved more heart events or anything to get to know them more and talk to them more outside of mechanical benefits. - Dialogue. Can get too repetitive as well. - Events. They're pretty cool, though hard to trigger at times. (I'm glad GB has the icon for events now.) The way certain events are planned (with some being very niche and competing with each other like Gray and Marie taking Mondays specifically.) The time runs fast, which I kind of appreciate, but it is annoying to miss events due to not walking fast enough. - The kid (both designs) are cute, but I wish they had the elements of both parents like in later games. Despite these frustrations, I still found much comfort in the game and may continue to play to marry Kai (thank you multiple save files, since I got to marry 5 bachelor/ettes with them hehe) and experience Year 2 for festivals I can actually join lol. Overall, it does have a nostalgic feeling (despite me never having played the original), but with 1:1 remakes, I really prefer and suggest having QoL updates and additional content to make games, not only more accessible, but more replayable for new fans and old.

finally can buy my childhood game

操作有些麻煩，教學也少得嚇人，即使是常玩相關遊戲甚至玩過礦石鎮的玩家也有很多直覺無法判斷該如何是好的部分，完全無法想像新手要怎麼辦。實際進到遊戲前無法做鍵盤設定，在進到遊戲後遇到問題想做設定（或把遊戲關掉）卻連基本菜單都有可能開不出來。 牧場物語啟發了許多人去開發這類遊戲，比如星露谷在前期就非常接近牧場物語，但後來大家都各自玩出了新花樣。而礦石鎮在牧場物語中算是滿經典的一代，重製的礦石鎮雖加了一些新東西，卻沒顧到原有的平衡與遊戲性，搞得還不如原版，實屬可惜。

I started with Stardew Valley as my first farming sim, so I think that spoiled me. I was curious about this game from hearing that it was CA's inspiration for Stardew Valley, but I struggled to enjoy it. I much preferred the way CA built on those mechanics and made them his own. If you're into slower paced farming sims, you might enjoy this though.

赶着优惠入手的主要纪念GBA牧场物语。起初还退过款玩了两个小时后开始感兴趣了。如果没有优惠我是不会入手的感觉游戏并不值252的价位。只比原作多了点剧情。玩法上没太大变化贤者镰刀和水壶还削弱了。小矮人也削弱了。建议大优惠时入手。有原作经验的入手。没有耐心是玩不下去的.补充：做菜必须要获得菜谱没有原作方便自由。加的几种不同的牛根本没有原版实用。小矮人总是干不完活估计7个同时干的工作效率都没有原作3个强。一些比原作方便的优势也不完善比如挖矿有洞可以直接掉落几层省时间但是挖贤者之石一直有洞影响操作。而诅咒道具的楼层必定没有洞不会影响操作。本来是优势却因为不完善失去了优势。简单说重聚矿石镇是原作劣化版

My Son love this game so much. Like me 20 years Ago. ❤️