r/storyofseasons

I just got Grand Bazaar last week as a distraction from/way of coping with my cat's death. Im on Summer 4th now and so far, I love this game. Its so cute and cozy and peaceful and happy. Its everything I wanted it to be! I have no idea who I'll marry yet, but im having so much fun getting to know all of the bachelors and bachelorettes 🩷

Thats all. Thats the post 😅 I guess I just wanted other people to appreciate the game with me!

I'm talking about using bugs to make things, such as cooking crickets into meals.

I've gotten all the marriage candidates to orange in SoS:FoMT and currently my choices are tied between Gray, Cliff, and Rick. I loved all of their storylines, but can anyone tell me what their vibes are like after marriage? I'm having such a hard time deciding lol. I'd also love to hear who your favorites are for married life and why!

I only bought it because it was on sale, thinking I'd maybe spend fifteen hours on it. I hardly see anyone talk about it, and it's a Doraemon spinoff so I kinda assumed it was junky.

It might be my new favorite story of seasons game??

The art style is absolutely gorgeous. The map is huuuge. There is a really robust crafting and home/farm decorating mechanic. You can catch bugs and fish and raise them at home in addition to selling them. Make friends with woodland animals and they give you gifts. There are tons of long term, interconnected stories and in depth narratives that rival stardew valley imo. There's mining, animal breeding to get new colors, growing giant crops. It's a massive and really well made game!!

The downsides: you play as a child so there's no marriage, only friendship building and getting new villagers to move in. There are arguably TOO MANY story cutscenes but some people might like that. And the storage organization system is kinda clunky, you have to do a lot of manually moving things around.

Over all I think more folks should give it a try. I ignored it because I didn't hear it recommended but let me be the person to tell you to give it a shot especially while it's on sale for switch for $15!

In real life, I’m extremely busy, which leads to burnout. I play Harvest Moon to unwind, but sometimes the game itself causes burnout too—especially when it demands a lot of grind. So, I’ll switch to a different Harvest Moon title, but I end up picking the wrong one again—it turns out to be just as hard, and I burn out all over again. Honestly, at this point, I think the root cause is my real-life situation, and play games isn't really helping.

Sometimes I just abandon these games for a while and only come back when I’m in the mood, bouncing between both. But I’m terrified of losing interest entirely because of these long breaks. Maybe for some people, it’s more fun to play through a game in one sitting without huge gaps like this. I know replaying is an option, but my goal is to play through most Harvest Moon games. I don't want a massive backlog slowing me down, especially if it means restarting a game from scratch—my time in real life is already so limited, and I don't want to waste it.

Plus, some of these games are really tough to beat, and after coming this far, restarting feels like a total waste.

Note: Honestly, it’s nothing too serious, just a little vent. Have you guys ever felt like this? What are you gonna do with that?

So as many of you are likely aware of the upcoming anniversary stream this month, I was wondering what your predictions/ hopes for an announcement of any upcoming game release are.

I know it's possible that there will be no new announcements at all, however i do hope that we get SOMETHING for such a huge milestone.

Personally I'm still holding out hope for a new original mainline game for SOS. Though if I'm honest I would still absolutely love a new remake, especially after how many hours I sunk into grand bazzar.

So, tell me your predictions, I'd love to hear them :)

Many people ignore this Game ( and indeed it sucks that the Game ends if the Player gets married ) but there are some Nice Events and Characterizations here that are not found in any other Games in the Series...

It almost reminds me of P3P in how different the Characters can be when playing as a Girl...

What sucks the most about this Version is that apparently the Rivals CAN get married but the Player can't without ending the Game...

Another thing that makes no sense is that Claire needs to fully Upgrade the House before she can get married much like Pete yet in most of the Cases she ends up moving with her Husband after Marriage... Sometimes to another City even like in the Case of the Doctor and Kai...

In the Case of Rick she seems to move with his Family in the Poultry Farm and in the Case of Cliff it is a bit Ambiguous but it is implied that she moved in with him at the Aja Winery...

Which makes no sense at all since he only moved in there because he has no Home in Mineral Town and his Money was running out so he could not stay at the Inn for much longer so Manna and Duke gave him a place to stay at their House working with them...

Alas I believe he moves in with Ann back at the Inn if he marries her so therefore Claire moving in at the Winery with him makes even less sense...

Gray is the only one who seems to move in with her at the Farm yet even so the Game still ends if she marries him... :/

Oh yes Gray is the only Boy whose Rival does not appear in the Event where Claire rejects him... He is also the only one that does not tell her that he was the one who saved her Life...

Some fairly Sexist Stuff overall but then again this Game came out in the Early 2000s and in the Male Version of the Game the Wives will stop working after Marriage and pretty much never leave the House except for Mary which still goes to the Library once in a while to give the Player access to the Library...

I suppose the Developers may have simply not know how to handle things like Pregnancy and Stuff like that in the Girl Version of the Game...

Little would the Developers from back then know that eventually Pregnancies would be replaced by Magical Babies in the Modern Story of Seasons Games haha... XD

Anyway still sucks and it would be awesome if someone found a way to make a Mod for Back to Nature For Girls that allowed us to keep playing after Marriage since Back to Nature is still one of my Favorites up to this Day and my Main Complaint about it is not being able to continue the Game after Marriage and More Friends of Mineral Town and the Friends of Mineral Town Remake just do not have the same Charm that Back to Nature had... :/

Should I try the A Wonderful Life remake instead of the original? I'm just not a fan of the original's color scheme—it feels a bit gloomy and uncomfortable to me. (I tried it before, but only for a little bit.)

One thing i love about awl is how chill and small it is. It was my first Harvest Moon back on the GameCube. I been playing Grand bazaar and wanted something closer to awl. I have crafting fatigue,so I dont want anything with a intricate crafting system if that makes sense. In awl theres not a lot to do and as crazy as it sounds I really like that,it is truly cozy to me.

El sistema de mejoramiento de cultivos usando el molino no parece ser nada eficiente y me gustaría saber si me estoy perdiendo de algo.

Actualmente siento que el proceso consume demasiado tiempo y recursos para la ganancia real que ofrece en el día a día. La única utilidad clara que le veo es subir la calidad de los productos al máximo justo a tiempo para ganar los festivales o concursos agrícolas.

Para hacer dinero de forma constante, me da la impresión de que es mucho mejor vender la cosecha base en volumen o procesarla en otros artefactos que no requieran tanto trabajo repetitivo.

¿Realmente hay un margen de ganancia que justifique el ciclo continuo del molino?

¿O es simplemente una mecánica pensada únicamente para el endgame y la colección de trofeos?

¡Los leo! Si tienen alguna estrategia o automatización donde sí rinda frutos, me serviría mucho la recomendación.

Edit to add: is it because I have sprites helping me, so when I let the livestock outside, the sprite feeds it from my outside fodder?

Hey, I know the fodder has a chance to go into the space next to it as well and increase. And I went through this subreddit for other fodder posts, some people suggest a fence around 2 areas, letting one be eaten by the livestock and then 1 expand until it's scarce in one, then swap. the animals can eat even though I have fences around, is there any way to actually stop this? I can't get any fodder to actually increase with it being worth it, I'd rather spend the gold to buy the fodder than lose my resources on these fences if they're going to eat 500G fodder squares every day 🫠

(I just replaced the fencing so no rotten spots so I don't get it)