STORY OF SEASONS: Friends of Mineral Town

nice game, nostalgia game

Very chill and nostalgic game, there may be few changes here and there. But it is a fun game nonetheless. If you grow in HVM series from PS1 or GB, I really recommend to try this game.

Still the best Story of Seasons series

chill game

If you are a fan of harvest moon friend of mineral town. You should play this one.

If you encounter a problem that every animation in game is super slow motion, turn off v-sync will solve the problem.

apart from the portrait style and grinding in mining i think its good

Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town is not a bad game, it is just that I played Stardew Valley first.

This is my first ever Harvest Moon experience. It is cute and cozy indeed, but I think gameplay-wise it was atrocious, and maybe I'd enjoy it more if I hadn't played SV yet. And with this being said, I'm only giving SoS:FoMT a positive review out of respect for SV because I know Barone was inspired by Harvest Moon.

Launching the game for the first time, I thought to myself, "it's so cute how the cows are chonky", but— oh boy — never did I imagine that those fat mammals were going to make me mald. I'm okay with a bit of body blocking, but the volume they occupy is way bigger than their models appear to be. And does it make sense when all the animals can glitch into each other, two or more bodies occupying the same space, but they still block my pathing????

All the actions are very clunky. In the mines, where stamina is so limited, it sucks so much when I miss the spot I want to dig because playing with a mouse and keyboard doesn't feel optimized (idk, I haven't tried playing with a gamepad). This may be a me problem, bc I'm impatient and I like to play at a faster pace, who knows?

The resources are scarce, a few sticks, logs and rocks here and there; this alone is not much of a problem bc Gott sells them at a cheap price. BUT the real problem lies in making money: nothing felt profitable enough to be rewarding because of the limitations on the seed and animal prices, stamina, cooking, mining, etc.

To me, it sucks that to be able to make a good amount of money and progress, you need to save scum a lot in the mines and probably at the festivals. Well, save scumming to get the level 6 tools was worth it because they made farming infinitely easier and less time consuming!

The game didn't teach anything. Who's sending me "Van's favorite" when I don't even know who or where's Van? How am I supposed to know that I need (not "can") give offerings to a named goddess by tossing items in a certain body of water?

It's fun and chill, until your friend ask for a speedrun

fun

istri gweh Popuri

<3

finally can buy my childhood game

This game has to be chill game, until someone challange you for a race

This is a great rendition of a GBA classic. It isn't quite as complex as later titles in the series, but that's probably a good thing for a game like this. If you're a fan of Stardew Valley, this is a great remake of the game that directly inspired it.

Big fan of the original and its iterations. Some of the character re-designs I don't agree with, but that's a small nitpick in an otherwise great remake.

amazing remake, cant wait for another version.

ok

A love letter to the fans of the original Harvest Moons, different name, same love, I dislike that we do not start with the dog, but aside from that its just as fun as the old ones, but better with some quality of life changes.

Summary: I cannot recommend Story of Seasons, as it heavily lacks content, there are a lot of farming games out there which are way better than Story of Seasons.

The lack of content shows in every aspect. Examples:
- I wanted to craft storage boxes … and had to find out that there is no crafting system at all! Story of Seasons is the first farming game i encountered that does not have a crafting system …
- Crops: in winter there are no suitable crops and there is also no green house, so you will not do any farming at all in winter season!
- Foraging: there are no things to forage, the world and the beach are empty, no plants, no shells, no insects. As there is nothing to forage there is also no museum where you could donate stuff.
- Fishing: there is no fishing mini game (which i appreciate), everytime i went fishing i only got 3 items: old boots, fishbones and small fish. Only the small fish had any value. To me this is a lazy concept, just one type of fish? So fishing is easy to do, but also boring at the same time.
- Mining: there are lots of levels in the mine, but everytime you enter the mine you have to start from level 1. Yes, there is an escalator - but you have to present 100 gifts to a goddess (with only 1 gift per day), so you will need at least 100 days to get the escalator … not a fun concept to me …
- Cooking: after you upgraded your house you can cook - theoretically. You need cooking utensils which you will only get after 10 days each, so till you have all utensils a whole season has passed - yeah … And you can also only cook dishes where you already know the recipe, no experimenting or looking up in the wiki. No recipe, no cooking. To get the recipes you have to do different stuff, i recommend reading the wiki.

I will not continue playing Story of Seasons, it is too boring for me. Unfortunately i spent more than 2hrs in it so i cannot refund it anymore. I bought it in the spring sale for 10 Euros, this should be the standard price, considering the lack of content.

nice casual relaxing game

My Nostalgic Game xD

A wave of nostalgia when I played the game again but with this version >< I love it so much. Some keys don't work when I assign them tho to my liking but not really a problem. Another cozy game to play for hours and hours!

Wonderful remake of a harvest moon game which originally came out on gamecube. Loved this game as a kid

There are a lot of things i like and also dislike about this game. So, i figured i'd go in-depth and review it. (I will not be writing any spoilers to the game, but i will be speaking on in-game mechanics. so, if you would rather go in blind, maybe don't read this.)

I have played a lot of games similar to this one, and there are a lot of features i enjoy about the game. I wanna start with talking about the cons though. The first thing i noticed is that there isn't really a story to this game. The most you really get is heart events with the other characters, but there isn't a definitive story to the game. It's very grindy instead. (Note though that there are two different game modes, one for beginners and one for "normal" game play, i did normal.) It takes awhile to actually start making decent money, which i actually do enjoy because it feels like there's more to do that way. but what i don't enjoy is that since there isn't really a story, things get really repetitive.

Another feature i look out for in games like this is character dialogue. I love when characters have a unique story, and you can talk to them every day and still find things interesting. In this game, i was quick to realize that character dialogue doesn't change (unless you increase a heart with them, then they'll say something new, but even then, it gets repeated until you gain another heart with them and so on.) The characters don't really have a lot of depth. You learn more about them through their heart events, but the fact they just repeat the same things every day makes them dull.

Another feature i really dislike is the mining. Mining in this game is simply just annoying. Most similar games, you just hit rocks, get materials, and a ladder will show up under one of the rocks you hit. In this game, you actually have to hoe the ground for the ladder to appear, and the ladder CAN appear under rocks too. so, sometimes, you have to hit rocks THEN hoe that same spot. Given that each time you use a tool, two of your stamina is taken, your quick to realize that you can only go a few levels before running out of stamina. Usually players have to use a little exploit called "save scumming" to get relatively deep in the mines. I feel like having the player have to mine AND till the ground to find the ladder is a bit of poor game design in my opinion, especially given that it's not easy to increase your overall stamina.

The last thing i don't enjoy about this game is the fact it doesn't tell you anything really. This teeters back and forth for me because i do enjoy exploring and learning new things on my own, but when important features in the game aren't introduced, it's kind of annoying. My main example of this is the Harvest Goddess. The Harvest Goddess is in most Story of Seasons games i do believe. In this game, you're introduced to her ONLY when you bring an offering and throw it into the river, but there's no indication of that being a thing. You're not given hints about it or even guided in that direction. The only reason I found out she was a thing was in my first year summer when I received "Van's favorite drink" in the mail and told to give it to him, but i didn't even have Van unlocked yet (he unlocks after thirty offerings are given to the Harvest Goddess.) So, I had to look up how to unlock him, and only then did i learn that the harvest goddess was a thing. (Note that this could be different if you play in the "beginner" game mode.) There are just other, little things similar to it that you have to figure out on your own (like kappa,) but the game gives you really no guidance toward.

Pros:

Honestly, despite all of the cons, i actually do enjoy playing this game, which surprised me because usually those are the things i look for in "cozy games." The first time i played through this game, i stopped after two hours and didn't touch it for over a year because i thought it was boring. Recently, i decided to give it another chance and have actually had fun! I usually find things to keep me busy in the game, and it's been fun learning new, little things even in year two of the game (when i feel like most players sort of have a grasp of the game.) I like the fact that in the "normal" game mode, things are a bit more grindy, and you actually have to work pretty hard to get some money saved up. Usually, i feel like in other games, you can start to have a lot of money pretty early on if you have some semblance of what you're doing. Despite the fact there isn't much of a story, so there's no real objective other than just making money, upgrading your tools and farm, and getting married (if you so choose,) there's actually a lot to do in the game that keeps you busy and keep playing.

main berjam-jam tidak terasa

🌾 A Charming Farming Classic Reborn! 🌾

A faithful remake that keeps the heart of the original while adding modern improvements. The farming, animal care, and relationship-building are just as addictive, with smoother controls and refreshed visuals. While some mechanics feel a bit dated, the cozy and relaxing gameplay makes it a great choice for farming sim fans.

⭐ 8.5/10 – A must-play for fans of the genre!

Good times, great memories.

Love it.. finally i can play my childhood game, in remake even, and, FINALLY THEY FIXED THE MIDDLE CROP NOW ABLE TO BE HARVESTED!

I don't know this happened to someone else.
I play this game about 2 hours it run fine.
Then I closed game and comeback to play.
I got slow motion issue. sometime when UI appear (Character talk, open menu's UI and other) it's frame rate drop it around 20-30 frame rate.
( I'm pretty sure it's not about my PC's spec. it can run normal-high graphic AAA game. (Spiderman , Hell driver2 or else) )

chill out and have fun with this game

It is very charming, I do think the heart of the original is still here though I do think they toned down several elements. In particular, I don't think they realized how annoying it is to NOT be able to lower your animal's affection when you are trying to complete the game.

Getting all the achievements is fully possible but it is a time sink on another level, just like the original game. For the Steam achievements, you really only need the 5 years. But achievements that are in the game itself, its brutal. It doesn't help that characters really don't have too much to say and even if there is an achievement/item on year 50, getting to year 50 is best done through a mod or just letting your character go into a deep sleep.

It is the kind of game I have no big compliments towards but no big complaints for. Everything is details or nitpicking, which I think LOOKING at the gameplay should tell you what you're in for.

You are 10, sitting on the living room's floor, holding a ps1 controller and looking at Popuri through your tiny tv, thinking "wow she's so cute..."

Girl, you are gay.

Very repetitive, tiny map, superficial characters. Super disappointing and so glad I didn't pay full price for what feels like a cheap mobile game.

I disliked the new character designs in the game, so I bought it after finding a mod that replaces them with the old designs from Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town (GBA)...

What a lot of memories, but no rival marriages made me quite disappointed

I love this game probably because it has a sentimental value to me. I played this game since PS1 when I was little, early 2000. The game is called Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. Now that I'm an adult, I can relive my childhood by playing this game from my computer, with a better and modern graphic to it. This game brings so much memories. Love this game to bits!

My caps-lock button in the keyboard is not working in the game, is there anyone else experiencing the same?

This game brings me to reminisce about my childhood, where every holiday must be played PS1 game Harvest Moon Back To Nature! 🥰🎮 #childhood #memories #HarvestMoon #PS1 #gaming #nostalgia

got me feeling nostalgic. ah, harvest moon back to nature

What a nostalgic :)

I'm totally addicted to this very cute game, I just can't stop playing !! ❤️ I LOVE DOCTOORRRR

it's almost the same fomt game from the GBA series, with various small changes/QoL improvements.

Good game. Cute graphic, not too hard quest. Recommended.

Wish they didn't remove the rival marriage though, it gave more realistic feel to it. Also Keyboard controls are weird, luckily I have a controller.

Overall the game is great, it felt close to home with the original GBA game just need to improve keyboard controls/bindings.

Great update to a beloved classic!

This game has a charming graphics and story. It's like you go back to your childhood and play Game Boy games from 2000 with friends again even you don't have an old game console anymore. It's so nostalgic.

good game

nice game and relaxing

chill and fun

Story of Season: Friends of Mineral Town has always been a comfort play for many reasons: the mechanics are simple, the art charming, the characters have just enough going on to be interesting and, all in all, the game is tailor made to spend the odd hour or two on at a time. While not the pinnacle of the cosy game genre anymore I would definetely recommend the game for anyone just looking to vibe and have a good time.