I tried playing Harvest Moon on the SNES today and having played Stardew Valley for hours, I thought I'd try and see how tolerable the original Harvest Moon was in comparison. I know and understand it is unfair because there's a 20 year gap between Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley, while also discrediting Harvest Moon's later entries since there's more than one.

Harvest Moon to me is a bit hard to revisit. Having to get used to only carrying two tools at the same time, your farm doesn't seem as big, you don't have a way to know that you're tired as readily, you just have to watch for the signs and the village you visit doesn't seem as characteristic. It's a basic farming sim, it has to start somewhere.

But Stardew Valley does so many things that it is easier to revisit.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Special shoutout to Astarion. His voice actor adds a LOT to the character, more than any of the others.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't normally like that kind of character but he really grew on me fast. Astarian, Gale, and Karlach are my absolute favorites but the cast as a whole is solid.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Love Karlach, but I couldn't stand Gale.

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's what I am glad they included enough for personal preference and included the ability to respec them so they weren't locked into their starting classes.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

While I didn't like his class much, it was his personality that really got me. I saw he can become a literal god in some endings. Sure didn't happen in mine!