Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town| Better Than I Thought

[@XellosNi]

"Remake Magical Melody or Animal Parade" Throw in Tale of Two Towns and we'd on the same wavelenth. Or at least make a Island of Happiness > Sunshine Islands/ Tree of Tranquility > Animal Parade Equivalent. The two towns concept was fun, but I think ToTT rehash would benefit from the two communities actually being more fully integrated for more interaction.

[@CodedGaming]

honestly this was one of my least favorite at the end of the day, and it really came down to the makers and the storage. I like makers but i don't like how long they take, specifically the seed maker. in every other game with a seed maker i can buy a certain amount of seeds , plant them and them sell most of them and keep a few to turn back into seeds and replant those not too long after, harvesting. but in this game the seed maker just takes waaay to long to be productive, i basically have to buy double the seeds i need so i have crops to plant in the meantime while i wait several days to weeks for them to be ready to replant. the maker takes 23 hours to give 2 bags of seeds from one crop, it's just way to long. The storage bins just make my farm feel cluttered since to store my various seeds, product ect, they require alot of storage and you start to place them close by where the products are being made. however they dont share space or link at all but the space is also quite limited so you need so many to accommodate everything, it's been years so my memory is a bit hazy but i think you could only store so much of one item in a single slot as well. i got married put the game down and never really picked it back up. it's the first time i ever just stopped playing a harvest moon game. i didnt hate the game but it did slowly eat away at my ability to care, never even came back to check out any of the dlc i bought with the game when they finally released. i also hated how you just kinda "obtain" a child but that more nick picking.

[@ArrowSlayer]

Definitely agree in terms of the social aspect being lacking. Really do hope the dev team can improve that in the next installment

[@magpie54]

The King is back!!!

[@IkaGamma]

For more than one video a year hopefully!

[@aizpadilla4642]

Personally its the very first SOS that i really like… i enjoy their remakes but for some reason i liked PoOT’s gameplay loop and its mechanic. I really enjoy the leveling system, the freedom of customization and although the Townies are bit substantial at time i like for what they are! but god! the maker! Forbid that maker!! They took so long istg! I think playing the game after the major issues was fixed, my experience was smooth and enjoyable!

[@MiguiMonkey]

Welcome back!

[@alwaysbecozy]

without even trying to, this has ended up being one of my most played games of switch (over 200 hrs???) and my feelings on it are just "meh". but the gameplay loop is so low stress that it was a great game to just get lost in when I was tired/stressed

[@IkaGamma]

Yeah that was mostly me when I sank an entire weekend into this, the gameplay was so refined that I got lost in its systems.

[@suicune2001]

Great review!

[@miguelrg0503]

I need a magical melody remake yesterday

[@dylanpierce1419]

What makes you say a new game is going to be revealed?

[@IkaGamma]

Marvelous themselves saying a new game is being revealed

[@lesslighter]

I honestly didnt like the over reliance on the makers in this iteration and yes the character writing... let's just say really lacked, again this is the first time a new developer thats not the OG team (Wada or Hashimoto's teams) actually made a Bokujou Monogatari game... when the developers are more known for their One Piece games (and no not K-T or Bamco) to me this isnt like it chased Animal Crossings no no it chased SDV to close but never understood how to not copy the homework to it's major detriment in short we went from a game that became an homage to the genre especially over and over stated again that Bokujou monogatari/HM/SoS was the inspiration for SDV, to become the baseline... I'll cut Three Rings some slack, much like RF5 while yes Hashimoto's team worked on it but the dev hell cycle for RF5 wasnt exactly kind to it I do hope Guardians of Azuma/Ryuu no Kuni actually shakes up the mechanics for RF6 much like how Oceans/ToD shaked up the mechanics for RF4/5 PLEASE GUARDIANS OF AZUMA BRING BACK THE KATANA MOVESET FROM OCEANS! though honestly them revisiting OG SoS wouldnt be bad... I think maybe I'll be much more inclined to replay the game I just couldnt get over how much ANB-ness was in SoS though and the QUEST OHH GOD THE QUESTS!

[@noily8974]

I feel shared tool and item bag slot is okay, since you can keep unused tool from bag slot but it's always with you when needed