Harvest Moon One World is Nothing but Soulless! - Review | Wilder

[@WilderOfficial]

I'm so sorry! This game did NOT release for the PC, I got it confused! One World only released for all consoles. Really sorry about that mess up

[@lycanenferno5109]

Do you know if pioneers of olive town grows rice? They did that in trio of towns and it was my absolute favorite thing to do cause no other farming sim I played did that.

[@smudjygirl4924]

@@lycanenferno5109 You can grow rice

[@lycanenferno5109]

@@smudjygirl4924 Thanks for telling me. This was the thing I was hoping for the most

[@estrioleyin5667]

If I'm Natsume... I think maybe Natsume should approach Stardew Valley creator and try to cooperate together to create new "Harvest Moon" game... honestly this game lack "Soul"... and maybe if they cooperate with creator of Stardew Valley can fill that gap... Also... What i dislike most from Stardew valley is the graphic (no offence... just personal taste)... so maybe Natsume could pitch in for the 3D graphic assets.

[@MichNative01]

Shhhh, the pc people didn't have to play this!! They shouldn't have released this game at all, we should all protest and get our money back!! We got Jimmy jacked!

[@sparkybolt2085]

One World looks like a game someone would make for a final project for a programming class.

[@daniswara1164]

Comparing it to the new story of season is like comparing ground and the sky. This game basically ruin the name brand of harvest moon

[@Skimmy404]

Stardew valley is harvest moon but better

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

@@daniswara1164 Its not even as good as the initial Natsume Harvest Moon games! Skytree was the apex of their independent tries

[@CodedGaming]

What? it looks way worse then that. Hell my map tests look better then this game.

[@leahdavis9434]

@@Skimmy404 Story of Seasons is harvest moon.

[@Halfbad-bf1lt]

After the whole harvest moon/story of seasons split I feel like none of the harvest moon games have had any of the charm or personality of the old games.

[@MarioDS01]

Pretty much. Stick with Story of Seasons, Rune Factory, Stardew Valley and future Kickstarter farming sim games like Coral Island.

[@1kulik]

And My time at

[@Edanite]

The last interesting Harvest Moon game I played was on the 3DS (the one with the sword) and PSP (the one where you're a clone). Even then they weren't exactly great games, just the only interesting ones that I played to their fullest.

[@c0smicsalt505]

Not sure if you know this, so I'll say it just in case! (And for anyone else who might not be fully aware of the situation.) The reason for it is due to Marvelous. They're the Japanese publishers of all the games you know and love, known in Japan as Bokujo Monogatari. Natsume was not- nor were they ever- the CREATORS of Harvest Moon; they simply gave it the English name, translated, and published the BokuMono series outside of Japan. However, when Marvelous split from Natsume... THAT is when the HM/Story of Seasons split began. If you're looking for your classic "Harvest Moon" experience, you're actually wanting to play Story of Seasons. Natsume owns the rights to Harvest Moon, but nothing else outside of the name itself. They will never be able to go back to those older titles, because they belong to Marvelous. Natsume has been flopping *hard* since the split, and that's why. They only own the name; not the spirit nor the writing team that Story of Seasons continues on with. (Now that they are assured their games can do good and want to be more hands-on in the publishing process.) (How well they're doing can still be debated, though; some people like SoS, some don't. It'll depend on your personal taste, at the end of the day!)

[@lanterns_glow]

@@MarioDS01 and Roots of Pacha

[@QuintessenceHD]

A shame they are still dragging the good name of Harvest Moon through the mud with these cash grabs, but at least we have the true harvest moon that is Story of Seasons to fall back on.

[@CryKaze]

Another good thing is that almost everyone now finally knows the real HM game is called SoS. Used to be, people didn’t know and mistakingly buy Natsume’s poor excuse of a game.

[@nekokikogaming3530]

@@CryKaze I didn't know about 7 years ago and I bought that Minecraft harvest moon game for the 3ds and to say I was upset would be the understatement of the century. I was sooooooo upset with what I saw. I sold it after 10 mins of trying it (and I was oh so excited to play it! When I saw a new harvest moon title at Gamestop my heart nearly stopped and I ran to buy it). I'm so glad I figured out about story of seasons being the real harvest moon and I feel so bad for those who still have no idea and will be lured into one world just based off of the HM name 😔.

[@AstroGreenWitch]

Yeah, but Story of Seasons on Switch is VERY different than what it was on 3DS. In comparison the Switch SoS games seem SUPER minimalized and dumbed down.

[@Whispernyan]

@@nekokikogaming3530 bruh that's literally the same exact story I had with that awful excuse for a game

[@nekokikogaming3530]

@@Whispernyan I'm so sorry!!! It broke my heart at the time lol. I was like oh no.... Harvest Moon is dead forever. 😭 😭 😭

[@superdave9]

This one hurts... like this one really hurts. I don't care for the Natsume games, but I never wanted them to fail! It's not even sad anymore after all these misses

[@flickeringdreams15]

I feel the same way. Since they started creating under the name I've never really cared for it (for multiple reasons really) but seeing them fail in comparison is worse. At least each one improves a BIT it seems but it's still... not good.

[@ThirdXavier]

@Pink Morales Natsume only deserves part of the blame. It's easy to blame them because they're the ones making bad games, but Marvelous completely fucked them over when they decided to cut ties with them, and doing it without even securing the English brand name of their biggest franchise was just a dumbass move long-term. That kind of decision is the clear kind of short-term profit saving bullshit that companies will do to meet end of year shareholder goals. Marvelous's decision would have bankrupted Natsume if Natsume didn't continue to make "Harvest Moon" games.

[@KEChannel]

@@ThirdXavier Are you sure about that: Cause natsume translate before kinda look like google translate for me and a lot of them are error in code that mean they are lazy even when marvelous still working with them. And let me ask you something If you can do something by your self and you can do it better will you pay someone else to do it and in a shitty way ? no you won't right ? this is all natsume to blame in here cause they did a shitty work in the 1st place and they just try to suck up on the brand name for money and keep throwing out shitty game out of lazyness and thing just because it;s harvest moon people will just go crazy over it and buying it.

[@gamingking1]

Seriously. Each time they fail, I'm just praying "Please! Learn from your mistakes and make something good next time!" I want more competition in the farming/life sim genre, but Natsume is a total joke.

[@lionelmarcussolaris2858]

@@gamingking1 Indipendent Farm Sim games are even better than the current Harvest Moon games. Look at Stardew. Not 3D and even pixelated but look at how lively it is. Coral Island is such a big contender for this year considering it's a lovechild of Stardew Valley and My Time at Portia.

[@Vic_Coco]

Honestly regret purchasing this game and I'm trying to hard to enjoy it. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. And the fact there are DLC's is also pointless. The game is so slow paced but the time is faster than the speed of sound. It is so lifeless. One of my main pet peeves are the villagers named Talkative Woman or whatever. JUST NAME HER BETH OR SOMETHING BASIC

[@nekokikogaming3530]

Right? Like how hard is it to name like 10 NPCs. Lmao. If you ever played the yakuza games, every single character (even random punks you beat on the streets) have first names. I'm talking hundreds if not thousands of characters! Yet Natsume couldn't be bothered to name like 10? How extremely lazy can they be???

[@angelaandel622]

I feel the same. I've been a fan of these games forever. This is the only one that I really had a problem with. I ignored all the bad things people were saying before its release because I wanted it to be even.. just a little.. good. At this point i'm basically just playing it until the pioneer game comes in tomorrow.

[@jessakaruby9789]

I know I’m having same problem

[@shadowlibrarian400]

They don’t even sell this game on the Norwegian PlayStation store, you don’t even get to decide if you want to buy it or not. 😂

[@nikolasandreou9]

The old harvest moon developers develop the Story of Seasons games not the harvest moon anymore they are now made by irrelevant people

[@catharinrin]

honestly with how awful this game is it reminds me of 2000s childrens games. like something i’d put up with as an 8 year old

[@fernandasenaoliveira3479]

now that you said it i can't unsee it so true

[@katelynnnorton86]

That's the problem with the split that happened. Harvest Moon games have continued to put out products for children while Story of Seasons is at least attempting to evolve for the older players who grew up playing it.

[@TheChepiksacc]

This game looks waayyy worse than any game they made before the split. Like they need to step up or step down. I’m shocked that they even thought this was worthy of putting out there.

[@katelynnnorton86]

@@TheChepiksacc Agreed. It’s like half the effort of Light of Hope.

[@TheChepiksacc]

@@katelynnnorton86 It really is. They put 0 effort into this. Thank goodness we still have Story of Seasons.

[@marmelaota1703]

This game looks like it could turn into a horror game at any point

[@interwovendreams]

well... perhaps that'd give this game a soul.

[@dannyequihua2154]

I'll just wait for Rune factory 5

[@markos50100]

Or get the real game called story of seasons pioneers of olive town, That will be released this week.

[@markos50100]

I'm getting rf5 too

[@LiberatedSiN]

SoS is just gonna hold me over until we get RF5. That's the one I'm really excited for.

[@melissamei6439]

@@LiberatedSiN Sameee!!!

[@AdachiCabbage]

@@monakasan7486 How are you going to claim a game that isn't even out yet better? It doesn't even have any same-sex options or a way to custom the avatar outside of outfits either so that's a strike to some people who don't want to deal with the RF4 mc stripper tassels design or want to marry a girl as a girl. It may not be 'good' to you but let people play what they want and not just use your own experiences to say 'it's crap.'

[@CrowDaFoe]

I had no faith in this game to begin with, but I do feel bad about the bachelor's and bachelorettes as I think their designs look really good but they just go to waste on such a terrible game.

[@ithinkmynameisali2458]

I heard on another video about this that the bachelor's and bachelorettes were based off of game characters from other games

[@Toastcat890]

That's the kicker they could have made a much better game I'm starting to think the special editions were where they knew they'd make money so the game itself was an afterthought.

[@annienunyabiz6627]

@@ithinkmynameisali2458 Sounds about right. The red-headed guy is clearly Kana. The dark haired guy looks a lot like Amir from Grand Bazaar and New Beginnings. The blonde guy looks like an angry version of Mistel. And the long haired guy looks like Klaus with long hair. That's just who I recognized from a quick glance, so I'm sure I could figure out the rest if I really cared.

[@UshioKiss]

@@annienunyabiz6627 Kanoa looks more like a cross between Ludus and literally any classic fisherman character from the old HM/Bokumono games. Jamil isnt like Amir but rather is just the token south Asian inspired character. Tristan is DEFINITELY a Mistel clone though. They are trying to go for the feel of bokumonos designs but unfortunately it just looks like they're trying to copy someone else's homework without getting in trouble.

[@CrowDaFoe]

@@ithinkmynameisali2458 I really wouldn't be surprised if that was the case considering they've reused characters before

[@SuperWoman982]

I never played this one but the models/character portraits for the bachelors/bachelorettes are so attractive! I wish they could have been implemented in a better game with better dialogue

[@myon9431]

This.

[@SeraidenAF]

I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it here, too, about the stamina thing and it going down WAY too fast. "I'd say that's by design. If you can't explore it all you can't realize the full extent of how barren it all is."

[@nintentwins1867]

That bit about the wish there was more dialogue really makes me appreciate Rune Factory 4. That game has so much dialogue it's unreal. Never played an HM or SoS game but seeing everything seem so soulless is in this game really sad.

[@GcorpCoPrez]

Too true! Each day the characters say something different and comment on the current progress in the main story. It makes daily convos feel fresh and new. Even if they do repeat, the dialogue is well written that each villager’s personality shines through especially when the MC replies back. Makes for fun bantwr

[@AT-op1rp]

Wait for rune factory 5 that's coming out this year...this game will be super amazing

[@shadowgirl00]

My friend and I at one point tried to guess the priority system RF4 uses for their dialogue because it was so much and it was clear certain things would take priority because they had a lot to say. I wished HM did this, but I think it was a design choice unique to the RF series (I think I had read somewhere a long time ago).

[@vitaluka1854]

There is more dialogue in Harvest Moon One World once you beat the game. They will actually talk about you being pregnant and married and after your baby is born and winning/losing festivals. There is so much dialogue but you need to play the game for more than an hour or two

[@nekokikogaming3530]

This is what I truly love about rune factory too. Everyday I can't wait to go around the town and talking to every single character because everyday they have something new to say (sometimes even twice a day!) and their characters are so deep and funny and unique. Ahhh I love RF4 so much.

[@laxanaleonheart1391]

So...who's ready for March 23rd?😂😂

[@lycanenferno5109]

3 more days till the sequel to my favorite game trio of towns

[@alicelinheart4906]

I really need to know what playing a good farming game feels like again so I'm more then ready

[@SeraidenAF]

Me, for all my friends and fellows who love the BokuMonos... Mine arrived early, though. >w>

[@ithinkmynameisali2458]

Omg, it is coming out soon!!!

[@MichNative01]

I'm having a gaming party!! Bought my gaming goodies!! Making food ahead of time!

[@suicune2001]

I could understand in that one Futuristic HM game where technology is so advanced that people don't know how to actually grow food. But come on! These people live out in the middle of nowhere with nature all around them! NO ONE remembers how to grow stuff? Some of the people do have good designs I enjoyed, so that's one positive. This game should have been $20. lol I'm definitely not wasting my money on this game. I'll wait for Coral Island.

[@eternity449]

are u talking abt innocent life? if u are, man was that good shit

[@suicune2001]

@@eternity449 Yeah that one.

[@smudjygirl4924]

I totally agree. I gave up after Halo Halo because I just couldn't keep going anymore. And I hate when they make it so you can't marry anyone until you've done the main campaign. What's the point of it, then? Pioneers of Olive Town is a hot mess in its own right, but it was at least fun to play. They both felt off-balance to me in different ways, but One World didn't really have any redeeming qualities. I really wanted to give Natsume a chance to surprise me too, and they didn't. Story of Seasons has a strong backlog that will buy them some forgiveness for Pioneers of Olive Town, but Natsume has nothing of the sort because I have not enjoyed a single game they have made.

[@allopeep543]

Oh hey there! I don't think I recognized you before here but then I remembered the otome reviews haha! And honestly I second that statement.

[@smudjygirl4924]

@@allopeep543 Hey! I'm glad to see you! Sorry for the radio silence on the Otome reviews, life got in the way but I have made/planned some I will put out again soon! It's a sad state of affairs on the mainstream farming sim front though!

[@allopeep543]

@@smudjygirl4924 Np, take your time with them ^^ And yeah, I'm a bit disappointed with it too ;w; I'm just filling that void with some old games I never got to play like Story of Seasons (I played TOT but never the first one) There's also RF5 which (hopefully) will turn out good!

[@smudjygirl4924]

@@allopeep543 I got some new ones I have been dying to play I want to review soon. I was hoping to capitalise on Olympia Soiree etc but now they're not even coming out until much later in the year lol I preordered the special edition JP version of RF5 and I can't wait to sink my teeth into it. You can never go wrong with the older games to be honest. I enjoyed the first SOS a lot!

[@allopeep543]

@@smudjygirl4924 Ooo good luck with that! (cries in all Aksys translated games coming out so much later in the year) Especially since the Variable Barricade coming out in 2022 T_T Dayum! That sounds fantastic haha, I'm jealous! Yup, I definitely will, thanks! Currently eyeing Raeger as a potential husbando, but I can't help but think of Isora whenever I look at him LOL

[@Mizuru007]

Here's my "something positive": I appreciate not having to dig everywhere in the mines to move deeper anymore? The ladders are under rocks that you were going to break anyway. So that's.....that's neat...????? I tried.

[@lexidawnwells]

That and not having to switch tools are probably the only good points of this game

[@dlwlrma93]

@@lexidawnwells thats makes me feel boring,just press same key all the time

[@markos50100]

The sos olive town game does everything better than this one. And it hasn't even been released yet. Just with videos we can already see it will be better.

[@emilyh8357]

It is nice to not have to scour the entire mines for a damn ladder, especially with how fast the game clock is

[@lexidawnwells]

@@markos50100 Oh I know, I'm ecstatic for PoOT. I just hate feeling loyal to the HM name even though I know it's not the same.

[@BodaciousBrittanie]

I actually really like some of the character designs of the bachelors and bachelorettes, and even the animal models don't look too bad. It's just unfortunate that that is the only positive I can find :/

[@catandrobbyflores]

My first harvest moon was save the homeland on ps2 and it looks better than this game after so many years.

[@sharpshooterv]

Yeah, this looks like they've never made a video game before....

[@animepnkkitty6]

I was just thinking that I wish they would do a remake of save the homeland for ps2. Such an amazing game!

[@catandrobbyflores]

@@animepnkkitty6 they did as a PSP title called hero of leaf valley. It added marriage and a few other functions.

[@comradekitty3759]

Mine was the 64 version it had more life than this

[@sharpshooterv]

@@comradekitty3759 absolutely, that was my first as well. Though I don't miss throwing eggs on the ground every day during the relay race from hell that was shipping animal products.

[@TinyxDreams]

Soo.. something we all wonder... how did the price tag come to be?!!!!

[@alicelinheart4906]

I hate being that guy to compare to stardew valley but....that game is loads better and it's $20 this game is barely worth $10 and is being sold at full price.....

[@VanceAsagi]

Because natsume They’re just trying to make a quick buck off of harvest moon fans. Thankfully I’ve only really cared about rune factory and they don’t have the license to that one

[@MarioDS01]

My guess besides making quick money, I guess they have been getting desperate off getting any money from anyone with how poorly they are doing, which is extremely scummy. The game should be selling for ALOT less, between $10 to $20, but that could still be asking too much.

[@Toastcat890]

They're milking the HM name is what happened.

[@stephenp5973]

@@Toastcat890 I see what you did there ;)

[@mayamoon617]

I didn't plan on getting it since Story of Seasons is coming out soon, but it is so sad how uninspired the Harvest Moon games became. My sister bought one for her DS because she didn't know about the name thing and she was super disappointed because she used to play and love the old Harvest Moons...

[@torokami1109]

We have short game producing projects at my uni and this easily looks like something we would slap together in 3 months

[@violet_cozylife]

Thank you so much for your opinion. The game looks indeed very empty. I expected to see at least some flowes, bushes and so on on the ground. Frankly, I'm a bit shocked. At the moment, I'm so looking forward to Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town. I'm so excited, only six days more to go 🤗🤗

[@sol9742]

That's because the bushes and the flowers are tied to the plot; you had to resurrect the Harvest Goddess for them to appear.

[@violet_cozylife]

@@sol9742 Well, tell that to the people who are playing the game. Maybe it would be helpful if you wrote a separate comment, because a lot of the people here who are playing the game obviously don't seem to know that. But if you've already done that, forget what I said 🤣🤣

[@gaymer2488]

@@sol9742 uhm okay but there was literally NOTHING on the ground except trees? Like no weeds or branches or stumps? Not even a path? Or stones or anything at all that would make it look like a finished game? They got lazy and tried to pass it off as a feature

[@Inumaru12]

I think the only thing I've seen about this game that I like is the fact when you talk to charas, they have expressive, moving portraits. It's one of the things I'm really sad that the upcoming Story of Seasons game didn't partake in. It just brings a little more life to the characters, imo. Anyway, can't wait for the 23rd!! How lucky am I that my bday falls on the day of the new game coming out : ) Happy Bday to me, lol

[@eternity449]

Happy birthday!!! Hope u have a good one 🎉

[@Inumaru12]

@@eternity449 Thank you! :3c

[@ZOELOUISEHILL]

Honestly, when they announced the concept for this game I was excited and thought maybe this will be the Harvest Moon game that redeems the "Harvest Moon" name but after seeing the finished product I definitely won't be getting it. I'm shocked they released a game like this. I adored the Harvest Moon games as a kid before the infamous split so this is such a disappointment. The character designs and just the general look and feel of the world just feel completely off. Thank God we have Story of Seasons 💖 I'm so excited to play Pioneers of Olive Town next week and I'm looking forward to seeing the video you make about that!

[@kikima34]

I have exactly one positive thing to say and it’s that the character designs are really cute. It’s a step up from the last harvest moon game, and I personally like them better than the pioneers of olive town characters.

[@teoteadoddle]

I AGREE. I wish the SoS PoOT characters looked as nice.

[@garuccadraws]

@@teoteadoddle How so if I may ask? I thought the PoOT characters look nice though?

[@Rhaynebow]

@@garuccadraws OW’s marriage candidates have more variety in terms of design. The bachelors in particular have a much better range of ages. PoOT’s love interests don’t look a day over 18 which isn’t exactly good for players who like older marriage candidates. There’s also a lack of dark-skinned candidates. I found myself more attracted to their parents honestly.

[@lanterns_glow]

Also, the 'automation' part of the faming should always be a late game feature, like in Stardew. After a certain period (meet and become good friends with Wizard, unlock Skull Cave and start building a supply of iridiun, which is usually year 2 or 3), you can make sprinklers and junimo huts, along with the Autocollectors for the barn and coop. After you get those, at most you have to go to the collectors since your workload is cut down.

[@Agnimmak]

I played this game through till I unlocked the blue feather, and realized I didn’t give two craps about any of the characters to want to marry them so I stopped playing 😂 I tried hard to like this game - the art style of the NPCs, the music isn’t awful, the crop variety is neat, the story wasn’t too bad. I feel like the game was given a “that will do” by everyone who worked on it, resulting in its mediocrity. Was it the worst game ever, no. Would I pick it up again, no.

[@TarsXS]

I actually find this game fun and super addictive lol. As a completionist, this game is a dream because of the massive amount of crop mutations. Something about this review: You mention that each harvest wisp gives you a seed, when they actually give you 3. And you mention that they're random, but they aren't. Each specific wisp will give you the same 3 seeds every time. You also mention that it's going to be impossible to remember which wisps give what seeds because there are so many of them, but that's also not the case because you can use the search function on your map to look for specific seeds lol.

[@eliyashirwood]

Aside from the rapid stamina depletion from what I've seen and the mentioned stamina drain for simply moving, the biggest offense I take from this game is how the world timer moves so fast and even goes on WHILE in a building. I remember HM64 and GBA games very well, and not even those had time go by so fast. I get anxiety just seeing the map legend and trying to figure out how I can get everywhere in time before the day's over. Definitely a no on my list, I'll go back to my A Wonderful Life on Gamecube especially for graphics appeal.

[@SelfieMasters]

Can’t wait for your Winds of Anthos review

[@weedleenthusiast7882]

I watched someone else play this game, and you don't need to memorize where each one is, you can track up to 3 crops and it'll show you where the sprites with those seeds are

[@weedleenthusiast7882]

Something that was cool though, is that someone from Natsume was actually going around to the different streams and actually getting feedback that they reported to the people that could make the changes

[@seanryan6190]

I unfortunately picked this up. I had hope. But this once again is a tragedy. Natsume should simply give up. I swear they truly are scam artists. I’m almost positive this was developed for a 7 year old to play. AND even then, it’s a waste. Your video speaks true to everything.

[@MarioDS01]

That, or either try something different they are actually able to do or maybe go back to past game series they made and make new, possibly better ones. Or maybe work for the creators of Story of Seasons games or put themselves for sale for some game company.

[@SairinEarthsea]

@@MarioDS01 they can't go back to the past games because those rights, and the ones who created them, left to make sos. The harvest moon company is trying to "figure out" their mechanics now that they have to start over

[@katelynsewell3928]

@Wilder I knew it! Ever since I saw your first video about I knew it was going to be horrible! Thanks so much for being honest about it from the get go! Also please keep up the good work like always and do you think you could please cover both Coral Island & Roots of Pacha and start playing POOT during Spring Break? Thanks so much buddy! 🍔

[@JustSortaOK]

Haven't played a Harvest Moon game since Animal Parade, but I tried New Horizons and Rune Factory 4 Special last year and I'm kinda looking forward to Story of Seasons on Tuesday

[@rayblob7945]

I didn't realize the 23th is already on Tuesday but now I'm really excited. Somehow I had Friday in mind

[@MrFlameturtle]

@@rayblob7945If you're in the EU, then Friday is in your mind for good reason

[@rayblob7945]

@@MrFlameturtle you're right, it's the 26th for Europe! confused but still excited

[@rayblob7945]

@@MrFlameturtle I got a call that I can get the game today (preorder) so now I'm really confused but I won't complain

[@UzumakiMoriko]

Thank you for making this video, I loved playing the harvest moon games but after watching this I agree with you 100% and will be looking forward to some of the other harvest sims you have spoken about

[@Kunzite1982]

Gotta love when people disappear at 6pm. Everyone is David Copperfield.

[@Deryatari]

After you made your last video about the game I had my hoped up for Natsume having done a nice farming sim. This is so sad. I really wanted them to do better, wanted to give them a chance, but recently I've only heard and read bad things about One World. 😔

[@sweetangel02]

Also, one thing that I *do* like about this game is the Harvest Goddess's design - it's absolutely stunning .

[@suzioh5813]

I completely agree with your thoughts. But something I did learn, the acorns are the best “fuel” for Sparky so you don’t have to waste your other resources.

[@chickpea11037]

I’ve been playing it while watching aot, so i only like it because I don’t have to pay too much attention to and it’s a good way to keep relaxed while watching a stressful show ahaha

[@WilderOfficial]

I think that's probably the best way to play it, I should have done that too LOL

[@fernandod4046]

@@buddydew101 or at least be cheaper.

[@girlwholovesthem2]

Long time lurker, first time commenter. Thank you so much for your content, I could listen to you talk about pythagorean theorems (and I hate math!).

[@gasmeros]

this looks like an early development kickstarter game........ and not even a good looking kickstarter...

[@alicelinheart4906]

Really wanted to give this game a chance played almost 40 hours beats the game and it drained the crap out of me it just doesn't feel like a complete game and to much works against you

[@anyroad5455]

Thanks Wilder. I’ve heard a lot of “it’s not bad” but that’s contradicted from the gameplay I’ve seen. I’m glad you shared your thoughts and weren’t sugar coaty about it

[@randomobscurity]

Wow. It’s almost impressive how much this game removes your player agency. I feel so bad that you slogged through it to save us from doing so.

[@theresaholloway6344]

If you finish the game the wild areas come to life with flowers! I really enjoy that the seeds are found in the wild and how mich food you can make out of everything.

[@angeladowmont7772]

Spot on review! I’m kicking myself because I bought the game and expansion and I knew better. Thankfully SOS is on its way. Also, I totally get what you’re saying about the tool thing.

[@ShikanRaider]

11:39 This feels weird hearing someone say that, as Tides of Destiny (or Oceans, as it's called here) was my entry to the whole RF/SoS/HM franchise back in early 2014. I didn't even want to buy it, I saw it lying around in one of our local stores (not even gaming store) for 15 bucks. I picked it up looked at it, read the description on the back and thought, huh, sounds interesting. I decided to buy it as I had some spare money left and I didn't regret it. Sure, among all the RF it can be a bit weird, but I'll always have a soft spot for it, as it was my entry to series. I only played SoS/HM games afterwards, once I went through all the other RF games. Lily was best girl. And the Legendary Staff was beyond broken in that game.

[@aliciabrock7620]

I think the game was pretty game is pretty good. Realistic the taking everything with would be to overpowered it makes more realistic and the crops aren’t objects or originally part of machine so it makes sense and you get to teleport back to where town or mine where your crops and there close to the town so it’s that bad. I think characters story matched they’re personality and the town and more real. Honestly I like that people stay at area there suppose because it makes easier to find instead traveling endless to finding them. I like the like festivals so far to.

[@Peckingbird]

:o Did they hit the donation goal to prompt this review? Brilliant. 😸

[@SoaringSoul27]

I had considered getting this or the new Story of Seasons coming out soon. Instead I went back and played SoS: Trio of Towns. I think I made the best choice.

[@TheHgh12]

I wanted to play this game to see the progress natsume made. But for the price I just couldn’t pick it up. It’s unbelievable that they charge 80 dollars for this game. I really wanted it to be good. I would love to have two farming sims to occupy my free time. Especially if they were both good and did things in a new and unique way. But for the quality I can justify it. I’m just going to replay stardew valley. Great review tho! Sorry you had to put your time into it haha.

[@DarkFleurofIra]

$80?! And here I thought the price for light of hope was jarring

[@SimplyFreckled]

I was going to play this for my channel and thankfully now I can avoid this hot mess. Thank you for the review!!

[@InazumaDash]

Story of seasons all the way. These devs also blames Covid for not including gay marriage. Screw them.

[@CryKaze]

Yeah that’s honestly the dumbest excuse ever. You really expect me to believe COVID is the reason you couldn’t make the mc like the same/both genders??? All it takes is turning on one switch in the system for the feature to be included.

[@Emily-lh6em]

Yeah I think its a sorry cop out. I don't think I will ever buy another natsume game unless they entirely revamp their developer team and come out with an entirely new fresh farming game.

[@carolinalewis6082]

@@narcosis1507 describing gay people as "yuri/yaoi" fans is pretty weird. besides that, gay people love farming sims, alot

[@suicune2001]

@@CryKaze It's not just "flip a switch" to include gay marriages. You have to have completely separate dialogue and child creation cutscenes and mechanics. It's double the work. I'm not giving an excuse not to do it but give credit where credit is due for the game who include it.

[@SuperFlamethrower]

Switching tools sounds like the egg in Duncan Hines cake mix. It doesn't add anything to the gameplay by itself, it adds YOU to it. Another option for progression would be spots for permanent buildings in addition to the portable farm.

[@jessabee8027]

I preordered this and got the cute little chicken plush. But...I just can't get super into this game. I keep trying but can't play for more than maybe 10 minutes or so. I'm sticking with Friends of Mineral Town until Pioneers of Olive Town comes out!

[@aliciabrock7620]

12:28 That’s all harvest moon and story season mc do you solve all the problems.

[@brandnoobian88]

We need more honest reviewers like you. Seen it on sale in the Eshop but I’ll be skipping this Harvest Moon thank you!

[@lapislarka]

To be honest, I don't hate OW. It was fun enough for a story playthrough. I like the ideas behind it a lot more than the execution, though. It felt to me kind of like a response to ToT. Obviously the SoS games are a better buy every time, but I like OW in comparison to others Natsume made. I do actually like the Harvest Wisps. They have an ingame tracking system for seeds you have found previously, but it is sometimes on the fritz. I also like the looks of the animals (more than I like the bubble ones in FoMT or PoOT). The thing I really hated, though, was the ridiculous difficulty spikes in the last few story quests (the special sheep wool, though there was admittedly a troublesome request you could fulfill to get some) that was further compounded by the arbitrary economy. For a world full of food insecurity, my crops sell for remarkably little and recipes sell for prohibitively high prices. I played the Switch version by the way, and I only had one super serious famerate issue (while I was fighting extreme joycon drift so I struggled for a good 10 minutes to save).

[@Ileleana]

i actually canceled my preorder due to the things i heard about it. i'm loving olive town though

[@P-RiSe]

I remember someone said they wished games like this had dialog as full and varying as Hades. I don’t remember who said that but I would hugely prefer that over characters saying the same sentence every day.

[@Cassie_Eng]

I feel the same way and also try to give a new game a chance for a few days. But...this one broke me too. Bonding with villagers feels like an afterthought and upgrading tools/your house is bogged down a lot by not knowing where or who to talk to in the empty world. If the developers wanted us to travel to the various villages... they should have given us an inn to stay at so if we ran out of time to get back to our farms we could stop there to rest up. It cost me three days farming once because one event went all night in the winter zone.

[@CookedPages]

I'm really enjoying the game, just finished the story mode. I found it all very charming. The empty world is empty partially because the harvest godess is missing. (the world looks vry different post game) so that's a thing. The harvest wisp system really is interesting and fun. I'm planting crops I'd probably never plant in a traditional farming sim game, so i find it refreshing. You learn to memorize where all the correct wisps for the correct seeds are pretty quickly if you're giving the game an honest try. The story is simple, but the story of each area as you clear it can be charming. Out of 5 zones there was only one that I found lackluster, but it's made up for by having one of my favorite npcs otherwise. It's got it's flaws, but if you want to try something different and can turn off the hate, it's worth a shot. Maybe on sale later, idk.

[@jeffreyescobar1737]

Something that bothers me to the core is the laziness to the writing and towards the character’s name. For example we have the main bachelors/bachelorettes and then we have town people with the name “worried man” or “suspenseful woman”. OMG, the uninspired and laziness towards simple things.

[@tsunfish9443]

Man... This is kinda a relief. I know that Olive Town is some kind of mess right now, I don't know how bad of a mess it is, but... I saw people make comments like "One World actually looks better than Olive Town this time?!" And well, that kind of hurt... It would be fantastic if Natsume really did make a good game, but, eugh... Right now I just think it's an insult scam to prey on people who don't know about the IP scuffle... So yeah, seeing Marvelous's entry suffer is not making me happy either. I didn't want this to be the year Story of Seasons lost. Also having crops in multiple climates in One World is giving me war flashbacks to managing waaay too many fields at max capacity in SOS1. It was definitely interesting, but it huuuurt to do lol

[@inukaiya1509]

The only thing I think this has over olive town is that it has character portraits. And loaded time.

[@smudjygirl4924]

I have played Pioneers, and it is not a good game when compared to most other Story of Seasons/real Harvest Moon. But I can tell you that Pioneers is the better game hands down because it is still fun to play. But it's kind of like choosing between eating sand and mud.

[@inukaiya1509]

@@smudjygirl4924 I heard marvelous is fixing some stuff. So hopefully it might be a little better before it releases on the 23rd. Have to wait and see.

[@smudjygirl4924]

@@inukaiya1509 They've fixed the loading times and want to mend them more, and they are going to fix the makers (only making one thing per maker is just such a pain) and add more dialogue (the characters are so flat and don't really say anything) but there is a lot more they need to add that I just don't see them being able to do, at least not easily. Adding animal/crop/cooking festivals really should be a must, but I don't see them doing it.

[@inukaiya1509]

@@smudjygirl4924 So far it seems like trio of towns is their best SoS game.

[@cheyennepepperr]

I’ve seen indie games that looks more appealing that this.... *cough cough* go support coral island *cough cough*

[@sharpshooterv]

Isn't the kickstarter closed as of earlier this month? I was late to that hype train and thought I missed the early access.

[@alexinabox6931]

@@sharpshooterv You can still get most of the rewards on backerkit before March 31st!

[@polytanksan5761]

I literally can't I have no money

[@jessicacrutchfield8444]

The one thing I do like about One World is that certain parts of the music used when exploring is very similar to the music in Fantasy Life. It's almost exact, which is a shame, because I absolutely love Fantasy Life. There was so much potential in Harvest Moon: One World that it went unfulfilled.

[@kimberlyrosehill6424]

Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons graphics just don't have the magic it once had I'd do anything for a game as beautiful as Awl or Save the Homeland

[@b3achch1ck96]

Sooo true

[@myon9431]

Agreed. This game and Olive Town look horrid to me. Tale of Two Towns looks better and that came out years ago.

[@sharonjohnson2388]

Kinda true although I won't miss the character's big shoes.

[@auralyss]

hell, even the original story of seasons on 3DS looked better than olive town. wondering why they're going the current direction

[@sharonjohnson2388]

@@auralyss the series has a new director, he's got a lot of room for improvement.

[@dezcrafts5354]

i like how you use the story of season music with this game because the music is so bad in this game lol. I agree with everything you said. I regret giving this game a chance.

[@shifterwolf8573]

I love how chill you are and want to find out why others enjoyed it. I loved the wisp system, this by no means was a perfect Harvest Moon but I did enjoy it. I loved that it was open world but hated how restricted paths were. I loved how simplified farming was by choosing the right tool for the moment, though I enjoyed this I do wish that you had to equip the stuff yourself to stop accidentally using something you did not mean to. ^^ I loved how more of the game opens after you beat the main story, it makes it feel like there is more to do. It is farming so it feels very repetitive and becomes repetitive when you finish quests the same ones continue to pop. I would love to see quests that are similar but maybe make the rewards different each time instead of giving the exact same rewards for each quest. It literally just becomes after you finish all the quests, getting all recipes, ore, refined ores, fish, animals and that. I loved the game because what it did well I felt it did really well but it also had it's cons. I actually loved this one better than most other Harvest Moon's to this point. I got my eyes on the Winds of Anthos rn, hoping that takes the good things of One World and just improves other areas where perhaps One World failed.

[@penncross5522]

The whole time I was staring at this gameplay I kept thinking of ways to improve its world... Like overhauling the village designs, giving the desert town a spread out layout with caravans and traveling markets, long strings of colorful lantern lights through the town center... Slow starts to rainfall accompanied by the soft crescendo of pizzicato on stringed instruments into a downpour with a soft melody... Characters with legitimate backstories, needs, wants, personalities that interact with each other, creating a tight-knit little world within each village. Some kind of mini storyline for each village that connect in an overarching story across the areas that utilize the villagers in a meaningful way, like a ritual to save the Harvest Goddess. I feel like I could go on for a while-there’s so much empty space to fill in this game.

[@bradnelson7296]

Was gonna buy this. Glad I saw your video. You're a god send.

[@tjofcarolina1776]

I dunno how natsume legally got away with this, I know they own the rights to the name and logo but wouldn't they have to differentiate the games themselves from the original series

[@X1BUU]

Hi, I beat One World, married, and had a kid. I-- I actually enjoyed this game. XD The new Story of Seasons feels.... boring?... and it actually makes me miss this game. The bachelors in Pioneers of Olive town are so bland compared to the guys in One World. Not to mention your own player character. Your character in One World does cute expressions and reactions. In PoOT they're just kinda.... there. The story and moving location to location is nice. I liked to settle my farm in each new area and focus on it and its special local seeds. It is sad you can't teleport with your horse. But I don't think your supposed to teleport and then travel some large distance. You teleport, grab a few seeds in the area and talk to your favorite people there, then you head back with the teleport back to your house. I'm sorry I don't mean to go on a rant about this so I'll stop here. I just wish people would put in a little more effort for trying the game.

[@cloepika]

I really like the concept of this game. Sucks that it turned out how it did, but I'm hopeful they'll grow from this.

[@WilderOfficial]

Yeah me too, I just really hope they keep growning and don't go backwards

[@MarioDS01]

I don't really have any faith of doing that. My guess once they split up, they pretty much lost all the talent needed to make good farming sim games. I think this could be their final nail in the coffin and they should cut their losses somehow. Not sure they have enough resources to try something different or go back to other past game series they made before Harvest Moon. Maybe they should merge with a company like with the creators of Story of Seasons or someone else. They just need to swallow their pride and get help.

[@MichNative01]

Why didn't they have the whole world come to life with trees and wildlife as we got the vegetation back?? Thats what I thought would happen. Thats why it being so empty at the beginning didn't bother me? I sure got let down. So did all of you. Sorry.

[@tyamizuki5304]

I think the only thing I did enjoy was the character designs of the like. Three characters that are actually in the damn game. They were really pretty.

[@liniaustin8525]

I hated the Wisp system. I like buying the seeds. Not finding it. I can see you have to find the seeds before buying them. I give this one a crappy rating...

[@lizntokrizn7295]

I literally feel obligated to finish this game to see my $50 through but I find it more stressful to force myself to finish it than how stressful I find my job to be.

[@gewoongenieten8821]

I havent played the game but i think not needing to change tools is something i would actually appreciate, but this one hurts even more when poot apperantly has alot of critisism aswell (story of seasons), but atleast 2 games from kickstarter look promising (coral island and ova magica) and rune factory is coming eu doesnt got a release date yet but i think its still this year rune factory 4 was a problem with releasing because bankruptcy but this isnt going on with 5

[@brittneydawson1754]

I wish that once we got the ruins fixed in each town thing that you could buy the seeds without looking for the whisps

[@kingofcheshire]

When I saw you running through that hallway at the beginning I was legit waiting for a random enemy encounter to pop up, that looks like a dungeon from an rpg game not a farming sim environment

[@leonidasgx5388]

Wow starting the video out BASED

[@RadientSunflower]

Story of Seasons was so beautiful i absolutely loved it being able to pick up and place my farm houses around making clothing and jewlery all those made it so much more fun not just fishing mining and growing crops and getting married

[@beyourself9890]

I have to admit all your points are valid and while there are a ton of things I would change about this game there’s a lot that I like first off the amount of crops you can plant is great I never move my farm with crops down I always finish them off and re plant at a new location once I’ve beat the level also I don’t plant crops all around the world that’s so unnecessary. Also you can search for a specific plant or flower once you have found it at least once so you don’t have to remember where they are all. I do like that there is always something to do but ya there’s a lot I would change. Happy gaming

[@appletherapy3492]

When games become soulles idols. A lot of games suffer from this these days. They become big and lose their souls. I suspect they remove the original writers or directors and the new ones don’t feel the passion the originals felt.

[@GrandmaCanoe]

Thank you for saving me time and money by sharing your opinion!

[@bluecanary7162]

oh man am I glad you made this video, it was funny lol. I have to agree with everything you said which overall sucks at the end of the day because I keep saying I want Harvest Moon to be an actual rival to story of seasons so that we can have 2 really good big farming games like this

[@Sabbats-martyr]

I hate the fact I choose this at launch over pioneers of olive town 😭

[@Fluffy-Rose1993]

That desert is so vast and empty. Why is it so empty? And so is the beach. Couldn't they put in a few extra trees and plants or something?

[@savannahrae9122]

Hey can you do a video on Littlewood? I'm really enjoying it because it's not trying to be the same game as other farm sims but it's still under the farm sim umbrella. Would love to see what you think

[@tsundererhino9171]

This is so sad to watch! Thank you for the review

[@SoulWingz]

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen Wilder this unimpressed with a game before, but I guess that's what to expect with Natsume brand HM games 😂

[@ThePaulineu]

I’m so glad you made this video!

[@ebiifuraaido]

The first time I saw the logo, it was a dead giveaway. Look at the font for 'One World', it looks like a first grader did it on MS Word using wordart.

[@DeKaged]

Took me a moment to realize that this was a "Harvest Moon" Game. not a "Story of Seasons" game.

[@dearlivingdead]

thanks for your passion and enthusiasm in the world of farming sims! hearing someone devoted say they didn't enjoy the game drives the point home of how bad the game is... definitely sad to see it being a cash grab, but not surprised :(

[@uzuitengens4thwife960]

i knew it was suspicious when videos titled “harvest moon one world is actually not bad” started popping on my recommended :/ i can only trust u when it comes to harvest moon/story of seasons games

[@valkyria7329]

It really is not that bad, though. It has a fun game loop, cute character designs, and good music. The problem is the game engine, bland overworld, and lack of polish. I think if it had another year of development it would be a great game

[@ozean4392]

Played till Winter. Early is quite difficult, but with auto watering device and teleport it become easy. Use house teleport point for main quest. I still dont know how to get good money thought, the sidequest is killing me slowly. All in all its not bad but yes, compared SoS its.......

[@aliciabrock7620]

So I think the teleport memory is suppose balance out the portable farm.