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6. Story of Seasons Pinoeers of Olive Town

I like the characters in this game a lot less than Friends of Mineral Town, but it has gameplay elements that I think individually work a lot better. The overall gameplay is still a wash at times as there are other things which feel clunky and unsatisfying. Ultimately I decided the games are pretty similar in quality but this one is maybe slightly worse. Still, it proves that XSEED and Marvelous current team can still make decent games even if they aren't just re-releasing the most highly rated Harvest Moon game of all time, so that's something.

One thing I will praise about the cast is that almost every member gets a lot of development and feels more interesting after you start dating them. But this leads to the unfortunate situation of feeling like you need to date everyone in town to get the most out of the experience, or feeling like character development is locked behind the dating mechanic. Even after the extra scenes I think there aren't any characters in this game that I loved. They were all just mostly okay.

I would have posted pictures from my ingame wedding or posted pictures of my farm but I am way too lazy to transfer screenshots from my Switch to a platform that I can post them directly onto GameFAQs. So instead, you get a generic picture.

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5. Story of Seasons Friends of Mineral Town

As someone who loved Back to Nature as a young pre-teen and has played just about every re-release and remake of this game... actually I have played just about every single Harvest Moon game ever released aside from some of the newer ones... I thought this was a solid remake. The classic content is pretty good, although changed in some aspects, and sometimes for the worse... it's often for the better especially in terms of gameplay/convenience. For the new characters Jennifer is extremely solid, one of the best cast members. Brandon is pretty 'whatever' though.

By the way the reason why a lot of similar games tend to be clustered on my list is because I'm the type of person where, if I enjoy something, I really just want more of the same thing. Games which change up the formula, like Taishi, and even to a lesser extent Elden Ring, end up feeling disappointing to me. While getting 'more of the same' as what I'm already enjoying leads to me rating the new material just about the same -- which is fine. Looking at these two games, or the three Pokemon games I rated together, they all placed pretty highly on the list. I know what I like, and the main thing I want is for them to keep making more content that is similar to what I already enjoy.