Don’t expect a Christoper Nolanesque plot twist here. The sprite asks for your help to collect some Medallions from other Harvest Sprites you need to awaken throughout the World to revive the Harvest Goddess. At the same time, after what I assume is a deleted scene where you ate some magic mushrooms, you also meet a friendly Harvest Sprite that only you seem to be able to see and converse with. More on the coffee a bit later, as it’s quite relevant to another part of the game.Īs the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed protagonist of the story, you’re tasked with travelling the World in search of non-potatoey food for your mother. So, they’re all just eating potatoes and surviving on coffee. For some reason, everyone in the World has had some sort of amnesia, and they’ve forgotten how to farm and grow crops.

The premise behind the game’s story is pretty simple. In fact, it turned out to be more disappointing than my dad leaving when I was seven. Well, did the latest instalment in the Harvest Moon series manage to scratch my farming itch? Spoiler alert: No, it didn’t. So, when I was asked if I wanted to review Harvest Moon: One World, I thought to myself, “hells yeah!” and eagerly jumped on it, especially since I’m a huge fan of Stardew Valley which drew its inspiration from the original Harvest Moon game. I remember giving one of them a shake, rubbing it on my shirt a bit to get rid of the remaining dirt, and then proceeding to indulge on its sweet, delicious crunchiness.Īs a result of these experiences, I naturally (no pun intended) have an affinity for games that include some sort of farming. We also grew most of our food, so one of my earliest memories was of my grandma and I plucking the season’s harvest of carrots out of the ground.

We had a bunch of animals that I would help take care of, including sheep, cows, chickens, pigs and even horses. They lived in a small village, nestled in the European countryside, where people were mostly self-sustained. When I was a kid in the late ‘80s, before I even knew what video games were, I would spend the summer holidays at my grandparents’ farm.

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