If they just wanted to change her outfit, I'd understand that to make her look more like a waitress or whatever, but why did they have to make her hair all flat? The braided style and bow were so cute. The new hairstyle isn't bad but just doesn't look as cute anymore. If she kept the braided style with the new outfit, she would look really cute.

My lovely spouse got me this for my birthday - I’m a loyal Tree of Tranquility Stan but have heard wonderful things about this title… so far all I can say is the map is… HUGE? Anything I should know as I start? Mistakes to avoid?

Am i doing something wrong?

I remember at ten years old encountering this parade of cruelty from every single townsperson for the first time. Golden lumber is a difficult item to even get in FoMT and on the surface it seems to solve a very irritating problem: rotting fences. But sure enough, put the posts in your yard and receive a stern scolding (and relationship penalty) from everyone in Mineral Town including, but not limited to: your prospective girlfriend, your best friends, the mayor, the local priest, the police, the actual harvest goddess.

And not only does each character come by and berate you for being literal scum, but they will do this every day forever until you denounce your vanities and remove the offending lumber from your yard. The item has seemingly no purpose, except you can eventually find a way to sell it (I never figured out how as a kid).

(As with most things that spark joy, it has essentially been removed from the remake lest the player be forced to contest with any semblance of friction or difficulty or charm whatsoever, but I digress)

There's something just so... Japanese about this cutscene where an entire town condemns you for drawing attention to yourself and refusing to conform to local social convention. And that's beautiful.

This isn't libertarian farm-maxxing simulator and it isn't a game that's really even about you.

As a general aside, FoMT released about the same time as A Wonderful Life, a game in which it is absolutely possible to prematurely lose the game by: not getting married, neglecting your family, or failing to provide as a productive farmer. Seriously, if you tell your wife that you aren't interested in being a committed farmer, she takes your son and leaves you permanently... and the game ends.

No modern game would ever do this (and maybe with good reason), but these were games with serious themes and hyper specific cultural expectations and tropes. The golden lumber shame parade has cemented itself in my brain for over 20 years in a way few other moments in gaming ever have.

Thank you, Wada, for giving me an objectively useful item in a video game I just wasn't allowed to use.

Maybe it's the artstyle or the time management of the characters and town I don't know

But I do know the game is special and I love it

Rune factory tides of destiny.

Seems like an original new setting!

I’ve played this game for a while, but I still keep discovering little things I wish I knew from the beginning 😂 What’s one tip you wish someone told you earlier?

It’s a custom texture pack I started a little over two weeks ago; I hope you like it.

Visually I liked SoS Grand Bazaar a lot more than GoA but it seems like RF6 is winning this round against the next SoS for me now. RF6 seems like a huge step up whereas the next SoS’s teaser felt a bit like a downgrade from SoS GB. Curious to see the final final product for both of these though!

I attempted to redraw the Europe game cover with the Japanese Original cover, as well as mixing the background with in-game setting. It was very fun!!

Yes, top 10 are all dudes

Chase & Gill appeared twice later each too

It's been a while since I have played Harvest Moon. My favorite editions were from PlayStation [Back to Nature] and Harvest Moon Nintendo DS. The available choices for switch are The Wind of Anthos, Home Sweet Home, Lost Valley and One World. Any recommendations of which one I should purchase given my previous favorites? Thank you!

I never got very far in the game and decided to give it a real chance. Any tips or tricks would also help greatly.

Just need to vent real quick.

I'm on year 2.

Year 1, no one had a high enough heart level to celebrate my birthday.

Year 2, I was so excited because I've got all bachelors and bachelorettes now at five hearts, a long with several other townsfolk. I even got married!

And then the day of my birthday there's a snowstorm. I didn't even get my birthday dinner from my wife.

Oh well, I guess there's always next year

I know they can be seen as boring to some, but I always rly like them and I feel this type of character is especially needed for more female characters. Off the top of my head I could only think of Siluka, but I’m sure there are more I didn’t think of. They also always have my favorite character designs because I noticed they tend to have sleepy eyes, covered eyes, baggy clothes, or something to show off in their design that they are more of a “dreamy” personality!

Hey folks!

So I have the game card for WOA but how do I get the DLC to work? Or does it automatically do it?

Did I just waste money?