HARVESTELLA

Possibly the most generic mid-budget lifesim I've played for a while, other than the JRPG end-of-the-world story tagged on The scenario writer(s) really cooked with some of this stuff: when a unicorn called Unicorn starts pontificating on whether things that aren't real can have value, you shut up and listen

This PS2 game is an absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

If you imagine Final Fantasy and (good) Harvest Moon had a secret lovechild, it would be Harvestella.

Worth getting if you enjoy farming sims and JRPGs.

About 90 hours of playtime with all side and companion missions completed along with the end game. While the farming can be a bit of a drag after awhile, the story line does deliver. While I could continue on with more collectables and the well dungeon, I've had my fill already. I have other games to play and got what I wanted out of this one. It is a good game, not a great game, but a fairly decent way to spend some time. While the hours in the day tick away a bit too fast, I understand the devs wanted you to experience all the seasons at least once.

This is a fun game with a bit of combat, leveling, farming, questing, bonding... it has a little bit of everything in it. Think of Stardew Valley or Rune Factory, but much simpler in all aspects. You have 12 Classes, from which 3 can be active during combat. Combat is very simple, as you can just attack, use skill, or make a small dodge. Hitting an enemy weakness is key, but unfortunately you don't know their weaknesses until you hit them with it, or beat them... means sometimes loading is necessary as classes can't be changed during combat. The game is far from perfect, there are many little things that annoyed me like: - A horrible stamina system, which drains too quickly and regens slowly. - Very bad Companion AI which barely helps in combat, and only attacks if you attack a target (From the same company that brought FF12, that's sad) - Often times thing don't feel earned, but just given. - Animations are stiff and sometimes missing - SFX are missing at some points - Good music, but often repetitive, especially during quests. Very overused. Despite all this, do grab this and play for yourself when it's reduced. I wouldn't have played it for as much as I have if…