Did our recent preview of Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town leave you with questions about the game ahead of its 23rd/26th March release? Perhaps our early opinion of the game made you decide not to get it - or perhaps the news that the developers are working on patches and fixes means that you're willing to wait.
Well, fear not - we're still playing it, because we can't review a Story of Seasons game without at least getting to the end of Year One, right? It might just... take us a while. While Kate's plugging away on her farm, Zion's also been playing through the game, and recording it for the Nintendo Life YouTube channel, giving us 12 minutes of fresh new gameplay to watch.
If there's anything you'd love to know about Story of Seasons, like how it compares to the new Harvest Moon, or who we've got our eyes on to marry, let us know in the comments!
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I'm still interested, though some of the impressions and news of patches has me wary.
The more let’s plays I see of later game content, the more I feel some people overreacted a bit. Bring on Olive Town.
@Ryu_Niiyama I’ve been playing a Japanese copy and it’s been great. Of course the loading could be improved and some other QoL choices but otherwise, I’ve been having a great time. Trying not to get too deep so I can enjoy it all over again when it releases in the West
@ShikabaneHime13 Nice! Good to hear from a site user! I held off importing since I assumed the best friends ceremony would get a localization upgrade to same sex marriage in regions where it is (mostly) legal.
It’s funny, I primarily play adventure/action games, fighting games and some VNs, but SoS releases are almost as big as Zelda to me. Can’t wait!!
Maybe not on day one, but i still love to play this.
What?! You posted another video again! Don't you realize that you're spoiling people? Now, half the world's population won't know how to spell because they aren't reading anymore. Earth is now doomed! We won't be able to colonize Mars now because people will forget how to talk. The astronauts on the way to Mars will just grunt at each other. This is a sad day for humankind. I will now lock myself in my closet and cry.
@Xylnox Actually, farming under a crater dome on Mars would be pretty fantastic. I understand the planet's soil is lacking one or two key elements, so it would be pretty challenging if done realistically. I would almost be tempted to kickstart such a game (if I wasn't too cheap and wary to do things like that!).
@ShikabaneHime13 I don't want to set SoS fans against Stardew Valley fans when I ask this - have you played both? I would value your opinion.
@COVIDberry I know there's some Mars building games on PC but I've never looked into them. Not sure if Switch has any.
i know that people say stardew is one of the best and i do not doubt that i just have a hard time getting behind the graphics.
freinds of mineral town interest me after watching pbg stream archives. just want someones opinion who has played mineral town. please dont say play stardew. i again dont doubt how good it is just do not like the graphics and in a game like this they mean more than a action game.
Can you pet the dog tho?
@COVIDberry I have played Stardew and while it has its charms and is more robust in features/content, I would say I’m more fond of Story of Seasons and Rune Factory. I think SoS could take a bit more from SV’s book given it’s the older series and should become a bit more on the modern side content-wise, and it wouldn’t hurt if the same level of detail RF5 is getting was also given to PoOT but alas, can’t have it all...
@puddinggirl Yes! Yes, you can! All the animals get all the pets
@ShikabaneHime13 Awesome. Thanks! I'm definitely willing to try one of these SoS games. Everyone seems to like Rune Factory...
This just confuses me more! Do I go back to Stardew again (it’s been a couple of years), or try SoS or RF? Harvest Moon, A Wonderful Life was the highlight for me back in the day and SV is amazing!
I guess it’s best to just try one, everyone has their own POV
Is that cow or hippopotamus ? 😆
The cow looks very monstrous.
It's hard to go back to the SoS games after playing Rune Factory 4.
@ShikabaneHime13 XD I suddenly really want to play the game despite being a huge fan of Animal Crossing.
The cow is super adorable.
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