Following on from DAEMON X MACHINA's free trial for Nintendo Switch Online members (which ended yesterday), Nintendo has announced that the next free trial will be Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town.
From the 22nd September, subscribers to Nintendo's online service will have access to Story of Seasons: PoOT for free, and can then buy it for 10% off if they choose to. The trial ends on the 28th September at 11:59pm Pacific.
Story of Seasons: PoOT received mixed reviews on launch, mostly owing to its cumbersome crafting system and uninteresting NPCs, but plenty of patches and updates have streamlined some things and polished up others. All of the story DLC has also been released, so if new players want to check out the game, there's never been a better time.
Will you be giving PoOT a go this week? Let us know in the comments below.
[source twitter.com]
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Huh, never would've called that one. Is this the first third party game offered through this?
OMG I just wanted to give this game a try, due to the post I was on just yesterday, ok i'm down for this, No loading time between areas and people just call it HM 3d, Only played on the 3ds tho.
Wow, the Daemon X Machina trial literally ended yesterday. Usually there's at least a month or two between NSO Game Trials
Well, at least it's not harvest moon
What if Ninty just randomly gave you a free game like this and it was just yours at that point? If only 😒
very excited to PoOT for free
@Broosh Yeah, that would be nice...
Ah. I might try this one!
Going to give it a shot. Lost interest in Animal Crossing a while back (shame as I love the series) so I’ll give this a shot during its free week in an attempt to quench my relaxing simulation game needs.
@Eel with all the patches it is worth it. I have well over 300 hours so far. It is not the best bokumono but it offers a lot of variety and is pretty smooth at this point.
Is this game as deep as Stardew Valley?
Also, does this game have same sex relationships?
So now I can finally try out the game and decide on if it’s gonna be my next addiction or my next disappointment
@Fulgor_Astral yes to same sex relationships. I’ll let someone else answer the stardew question as I don’t find stardew as engaging so I feel I am biased.
The game deserve for PS4 release with all updates and fixes inside the disc.
Is this one NOA too or just NOE like the last one?
@Ryu_Niiyama I've certainly been on the fence about this one, now with all the fixes and dlc out, so this trial is extremely convenient hah.
If your kids are on the family account and family online plan, I assume they can try this too?
@Ryu_Niiyama thanks for clarification on same sex relationships.
As for the other point I'll wait for another person to try to reply.
@ShadJV I'm in Canada and are able to start the free trial pre load of the game
This one doesn't interest me, but it's good if they're doing these more regularly. The only one which led me to make a purchase so far has been Mario Tennis Aces, which I still play occasionally. I'd hoped Overwatch might have convinced me but it didn't quite persuade me to take the plunge.
Free pot? Must be Nintendo of America only, then.
Definitely a lot better after the patches than it was at launch. I feel like the town and characters are a little flat compared to the last couple Story of Seasons games, but it's made up for with the improvements to farming. Especially the leveling up of skills to make things more convenient. Very much worth dipping into as a free trial.
@ShadJV NOA confirmed. I pre-loaded it.
@DeathByLasagna Try Kitaria Fables. I gave it a shot and it’s great. Like a spiritual successor to Fantasy Life.
@Ryu_Niiyama I keep trying to get into Stardew. It hasn’t clicked with me yet either haha. I might try and continue as this comment reminded me that I own it on switch lol.
Greedytendo, i expect some free game or some exclusif discount for the ppl who pay the account not some free trial.... free trial should be for everybody 😑
@Fulgor_Astral It does have same-sex relationships and unrestricted gender presentation, and it's a pretty good game overall now that they've put out a couple of patches. It's not reinventing the farm/life sim, but it has all the usual features including a whole bunch of crafting.
I do feel like the paid DLC is mostly stuff that should be in the base game, but it's a solid game nonetheless. I've sunk quite a few hours into it and I'm nowhere near done.
Is this Europe only like the Daemon one you reported would be for US too, and then wasn't?
@kducky11 I’ll look into it, thanks for the suggestion!
Cool.
I'll for sure have to check this out.
“Is POOT a fart in the wind, or a glorious trumpet?”
Kate Gray, 2021
@kducky11 I always feel you should never force yourself to like a game. It is ok for something popular to miss the mark with you.
@JasmineDragon thanks. Will try the demo then
Is this only in Europe again?
Seems like it's NA only.
@SwitchVogel not at all
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