I’ve tried to get into farming simulator games for most of my life, and I think the filter for me has always been the “sim” part. I have spent years hearing praise and enthusiasm for games like Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons, but I found myself bouncing off immediately when I gave them a try myself. Even farming sims that lean more into RPG elements like Rune Factory just have not been able to grab me as much as I wish they did. The closest I’ve gotten would still not even be considered as living in the same county, and that would be the Atelier series and its item-crafting focus. Despite this apprehension, something about Harvestella just sang to me when it was revealed.
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