To know now that I can’t suddenly just decide to head to the bottom of a mine on the 28th of a month because I haven’t mined enough previously is just annoying.Īside from the new influence of the farm degree system, Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands is quite possibly the best, and most pure, portable Harvest Moon game to date. Part of the fun of Harvest Moon, for me, is to be able to just decide to do whatever I want, when I want.

It makes things feel more realistic, but it also makes things quite harder.

Or you can’t cook a certain recipe, even if you have all the ingredients, unless you’ve already cooked a substantial amount of lower level recipes. For example, you can’t get certain seeds or animals until you have enough crop or animal points. You have to earn the farm degree for it first. You can’t just do, mine, fish and grow whatever, you want in Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands. I’ve been playing since the first SNES entry, and wasn’t pleased with it, but there could be people who’d like the new concept. One of the new additions is the farm degree, something that some Harvest Moon fans may like.

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