OMG so a note lol--I finally picked my A New Beginning up just now and am getting fully sucked in again 8'D Yay for bringing this up Amissa<3
Huhuhu, for me I think I was going to remarry Luke hahaha as strange as it sounds xD I was all...eh, why not : O? Ugh I can't recall all of my girls, but I think I had Luke (starting again hehehe), Wizard and of course Julius hahaha I like flamboyancy what can I say xD AMG how can you not fall hard for Allen uwah : O Though Sanjay looks like an absolute gentleman unlike Allen lol T_T But hey, Allen has that sexy snarky attitude xD
Yup, ugh the torture for having to wait is pure agony >: I agree what was Natsume thinking??!! Well I agree Xseed always does an outstanding job as far as I am concerned, very much cannot wait as well to surprise myself with the bachelors and even bachelorettes : ) Ugh what games exactly is Natsume even focusing on now? -_- I wouldn't be surprised if they're those super crummy releases hahaha.
Yuss, I agree loving the blueprints and it's always suspenseful when you get near building your future-hubby's home 8'D It's all yay he's gonna be here soon : D True, your character takes literally 5-15 seconds to build everything; talk about superhuman : O
Oh gosh my biggest draw back into it too is the clothing portion hahaha, I love the challenge : D I am stoked for whatever it has in store, let us all rejoice that they're continuing hopefully into an epic and worthy HM continuance/franchise <3
Awesome! I'm glad you're getting into
A New Beginning again. I should really pick it up again sometime, too. (Alas, there's so many games I need to play/finish. I would seriously come up with a gigantic list of them at this point and it just keeps
growing...)
Luke is a fun guy! I don't think I ever thought of really pursuing him since I liked him with Selena. Their heart events were so silly.
And at least he wasn't drunk before asking her to marry him like a certain OWEN asking Kathy... Haha, I do like Allen! I definitely have a thing for redheads. I just didn't like his attitude so much. I'm sure he warms up to the farmer as you raise his hearts up more, but he crossed the line calling her a dog at the festival, for me. XD If I created a character with a different sort of personality that I think could compliment/challenge him more, I'd take a shot at him. lol My heart went to Sanjay, though.
Figures I would try to go after one that is the most difficult to woo, given how late in the game he's unlocked.
Natsume is definitely trying to use the "Harvest Moon" trademark name to their advantage to sell their own crap, but I don't think it's going to work. Maybe back in the day when people were generally uninformed, but with the internet, it spread like wildfire what they were doing and I think they're going to tank, while
Story of Seasons, the PROPER HM title, is going to flourish. Natsume can try to bask in the glory, but a name alone doesn't make the game or make the sales and they're going to find that out the hard way. : )
Haha, yup! It was pretty interesting of the game to make the requirements of new bachelor/ettes being that you had to literally BUILD their house/establishment in first. Plus it made things a bit more challenging to have some of them not unlockable until much later in the game. It added more longevity to the game, IMO.
Animal Parade did something like that, as well, with the Bell story and opening up new parts of the world/new people as you progressed. I hope that
Story of Seasons will do something like that, too.
Yessss let us definitely rejoice! I have never really been disappointed by any HM game that I've played. I've strangely always loved doing tedious things like the farming and slowly building things up (I guess that comes from the days of grinding in NES/SNES RPGs and stuff like that. Though I also loved fruit collecting and elemental gathering in
Legend of Mana, which my brothers thought was the strangest thing. I could literally do it for hours.) Either way, I'm totally looking forward to it!
With most chibi styles, I think it just looks odd without one. But, that's just me.
