Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town announced!

[Peach_Jam]

gotta say, i love this for us hm fans
i hope xseed drops the preorder dates for this & rf5 soon. I cannot wait- I love how this game is incorporating pieces from stardew valley & synthesizing old & new hm games to give it like, this vintage feeling of "clearing all the land & building up from scratch" while also keeping the personalization/customization aspects of the new games. i'm hoping not all of the bachelor/ettes will be "chibi-style" this time around & we'll get another Ludus, but we'll see!
I've heard a lot of people say the graphics "look like a mobile game" but I don't think so, they're clearly better quality graphics than we got from the FOMT remake. the lighting looks good imo too. the one thing I will say it's sad we're missing out on are the character portraits, but if the models have enough personality, then we might not even need them.
overall i'm looking forward to it! i hope marvelous brought it this time & pioneers exceeds my expectations

I totally agree with this! I also think the graphics are a big improvement from what they've been releasing recently imo. I love that they're reintroducing the ability to customize our character and farm again. Also it's such a small detail, but even the sunlight they created looked sooo nice and makes me excited to see the rest of the game

Interesting that there's only 6 bachelor/bachelorettes total this time around wondering if there will be a secret candidate (like Inari from trio of towns) added later.

 

[samsquared]

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Interesting that there's only 6 bachelor/bachelorettes total this time around wondering if there will be a secret candidate (like Inari from trio of towns) added later.

i have a strong suspicion that these are only the "starter" bachelors/bachelorettes & as you unlock stuff in the game & get farther with your farm, new bachelor/ettes will show up! Normally there are around 6 of each- I'd be kind of shocked if these are the only ones!

 

[Ossiran]

Interesting that there's only 6 bachelor/bachelorettes total this time around wondering if there will be a secret candidate (like Inari from trio of towns) added later.

It was confirmed there are 10 total (5/5 split). We have no idea if there are any secret bachelors yet, but it seems likely given there's usually 1 or 2 in each game.

 

[-Lumi-]

I’m not super excited about this release, to be honest. I’m a lot more excited and intrigued by the Rune Factory 5 trailers!

I think the art style is what’s really putting me off. I’m hoping that they’ll add the little portraits for the characters when you’re talking to them because I really do love those. I think a part of me is also bitter because I was hoping we’d get a main SoS game using the art style that the Doraemon game had. I think that game looks gorgeous but I’m not interested in it because I love the romance & family aspect to the games.

Fingers crossed it has same sex marriage! If it does I’ll definitely give it a second look but at the moment I’m not wowed by it.

 

[Balverine]

I just saw the current announced marriage candidates, and I'm in love with Damon LOL
I really can't wait for this game, I'm so excited =w=

 

[Ossiran]

Fingers crossed it has same sex marriage! If it does I’ll definitely give it a second look but at the moment I’m not wowed by it.

Confirmed to have "Best Friends" ceremonies in the game. Knowing Xseed, they'll localize it to marriage like they did for FoMT.

 

[xlisapisa]

I love the harvest moon/story of seasons franchise so much! I’m always so excited to see new games from them and the trailer looks good! It just sucks now that I’m older and have to deal with adulting, I don’t have too much time to just sit around and play video games all day. I bought story of season friends of mineral town and still have yet to open it and play. lol but I just couldn’t pass up the chance at getting that strawberry cow that came with the order. Hoping to be able to play it soon though before this next one releases. Honestly I wish they would make a Harvest Moon 64 remake!! I would be all over that in a heart beat!

 

[Blood Eclipse]

I've only ever played Rune Factory and tried out Harvest moon once for a bit (can't remember if it was a demo or a friend let me play it). Is story of seasons really good? I might put it on my wishlist.

 

[Radio]

Fun fact this announcement was what made me bite the bullet and finally buy a switch. New Horizons was close, but I've logged literally thousands of hours into various Harvest Moon/Story of Season games. They stole my childhood and my first-born son.

@Kuriboh Story of Seasons is Harvest Moon. They were forced to change the franchise name in the newer releases because of changes in company structure/departments branching out from the main company. The newer games under the Harvest Moon title (from 2015 onwards) are made by a separate studio than Story of Seasons and are of worse quality

 

[Ossiran]

The Japanese introduction trailer that came out yesterday reveals a bit about the game, such as how to repair buildings and structures, as well as how acquiring certain animals works. It also confirms things like dog races are in, though there's no surprise there.

You can see the new Japanese trailer here:

 

[Mairmalade]

Nice to see structures are repaired instantly as long as you have the materials. No shortage of them either.

May see horse races make a return if dog races are in. That’s where I always made the most gold.

 

[Sharksheep]

Oh I haven't played a Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons game since Island of Happiness. I don't know if I want to get this or Rune Factory 5 when it comes out but Stardew Valley is also coming out with an update soon. Too many farming sims to pick from.

 

[Ossiran]

Japanese website was update last week.

There's a museum in the game where you can display stuff, taking more inspiration from Animal Crossing, ha ha. Although at the moment the pictures only show them displaying a bird collectible. We'll have to wait to see more of what we can display in it.

They've also added the ability to take pictures in game and post them online.

 

[Ossiran]

A new trailer has been uploaded:

 

[EpicGamer12]

A new trailer has been uploaded:

Wow, so many things I've seen that look like they have drawn inspiration from SDV. Namely the mining and fishing shots we got in that trailer. One thing I would like to note: the animations in the trailer look super slow. One of my biggest pet peeves in games like this is how long animations take sometimes. If they don't speed it up it probably won't be a buy for me.

 

[Ossiran]

Wow, so many things I've seen that look like they have drawn inspiration from SDV. Namely the mining and fishing shots we got in that trailer. One thing I would like to note: the animations in the trailer look super slow. One of my biggest pet peeves in games like this is how long animations take sometimes. If they don't speed it up it probably won't be a buy for me.

I know what you mean about slow animations, but if it's like some of the previous games, it'll speed up when you upgrade your tools, at least for things like tilling. At least, I hope that's the case.

 

[Mairmalade]

A New Beginning and Trio of Towns were both fairly sluggish iirc - especially in certain areas, like running past the rice paddy or fishing.

That’ll be our final list of marriage candidates unless they have a ‘ special’ character (e.g. Harvest Goddess). The picture thing seems so...awkward to have in a SoS game. Not a feature I’ll use.

Caught the limited edition bundle for NA at the end. Excited we’re getting another little plush. It’ll be a nice friend for my strawberry cow from the Friends of Mineral Town release. I’ll spoil tag EU’s Deluxe Edition below:

Spoiler

I’d want the trading cards!

 

[Khaelis]

Wow, so many things I've seen that look like they have drawn inspiration from SDV. Namely the mining and fishing shots we got in that trailer. One thing I would like to note: the animations in the trailer look super slow. One of my biggest pet peeves in games like this is how long animations take sometimes. If they don't speed it up it probably won't be a buy for me.

Really awesome that Story of Seasons was previously known as Harvest Moon, and Stardew Valley took inspiration from Harvest Moon and now it has come full circle with Story of Seasons taking some inspiration from Stardew Valley.

 

[Noel_in_Sunrise]

I am so looking forward to this game! The next new SoS game, Rune Factory 5, and ACNH were the games I was most looking forward to on the switch when I bought it!

 

[Bluelady]

Oh wow! Our avatars have voice effects now. I've never played Stardew Valley due to preferences, but I'm curious about what features were inspired from that game.