Harvest Moon: Back To Nature

Nique · 08-02-2010, 03:08 AM

Just picked this up for my Playstation. Freakin' love this game it's like what Animal Crossing should be. I'm going to plant turnips in the shape of mega-man on my field.

Julford Hajime · 08-02-2010, 03:49 AM

Fuck YES this game was awesome. I still go back and play it every now and then, though I'll admit that my interest has never lasted me beyond the second spring, because Winter is just SOOOOOO BORING and by the time Spring comes along again I feel like starting from scratch all over again.

MAJOR NERD QUESTION: Will it be in the shape of a 1up, the standing sprite, shooting sprite, or maybe multiple 'Mans?

Nique · 08-02-2010, 04:00 AM

Def. the shooting sprite.

Also, does anyone know how long the game goes? Like do I get married, mak babby and that's it or do I get to keep farming?

greed · 08-02-2010, 04:01 AM

Wasn't this the one with the HUGE gamebreaking bug that stopped you from ever getting married? Or was that another one? Can't remember, all the Harvest Moon's have terrible bugs.

But yeah Back To Nature's pretty damned fun but like Julford I never got far in it.

IHateMakingNames · 08-02-2010, 04:04 AM

You get to keep farming after the end.

Though, I think if after the first three years (The official end) if you have a shitty farm they take it away.

Azisien · 08-02-2010, 10:29 AM

Yeah, this was the last Harvest Moon I played in earnest, in part because I learned what shovelware meant and in part because I never thought they improved much on the N64/PSX version and that's a bad thing.

Professor Smarmiarty · 08-02-2010, 11:11 AM

Has anyone tried Rune Factory Frontier? I'm a big fan of Harvest Moon games but the Wii main titles are pretty shit apparentely- I've heard Rune Factory is better?

Julford Hajime · 08-02-2010, 03:18 PM

I haven't tried anything after one of the first PS2 abominations, sadly. I'm tempted to get Friends of Mineral Town for the DS, since it's a remake of Back to Nature, but since I still have my Back to Nature disk and I'm sure they removed the ability to copy your file and trade your cows over to yourself, I imagine I can't cheat my way to having a full house and married by the end of Winter 1.

Winter 1 is REALLY boring.

Marc v4.0 · 08-02-2010, 03:32 PM

I enjoyed Harvest Moon 64, A Wonderful Life, and a few of the PS titles

I want to play RFF but I haven't got around to getting it, but I really like Rune Factory on the DS

mudah.swf · 08-02-2010, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

Has anyone tried Rune Factory Frontier? I'm a big fan of Harvest Moon games but the Wii main titles are pretty shit apparentely- I've heard Rune Factory is better?

RFF is pretty good but is stymied by the Runeys mechanic. Basically they're little organisms that have their own food chain and which help your farm become more efficient. Unfortunately, managing them is the most tedious shit ever and the game doesn't give you any help besides giving you the food chain itself, and a map so you can see which Runeys are where. It would be fine if you could just ignore it, but if you want certain kinds of food or plants to not take forever to grow you have to start managing them correctly since having a good balance of runeys speeds up the growth of your farm's produce I think. There are guides to doing it well on the internet though.

The other RF games lack this mechanic and are decent in themselves. The first one does have a fairly major bug though iirc.

08-02-2010, 04:04 AM	#5
IHateMakingNames Awwwwh Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 12,119	You get to keep farming after the end. Though, I think if after the first three years (The official end) if you have a shitty farm they take it away. __________________ "If I'm reincarnated, I want to be Musashi again!" - Musashi, Brave Fencer Musashi Last edited by IHateMakingNames; 08-02-2010 at 04:11 AM.

08-02-2010, 11:11 AM	#7
Professor Smarmiarty Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: K-space Posts: 9,758	Has anyone tried Rune Factory Frontier? I'm a big fan of Harvest Moon games but the Wii main titles are pretty shit apparentely- I've heard Rune Factory is better? Last edited by Professor Smarmiarty; 08-02-2010 at 04:12 PM.

08-02-2010, 03:32 PM	#9
Marc v4.0 Fight Me, Nerds Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,470	I enjoyed Harvest Moon 64, A Wonderful Life, and a few of the PS titles I want to play RFF but I haven't got around to getting it, but I really like Rune Factory on the DS __________________

08-02-2010, 03:49 AM	#2
Julford Hajime Monty Mole Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 744	Fuck YES this game was awesome. I still go back and play it every now and then, though I'll admit that my interest has never lasted me beyond the second spring, because Winter is just SOOOOOO BORING and by the time Spring comes along again I feel like starting from scratch all over again. MAJOR NERD QUESTION: Will it be in the shape of a 1up, the standing sprite, shooting sprite, or maybe multiple 'Mans?

08-02-2010, 10:29 AM	#6
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	Yeah, this was the last Harvest Moon I played in earnest, in part because I learned what shovelware meant and in part because I never thought they improved much on the N64/PSX version and that's a bad thing.

08-02-2010, 03:18 PM	#8
Julford Hajime Monty Mole Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 744	I haven't tried anything after one of the first PS2 abominations, sadly. I'm tempted to get Friends of Mineral Town for the DS, since it's a remake of Back to Nature, but since I still have my Back to Nature disk and I'm sure they removed the ability to copy your file and trade your cows over to yourself, I imagine I can't cheat my way to having a full house and married by the end of Winter 1. Winter 1 is REALLY boring.