Tree of Tranquility and Animal Parade need to be combined and re-released for the Switch. These games had the best graphics, OST and characters, not to mention my favorite art style. I played these games religiously as a kid and am still obsessed with Luna.
I can't believe I found another HM fan who prefers Tree of Tranquility to Animal Parade. I played AP right after TOT and though I liked some of the additions, I felt like the overall tone, pacing and characterizations were so much better in the original~
FlyinKickofDOOM I'm not really sure myself, to be honest. I just get a feeling of peace when I play the game, it was also my first portable harvest moon game, so I spent a lot of time playing it, and it was much easier to animal parade, which was the first one I played, so I appreciated it much more.
I loved Tale of Two towns too the only thing I don't really like is it takes quite a long while before the people get to like you and being two separate towns if you live in the opposite side all the more time consuming traveling to the other town even with your horse and cart in tow glad once the tunnel was open the travel time got significantly shorter
I just love tale of two towns! It has a beautiful setting, I like it that the fields suit the size of my character (which is a fact I don't take for granted) and I love to go for all the bachelors or bachelorettes at once cause their have such interesting characters and date-events. But your collection is impressive and I sure didn't play as many as you. I just love my Harvest Moon. :D
Oh my gosh, Magical Melody is so good. People need to know about it, why is it so underappreciated. Hearing that song you played in the background of that segment reminded me of when I was a kid, playing Magical Melody in the basement on a rainy day. It's so relaxing and laid back, and hearing that music alone fills me with joy. Nice video!
Donacdum I agree! So much nostalgia packed in that game. Plus it had some of the best characters! I think a lot of people shrug it off because of the chibi-like character appearances though- it's a shame.
Oh my gosh I thought I was the only one who liked Tree of Tranquility more than Animal Parade!! Tree of Tranquility was my first Harvest Moon and is still my favorite, followed closely by Animal Parade. I love DS Cute too :)
livlaughloveanime we are too alike I swear xD ! Tree of tranquility has so many great memories for me :) I feel like animal parade went by too fast & so it wasn't as memorable :/ DS cute is SUCH a weird game! I have so many complaints about it that I actually want to make like a comedic review about it xD
FlyinKickofDOOM I know DS Cute is weird, but it has Skye, so I forgive it xD I need to go back and start another Tree of Tranquility file. Nothing gives me as much nostalgia as the spring theme
Rayn Petersen yes yes the music was so great! Even though the quality made it hard to hear at times it just made it feel so much more relaxed & natural in the background
Tot was my first too! When you arrived at the inn i thought that you couldn't go downstairs and I left the game for some years.I came back and found it out,I regret not knowing it lel
FlyinKickofDOOM do you really get that many diffent starting outfits I'm thinking of getting the game plz let me know what outfits u can get when u start the game for the first time
I grew up on a wonderful life. My copy was defective, so I remember getting so upset when my game didn’t save! I also remember trying to get married so soon, and being rejected. My favorite Bachelorette was the girl who live in the apartments, or the one who played piano. I loved my cow so much I saved all my money for her to have a baby. And I adored my dog, who I always made have floppy ears. I’m going to get it on PS4 soon, N O S T A L G I A.
hero of leaf valley is my all time favorite! Even though I'm a girl, playing it as a guy seemed more fitting considering the gender of the rivals in the story. -Also every single bachelorette was amazing! One thing you should definitely look forward to is the different side stories like omg there' a lot Hahahaha And the soundtracks? Fcking gold. So good. The seasons were my favs :)
Well, if me, I preferred Harvest Moon : Back to Nature (Both boy and girl versions) as the story too much touching actually. That is released in PS1 and PSP. And that is first time Harvest moon had great looking
omg! I agree to your first and second place! Although ToT seems like unfinished game to some people, it's actually a lot more fun and difficult compared to AP. And also ToT gives more realistic ambience compared to AP, maybe it has something to do with the town's layout, but idk..and also I like the character's 3D model better in ToT rather than in AP
I discovered your channel today while looking for some harvest moon videos as I recently got into the serie...thanks to Rune Factory 4 which I love to death. I really like your videos. You make really solid points with clear arguments and they are fun and relaxing in a way. Also it's the first time I've seen someone saying that Story of Seasons has huge problems like the social aspects, the "crafting" and the prices (good lord it's so expensive !). I just kind of get bored when I play it despite being at the end of Spring on year 1 You just earned yourself a subscriber and I can't wait to see more !
AxHell1993 thank you so much for the nice feedback it means a lot and motivates me to finish another upload! ^^ I really like the Rune Factory series as well, so I definitely plan on doing a review on a couple titles from it!
AxHell1993 may I ask you a question? Do you think that a harvest moon lover such as myself would enjoy rune factory? Does it stray too far from harvest moon's concept? I'm interested in purchasing it, but if I do I'm not sure which rune factory to buy.
Hello ! I am verry sorry for the late reply, I had some problems and exams and all that stuff (plus I changed my name for professional reasons). Regarding Rune Factory well like I said, RF 4 is the game that introduced to the HM games. I became interested in HM games, bought A New Beginning on 3DS like Animal Parade or Magical Melody and others and I'm loving them. So I'd say there are chances that a HM veteran might like RF. Regarding RF the big difference is that, like the first game says on it's box-art, a fantasy Harvest Moon. You can farm and all that but you can also explore dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, forge weapons and armors etc... The fantasy part of RF is pretty fun and addicting but it can get pretty hard at times if you don't create new weapons, armors or learn new spells The RF games follow a story and while RF 4's story was nothing spetacular it had great characters and moments that will make you laugh and cry (I know I did). The farming aspect compared to HM is I'd say relatively the same. You raise crops, monsters that you have befriended (they can give you food or materials), increase your stats with certain tools and you have a shipping bin in your farm. Also you can fish You can also increase the size of your farm, storage (fridge, chest etc..), create new tools. And like in Harvest Moon you can become friends with the inhabitants of your town by talking to them, giving them gifts, winning a festival (there is a huge variety of them) or going with them on an adventure. So you see the HM aspect of RF is, in my opinion and like I said, relatively the same and I think you will feel right at home. Other than that, the characters are great and there a ton of memorable moments with them, the music is beautiful and the game is pretty to look at and handles pretty well. I think that's all I can say about RF 4 and I think I wrote a lot ! I hope I helped you decide whether or not to purchase this game but I'd say go for it. Have a nice day !
Love this list! Magical Melody and Tree of Tranquility are 1-2 on my list, but I don't often see them on anyone else's lists. Thanks for making me smile!!
Magical Melody was my first ever Harvest Moon game, and I loved it dearly. I still own it. I'm also very fond of AP and TOT, those all round out my top 3.
I super love harvest moon !! Hero of leaf valley is my favorite one. I replayed it many many time. I didn't play Animal Parade yet. After I watch this vdo, I'll get one !!!
How is Harvest moon a wonderful life and Another wonderful life not on this list?? 😭 It was my first introduction to the series and I absolutely love this game. I actually like the lack of magical events for the harvest goddess, it kind of adds a layer of realism because in real life, you don’t see people‘s religious deities
I loved magical melody and I'll never forget when my brother fully deleted my entire save and my parents got rid of it without my permission (so my brother could get gamestop points). I'm still salty about it
I am so glad to know I am not the only one who likes ToT more than AP. Don't get me wrong, I love them both but to me ToT is just a little bit higher on my list. Even if the ost sounds a little compressed. I am just waiting for someone to redo the soundtrack so it doesn't sound as if it was recorded on the DSi mic DX
I've only played ds cute and a teensy bit of more friends of mineral Town (oh and all the rune factorys minus the wii one) but I love ds cute and still play it to this day! I got it with my first ds. I am so overwhelmed with which to play next! Since so many have came out since ds cute (2008)
Glad to see Friends of Mineral Town and MFOMT still hold up today as solid Harvest Moon games. That's probably why it got a remake on the Switch. Even Nintendo loves that game! GRANTED, if your going to play the original FOMT on GBA today, your better off getting the female version, More Friends of Mineral Town. Mainly because it fixes a good chunk of the translation issues with the original game. --- On a related note, I do wish Harvest Moon DS got more love these days, but with it's incredibly fanfic-ey story, and BOATLOAD of bugs and glitches all over the place ( including that stupid bug that corrupts your game if you try to save in slot 2 ), it just feels like DS won't ever live up to FOMT's standards. :(
5.HM Grand Baazar 4.HM Tale of two town 3.HM Sunshine Island/Island of Happiness 2.HM More friend of mineral town (my first ever HM) 1. HM Animal Parade (Wizard rules!!) I was about to put HM MFOMT as my no.1, I remember when I first play it, everything about the game is simply perfect, cute little sound from chicken, cow and sheep, nice background music, handsome guys.... It couldn't be any better. But I can't get over my 4 years long obsession with Wizard (I finally get my hand on a decent laptop, enough to run wii emulator after such a long time)
Tree of tranquility is my #1 as well! Right after that is back to nature. Glad to see Tree getting more love, I've vastly preferred it for ages over animal parade (Partially due to parade having absolutely abysmal framerate issues with an already slow game).
hell yea dude. eggcellent video, helped me finally make up my mind what one i'll play next ;3 question, why don't you emulate your psp harvest moon game?
Awesome list. I just got back into Harvest Moon not too long ago. My friend showed me the SNES one when I was young and when 64 came out it was the first one I played. I played a bit of A Wonderful Life and I think that turned me off to the series for a while but I am playing Magical Melody now and I love it. I planned to skip to Animal Parade next, but your vid has convinced me to play Tree of Tranquility first.
My top 6 Harvest Moon games are Harvest Moon(SNES) Harvest Moon 2(Game Boy Color) Harvest Moon 64(N64) Harvest Moon 3D The Lost valley(3DS) Harvest Moon Tree of Tranquility(Wii) and Harvest Moon Animal Parade(Wii)
brony simpson Lost Valley is one of my favorites even though people judge the game by what it is compared to the games made by the other developers and not how the game has its own personality.
Great video! Feel like more friends of mineral town should've been higher up though and the rank should've included a wonderful life if you've played it
Nina DiMeglio thanks! :) yes I've played them but when I ranked each game on a set of factors, Wonderful Life lacked on customization, story, and marriage candidates. The child sequence in those 2 was the best by far I must admit though. I loved seeing my child grow up step by step
neat list! I don't see why you think that newer is automatically better... (the fact you brought this point up twice) But yeah Friends of Mineral Town is my JAM! I also really liked DS, have you played DS? the one think I think we can agree on though is Magical Melody at number 3 that's where I put that as well!
Thanks for watching! I've seen your HM video and I thought it was great so it means a lot to get your feedback! I suppose that the reason I would think newer would be better is because the developers should be able to learn from their mistakes by this point and have a lot of feedback to grow from. I really didn't like DS... In fact, I am working on a video reviewing DS cute just because there were so many ridiculous things in the game that bothered me. Nonetheless, I can find joy in all HM games though!
My favorites are DS, Magical Melody and Friends of Mineral Town! (I play both boy and girl versions lol) I'm currently playing Magical melody for the 1st time, I'm in Autumn year 1 and it's very fun even though I didn't like it at first lol. I want to play A Wonderful Life because it looks awesome
I love magical melody :) it has this special charm to it like no other hm games I’ve seen! You should definitely try animal parade or tree of tranquility if you haven’t already!
I am so glad someone agrees with me that Tree of Tranquility is soooo much better than Animal Parade! I, too, agree with the customization and the level of difficulty because I finished Animal Parade in one year. I love how I have to bleed first before I accomplish everything in TOT heh.
m/fomt will always have a place in my heart tbh. i really wish there's a 3ds simulator for pc. I feel like i'm losing out a lot since I can't play the hm games for 3ds
Now when the story of season trio of town was released, the visual is amazing and the story line is also great. But still, I hope there are dwarfs who can help us handle the farm and I can see my character inside the spa with other villagers
I noticed you like the fantasy element in harvest moon so much. I suggest trying innocent life : a futuristic harvest moon in the psp. The fantasy element is so rich in that game, there's fire spirit that could literally kill all the people in town if you fail to do the main mission, there's also creepy looking mermaid that lives in a foggy pond. there's also coloured stone that you can find in some mines inside some dungeons or volcanoes and place in your farm to open up new farm land and sealed door that locked even more mine and more access to more dungeon. The land and the scenery also felt really magical because there are a lot of fantasy element in this game. But the downside of this game is the pacing is too slow because you got too many times on your hand and so little things to do. Also i really hate the social element in this game. I mean, you can't even see the character's face while talking to them. You can't give people gifts, and you can't even get married!. So yeah, fantasy element is great, but the gameplay don't
That’s super interesting! I’ve never picked up innocent life, but I’ve seen it at used game shops before. It definitely sounds like something I’d be into, and you described it so intricately! Thanks for giving me a good run-down of what it’s like!
I actually really enjoyed Tree of Tranquility and Animal Parade, and I'm going to replay them soon because they were so much fun. Although my favorite Harvest Moon game, Tale of Two Towns, is one that a lot of people dislike but I just really love it despite the obvious flaws it does have.
My two favorites are animal parade and magical melody. Animal Parade is my personal number one. ❤ I would have put tree of tranquility on the 3rd place!
I think the ultimate harvest moon is if you allow family generation and village/island hoping. Like in tree of tranquility your child pretty much goes off on their own by boat. Wouldn’t it be nice if the next harvest moon game either allows you to important saved game data from the previous harvest moon OR start a new. Like you could either be your child who went off or be a whole new character on a new island. And if you have the saved data you could go to the ToT island and revisit the islanders or even their children ? Since animal parade was after ToT you could visit ToT island and vice versa. Would give you nice bachelor and bachelorette options and such. Would even open up new clothing and such. Like just imagine how advanced that would be. You could dye/ change your hair if you weren’t happy with the color. Like I married the wizard and had 2 daughters. I wouldn’t complain to be one of them :)
Hi Nice video. I only played 2 harvest moon games and I loved them! Harvest Moon Wonderful life and Tree of Tranquility. I'm shocked wonderful life didn't make the cut. I like the music from that game lol. but tree of tranquility was better than Wonderful life.
I love tree of tranquility, it's one I've wanted since I was a wee preteen. But, ever since animal parade I can't get over the mechanics. They're a nightmare
I came to watch this because my mom told me to buy any type of game. Tree of Tranquility is, in fact, the ONLY Harvest Moon game I've ever played. I want to buy a Harvest Moon game! Thanks for inspiring me! From, a random commenter
I haven't played all of the HM series but a big portion of what makes them my favorites are similar to yours, the characters being my number one thing. If I had to rank them to my preferences, it'd be something like... 5. Tale of Two Towns 4. A Wonderful Life 3. Tree of Tranquility vs. Animal Parade 2. Island of Happiness 1. A New Beginning There's a lot of other gameplay things to think about but I do change the way I play depending on difficulty and storyline. Like for Island of Happiness doing crops and such is really hard so I just forage in that. In A Wonderful Life I only focus on livestock, in A New Beginning I have days dedicated to only fishing and so on. AP and ToT are tied right now... I like a lot of aspects in AP, but ToT has storyline and more relaxing gameplay in my eyes. :)
I honestly agree with you on the old games. Sure, the new games might be better in certain ways, but the old games are very special to some of us. ☺️ Also,. I haven't even heard of Magic melody. 😂 I do love the way you make it sound.. it looks cool!!! I love hearing other people's perspectives on games like this. My number one is story of seasons, second is grand Bazaar, my least favorite is tale of two towns and that because I just hate the whole drama between towns. I know it's not harvest moon but I honestly count it as so
Funny thing about new beginning it actually brought me back into the series too. The reason was because in the trailers I noticed they recycled A wonderful life's sound effects, which made me nostalgic 😅
oh yes! That was a nice touch- like a blast from the past that almost unconsciously pulls players back into the series. For me, it was definitely the better graphics that seemed more similar to the home console games which have always been my favorite. I still sit here... and forever wish for another harvest moon home console game to exist...
