It looks and feels like it was developed for the switch and they were like "pull out the ps5, lets show them what this bad boy can do"

Might just be me, but I'd take more loading screens and more interesting landscapes over less loading screens and less flora and fauna.

I still think it's just really scummy for Natsume to keep calling the series "Harvest Moon". I know they're within their legal right do so since they own the name but, come on, you know what they're doing by continuing to use that name. They want to trick people who grew up playing Harvest Moon into thinking this is the same Harvest Moon and even though more people are becoming aware of it I still see plenty of people get tricked/confused by the whole thing. It would just feel a lot less scummy if they continued making farm games but went by a different name.

It actually doesn't look too bad. I am VERY wary because it is Natsume after all. I'm gonna wait a month or two after it comes out.

I hope it's decent. The animals looked cute, and the black bear and camels were interesting.

It looks interesting, but also a little wonky. Like you said mobile-game-e... Also I don't get why every game these days needs to be open world, but let's see what we get. Thank you for this fast video output❤️

To me it definitely gave me Arceus vibes while watching the trailer. I have too many other farm games to play with Rune Factory and others dropping one after the other.

I am cautiously curious on where this will go, but there are some negatives I've noticed that you've already pointed out: Firstly, the overworld looks barren, and seems to be going for the open-world, no loading screens kind of deal like with Scarlet and Violet and Breath of the Wild. However with those games, you at least have SOMETHING exciting to do while travelling between towns (for the pokemon games, battle trainers, do raid battles, etc; while in BOTW you fight monsters, find loot, do wacky speedrun stuff if you wanted to), so the player doesn't get bored very quickly. Think of it as the spikes of excitement that occur between rests of relaxation while the player is travelling in the wild. With this there's... barely anything besides a few fruit trees and some wild animals. You'll most likely be able to ride your horse through the wild, sure, but that's not enough. Unless Natsume pulls out a surprise combat mechanic (which won't happen as cool as that sounds), this won't excite players much when travelling. Secondly, the animations as you've pointed out are subpar to say the least. The characters and animals feel stiff, and automatic like a robot. This may not be a dealbreaker for most people, but it is a warning sign when people notice your animations aren't smooth and full of life. While on the topic I might as well talk about the character models, they look fine sure but a part of me feels like their faces look... samey? The bodies look generally the same but that I can let slide 'cause past Harvest Moon games like Magical Melody have this too but the facial expressions look all the same, only spotting a few tweaks here and there. idk, maybe it's just me. At least they did put out some sort of gameplay trailer because up to this point we had like no gameplay featured at all which was kind of worrying, so they probably put this together considering the game is two months away from release. Anyway, that's it for my little rant on what I think about all of this. if you made it to the end of this, I applaud you because I tend to write VERY long when I'm ranting about something.

I have a feeling they took A LOT from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet and Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. The kiddy aspect of Scarlet and Violet is there with the bright colors and friendly people all around, plus the pictures you can take with the thumbnail poses. The Breath of the Wild aspect is there where you have wild animals to see and different minigames and cutscenes with people depending where in the world you are. Both games have the biome mechanic where you go into different biomes with different temperatures, but just like Scarlet and Violet this game looks very barren. As a person who's a stickler for animation (and is studying it), I really don't like the animation of this all too much. It reminds me a lot of Harvest Moon: Light of Hope (I think that's the name of it), which I didn't like too well. I might look at official gameplay before I decide to get it, but as of right now it hasn't convinced me. I just think Harvest Moon is trying to hop on the "open world" bandwagon that a lot of games are doing nowadays thanks to Breath of the Wild which kinda sucks. Not blaming Breath of the Wild, but due to this game being rated as one of the best games of all time, people were bound to copy the mechanic that made it popular to make themselves popular.

could have put more texture on the map!

This actually looks…good? I’m looking forward to this. Of course I’ll have to make a better judgement once we see some more gameplay, but the horseback riding and the landscapes look good! The animals look super cute.

I gotta say: this is the best looking Harvest Moon game in a LONG time. It's nice to see Natsume working harder to release a better product. It doesn't look like they are quite there yet, but I like how the characters look much more now. Here's hoping it's fun! When I was growing up, there wasn't enough Harvest Moon. If Natsume finally gets a good game out, it would be nice to have more good-quality farming games to play! Story of Seasons is incredible, but man... I am a greedy gamer. Haha!

This entry looks pretty interesting, I'm holding on to having a solid opinion on it until I see some footage and feedback of it actually being played but cautiously optimistic feels right so far. There's a lot that looks pretty unrefined, like those animations, but those can be tweaked before release, but even if they aren't, a fun game is going to be a fun game despite a little jank here and there, and that's what I sincerely hope we get. However anyone feels about Natsume, I'm sure the actual developers want to put out a fun product, you know

I’m not sure…if I can trust them yet

Ehh It looks alright I guess ?? I might get this second hand or when it’s on sale if the reviews are decent

This game kinda gives off Pokémon vibes.. the worlds seem kinda similarly built, vast but somehow empty. Do have to say that the exploring seems to be interesting, it'd be a cool concept to find new animals and places. Plus moving towns would be sick actually Though I am not really getting my hopes up for this game, it's Natsume after all.

I honestly think being on the Switch is holding these games back. Made modern games for the modern consoles and make a handheld one for the Switch

I mean it seems a bit plain compared with the older games which sucks but that might just be me, I am still fairly new to the Harvest Moon games as I only played a little of the DS one when I was young

I will be playing this I love harvest moon games looks good to me

You are always on top of things! :3

EXTREMELY ambivalent to see a one world sequel, but it looks like they maybe might have improved on it?

Every time I see a new "Harvest Moon" from Natsume, I feel like it's more of a upgraded version of the last game. Which isn't that bad but it makes me realize how cheap some of the previous games really are. This looks pretty good thou so let's see.

The only thing nice I have to say is at least there horse doesn’t look derpy. Like clearly it looks better then there previous games but you can’t fool me twice.

I will be getting this looks good to me

I like relaxing games like harvest moon game this one

I don't have any problems with the art direction for the most part. Some of the crops look a bit iffy, but everything else looks great, as far as I'm concerned. And I'd much rather have fairly empty wilderness landscapes with few loading zones as opposed to landscapes filled with useless garbage like grass and bushes accompanied by tons of loading zones.

I’m glad I subbed back a while ago, great review I liked your observations and opinion, and I saw a few screenshots a while back and the game was looking good but like with the horse racing, just bad, idk we’ll see what happens

The main problem of japanese open world game except soul series.. is how empty the lands are... I mean their concept is interesting but.... They need to up their game... It is sad if this game just gonna become cash grab title for "harvest moon" title... How low natsume gonna throw the title gonna be.

i definitely dont hate it its not as cash grabby as the other games ultimately turned out to be, natsume are definitely trying to come out with something good but its not there at all! they are trying these popular concepts such as open world, moving house concepts! i feel its only a few years or months before natsume kick the bucket ultimately

It actually looks really nice, a bit mobile game vibes, but overall reall cute. Need to wait and see what it performs like on Switch/PC to make a judgment there because can be a LARGE difference due to hardware. Two things that I would need to know is the multiple City thing, one central hub city with all the NPCs and all is quite important in a game like this i feel, but if there are 3 or more cities i can see it be problematic to make them feel lived in. Tale of two Towns and Trio of Towns both had that issue, but Trio of towns moreso. And the last point is bachelors/bachelorettes, we all know it might be a dealbreaker for some ppl if we dont know what they look like.

It looks good I can't wait to play also you will be able to have a child on this game

I do love the shapes of the farm animals and the use of horse and dog races c:

They messed up putting it out in sept. Fae farm and rf5 remake are coming in sept.

Nah I dunno, it looks pretty soulless to me. I just don't get the feeling I do from the older harvest moons like they genuinely still do

I really hope this game does well. I haven’t played a Harvest Moon game in forever

I miss pretty 2D non-chibi sprites. Even Story of Seasons doesn't do them anymore.

It's not blowing me away but I've got plenty of games on my plate rn

Compared to the other harvest moon games it looks promising but it looks plain and empty. I'll definitely watch someone else play it for a few hours but Im overall not convinced to get it myself yet

THE STYLE HAS ALWAYS BOTHERED ME AND I FIGURED OUT WHY, AT 2:14 AND 2:24 , YOU KNOW WHAT OTHER NOT GREAT GAME CAME OUT THAT LOOKS IDENTICAL TO THESE TWO CLIPS? POKEMON SCARLET AND VIOLET. HER HAIR STYLE AND THE EXACT SAME CAMERA MODE POSE HAHAHA

the thing that annoys me the most about these natsume harvest moon games is that they're ALWAYS released near the story of seasons games without fail. if they saw the IP as anything other than a cash grab they wouldn't be released within weeks of each other

seems HM is taking a page out of SOS with not genderlocking the candidates either, but I'm still wary cause the last few Harvest Moons....yeah

Looks not bad guess I might try it to see about the game

They more more better than before for character design .. but the town still feel weird idk hope will be good

It feels so empty, it might’ve benefit from smaller world, but It feels too safe, new animals are cool, but other than that it feels soulless, but I think I’ll stick with story of seasons.

This looks better than one world did

Look im not going to shame them for this new release but in my OPINION it still looks like a mobile game and from the looks of it the game is taking some elements from one world sure the you can move your farm idea is good but it ruins the whole seasons matters aspect unless they make it so there is at least 2 crops per season and per biome and PLS FOR THE LOVE OF THE HARVEST GODDESS DONT RE ADD THE WHOLE WALKING TAKES STAMINA because lets be honest sure irl you get tired if you walk a lot but this game is supposed to be a fantasy game not a irl simulator. Hopefully this isn't another cash grab like mad dash and light of hope(this one improved a little thanks to dlc) and LOST VALLEY. Still this will be very interesting to watch and hey if it preforms well i might consider buying it physically.

Think it looks good Ben watting for evervfor a new harvest game to come out new game comming out soon fae farm check it out as well

I appreciate that the male presenting farmer isn't just a skinny little twink like they always make them in every other farming sim. like, he's a FARMER. At least give me the option to beef him up a bit.

My scary expectations: they made this like the DS... Making the world too wide but the time too fast!!

The more proper question is "Is Natsume Harvest Moon Finally Good?" I won't know if the actual Harvest Moon Series is good again until I see what new game comes after Pioneers of Olive Town.

Honestly, I really don't like the house moving aspects of the recent games. But I also prefer my farming games to be more realistic, I don't even like the fighting things in the mines that all recent games seem to love so much, so it could be just me.

I'm so over open world games...this does look better than anything they have put out since doing their own thing, but I still have a bitter taste in my mouth over how they handled losing the localization rights of SoS. Still...I do want to judge it on it's own merits. It will not be a pre-order and I will be looking for honest reviews.

idk if kinda reminds me of the last one they released where you move your farm around. I've always preordered harvest moon games hoping that they'd finally be good again. But I think im gonna skip this one. Im just tired of wasting money on this.

I took a look at the trailer before and honestly? It looks a million times more impressive than whatever crap they have on Steam. Light of Hope doesn't seem *too* terrible but I can't get over how much it looks like a mobile game, it feels cheap. One World looks a lot better and has more interesting character designs, but apparently it's broken beyond belief, and players say that it is an antithesis of game design. It is really freaking sad how they've managed to completely squander the IP despite getting to keep the OG name. I think Anthos has potential but it'll probably be best to just wait for the reviews to roll in. I really don't understand the idea behind these lazy games, if they actually tried they'd make bank from all of us who can't get enough of simulators.

I'm sorry, but you can't really compare New Harvest Moon to the old Harvest Moon since they aren't the same. Cause new Harvest Moon is now Story of Season. But Natsume does seem like they are starting to step up their skill. Before anyone Natsume made the old one, they didn't they just localized them until Marousves go with XSeed for Localized.

This game looks really good and maybe better than the recent harvest game

I will probably buy this. The girl character looks adorable. I don't mind a little bit of jank, I play Skyrim so it's not a huge deal. Now if it's complete ass jank, then I will probably either get it on sale or skip. Also Pokemon Arceus may have been flat, they can certainly improve that for the next game, but the gameplay was solid af and so much fun. It's my favorite Pokemon spinoff.

In story of seasons the new one they force you to get married in one year wich I don't like this game you can relax and play at your own pace

I don't know if I'll get this game. I just can't get past the graphics. It does look like too much of a mobile game for me. :/

For the first time since Natsume pulled it's extremely disgusting hijacking and subsequent bastardization of the IP, it seems they have finally made something worth trying. I hate that they got away with that but if the game is good, then the game is good. I will give it a shot but if it doesn't satisfy me I will never buy another Harvest Moon game again (of course I naturally get EVERY Story of Seasons and Rune Factory game anyway, so I'm good)

I like the visuals more than Pioneers of Olive Town, even though it looks kind of barren. The character models are much more enjoyable.

Ain't gonna lie, the mobile game look ruins it for me entirely. also this looks more like the new pokemon games than HM lol i think i'll stick with story of seasons xD

natsume said over twitter the gays can marry in this one let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It kinda looks like a Game Freak game.

It looks okay, the animals are cute but the animation on the people's were lacks of life, robotic and looks all the same. Tbh, even its looks good. I still can't trust Natsume as long as they still using the name to cashgrab and trick the fans.

It’s giving…… zero creative or distinguishable character models. Give me CHARACTER!!!!!! Give me SUBSTANCE!!!!! It’s cheap and repetitive body designs are a big disappointment.

It’s from sword and shield everything looks really bad and barren.😊

Looks super nice.