Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2008) |
| Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Developer(s) | Victor Interactive Software |
| Publisher(s) | Natsume Co., Ltd |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Release date(s) | JPN July 5, 2001 NA November 20, 2001 |
| Genre(s) | Simulation/Role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E (Everyone) |
Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland, published in the U.S. by Natsume in 2001, is a farm simulation game, part of the popular Harvest Moon series of video games. It was the first PlayStation 2 Harvest Moon game released, and the second to be released in the U.S. on a non-Nintendo console.
Contents |
[edit] Overview
The player takes on the role of a 21-year-old man whose grandfather, Tony, recently died and left him his farm. Upon arriving at the farm, nominally to pick up his grandfather's belongings, the player's character encounters three "Harvest Sprites" and the Harvest Goddess, who ask him to stay on the farm and help them.
The area is slated to be demolished within a year to make way for a resort and amusement park. The goal of the game is to find a way to save the town before the year's end.
[edit] Gameplay
Like other Harvest Moon games, the player must tend to his or her farm by growing and selling crops and gathering produce from his or her animals. Although it may seem at first that you are able to marry and have a child (i.e. The many bachelorettes in the game), however, this game does not contain that feature, possibly because you only play the game for a total time of one year, making it one of the three games in which marriage to anyone is impossible.
As said before, the goal of the game is finding a way to save the village from turning into a resort. There're 9 possible endings depending on the people you befriend and the scenes that trigger. For most of the endings, the character is involved in a quest of some sort (digging out a treasure, looking for magical ingredients, etc). After getting an ending, you get the option of restarting the game, but keeping your money and animals, so that you can continue to care for your farm, going for a different ending. Each time you get a new ending, it gets saved in the Ending List, and you get the profiles of the villagers involved in that ending.
[edit] Animals
As in other Harvest Moon games, the player can also adopt a dog and a horse. The horse can be used to get around the village faster, while the dog can be trained for useful tasks, such as herding cows into the barn.
[edit] Reception
The game received positive reviews and has a Gamerankings standing of 76%.[1]
IGN rated the the game at 8.8, or "Great".[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Harvest Moon on Gamerankings". Gamerankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/ps2/530597-harvest-moon-save-the-homeland/index.html. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ David Smith (November 20, 2001). "Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland". IGN. http://ps2.ign.com/articles/166/166273p1.html. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
[edit] External links
|
||||||||||||||
