Although dialogue is initially bland, the cutscenes that occur once a certain friendship level is reached make characters’ personalities truly shine. Most characters are based on a certain archetype - Damon the “bad boy” biker and Lovett the eccentric, artsy food critic are two of my favorites. Interacting with the residents of Olive Town is another highlight. There is also a museum where you can donate photos, fish and treasure, and although it lacks detail, it is satisfying to watch the collection grow. You’ll want to explore these new places too for example, mining is a vital part of gameplay that allows you to gather different stones and ores for crafting. In order to progress the game and expand your farm, structures must be repaired and new areas must be unlocked, like mines and beaches.
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Whenever you’re looking for something else besides farming, “Pioneers of Olive Town” is absolutely chock full of tasks to complete and areas to explore. With every season there are new crops to plant, new livestock to tame and new decorations or materials to craft, so players are quickly enticed to stick around in order to see all Olive Town has to offer. These materials are used to make lumber, seasonings, clothing and decor for your home. When you aren’t busy farming, it is essential to hunt for crafting materials. Quickly these days add up and extend a game session by hours without the player even realizing it. It’s a struggle to pack in every activity each day, which leaves the player with difficult decisions to make, thus leading to a “just one more day” mentality. Each second is equivalent to a minute in-game, which constantly leaves the player with tasks to finish the following day. The core gameplay loop - farming, selling, buying more for your farm, repeat - starts out slow, but soon becomes addicting. Taking care of livestock is just as easy to manage, only requiring the player to pet their animals once a day. In no time a large variety of crops will fill your farmland. Farming is simple - till the soil, plant seeds and water plants every day it isn’t raining.
In “Pioneers of Olive Town,” players are tasked with both expanding the farm they inherit and bringing more tourists to Olive Town. Amid charming music, easy to grasp gameplay and possibly the cutest cows ever animated, “Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town” has a few major improvements to make before becoming a must-play game for the Nintendo Switch.
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While the newest installment of the Harvest Moon series “Story of Seasons” may be the first farming sim to have ever held my attention, it is far from perfect. It is actually a new version of the same game with a different title due to a change in localization teams surrounding copyright. Editor’s note: A previous version of this piece stated that “Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town” was a spin-off series.
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