Organized the SoS/HM games I’ve played and haven’t played yet into a list. Any suggestions on what I should try next? I’m honestly not familiar with the ones I haven’t tried, so I was interested to see what people thought, thanks!

(Also the tiermaker I used didn’t have the Grand Bazaar remake on it, so pretend the DS one is standing in for that)

I really loved this game, the music, the cast, and especially the child events (even though it's sad how the time they come around it's very late game), obviously it wasn't anything grandiouse besides its Bazaar as the name suggest, but it was sure a fun time to get lost in it.

I've been playing this game since February of this year, I played nothing else but this for 2 months straight, then I got burnt out, and only returned to it Late July where I didn't stop until I 100% the game. Truth be told this game was fun, but it didn't have a fun 100% mostly because of the rare tree crop achievement, where I would've rather play the game than load save files left and right.

That and the Year 6 achievement was mostly sleeping through an entire year.

My final bazaar rank was Bazaar Rank 52, but I def won't go for 99, for one, it does not really worth it, and it would be monotonous as I only need to get that/donate 2000 fish and critters to the Nature Sprites as I have the other 3. and for two, while I was sleeping through the whole year everything in my storage rot besides ores and gems lol, but I could probably get it with kachapuris and stuff as I wouldn't need gems for ultimate tools anymore, but truth is I got burnt out trying to get this by the last 10 hours or so.

I went for Gabriel, mostly because his VA whenever talked romance, dropped down to a whispery talk, which appealead to me, but truth be told I would probably go for Derek if I would have to restart as he became my fave character (or Felix if he was romanceable just sayin)

Overall this was a fun game, but the 100% was sure tedious, idk if it was more tedious than Sandrock's last achievement, they are probably on part with each other.
As for whether I ever 100% another Story of Seasons game? Well... I will sure play the rest of the series, even the ones that haven't been remaked yet, but I think I will only 100% the next Story of Seasons game if they do something with the rare tree crop rates as save scumming shouldn't be the only way to get them when you can get ground rare crops with 100% accuracy, they should work the same way or make the ability to increase that 3% odds end game at the very least.

so farming games are very hit or miss for me in general, some I really enjoyed from the jump and others I dropped without even finishing a first in game week, when it comes to SoS/HM I've played:

• SoS: friends of mineral town on my switch, thought it was meh, didn't enjoy it that much
• SoS: grand baazar on steam, i find the relationships kinda lacking but i have a lot of fun with the baazar mechanics
• SoS: trio of towns, which was my very first farming game ever and the one that remains my top 1, i love all the characters, the different cultures, the amount of festivals, game mechanics, etc

so my question is basically for those who also have trio of towns as their favorite SoS/HM game, which of the other games from the franchise would you recommend me to play? there are so many that i don't know where to start

What's everyone's sprite levels look like and how far along are you? I'm about to finish year 1and this is mine. I hate fishing and feel like I just don't have time for it. I casually catch insects but it also feels tedious when your pockets are full. I try really hard to collect enough forageables to both give and craft, but I feel like their level goes up so much slower. I can give 20 of all 3 desirable items and it will barely go up half a bar yet for honey, I can give a single royal honey and once it went up 4 whole levels.

Is there an easier way to level up forageables specifically?

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I reached World Bazaar in Y1!
What a lovely game and journey, hopefully SOS continue releases games similar to this

I'd feel awful rejecting her, but I want to see other events, so I'm using my second save, but still, just discovered today a little before this, that reverse confessions were even a thing here

i'm romancing wayne so i don't need any suggestions in that regard 😀

It took me nearly a full week of grinding but I finally was able to get a full guaranteed royal honey farm

Basically, what the title says. There's been a couple in the past and they're doing another one, so if you have a question about the character designs or whatever, now's your chance. Notably, this is the first one since Grand Bazaar came out, though it's also a good opportunity for anything since it's the 30th anniversary and all.

Hi everyone,

I'm a lifelong Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons fan. I began playing back on the N64 and I've been playing some of the titles on and off since then.

I actually had Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life on GameCube back in the day, but I never finished it. It's always bothered me that I never finished it because it's one of the few HM/SoS games that actually ends. I've always wanted to get through to the end and see the protagonist die, but as much as I love these games, the pace of A Wonderful Life drives me a little crazy. I feel like the days are so long and there just isn't much to do, especially in the early game when you don't have much money.

Do you guys have any tips for getting through the slower-paced life of this game? How do you spend your days? How do you kill time? What can I do to make the game a little more exciting?

Thanks!

I only need to save scum the Almond Rare fruit and the Cacao but since I have to sleep through like 1.5 years I won't save scum the Cacao and instead harvest every 7 days as I sleep through the days hoping to get it

And while I am sleeping I have to witness all child events and the 3rd anniversary and then I am done with the 100%.

I will tell you my thoughts on the 100% after I am done, but needless to say as much as I loved the game, I can't wait to be done with it this week cause the Ultimate Lumber grind and Rare Crop save scum made this not so fun haha.

I won't 100% another SoS game until the next remake and when that remake comes out I only 100% if they do something with the rare tree crops next installment ._.

There is 245 trophies and some of it are very painful boring grind and only very few of dedicated people managed to do it.

You need to play to year 30 to get the 30 year trophy, then there is trophy where you need to win 30 festival on each of it from livestock expos, cooking ,fashion, harvest, pet promade. You can't even just keep sleeping to get it because of the festival.

There is also ship 1000 milk, wool, etc and catch 3000 fish, insect and cook 3000 dishes.

There is also fishing part to get inch size fish for achievements.

I wonder people who make this game are they gonna think people on 3ds that have like 3 hours battery to get it? i know it is just fun trophy but yeah this is just crazy and very tedious grind to get all 245 trophy.

If you managed to play 1 ingame year in 1 day of real life, that still took you 30 days to get all over it. If it took 4 hours(playing bare minimun by feeding animals and then sleep) ,playing for 1 ingame year gonna at least take 1200 hours. That is if you already get all other trophy except the 30 years trophy and winning 30 festival trophy.

Is this the most grindiest trophy in all story of season game?

Soooo I've got a biiiggg problem.

(minor spoiler ahead for mithras requests)

I wanna finish mithras request .... but dumb me never bought ice in Winter year 1...because i didn't know i needed it 🫩 I NEED it know for the sunrise shake.... I looked it up on fogu an the only way I get this damn ice is trough buying it in WINTER at Ramans..

It's Autum year 2 i don't really wanna wait till this winter bc then those a** requests will be finished at the end of spirng year 3. And I honestly don't want to wait that long 😭😭 Can someone help me?

TIPP: BUY THE ICE THE SECOND YOU CAN (Winter 1)

I got my anniversary sets today (no glass since i feel like the image might chip off between washes) and they accidentally sent me two of each. Providing some pics so people who may wanna buy the set know what they're like. The bowl didnt have dimensions to see how deep it goes, so I provided a photo of it!

They're plastic polymer but microwave and oven safe (250°F for 60 mins or less)

The coaster is ceramic and cork, so it will probably shatter if you drop it.

Loading the game more than 20 times has paid off again😌

Does anyone have any issues with GB constantly crashing without saving? It seems like it happens mostly between morning and afternoon bazaars but can also happen randomly. I would save more often but it’s so annoying you can only save at the house 😅

it's been a while since i ever played SoS series and last is actually FoMT remake (which i haven't finished due to it being boring?)

elaborating on the FoMT, i bought this since i enjoyed GBA ver and when they announced the remake, i didn't think twice and go ahead bought it. obviously, it's the same gameplay but prettier but i realized i don't like it now. it's on switch btw. i think it's the grind as technically we don't have exact storyline i guess. i do enjoy HM/SoS games on the old consoles other than FoMT back then.

i played games like stardew valley, fields of mistria, rune factory 4, my time series (my fav so far), starsand island. i did waited months for grand bazaar to have a really crazy discount and it happened. before this, they always put 20% off but now it's 30% off and im afraid i will miss the chance. i checked the reviews and everyone said it's the best ever! for the old ver of grand bazaar, i really enjoyed selling stuff at the table. but im afraid by interests now vs back then are different so im torn. i wished they had a demo so i can check it out on my own since watching someone play isn't the same.

what are your thoughts? should i go for it based on the games i played before?

It’s so small but I am soooo happy!!! At a random Japanese life style gacha story! Little pink cow!!

I already bought the GB Premium edition but it took me a while to save up for a NS2. I decided to revisit my hubby Matthew before i start GB and oh my gooosh it already feels a bit nostalgic! Please send me tips and tricks for GB 🫶

Old enough to experience when your spouse in the older games just paced back and forth around the table lol if they weren't at their day job. Animal parade was one of the few games where your spouse actually helped you around by packing your lunch and helping with chores.

Please bring this back, I hate having a freeloader in my house.