bit-tech Shopping: Natsume Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life (GC)

Rating: 8

Time with product: 2 Months

Strengths: immense number of things to do, covers more time than previous harvest moons, addictive

Weaknesses: identical to wonderful life, minimal differences, graphics 3D but somewhat primitive, wont win new fans to harvest moon

Summary: We now have the girl edition of Wonderful Life. If you played the boy edition, then this one is on the pointless side since the change over to a girl barley affects anything. was hoping maybe there would be new events and things to see to give an incentive to those that have Wonderful Life to pick it up. everything in the game is identical, graphics, game, characters except that instead of 3 girls there are 3 guys you can pick from to seduce. If you haven't played the first one or dont have it, then its a another great entry into the harvest moon series. Its not all that different from previous harvest moons(the ps1 is still my favorite) so it wont win over people who didn't like the previous ones. if you managed to finish the others and want another to play, you can't go wrong with this one.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 2 Months

Strengths: Entertaining farming experience. Nice graphics. Connect to Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town

Weaknesses: Wish there was an option for boys.

Summary: This is a neat little simulation game for the Gamecube. It focuses on farm life from a perspective of a little girl. Build, grow, and harvest crops. Raise animals. Create relationships. It is all about the girls, sorry guys.

Rating: 8

Time with product:

Strengths: Harvest Moon, this time for girls!

Weaknesses: Daytime cycles too short to accomplish much

Summary: Harvest Moon has always been a series popular with girls (and women). And yet in many of the titles you play as a boy tending to your farm and wooing local girls for marriage. In this version, you play as a girl! So this is the perfect game for the female Harvest Moon fan. As for the gameplay it is pretty much standard Harvest Moon fare. You grow crops, take care of animals, collect berries, and choose a mate. The game proceeds through a few chapters as your character grows. The only complaint I had with the game was that it seemed like I could never get enough done in a single day/night cycle and often my activities would get cut short or I'd have to deal with yet another emergency (usually a sick animal) before I could get much else done. Overall, though, this game is an excellent change of pace game from the usual video game shoot-em-ups.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 1 Month

Strengths: I can play from a female perspective! hurrah!

Weaknesses: Nothing really new, other than being able to play as a female.

Summary: First off, this is essentially just A Wonderful Life, repackaged with a female lead - probably pretty obvious, but worth mentioningThis is, like all Harvest Moon games, a farm/life simulation. The best part of the game is the farm side of things, at least in my opinion. That's what made this game famous. You get to run your own farm, take care of animals like cows, chicken, and sheep... you get to plant and tend crops... and then sell the wares from your farming activities. You can fish and cook, too!I think the best part of this game is how immersive it can be. It sounds like a very simple concept, but it can be very intricate and complex if you want it to be!

Rating: 6

Time with product: 1 Months

Strengths: Harvest Moon: A Wonderful from a female perspective, cute graphics

Weaknesses: Not many new features added from previous release

Summary: Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful is basically the same game as Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life...except now players can play the game from a female perspective. The original game really should have had an option of choosing to play as either a girl or guy. Like previous HM releases, the game is a farming simulator where you tend to crops, raise livestock, and even raise a family. Aside from a few glitch fixes and the new female perspective, there's no real reason to purchase this game if you have the previous edition. Unless you find this version cheap, I'd recommend picking up Harvest Moon: Magical Melody instead since it allows you to play as either a guy or girl from the get-go.