Sure, there are some elements of Harvest Moon that stray beyond just living life. This is the track of what it feels like to live in a small town or a suburban neighborhood.Īnd if you grew up in something like that, you probably relate a lot to this song from Back to Nature. Want an epic song that makes you feel more like a warrior in a dungeon as opposed to a farmer? This is the kind of attention to detail I’d expect from a Harvest Moon title. Overall I really liked the scoring for this game in general as I think the quality level of the songs surpassed a lot of the other entries that came out even later. It’s slow and dreary, yet not overly depressing or threatening. This tune really captures the whole atmosphere of a rundown country bar. This track helps make these monotonous tasks more therapeutic than tedious. Not to mention in AWL you could actually collect records and change the songs!īut you will hear a lot of this chipper song while doing your daily waterings and harvesting since it’s the default. And I think this title nailed it as some of the older ones were almost headache inducing after a while. Still, while the game isn’t entirely about milking cows and planting radishes, you will need to spend a lot of time farming. People play it for many different reasons, and I have yet to meet a person thrilled to play a game where you get to engage in farm chores. Now there are a lot of fun elements to AWL. This one is especially great, quite cheerful and very festival-like. Along with the whole vibe, I think they put in a lot of thought into the music too. While plots involving sprites and the Harvest Goddess are not unique to this game, I think they put some extra effort into the mechanics of it all. This was the first of many Harvest Moon titles to be released to the DS and they made the most of it. Harvest Moon DS was arguably one of the best games in the series. Dance of the Harvest Sprites (Harvest Moon DS)
It goes very well with the graphics that accompany the in-game season change. It’s calm, relaxing, and really makes you feel like you just need to slow down and enjoy some cocoa by the fire. They are always so whimsical and pretty, and this song is no exception. Winter themes of all games are generally my favorite. If it wasn’t for that annoying bug in the 3DS game resulting in issues with saving and extensive play, this would have been one of the better Harvest Moon games. The beautiful music helps set the scene and add to the atmosphere of both areas. Hence the name.Īside from special advantages each town offered for different farming activities, they were designed as though from different continents.īluebell, much like other installments, had a heavy European influence. The magic of this game is that you can interchange between two completely different villages. The simple music with some violin and flute accents really takes you back to those childhood stories with the cottages in a gorgeous forest. The music in the home is a great reflection of this general vice, and I find this version particularly uplifting. Questionable conversations and background stories aside, the game itself is relatively tame and upbeat. Harvest Moon is known for being rather pleasant and all-in-all the goal of the game is to have a happy life and help out the town. Home Sweet Home (Harvest Moon 3D: The Lost Valley)Īs you can imagine, homelife is a heavy theme. Now there are a LOT of games so I’m going to limit it to one entry per title maximum. Today I’ll be ranking my top 10 favorite background songs, picked from every Harvest Moon game. While the cutesy graphics and touching storylines play an important role here, I can’t ignore the soundtracks that play every step of the way.
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But there is something about this quiet game series that is rather charming. The simple concept of a life simulation where you inherit a rundown farm and start a family may seem a tad boring. Spin-offs like Hometown Story, Innocent Life, and, of course, the Rune Factory titles all of the success of this initial franchise to thank. Haters or not, the franchise has been going strong and releasing titles rather regularly throughout the years on a bunch of different platforms. Though there are some who try to argue it’s just a glorified Farmville. Harvest Moon is one of those games that’s so simple, yet steals hundreds of hours from our lives.