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Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland

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Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland

Jul 5, 2001

Main game

3.33 average rating based on 100 ratings

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The first Harvest Moon game for the PS2 takes a little deviance from all the other games in the series. The goal this time around is to save your town from being turned into a resort next year. The game focuses more on relationships than making money - which is the goal in all other Harvest Moon games to date. You still are running a farm and must succeed in the life of a farmer, but the actual gameplay rewards those who interact with the townspeople over those who just work the fields.
Release Dates
Jul 05, 2001 (Japan)
PlayStation 2
Nov 22, 2001 (North_America)
PlayStation 2
Nov 01, 2011 (North_America)
PlayStation 3
May 09, 2017 (North_America)
PlayStation 4
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User Stats
279
In Collection
58
Wish Listed
4
Playing
66
Backlogged
How Long Is Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland?
Main story: 20.0 hours
Total completions: 1
Ivonnempg88
Ivonnempg88 gave Dec 3, 2021
Ivonnempg88 gave Dec 3, 2021
It'ok, but too repetitive and slow
This review is for the PlayStation Network (PS3) version

This was my first time playing a Harvest Moon game, or even any game from this genre.

At first, the game showed promise, and it kept things interesting and new, meeting people and learning about farming, raising animals, etc. Unfortunately, soon it got very repetitive and boring. Days went by with nothing happening, nothing at all... Dialogues kept repeating, and there were no farming innovations, because you are meant to replay the game a couple of times in order to get all the trinkets.

When the game was starting to get interesting, and I was seeing progress in a couple of storylines, the game just ended. It picked the storyline that was more developed and that was it. Then I woke up, with all my trinkets, but the other storylines were gone.... All gone.... The villagers forgot about me.

I was not going to spend so many hours again trying to move the storylines and repeating dialogues, so that was it for me. I finished one storyline, no more than that.

Despite of this, I found myself playing for about 20 hours and for the most part I "enjoyed" the game. I mean, it was relaxing.

Controls were clunky, just …

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This was my first time playing a Harvest Moon game, or even any game from this genre.

At first, the game showed promise, and it kept things interesting and new, meeting people and learning about farming, raising animals, etc. Unfortunately, soon it got very repetitive and boring. Days went by with nothing happening, nothing at all... Dialogues kept repeating, and there were no farming innovations, because you are meant to replay the game a couple of times in order to get all the trinkets.

When the game was starting to get interesting, and I was seeing progress in a couple of storylines, the game just ended. It picked the storyline that was more developed and that was it. Then I woke up, with all my trinkets, but the other storylines were gone.... All gone.... The villagers forgot about me.

I was not going to spend so many hours again trying to move the storylines and repeating dialogues, so that was it for me. I finished one storyline, no more than that.

Despite of this, I found myself playing for about 20 hours and for the most part I "enjoyed" the game. I mean, it was relaxing.

Controls were clunky, just like a PS2 game. Who else hated to move the cows around? The music was always the same, and the dialogue super slow. Nevertheless, now I am interested in this genre. I think I will try out Stardew Valley.

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GaryFromLiberty
GaryFromLiberty gave Jan 7, 2025
GaryFromLiberty gave Jan 7, 2025
GaryFromLiberty's review of Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland

This isn't a traditional farming sim, with the focus instead being on the relationship you form with the members of the town you're in and a ticking clock to save the town before the end of the year.

You have a large collection of different ways to do so and there's even a New Game Plus option where you can keep your progress as you start over.

The game isn't perfect, the new game plus is much appreciated but admittedly does make year 3+ somewhat boring as there isn't much for you to do once you have everything upgraded. Also there's a lot of information you would probably never figure out without looking it up or using the manual that came with older versions of the game (luckily I still have my ps2 game manual).

Over all, an enjoyable experience and a fun twist on the genre.

3.5 / 5 Stars

StJimmy501
StJimmy501 gave Aug 30, 2016
StJimmy501 gave Aug 30, 2016
StJimmy501's review of Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland

It got boring after a while and i couldn't even bring mysepf to finish it.