![]() ![]() When you're just running around though, all you will hear are birds tweeting, and then upon walking into a building like the workout-obsessed family's house you are hit with a large overbearing track. Many buildings have their own music, some of which grate on my nerves. The music choice when exploring the town also feels odd. The love interests don't bring a lot to the table either, and even when using a guide I couldn't get many of the heart events to trigger until a few suddenly started happening back to back. Whether that's a good thing or not seems to mostly depend on if you wanted a faithful remake, but for me it was awkward. The people themselves also seem shallow, and the language used in most of the dialogue feels dated. Most of the time only a few NPCs will be wandering around, and the buildings are pretty spaced out. ![]() I'm not sure if Forgotten Valley is too large or too small, but a lot of it feels empty. Sadly, this is where a few more of my problems come into play. In town, you can do a variety of activities like fish, dig, open a shop, and get to know the townsfolk. Once you're done with your farm life, which admittedly doesn't take that much time, you can finally head to town. This feels a bit strange as I have to wait to do things like grab an egg from my chicken in the mornings. This means that you can milk or snuggle them as they will have a grumpy cloud appear above their head. Depending on the time, your animals may not be awake yet though. Next, you will want to let your animals out to pasture, here they can graze for free as long as you've used fertilizer on your field. Talking about the speed, the UI can feel strange at times, and there are a lot of glitches to be found, like your character only being able to walk sideways like a crab. This can feel a bit slow at times but isn't that big of a deal thanks to the strangely fast pace your character zooms around at. You will be watering a lot, as there are no sprinklers and upgrades won't come to much much later in the game. This part felt a little strange for me as there are only two smaller plots to plant my crops in, and compared to everything else in the game it seems that tilling the ground and watering my plants is the only thing that really takes stamina. When you wake up at 6 am or 5 am after you hit the second year, your first order of business is to care for any crops you have. Now that we've established what you have on your farm, let's talk about your day-to-day work. All in all, the recipes aren't very demanding and can give you a buff to stamina or be used as gifts. You can either cook using recipes that you've earned, many of which are seemingly taped to random objects around Forgotten Valley, or combine foods to discover new ones. If you can in your house, you will even find that you start out with a kitchen, something that has to be built on in most sims I've played. You will immediately notice while on your farm that you already have a barn and coop, however, there are some extremely expensive upgrades you can pay for if you want to expand your farm further. Like in most games, you have a stamina bar that will deplete as you play the game, only this time working with crops is the only thing that seemed to make it budge. Some seeds and tools will also be placed in your care, officially getting you started on your farming journey. The game starts out by giving you your own farm, complete with a free cow ready for milking. Everyday Flow in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life ![]() While this is surprisingly pretty unique still in the farm sim genre, we are going to take a look if it's enough to sell the game on its own. Many fans were apparently sold just by the fact that your child can grow up during the game and that the town ages around you. The main focus of the game doesn't seem to be all on the farming though, as you work on building a family and helping them grow through the years. Essentially, they have smushed these two titles together to make the remake and sprinkled in some UI changes to help smooth things along. Apparently, there was a strange split back in the day, with the GameCube game featuring a female protagonist with male love interests and the PlayStation 2 game featuring a male protagonist and female love interests. The big draw with Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life is the fact that it's a remake of a popular PS2 and Gamecube game. Returning to a Classic in Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life As a first-time player of the series, I take a look at how this farming staple stacks up against more modern sims like Stardew Valley, which have achieved massive success over the years. This is a remake of two older games that have now been combined into one, and slightly updated for the new generation. Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life adds another notch to the belt of farming sims available on consoles. ![]()
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