In summary
One World is better than the Harvest Moon games released by publisher Natsume in recent years. Especially the Expando-Farm, the farm that you can pack and put somewhere else, is a fun concept that ensures that you take advantage of the large game world that has been created for the game. Still, the game gets repetitive after you have cleared two of the five areas. Furthermore, the operation is not ideal, the menu is not helpful and the dialogues are boring. One World is a small step forward, but the step is not big enough.
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Harvest Moon has a long and not completely smooth one history. The series has been around since 1996, but Harvest Moon has been owned by publisher Natsume since 2014, which has not done the series’ reputation any good. The five games that have been released since then were a bit boring and looked a bit too cheap. Natsume tries to change that with Harvest Moon: One World, which has been released for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 and will be released for the Xbox One. We played the version for the Switch.
With One World, Natsume finally breaks with tradition a bit and tries to give the series a new impetus. For starters, there is more story in the game. That story is not too complicated, but it does the game well. It’s about the Harvest Goddess. It has mysteriously disappeared and with it the knowledge about most crops is gone. The game world is therefore not in good shape. Humans and animals have little to eat and especially little variety in their food.
Red de Harvest Goddess
Fortunately, you can help. In typical Japanese style you are a young adventurer (m / f) who can save the world. You have a little magical ability: only you can see the Wisps, the tiny floating subjects left behind by the Harvest Goddess. The Goddess has passed on the knowledge of the many different crops to these Wisps. Each Wisp carries one seed and since only you can see the creatures, you are the only one who can receive the seeds.
This way you collect seeds, which you can then plant on your farm. Because of course that part of the game has remained: you start a farm in Harvest Moon that you have to keep running. You have a house with a bed where you can rest at night from work, and a shed for your livestock. In addition, you have a field that is divided into neat little squares, each good for one crop. If you plant a seed in it that you received from a Wisp, the crop in question will grow there. Before you can plant it, you need to hoe the square first and after you have planted it, you need to water it. For a few days. How many days? That depends on the crop. Once the crop is ripe, you can pick it.
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