Bokujou Monogatari 3 - Heart ni Hi o Tsukete
Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland gives one year to restore a farm and save a village through crops, animals, gathering, relationships, and several event routes. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.5 / 10
About this game
Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland gives one year to restore a farm and save a village through crops, animals, gathering, relationships, and several event routes. The deadline and multiple rescue paths give daily schedules direction, while resident events and farming create a relaxed community. The year limit reduces free-life appeal, content and romance are shallower than some entries, and repeated work, loading, or camera adds friction. Its compact structure suits goal-oriented players. This description covers the original ps2 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
Collected in series
Story of Seasons is the farming-life series known in Japan as Bokujo Monogatari, with earlier Western games released as Harvest Moon. Grow crops, care for animals and make time for your neighbors as you develop a farm. Individual entries bring different rhythms through family life, village friendships or trade.
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Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland gives one year to restore a farm and save a village through crops, animals, gathering, relationships, and several event routes.
The deadline and multiple rescue paths give daily schedules direction, while resident events and farming create a relaxed community. The year limit reduces free-life appeal, content and romance are shallower than some entries, and repeated work, loading, or camera adds friction. Its compact structure suits goal-oriented players. Overall, its main strengths are Deadline and rescue routes give schedules direction; Farming and residents create community. Its material limitations are Deadline limits freedom and romance depth; Repeated work, loading, and camera friction. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Deadline and rescue routes give schedules direction
- Farming and residents create community
Weaknesses
- Deadline limits freedom and romance depth
- Repeated work, loading, and camera friction
Who it is for: Players who value deadline and rescue routes give schedules direction and can accept the recorded release's limits.
Play notes: Before playing, expect deadline limits freedom and romance depth and repeated work, loading, and camera friction; this assessment covers the recorded platform release.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Farming and residents create community; Repeated work, loading, and camera friction. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Deadline and rescue routes give schedules direction; Deadline limits freedom and romance depth. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Farming and residents create community; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original ps2 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Deadline limits freedom and romance depth. | Reviewed | 5.8 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Victor Interactive Software
- Publisher
- Victor Interactive SoftwareNatsume
- Release date
- 2004
- Platforms
- PlayStation 2
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Simulation · Primary genre
- Tags
- Agriculture and Rural Life3D GraphicsCozyBranching ChoicesThird PersonSolo-friendlyLife SimulationGathering
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- PlayStation 2Worldwide2004
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