Harvestella
SCORE: 65
I am very thankful I had the money to purchase a copy of Harvestella
on the Nintendo Switch. I live streamed this role playing farming
simulating video game for around eight hours on our YouTube channel. A
big shout and thank you to all of our viewers, sponsors, donations and
supporters. I like some aspects of Harvestella and are annoyed by other
ones. There will be spoilers in my review.
The issues families can have with Harvestella are violence, magic, lack
of attire, enticement to lust and more. There are very few character
choices and the male characters look really feminine. No wonder some
younger minds are getting gender dysphoria. Video games like Harvestella
are not giving us good and strong male characters. We have fairies and a
false goddess belief system in Harvestella. There are seasons and
Seaslights in Harvestella. Between the seasons is a period of death in
Harvestella.
Harvestella is an attempt at Rune Factory that falls short in a great
many ways. We can instantly teleport home from these devices once that
is unlocked in the game. We can teleport within a specific region to any
of the spots we have unlocked. We cannot teleport from one town to
another, or from home to a dungeon. We must walk along on the map, or
use an animal for a bit faster transportation. We must grind for
materials to craft items in the dungeons like repair kits. Time is
constantly consumed in Harvestella. It takes an hour to repair a ladder
that will give us a dungeon shortcut. Do not expect to beat a dungeon in
a single run. We must go home, sleep, plant, water, and then get back to
the dungeon. It takes multiple days per dungeon.
Harvestella looks okay. We can swap different jobs pretty quickly. There
is a cool down bar to be able to swap to a different job. There are side
quests, and fairies to find. Certain skills take forever to unlock in
Harvestella - like being able to break the giant rocks in your garden.
There are four giant crystals to explore in Harvestella. The storyline
is the only thing that mildly interested me in Harvestella. It was not
enough to keep me playing after live streaming this game.
Even the older Rune Factory games are better than Harvestella.
Everything that happened with different characters are predictable in
Harvestella. We have amnesia, and find a time traveling woman. She comes
to live with us. We then explore towns and save the day.
- Paul
Graphics: 60%
Sounds: 60%
Replay/Extras: 80%
Gameplay: 65%
Family Friendly Factor: 60%
System: Nintendo Switch/PC
Publisher: Square Enix
Developer: Square Enx, Livewire
Rating: ‘T’ - THIRTEEN and OLDER ONLY {Fantasy Violence, Language, Use
of Alcohol}
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