Why I Enjoy Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons

I thought I’d share and personally explore what it is that draws me to the Bokujou Monogatari series. I’ve been playing the series since Harvest Moon 64. Over time my passion for the series has slowly built upon itself as each game in the series does upon the ones before them. As I live in a more rural setting, games such as Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing have always appealed to me. There’s just something charming about these games that proves as a sort of escapism from how stressful real life can be. There’s a zen like peaceful tone to these games that would ultimately end up shaping my pacifist ideologies and beliefs. Ultimately Harvest Moon ended up making me who I am today, flaws and all. Yasuhiro Wada is someone who I look up to greatly as a creator the gentleness of the properties he attaches his name too are like nothing else I’ve come across outside of Animal Crossing. There’s just something to Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons that keeps me going when I’m most down on myself. It provides me with something fun and positive to occupy my time rather than wallowing. There are no enemies it’s just you and nature.