Thankfully there are these friendly elfish sprites that will jump at the chance to do chores for you.but you'll have to befriend them first with gifts that they like. There's so much to do in the game that it would be insane to expect one person to handle all the farming tasks. Later on you'll discover elements which will increase strength and energy, as well as farming ability (levelling up farm equipment is an absolute must), but in the early days it's a fight to get the farm going. You're only human, and hard work will seriously take its toll.which means that you'll have to spend a significant time in the hot springs to bring your energy level back up. But for every action comes an obvious reaction: fatigue. A season lasts for thirty game days, of which the seasons change and the current crop withers, which then requires you to clean up the dead plants and replace them with seasonal vegetables.the sooner you get them going, the faster the income's generated. So, it's a challenge to "Beat the Clock" when out tilling the fields, planting the seeds, watering the ground, and harvesting the crops, a cycle that's neverending if you're good enough. On the farm, though, the time ticks away at a rate of 5 seconds for every 10 minutes of game time. It's actually a tough time to gauge since the clock only rolls in outside environments if you're more affectionate to the animals or a heavy miner, the clock doesn't move at all. The only enemy in Harvest Moon is the clock itself, and a day in Mineral Town lasts about ten minutes.
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The strategy is, of course, how to use the money that you've earned to the best of your farm's abilities. One packet of seed is enough to generate enough income for more seeds, eventually enough for a chicken or cow. Much of the early days are dedicated to truly hard work, cleaning up the area and removing all the brush in order to make the farm a lot more habitable for the crops to grow. The game does start out slowly, with a packet of seeds and a weed, stone, and stick covered field masquerading as a farm. The game is essentially a well-designed, incredibly involving test to see how well you can manage resources. All of this will help in shooting for that ultimate dream: a cottage in town, a husband, and a healthy child. Naturally, you'll have to spend money to make money, and that comes in the form of buying cows for milk, sheep for wool, and chickens for eggs, additional income to provide more money for chicken feed and animal fodder, medicine for the sick, and upgrades to the barn, chicken coop, and house that will enable more generated income. The task is to, of course, get the farm up and running and maintain it enough to generate enough cashflow. The necessary equipment to get the farm going has been left behind, but it's going to take a lot of hard work to get the farm in working condition. With no prior obligations in your life, it's time to start a new one in Mineral Town. Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town begins a little more differently than the original Friends of Mineral Town: out of sheer boredom, you've just purchased an unkempt farm from an old man who passed away months ago. This game isn't much more than a character swap of the original concept, changing out a girl for the lead guy character, as well as guys for the girl town inhabitants in which to "woo." It's still a much recommended GBA title, but only for those who haven't yet lived the farm life in the original Friends of Mineral Town. As a follow-up to the game, Natsume is offering Game Boy Advance gamers Harvest Moon: More Friends of Mineral Town, but put down those wallets if you've already experienced the original. Friends of Mineral Town was, and still is, a great "get a life" simulation that offered up an enormous amount of gameplay that could literally go on forever. It's been almost two years since the first Harvest Moon hit the Game Boy Advance in the US.