Why was this game released. As someone who jas played harvest moon since the Nintendo 64 and switched to story of seasons due to the extreme fall in quality the boasting of better game play and in depth story made me reconsider and buy this game in hopes it would be acceptable. It isnt. Friendly man? Awkward guy? When the npcs arent even named you know the game was rushed. I wish more time was put into this game. Having a limited number of spots to plant on is frustrating, getting random seeds is annoying at best, and the characters are all flat and have no interesting qualities. Theres little to no customization for characters and the lack of camera movement makes the game uncomfortable to play. Theres no open world aspect its all forced paths and the story line is the same repeated story thats been done the past 3 games other than pretending seeds are magic and only potatoes existed in the world before my character came to save the goddess. I'm sad to have wasted $70 on this game. Don't buy this game. Wait for story of seasons to release their new game