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Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Natsume
  • Release Date: Oct 28, 2005
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8.9 out of 10

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  • Summary: Wholesome farming lasts a lifetime in the coastal village of Forget-Me-Not Valley. It's a peaceful place where you cultivate friendships and raise a family among your crops and prize-winning livestock. The living isn't always easy, but it's certainly rewarding if you're willing to work hard and make thoughtful choices for your wife, child and profitable pastoral acreage. There are many choices and rich details in this special edition and no chosen path is exactly the same. Will you grow traditional vegetables or develop groundbreaking hybrids? Will you raise a boy or a girl? Can you choose the right neighbors to develop your son's or daughter's interests into a happy and successful career? Your decisions plant the seeds of your destiny and shape your offspring's future. You create the happy ending in this game. [Natsume]… Expand

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 3
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  1. GamesRadar
    80
    Play this along with "Shadow Of The Colossus" and you'll remember how bloody lovely life can be.
  2. Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK
    70
    Ripe with early frustration, but put in a bit of hard work and Harvest Moon does deliver a bumper crop of fun. [Feb 2006, p.90]
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  3. IGN
    60
    What does make a difference, though, is the drastic drop in framerate, increase in load times and muddy graphics.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 20
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  1. AmandaC.
    10
    Little overwhelming in the beginning if you're green to the series, but once you get the hang of it you can't seem to turn it off!
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  2. DelaC.
    5
    It's a good game but the loading takes a lonnnnggggg time. And not only that i get lost walikng a round because of the graphics. but if they had more events with the animals, and fix the loading sequened I moght give it a 9. But it isn't a bad game.… Expand
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  3. KimR.
    3
    Maybe it's just me, but the load times on the PS2 are ridiculously long, gameplay is iffy at best, the camera is weird the map is unfriendly. It's a real disappointment compared to previous games.… Expand
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