Despite its somewhat obscure release, I was extremely hyped on a personal level after playing Harvest Moon on the SNES a few years prior and being hooked by its gameplay and concept. Got this game on day one for the N64 and while it's true the game is riddled with bugs and glitches, the end product is still playable and quite remarkable since it takes the ideas from the previous game and brings it to life in 3D. Modern Harvest Moon games have far surpassed this one in terms of quality of life improvements but this was all we had at the time so a lot of the tasks and activity can be time consuming and grindy.
Overall farming gameplay was great and it was always a challenge trying to balance time between farming activities, procuring materials, socializing, dating, etc. Some annoyance including increment weather affecting your progress (hurricanes blowing through your farm and destroying everything).
Graphics and soundtrack were no standouts but were appropriate and got the job done. As far as fun factor, this is probably one of the earliest memories I have as far as addicting games where I could not put the controller down...I just wanted to do as much as possible on a day, sleep, wake up, and get going with the activities on the next day.
Overall farming gameplay was great and it was always a challenge trying to balance time between farming activities, procuring materials, socializing, dating, etc. Some annoyance including increment weather affecting your progress (hurricanes blowing through your farm and destroying everything).
Graphics and soundtrack were no standouts but were appropriate and got the job done. As far as fun factor, this is probably one of the earliest memories I have as far as addicting games where I could not put the controller down...I just wanted to do as much as possible on a day, sleep, wake up, and get going with the activities on the next day.