User blog comment:Nerakil/My Ideal Game!/@comment-4694083-20120719101011

I agree with you on some points, but I don't agree with the whole time thing. As I get older, I have a lot of things to do, a lot of other games to play, etc. And I just don't have the time to sit down and play through days and days of Harvest Moon at a time. Additionally, having to sometimes wait years (like in Grand Bazaar) to even get married and then having to wait a long time to have a kid after that is just ridiculous.

I do agree that it should be more intricate with dating, but not with pain in the ass impossible requests. Such as befriending other people, or giving them 500 gifts or something. Harvest Moon should be fun, not feel like a chore. Dx The special candidates especially.

I don't think it's unfair to put forth some of these suggestions. Harvest Moon has kind of evolved from just a farming simulator. It's somewhat of a life simulator, with farming aspects thrown in. In a way though, I'm glad it's not like a real life sim, because having to worry about eating/bathing/social life, etc (like in the Sims) on top of everything else in Harvest Moon would just be WAY too much.