Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland
Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland is a Role-playing and Single-player Simulation created by Victor Interactive Software and published by Natsume. The game mixes the Farming element with Role-playing genre and serves as the part of the famous series of Story of Seasons. In the game, the player assumes the role of the protagonist, twenty-one years old, whose grandpa with the name Tony recently passed away and left him his farm. Upon reaching to the farm, the player encounters three Harvest Spirits and a queen who ask the player to stay on the farm and assist the spirits. According to the plot, the farming area is slated to be ruined within a year to establish a resort and an amusement park. The ultimate job of the player is to find a way to rescue the town before the end of the year. In the game, the player needs to save his village from turning into an amusement park. There are up to nine possible ways to rescue the town, depending on the selections the player makes, like which inhabitants of the village the player befriends during the game. Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland includes prominent features such as Exploration, Interaction, Make Choices, Save the Village, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#1 Rune Factory
Rune Factory is an Action-RPG and RPG Simulation Series by Neverland Co., Ltd. It offers playability on multiple platforms such as Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii and PlayStation 3. Throughout the series, Rune Factory offers a lot of Common gameplay Elements and offers a harvest Moon inspired gameplay and mechanics. The games in the series allows the players to grow crops with the help of upgradable farming equipment, capture, befriend and train monsters in dungeons, etc. The monsters in the game are tama-able, so when they are fully tamed and trained, they can assist the players in battles, in gods producing and in tending the crops as well. Rune Factory offers an Action-RPG based combat system in the series and allows the players to enjoy epic arena-based PvP combats. Like the harvest moon series, Rune Factory lets the players have a limited stamina, and gain more stamina with the help of Rune points. With every task done, the player loses Stamina and to gain more stamina, the players can use the Rune made by Crops and Potions. The games in the series allow the players to sell the crops and earn gold, mine for resources such as Metal and minerals, go on fishing, and collect food from the befriended monsters. Sell the goods or use them, it totally depends on the choices of the players. Furthermore, Rune Factory offers a non-typical open-ended gameplay throughout the series, linear storylines, loads of dungeons to explore and capture monsters, and it allows the players to have relations with the villagers by talking to them or by giving them presents and stuff. With a great Harvest Moon like experience, great mechanics and an astoundingly addictive gameplay, Rune Factory is a fun Action-RPG Simulation Series to enjoy.
#2 Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny
Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny is a Role-playing and Single-player Simulation created by Neverland and published by Marvelous Entertainment. The plot focuses on both a male and a female character named as Aden and Sonja, as they travel the seas, on the massive dragon named Ymir. The game lets the player select either a male or a female character to jump into the world where the player can raise the beast on the sunken islands and ships from the sea. During the game, the player is capable of farming, battling against enemies using the real-time battle system and create a relationship. The game is played from a third-person viewpoint, and the player can encounter several people like Violet, Odette, Lily, James, Bismark, and more. The ultimate task of the player is to navigate the world, interact with non-player characters and complete quests for them to earn points which can be used to unlock further feature. With addictive gameplay, brilliant graphics, and superb mechanics, Rune Factory: Tides of Destin is the best game to play.