TBH, I see Rune Factory as a different franchise as Harvest Moon. Although the basic premise is the same, that's where the two games separate. That's like saying Vegas 2 and Gears of War 2 are in the same series, because they both rely on cover-based combat.
Harvest Moon has gone downhill, IMO, since the GBA version. Hopefully these will be a return to form, with promised D-Pad support.
Since the GBA version? Really?
Shit went downhill after the N64 version. That and the original are the best, the rest are just goddamn horrible.
Edhel said:
QUOTE(DSGamer64 @ Jul 13 2009, 05:44 AM) They really are milking the shit out of Harvest Moon on the DS aren't they?
Unfortunately it is getting worse and worse. I do love the harvest series, I just wish they would focus on one, maybe two games of the franchise, that way they could implement more features and bug fixing. Each new release has minor improvements at best with a few exceptions and are generally riddled with bugs.