The game is much different, but very similar to the original. It contains all of
the original features of HMGBC, but it has many new tools, more add-ons, and it requires
more time. Add that together with an intriguing and actual storyline, which makes sense,
and you have a winner.
If you found yourself staying up WAY past your bedtime, for hours on end playing
the original, you won't find much of a change with this game. Well, Actually, thats not
true, you'll be playing much longer.
The Graphics haven't changed much, but they still have that nice touch to them,
and this game was designed to be a color game, so more lighting affects and such take
place. The Graphics get an 8/10
The sound is..well.. sound. I prefer to play this game without the sound on.
Don't get me wrong, I love this game, but the sound we could all do without. The Fall
and winter music is a bit addicting, but other than that, the simple sound effects don't
need to be heard with the other season music on. The sound recieves a 5/10.
Control is amazingly easy to learn, with A being your action button, B canceling
things, the control pad moving, the select button bringing up the menu, and the start
button being a quick rotator through your items. You can also hold four items at once,
which is a major plus. The control gets a 10/10.
The storyline recieves a 8/10, for it is simple, but what could you possibly
expect out of a farming game? The game begins with the Mayor deciding what to do with
the old farm. He wants to liven up the city, and he makes the suggestion to convert it
into a snazzy theme park. You (Jack) come into the story and tell him you'll keep the
farm and take care of it. He tells you he'll give you three years to turn it around, and
if you do a good job of it, he'll let you keep the farm. And so you set off to the farm,
to begin on a journey, and while it's not a journey with turn-based combat, and large
monsters, it's one of the best journies anyone could possibly ask for...