- Addictive.
Okay, so if you've absolutely have be a grammar Nazi for whatever reason, you could at least add something constructive to your message besides that. I think the author would appreciate it.
Not that I'll be of much more help, mind you! It was... inoffensive, I guess? Ain't nothing wrong about that. Harvest Moon ain't my bag... maybe if they licensed the music from the Neil Young album of the same, haha!
Well considering the Harvest Moon series is... well NOT Harvest Moon anymore, what with Natsume merely owning the rights to that name for games but not making the actual Bokujono Monogatari games anymore...
Also, thank you TT 454, I know the term. I just didn't use it. Big deal. (And don't tell me it is cause you're a grammar nazi, I am one myself but not that anal about it)
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Wonderfully Addicting
A New Beginning definitely starts out very slowly. The entirety of the first season, Spring, is basically nothing but a very slow, prolonged tutorial.
The player doesn't have a whole lot to do during the day, lacks majority of the tools and could sleep days away without somehow messing things up. As you proceed in Spring, though, you do unlock your tools, an animal and gradually fill the days by taking care of farm work or foraging in the areas.
Things don't really pick up until the end of Spring, which is when you unlock Blueprints and that leads to the plot of the game: restoring Echo Village by expanding its market and living spaces for more people to move in.
Everything past that point is great. It's addicting, from Summer on, you have more to do, can do more and overall have a concrete goal to follow, which results in bringing more people into town and making things livelier.
The customization aspect is wonderful, the player is not restricted to Girl-Only or Boy-Only looks, a male character can wear a dress if they want and female characters can opt to have their hair cut as one of the boys' hairdos.
The game does have the problem that time management can be a little difficult at first and that it can still be really slow at times. Some things simply don't unlock until their pre-determined time, no matter how well you do, so you have to wait... or use the online multiplayer function to hopefully get or ask for certain items you may need.
Overall, though, A New Beginning is a very fun game to play.