Forward of the primary week of gaming showcases coming in June, sport writer Marvelous hosted its personal showcase of bulletins final week. I am already fairly excited to see the remake of my favourite Harvest Moon sport coming this June as Story of Seasons: A Fantastic Life, nevertheless it seems that is not the one SoS sport being cultivated. Marvelous introduced that there are literally two extra model new Story of Seasons video games within the works, and one in every of them is multiplayer.
The very first thing that Marvelous confirmed was footage of classically cute chickens, sheep, and a cow with a really chunky snout: one of many visible calling playing cards of basic Harvest Moon. You may spot seasons altering from spring to winter, some canine enjoying, and kind of painterly and stylishly hazy 3D artwork. Marvelous says that the theme is “experiences.”
That is all there may be to it proper now, other than Marvelous harkening again to the sequence’ 27 years of historical past. “We’re preserving all of the cherished parts of the sequence whereas creating an entertaining farming expertise that can attain extra gamers than ever earlier than,” sequence supervisor Nakano Hikaru says.
“We’re placing quite a lot of additional effort into the visible presentation of your farm and the encompassing pure environments,” Nakano provides. It positive does look that manner, and although it is robust to make a judgment based mostly on a brief teaser clip, it does instantly make a greater visible impression than different current video games within the sequence just like the Story of Seasons: Associates of Mineral City remake.
Although we have treasured little to go on right here, I’m heartened to listen to Marvelous gesture at the truth that new Story of Seasons video games have to modernize.
On that notice, the opposite Story of Seasons sport that Marvelous teased appears like a fair higher effort to maintain up with trendy gamers. Marvelous refers to it as “a Story of Seasons you’ll be able to play with everybody” alongside some idea artwork sketches.
“We have heard our followers loud and clear, they usually wish to play Story of Seasons along with all their buddies,” Nakano says. “The idea of enjoying Story of Seasons collectively is a daring one, and a course we have not taken with the sequence till now.”
Higher visuals and an try at multiplayer are actually the naked minimal that Story of Seasons must sustain with the present cozy farmlife sim scene, so I am glad to see Marvelous making the try to shepherd the sequence into this decade. After Stardew Valley’s huge success and the ton of video games like Stardew Valley that adopted, it will be a disgrace to see the sequence that initially impressed Stardew proceed to lag behind.
Although Marvelous would not specify platforms for both unnamed sport, the simultaneous PC and console launch for the A Fantastic Life remake on June 27 this 12 months means that we are able to proceed anticipating immediate PC variations sooner or later.