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Originally posted by: Syl_Aran
First, you mentioned each day taking around 30 minutes, thats a HUGE increase from previous harvest moon games, whats the second to minute ratio if you know? Harvest Moon 64 was roughly 5 minute days, Harvest Moon: FOMT is roughly 10ish minute days. Im guessing with the increased daytime, and the fact that the game is so many years long, How long each is year? they had to seriously cut down on the year time so the game is plausible long.
Each real second is one game minute. There are 24 hours in a day, though realistically, you have to sleep for at least some of that time. You sleep for six-hour intervals, which seems a bit short. Sometimes I will go to bed early and sleep twice, so I'm not up at 3AM doing farmwork. Plus, you don't get so tired if you sleep. Anyway, there are ten days in each season, and four seasons per year. So, assuming you sleep twelve hours each night, that's 30 min (real) x 10 days (game) x 4 seasons (game) = 20 hours of playing per game year, give or take. I don't think you are expected to play more than two or three game years, although the game probably lets you go on for as long as you want to.
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Likewise, i mentioned hearing something on multi-season crops, do these really exist? and can some crops actually be harvested in winter?
Yes, most crops grow in at least two seasons. Some of them grow slowly, so you may have to plant in early summer and harvest in late fall. The only single-season crop I know of is sweet potatoes; they grow only in the fall, so you have to plant on the first day to harvest a healthy crop before the winter begins. Carrots are harvested in winter, and I believe strawberries are too.
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Who's your love interest? =p
I don't understand this part of the game very well yet, as it seems the only thing I can do to build a relationship is offer flowers. That seems pretty limited. Anyway, there are three potential brides in the game, and it seems you will end up with one of them by the end of the first year, even if you are shy about proposing. Celia is a farm girl who is very practical; Muffy is a stereotypical blonde, very pretty but also shallow (and "easy"); Nami is a tough red-head who scoffs at traditional tactics.
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Have you came across..wahtever it is.. that allows you to cross breed seed types? How does that work?
There is a seed machine which will do this, but it costs 6000 G and I haven't been able to afford it yet. Right now, I prefer concentrating on my animals anyway. The crops are a lot of work and don't seem to yield much profit.
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also mentioned having to water twice in a day, something else new for harvest moon games.. how do you know when to water them again?
You only have to water twice per day in the summer, when it is very hot and dry. The color of the soil plots will make it pretty clear whether more water is needed.
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have you came across any harvest sprites? what do they do?
Yes, they live near my farm. They give you the blue feather at the start of summer, which lets you propose to a girl. They also announce when an animal has been born on your farm. Otherwise, they hang out in their treehouse and just talk nonsense when you visit.
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