by Guest » Jul 07, 2017 1:19 pm
Definitely Animal Parade. My mom once got interested in trying out HM after watching me play it. Note that she'd never played a video game before and she's pretty bad at english. I decided to give her AP to try since it has long days that let her do things slowly, and is fairly simple with clearly laid objectives. Also, her eyesight isn't the best, so a handheld would've been out of the question. Anyway, after a bit of explaining and translating some difficult words, she managed to get the hang of the game somewhat. She only played up to summer or fall of year 1 or so, but managed to get like three bells and was pretty happy with what she played of it.
Anyway, that's my anecdote. Personally, the first HM I played was the first one on the SNES, and the first one I owned myself was MM. (I did later buy the SNES one for myself on the Wii, too!) But I think MM's a good game to start with. The way the game's set up encourages you to try out everything while giving you free hands to do what you want in any order you want. The characters' lack of depth and lack of random events is a big minus, but I can deal with it when the base game's so good. I don't mind the character models or the slowness, either.
Also, I'd never give SoS to somebody as their first HM, considering it made me not want to play any future SoS games and to get Skytree Village instead. In fact, I'd recommend Skytree Village over SoS!
Definitely Animal Parade. My mom once got interested in trying out HM after watching me play it. Note that she'd never played a video game before and she's pretty bad at english. I decided to give her AP to try since it has long days that let her do things slowly, and is fairly simple with clearly laid objectives. Also, her eyesight isn't the best, so a handheld would've been out of the question. Anyway, after a bit of explaining and translating some difficult words, she managed to get the hang of the game somewhat. She only played up to summer or fall of year 1 or so, but managed to get like three bells and was pretty happy with what she played of it.
Anyway, that's my anecdote. Personally, the first HM I played was the first one on the SNES, and the first one I owned myself was MM. (I did later buy the SNES one for myself on the Wii, too!) But I think MM's a good game to start with. The way the game's set up encourages you to try out everything while giving you free hands to do what you want in any order you want. The characters' lack of depth and lack of random events is a big minus, but I can deal with it when the base game's so good. I don't mind the character models or the slowness, either.
Also, I'd never give SoS to somebody as their first HM, considering it made me not want to play any future SoS games and to get Skytree Village instead. In fact, I'd recommend Skytree Village over SoS!