Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos (Prerelease Chat)
I personally feel it's because Three Rings is doing most of the work, and they have no history in the genre and were simply hired to do this work for Marv. (Not that Marvelous itself necessarily has any farmin'-sim passion left on their team, either...that may have all left when Hashimoto parcelled off that group into Hakama.)
Winds of Anthos, however, I probably WILL buy, because like I said, even if it's puzzling to me how their skill doesn't seem to increase all that much and the graphics don't get much better, I still enjoy playing through the story.
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Seems like I missed a picture. I only saw the announcement from twitter with the logo.
Honestly, I haven't bought any of the puzzle games and I tend to not buy it, if it is one, too. But this depends on the game itself and if it's appealing to me or not. If it's a normal game, I would buy it, because I had my fun with the last games even when they aren't challenging. I like the atmosphere and the characters.
The name seems to be fitting into the last names, so I think it's a normal game. Come on, it's their anniversary, Story of Seasons and Rune Factory are getting a remake/port this year and One World's release was 2 years ago. It's time for a new game.
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Time does really go by quick, because how has it already been more than a month since this was announced?! We still haven’t received any new updates regarding the game and there’s no way to predict the promo cycle but I am speculating they will tease the tidbits starting next month and we’ll get a trailer sometime in April. Whenever it is, I’d prefer them to show a build that’s close to the final one so the One World first trailer situation doesn’t repeat.
For some reason, I’m somewhat curious to see what Natsume does for this game, especially after OW. Can’t wait for more information
For some reason, I’m somewhat curious to see what Natsume does for this game, especially after OW. Can’t wait for more information
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I'd love to see a Nintendo Direct reveal. If SoS was able to secure a spot, it shouldn't be too far-fetched for the new HM to be revealed in the Direct, unless things aren't quite ready on Natsume's end. If they're releasing around the same time as SoS:AWL, the release shouldn't be too far away either, so a promo rollout on the Feb Direct would make sense.
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Maybe the silence is a sound marketing technique because I know I'm insanely interested to see what the game could possibly look like. I do find it a little eeehhhhh that they teased the same picture twice, months apart (and skyboxes are pretty easy to make look pretty.) I'm trying not to pass judgement until we see gameplay, though. I'm also pretty sure it'll be shown in the next Direct.
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As excited as I am, I am cautiously optimistic about a graphical upgrade. I enjoyed One World's gameplay, and I hope they focus on expanding it for this one, but graphics improvements would also be welcome. Expecting nothing too fancy, just something nice and clean that is easy on the eyes. My only criticism of OW's graphics was how sharp the landscape appeared, despite the fact that Natsume HMs have created smoother and more detailed terrains for their 3DS games. I'm also curious if this skybox image will be visible in any way or if it will end up as a background image for some sort of event/festival. But yeah, even if this is the skybox, it can't be indicative of rest of the stuff, it is easier to make a good skybox after all but atleast it shows they're starting to make efforts to make stuff look pretty.
And yeah, it is pretty weird that they've kept quiet about it after the announcement. Natsume isn't necessarily the type of have a proper promo roll out but they were revealing lots of info about OW by this point. As I've said before, they probably secured a spot in the Direct and are now just waiting for it so they can reveal more info.
And yeah, it is pretty weird that they've kept quiet about it after the announcement. Natsume isn't necessarily the type of have a proper promo roll out but they were revealing lots of info about OW by this point. As I've said before, they probably secured a spot in the Direct and are now just waiting for it so they can reveal more info.
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Yeah, I agree! OW's graphics were a little better than LoH's, but still weren't quite there for me. I found the art direction really cute, it was just the actual execution that didn't work. And, yeah, I think the most likely use for the skybox would be either at a festival or on the edge of a cliff / map, the way other HM games have done it.
And I guess we don't have long to wait to find out if the trailer will be in the next Direct, since it's apparently tomorrow!
And I guess we don't have long to wait to find out if the trailer will be in the next Direct, since it's apparently tomorrow!
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I’m just NOW somehow hearing about this and usually I pride myself in keeping up to date on new games. I’ve been slacking! (Especially since just a few weeks ago, I scrolled over fogu to see if there’s anything new ><‘ apparently I didn’t look that closely lol.)
Im curios if it’ll be featured in tomorrows direct but I’m not holding my breath over it. I skimmed over everything so I know next to nothing about this although it seems like there’s not much to read about anyway right now :/
Im curios if it’ll be featured in tomorrows direct but I’m not holding my breath over it. I skimmed over everything so I know next to nothing about this although it seems like there’s not much to read about anyway right now :/
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I think they showed what they did because the news about the remake of AWL came out then and for some reason, Natsume and Marvelous always seem to announce new games at more-or-less the same time. Wasn't sure before but now it's looking to me like Natsume hurries up to match news for news. I'm thinking now that Winds of Anthos wasn't near enough for a true reveal, so we only got a screenshot of the sky.
I kinda thought the same thing, but couldn't find a way to phrase it. I thought it might not be polished enough for a preview. Really hoping it gets enough time to cook.Kikki wrote: ↑Feb 09, 2023 2:09 am I think they showed what they did because the news about the remake of AWL came out then and for some reason, Natsume and Marvelous always seem to announce new games at more-or-less the same time. Wasn't sure before but now it's looking to me like Natsume hurries up to match news for news. I'm thinking now that Winds of Anthos wasn't near enough for a true reveal, so we only got a screenshot of the sky.