Title:Harvest Moon
By:Lauren Chu

Harvest Moon is an RPG game that can be downloaded on the computer or bought for a Gameboy or Playstation.There are sequels to Harvest Moon and is very...very addicting. It is about a boy who has to take care of his parent's farm and grow crops for harvest and sell them. He can only grow certain types of vegies during that season. Take summer, for example. In summer he is only allowed to harvest Tamatos and Corn. Fish is optional however. To get the fish, you have to borrow a fishing rod from someone and fish it instead of plant seeds. To Plant, you have to go into your very own shed and take the necessary tools such as a plow and a water bucket. You have three years until the folks come home. For Winter, it is hard though. You have to provide enough supply of grass to the cows and chickens that you own.

For one Cow, you have to groom it and milk it. When it gets pregnant, it has a calf. That calf grows up and it has another calf..etc etc. For the Hens, they lay one egg a day. if you forget to feed any of the animals,they get very sick. Once I forgot to buy the medicine and then in the end I ended up in the sanctuary by a tombstone. The animal dealer was like "I told you to not get it wet and sick! You failed to abby by the rules!" or something like that. The next thing i saw was the cow laying on the ground with two x's replaced for it's eyes. There was a caption on the screen that said "Cow-died-date-time". So i reset it. It was pretty funny until the dealer yelled at me :( . Anyway..Besides the harvesting, you have to pick a girl and sort of make her attracted to you so you can marry her later on. You have a choice of many. One works in the church, at a bar, is an inventor, etc. You go by your taste and then you give her flowers, perfume and select her at every festival and event. It takes a while and you'll know she's starting to like you by going into her room and peeking at her diary. There, you will see hearts rating how much the girl likes you. The winter is the slowest though. I heard that if you get a perfect score in the end, it lets you play more. Oh, did I tell you you can also build your house by cutting lumber? Also you can update your tools because of little dwarves that live in a tree. They're really awesome. Once I had to go give food to a dwarf because it was dieing of starvation so in return he advanced my tool. It was really awesome! I have to say the best thing in the site was the mule, because it saved your time by loading things onto its saddle. It made the job much easier and quickened the pace. I have to say that the drawback is when you marry the woman, because she doesnt help you and she gets really boring. She sweeps or she stays in one place. You have a baby though thats really awesome. The end differs though. If you grew many corns, youll see that in the end of the game, if you tames cows the most, you'll see that in the end of the game and so on. It's really fun, however there isnt any action. I rade it a 5.

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