Forward of the principle 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 Great 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 considered one 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 possibly can spot seasons altering from spring to winter, some canines 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, apart from Marvelous harkening again to the sequence’ 27 years of historical past. “We’re preserving all of the cherished components of the sequence whereas creating an entertaining farming expertise that may attain extra gamers than ever earlier than,” sequence supervisor Nakano Hikaru says.
“We’re placing a whole lot of further effort into the visible presentation of your farm and the encompassing pure environments,” Nakano provides. It certain does look that manner, and although it is robust to make a judgment primarily based 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: Pals of Mineral City remake.
Although we have got 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 be aware, the opposite Story of Seasons sport that Marvelous teased appears like a good better effort to maintain up with fashionable gamers. Marvelous refers to it as “a Story of Seasons you possibly can play with everybody” alongside some idea artwork sketches.
“We have heard our followers loud and clear, and so they need 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 route 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 and shepherd the sequence into this decade. After Stardew Valley’s large success and the ton of video games like Stardew Valley that adopted, it might 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 Great Life remake on June 27 this yr means that we are able to proceed anticipating immediate PC variations sooner or later.