Forward of the primary week of gaming showcases coming in June, recreation writer Marvelous hosted its personal showcase of bulletins final week. I am already fairly excited to see the remake of my favourite Harvest Moon recreation coming this June as Story of Seasons: A Fantastic Life, however it seems that is not the one SoS recreation being cultivated. Marvelous introduced that there are literally two extra model new Story of Seasons video games within the works, and one among 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 canine taking part in, and form of painterly and stylishly hazy 3D artwork. Marvelous says that the theme is “experiences.”
That is all there’s to it proper now, except for 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 can attain extra gamers than ever earlier than,” sequence supervisor Nakano Hikaru says.
“We’re placing a variety of further effort into the visible presentation of your farm and the encircling pure environments,” Nakano provides. It certain does look that method, and although it is powerful to make a judgment primarily based on a brief teaser clip, it does instantly make a greater visible impression than different latest video games within the sequence just like the Story of Seasons: Associates of Mineral City remake.
Although we have 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 must modernize.
On that be aware, the opposite Story of Seasons recreation that Marvelous teased appears like a good higher effort to maintain up with fashionable gamers. Marvelous refers to it as “a Story of Seasons you’ll be able to play with everybody” alongside some idea artwork sketches.
“We have heard our followers loud and clear, they usually need to play Story of Seasons along with all their mates,” Nakano says. “The idea of taking part in 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 will be a disgrace to see the sequence that initially impressed Stardew proceed to lag behind.
Although Marvelous would not specify platforms for both unnamed recreation, the simultaneous PC and console launch for the A Fantastic Life remake on June 27 this yr means that we are able to proceed anticipating immediate PC variations sooner or later.
