8 Reasons Why Stardew Valley is Better Than Harvest Moon

Jake Nichols of TheKoalition writes:
It’s obvious that ConcernedApe, the sole developer of Stardew Valley, is a Harvest Moon fan. The game is pretty much a love letter to those that have thoroughly enjoyed previous entries. Here are some things that I think Stardew Valley does better than its influences.

[rbailey]

Definitely alot of compelling points made about this game and I'm eager to try it out soon.

[-Foxtrot]

They've never put the effort into Harvest Moon for years...

[vork77]

so anyone knows the release date for stardew valley coop?

[MeteorPanda]

rune factory is still my baby

[KentBenMei]

I knew "same sex marriage" would be one of the reasons listed for this game being better than Harvest Moon, it's why I clicked it in the first place, to test my intuition. I absolutely knew this was a thinly veiled LGBT article.

Sure, Harvest Moon is inferior because it doesn't promote the gay agenda, right. I don't think so. The worst of the Harvest Moon series is still leagues above this copycat.

[Servbot41]

Same-sex marriage has been one of the oft-requested features for Harvest Moon and its spinoffs for years now.

[Adrian_v01]

Must be difficult living in the closet and pretending to hate everything LGBT related?

[KentBenMei]

That's the classic response, can't you be more original? It's always one or more of the three; bigot, closeted homosexual, and/or "fundie" (if applicable).

So sorry, no, I don't have a mental illness. Also, I should note that your grammar is terrible, I do better without even trying. Why would you put a question mark at the end of a statement? LOL.

Here's a little something you said in a different topic:

"A true fan would know that they started experimenting with action combat even from the very beginning, with FF Adventure in 1991. It's sad to see people downgrading Final Fantasy to just its battle system though."

A TRUE fan would know that Final Fantasy Adventure wasn't even a Final Fantasy game, similar to how Final Fantasy XV is not a mainline Final Fantasy but merely a spinoff rebranded as one. Know your s***. From Final Fantasy I-X it was purely turn-based. Get over it, you cannot spin s*** in your favor.

Lol, you seriously tried using a spinoff "Final Fantasy" which wasn't even a true entry in the series to argue your point...LOLOLOL!!!

[Servbot41]

It's funny that Marvelous and Natsume were basically fighting over who did Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons better, then Stardew Valley comes along and blows them both completely out of the water.

[zugdar]

Ive tried many HM games. None have come close to HM64 and Friends of mineral town. Stardew looks to be a true improvement to tjose games.