Simulator

A simulator is a game that allows you to experience more realistic experiences, that you might not get to in real life. Some simulators can also help train you such as a flight simulator. Flight simulators would simulate a realistic plain, such as you would actually have to click the right buttons to get it to start, such as the engine control. Others allow you to simulate buisnesses, or just live a life you normall wouldn't, such as a farmer. There are many simulator games that make it possible to do anything or be anything as simply as a few buttons. Unfortunatley, it doesn't allow you to do it in the real world.

Harvest Moon

Harvest moon is about your character going through stages in life. You can only be a boy, not a girl in the game, which stinks. Your person inherits a farm, gets animals, and grows crops.The game is a lot like the real world, and like our lives.

You can choose to marry three different people after the first year of the game. One person is named Celia. She is very nice and she helps you with your crops. Another person is named Nami. Nami is shy but also helps you with your crops, but in the game she is the hardest to marry. Muffy is that last person that you can choose from. She isn't very reliable and doesn't know anything about crops.

You can have a child/children after the first year of the game, after you get married. The main purpose of the game is to watch your child/children grow and help him/her succeed in his/her life. Your child's jobs can be a artist, an athlete, or a farmer just like you. If you don't persuade the boy you have to do any of these jobs the boy will sail away. He will also do this if the he doesn't like you. He will never come back after that. You can only do this with the boy, the girl doesn't get a job.

You can also get pets. The pets you can get are a lizard, two dogs, cat, and a racoon. In the game you can give people stuff like flowers to befriend them. When you befriend people sometimes you get tools, pets, or other stuff. If you befriend a white monster, you get a lizard. If you befriend Carter, you get a small dog. If you befriend Marlin or Vestal you get a racoon. If you befriend Romania you get a black cat that she finds. In the beginning of the game you find two dogs. There is one with pointy ears and one with droopy ears. You get to choose which dog you want to keep.

Another kind of animal you can get or buy are cows, horses, sheep, chickens, goats, and ducks. The cows, horses, sheep, and goats all go in one room. On the other hand the ducks and chickens go in a chicken coop. The chickens and geese give you eggs, and you have to feed them every 3 to 4 days. You can get more chickens by putting a fertilized egg in a incubator. This process takes 2 to 3 days. You can only have 8 chickens total, but you can sell them also. The barn animals, such as a cow, can be milked, bathed, or brushed. You can only milk a cow after it has given birth. You can impregnate a female cow by using a miracle potion. you can bathe your animals by taking them to a water bin outside in the pasture area, and then use the brush on them. If you brush your animals it will make them happy. The goats are the same but they don't give off as much milk as the other animals do. The horse is nice because it never gets sick and you can ride around on it. The sheep give you wool, and if you take real good care of them they eventually give you golden wool. The chickens and livestock are your main source of money, so treat them well.

That is all for the game Harvest Moon. I hope you will get this game or try it. It is my favorite game, even though it is sexist!

By Ashley K.