Many people are trying to dispute that this is exactly like Harvest Moon. I won't do that. It is exactly like Harvest Moon, but with a bunch of improvements, is playable on PC and is able to be modded. It's not like you have many RPG-like farm-centric games to choose from.
So you farm. Or you don't. You say "screw you I do what I want!" I'm going to mine and kill things! So you do. Then you find yourself low on funds after an in-game season, even though you've cleared the whole mine. You have ore now. That's nice. Then you say "should I farm? No! I STILL do what I want!" So you start fishing. You determine that it is impossibly hard. But you're a god-damned adult and you aren't going to let a game tell you that you're incapable of making basic decisions or catching a stupid Carp. Who does this Bear guy think he is, right? So you keep doing it as the season passes you by. You gain a few fishing levels and suddenly you realize that it's actually crazy easy. And you have money now! So you decide it's finally time to start farming. So you spend several days clearing the debris off your completely neglected farm. You clear a patch of land, ho that sucker up and plant the most expensive seeds you can buy. You aren't stupid, so you put up a scarecrow and water them every day. And then the season ends before they bear any fruit. Because you really are an incapable idiot that forgot to check the harvest time and now it's Winter. Nothing grows in winter.
So you have no money again and no crops. So you mine and fish for the whole month. Then the new year starts and you are having no nonsense. So you turn your grandfathers farm into a damned machine. You turn your ore into sprinklers, plant 500 berry-plants, make a few dozen kegs or jars and suddenly you're conglomerate making more money than you ever need without doing any of the actual farming yourself. I'm sure your Grandfather would be proud. And his ghost is, for some reason.
I've spent 70 hours in this game so far.
