{"id":10537,"date":"2023-06-29T11:37:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T09:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/29\/story-of-seasons-a-wonderful-life-review-soothing-and-sentimental-farming-sim\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T11:37:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T09:37:55","slug":"story-of-seasons-a-wonderful-life-review-soothing-and-sentimental-farming-sim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/29\/story-of-seasons-a-wonderful-life-review-soothing-and-sentimental-farming-sim\/","title":{"rendered":"Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life review \u2013 soothing and sentimental farming sim"},"content":{"rendered":"

PC, Nintendo Switch (version tested), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S\/X; Marvelous
<\/strong>Become slowly enmeshed in a rural community in this game about the farm and family<\/p>\n

Even among the eccentric stable of farming games, this is a bit of an odd duck. A Wonderful Life was originally a Harvest Moon game on the Gamecube, and though it retains the trappings of most farm games (crops, livestock, fishing, spelunking), there isn\u2019t as much moment-to-moment pressure to maximise your yields. Where games such as Stardew Valley<\/a> or Rune Factory<\/a> lock you into an absorbing cycle of equipment upgrades and farm expansion, A Wonderful Life is content to let you potter around town at a leisurely pace. Each season lasts just 10 days. Farming seems almost an afterthought.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because the game\u2019s focus is \u2013 as the title suggests \u2013 on having a wonderful life; there\u2019s far more to do after you\u2019ve built up your farm, chosen a partner and settled down. Characters age and change over time; new faces move in and others depart. You can\u2019t even progress past the first year until you get married, though thankfully the bar for marriage here is set unrealistically low. If you don\u2019t propose to a prospective partner after your first year, they\u2019ll turn up on your doorstep and make it happen.<\/p>\n

Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life is out now; \u00a334.99<\/p>\n

Continue reading…<\/a>
\nPC, Nintendo Switch (version tested), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S\/X; MarvelousBecome slowly enmeshed in a rural community in this game about the farm and family
\nEven among the eccentric stable of farming games, this is a bit of an odd duck. A Wonderful Life was originally a Harvest Moon game on the Gamecube, and though it retains the trappings of most farm games (crops, livestock, fishing, spelunking), there isn\u2019t as much moment-to-moment pressure to maximise your yields. Where games such as Stardew Valley or Rune Factory lock you into an absorbing cycle of equipment upgrades and farm expansion, A Wonderful Life is content to let you potter around town at a leisurely pace. Each season lasts just 10 days. Farming seems almost an afterthought.
\nThat\u2019s because the game\u2019s focus is \u2013 as the title suggests \u2013 on having a wonderful life; there\u2019s far more to do after you\u2019ve built up your farm, chosen a partner and settled down. Characters age and change over time; new faces move in and others depart. You can\u2019t even progress past the first year until you get married, though thankfully the bar for marriage here is set unrealistically low. If you don\u2019t propose to a prospective partner after your first year, they\u2019ll turn up on your doorstep and make it happen.
\nStory of Seasons: A Wonderful Life is out now; \u00a334.99 Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PC, Nintendo Switch (version tested), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S\/X; MarvelousBecome slowly enmeshed in a rural community in this game about the farm and family Even among the eccentric stable of farming games, this is a bit of an odd duck. A Wonderful Life was originally a Harvest Moon game on the Gamecube, and though …<\/p>\n

Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life review \u2013 soothing and sentimental farming sim<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10537"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}