Your Least favorite HM Game of all time? Why?

Here come the downvotes.... I didn't dislike the game by any means, but Story of Seasons (the original) is my least favorite so far. Now, it's still a fun game with tons to do, but to me I just never had any fun, exciting moments where I thought, "I'm really enjoying this." Actually, most of the time I was forcing myself to get to the next day in hopes of some event or new mechanic. I made it to mid-winter first year and finally just put it down because I wasn't having fun.

The timed unlocks and vendors are what killed it for me. Harvest Moon games really benefit from a shipping box or some local means of selling that doesn't require a long jaunt to town and back. (The horse eased this, but by then I was already frustrated.) The only interesting bachelorette and person (to me) was Agate, and one day I'll pick it back up again just to marry her.

Maybe I'm being too hard on the game -- and indeed it isn't a bad game by any stretch. But so far I've enjoyed all other HM titles more than SoS1, even HM1 GBC (so that tells you to take my opinion with a grain of salt).

Tell you what, though.... Trio of Towns fixed everything about SoS1 within the first couple hours. I really love that game.

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