Can the series keep up with Stardew Valley?
How does Story of Seasons continue to innovate when Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing have done so much to develop the 25-year-old formula? Well, with Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town, the answer is twofold: one – borrow the ideas of Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing, and two – change things for the sake of changing them, and see if it works. Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town tries both, but whether or not it succeeds is a question we can’t quite answer yet.
Beginning much like any other Harvest Moon game, your character – who can be customised with a pretty detailed character creator, which lets players choose a masculine or feminine voice and stance no matter what their gender – inherits a rundown farm on the outskirts of Olive Town. You need to fix up the farm, and they need to attract more tourists, and thus, a symbiotic relationship is forged. You provide the mayor with the materials he needs to upgrade the place, and in return, more shops and features are unlocked.
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