How Harvestella Compares To ACNH & Rune Factory 5
June 28’s Nintendo Direct revealed Harvestella, an upcoming fantasy farming game with similarities to Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Rune Factory 5. Harvestella is Square Enix’s take on the farming and life simulation genre, complete with a combat system. It is set for a November 4 release on Nintendo Switch.
The Nintendo Direct delivered the first-ever trailer for Harvestella which showed farming, combat, and world exploration. This naturally lends to comparisons with the recent fantasy farming sim, Rune Factory 5. The Switch’s leading simulation game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, is another title with a few elements that overlap with Harvestella.
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The Harvestella trailer shows footage with both a male and female protagonist, which has become the standard in life simulation games such as both Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Rune Factory 5. Harvestella, Rune Factory, and Animal Crossing all also make use of seasons to alter the environment. Although crops aren’t affected by the season in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, they are in Rune Factory 5, which seems likely be the case in Harvestella as well, given its focus on farming. Harvestella also features fishing like both games, and the seasons may affect the fish players can catch like it does in New Horizons. One major change, however, is that Harvestella includes a fifth season, Quietus, which is described as the “season of death,” and may find itself at the center of the game’s story. Like Rune Factory 5, Harvestella appears to be much more story- and character-driven than Animal Crossing: New Horizons, leaning Harvestella closer towards the likes of Rune Factory than Animal Crossing.
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