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Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life will span a lifetime on the farm and follow the drama that goes with it. Not only must you build and successfully run a farm, but you must also build a successful life with…

80 11 November 2004 ESRB E

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Marvelous Interactive, released 11 November 2004 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.

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What Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition is

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Marvelous Interactive and released in 2004. It was published by 505 Game Street. It is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2. It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The basic plot is similar to several previous Harvest Moon games: the main character, a young man, inherits a somewhat run-down farm after the death of his father. The game takes place in the small village of Forget-Me-Not Valley. True to its name, the game progresses through the main character's entire adult life, from young adulthood to old age. NPCs in the game, including the main character's child and wife, also grow older as time passes, However, numerous years are skipped as the game is progressed.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are romance and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Harvest Moon series

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition is the 15th of 60 entries we hold in the Harvest Moon series. The next entry was Bokujou Monogatari: Shiawase no Uta in 2005. Its critic score of 80 is 14 points above the series average of 66. The highest-rated entry is Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life at 85.

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How it was received

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition launched on 11 November 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and World of Warcraft. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, World of Warcraft.

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When did Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition come out?
Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life Special Edition was released on 11 November 2004 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.

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