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Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland | 
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Category: Video Games
Buy Used: $17.00
New (9) Used (13) Collectible (1) from $17.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  114 reviews
Sales Rank: 4842
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 08002
UPC: 719593080022
EAN: 0719593080022
ASIN: B00005NCAK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 20 New characters each with their own unique personalities. | | • | Explore a 3-Dimensional environment rich in detail. | | • | 9 Unique endings to the game. | | • | More interaction with your animals, such as training your dog and racing your horse. | | • | Enjoy hours or non-linear game play. |
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Product Description
The object of Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland is to successfully save the village from being turned into a resort. Construction begins in a year, so you must find a way to save your homeland before that. Unlike previous Harvest Moon titles, Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland will offer nine unique ways in which to complete your task. Thus offering nine different endings to the game! Harvest Moon:Save the Homeland focuses more att
Amazon.com Product Description
Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland takes the Harvest Moon series in a new direction by offering a deeper and more robust role-playing experience than past titles. It might be best described as a life simulation. The object is to successfully save the village from turning into a resort. Construction begins in a year, so you must find a way to rescue your homeland within that time frame. Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland will offer nine unique ways in which to complete your task, and focuses more attention on relationships over profit. Befriending the people in town is the key to successfully completing your task. This is the first Harvest Moon title to be in a true 3-D environment. It looks much more realistic without losing the cute animation style for which the series is known. There are 20 new characters--each with his or her own unique personality--richly detailed 3-D environments, and enhanced interaction with animals, including dog training and horse racing. Other compelling details include the ability to collect and cook recipes, real-time character movement, and the capacity to obtain helpful objects by doing part-time jobs.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 109 more reviews...
 a poop in harvest moon May 21, 2008
i first got into harvest moon when looking any vampire snes games for my emulator and saw the title harvest moon, now in vampire mind met i thought something compleatly differnt. it turned out to be one of the dumest games i ever played but chould not stop. it became a lot of fun for me. the back to natuer added 1000% more fun, more real, able to make sprites do slave work, and the girls to woo are interasting. and then the 2 after save the home land, wonderfull life as i much prefer the ps 2 version added realism to it very compleax, and magical melody is just pure fun. out of all 5 this is the only one i refuse to own and i will tell you why
1. only have a year to save the stupied town.
2. have to repeat the same year over and over again to unlock every thing.
3. cant really wu the girls
4. no point to farm actualy farming is almost pointless in the game except for extra money, you can actualy just get by with chickens.
the title explains it you save the home land, or it will turn into a theam park and you lose. you have 1 year to get one of the 15 endings it is not that hard just do what you do to wu a girl in the others and you already unlocked a few endings already. the only thing i think was a interasting featuer is sell your goods to the stores your self instead of dumping into a bin and get paied the next day. just get rid of the middle guy and deliver it your self.. something that could have stayed in the futer games. other then that it is a compleat dump out of the harvestmoon games, maybe if i was not expecting more out of it and it was titled something else that was not harvst moon it would have been better for me..
but it is not a compleat wast just a dissapointment there are a few good things
1. some of the endings are nice and does have a good story plot
2. when u start the year over again all ur updates, crops, money, and enhancements stay so if u had the best watering can well you keep it all 15 times u start over again...but downside people do not know you so you have to reintroduce your self again and again and again.. gets anoying cause of no skip
 It's a good game... really May 10, 2008
It's fun. It's relaxing. Several different endings. Interesting. Good game for those who like good games.
 Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland July 26, 2007
Graphic fair.. Game good..Interaction between charaters good. Interesting adventures and the mulitple endings is a challengen. Major issue controlers inteaction with game. Difficult to get cows to move directionally, also to get direction right in watering crops.Dark when rainy and somewhat difficult to see..To short of a day and hard to get everything accomplished in the time frame. Overall a nice game..
 well what can i say? June 12, 2007
once again ps2 has fallin short of its once knowen glory...
this game is slow going, in the fact there isnt much too do if at all.. the chickens die for no good reason , you cant cook too save your life!
you work a part time just for pennys! was this a real life story of some poor farmer?? i dont get what much of the idems are used for?? and too think i loved harvest moon on gamecube, gamecube is way cooler and most fun when it comes too this game title! so be warned of that now. dont let another 30.oo slip threw your hands the way it did mine :((
My First Harvest Moon Game March 6, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i know how many harvest moon fans were disappointed by this game. but it's still fun. wikipedia told me some spoilers, so i know all about it. but that was later. i want to tell you my story:
when i was younger, i was at my dear cousin's house. i saw a little bit of a game called harvest moon. now that i've researched it, i think that game was harvest moon 64.
anyway, a few years later, i was at a yard sale and i saw hmsth(harvest moon save the homeland). remembering my first experience, i got it for 10 bucks.
when i first popped it into my ps2, i was soooo excited! as i played it, i realized how beautiful it was. it was a fun game, with awesome 3d graphics and quirky anime characters. (i LOVE anime!!!) when you look deeper, there is a sense of art, of beauty, in all things. this game was no different.
the spring season is a sweet time with butterflies fluttering through the air. moondrop flowers bloom and delicious very berries grow in the peaceful forests and lush meadows of the gorgeous landscape. there is so much to explore at first. you meet the interesting people, and see the wonderful sights. the sea is visible in some places, but you don't really go near it. seeing it is enough for me. the nightime can be scary because everything is dark and quiet. it feels great to return to the safety of your home. the spring season music is very peaceful and captures the true nature of spring. i like the fact that the 3d graphics allow you to see the beautiful sky. you can see the sunset best from your house, though i never see the moon, stars, or sunrise. at night, your animals stop moving and fall asleep. it is a wonderful season. it's very pretty, and it makes you want to go there.
the summer is a hot, dry time, with the occasional thunderstorm. (those are SCARY! on t-storm days, the tv displays static and people say "what are you doing out in this weather, kid?! you should be at home." this kind of weather is the closest thing to a hurricane in this game. it's freaky because there's all this thunder, i don't think there's lightning, but it's still scary. maybe the fact that our ps2 is hooked up to a tv in our basement, which is dark and sometimes creepy, makes it so unpleasant for me.) but summer is still nice, with the cicadas humming their rhythmic, calming songs in the warm sunny air. in the dry season, the weather lady often warns you of grass fires, but i've never seen one. (it could have to do with the fact that i keep my plants watered.) lately, i've been missing the summertime. the music for summer is peaceful, serene, and puts you at ease, wih a slow-but-not-too-slow rhythym and a long, melodic tune that will send you longing for the summertime.
in fall, everything turns colors, and the upbeat song will be stuck in your head as you joyfully harvest your crops. (harvest moon ds reveals that the fall song is called "the joy of fall") it's nice to see the bright colors, and the leaves really fall off the trees.
winter is a solemn time (at the years end the theme park is built if you don't do anything) and there is no snow or ice. it rains like usual, your animals can be outside as usual, and you can grow crops as usual. on the last day, everyone in town is sad. the winter song is sort of like the summer song, but slower, more haunting, grave in a way, igniting memories as you realize the town will be gone.(the game restarts at spring 1 when the year ends and you keep most of your stuff) it's rather sorrowful, even the scenery turns to grays and browns.
in addition to the 4 seasonal songs, when you go around town there are different songs that sound like the tunes you hear on your farm, but are arranged differently. i forget which spots have which song. there are also special event songs and on bob's farm (the big ugly guy with the tatoo who's mean to you) the song is ALWAYS the same. my brother and i made some words to it and have titled the tune "sweaty and stinky". quite a humorous name once you hear the song for yourself.
in conclusion, this is a beautiful game. it will bring you unforgettable memories of this magical, enchanting land. no, this is not like the traditional hm game. but why not give it a try? once you warm up to it, it really is a worthwhile game. don't hesitate. don't miss out on this serene environment. don't miss a chance to find a haven in Harvest Moon: Save The Homeland!!!!
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