Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland
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| Developer(s) | Victor Interactive Software |
| Publisher(s) | Natsume |
| Series | Story of Seasons |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Simulation/role-playing video game |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 76% |
| Metacritic | 76/100 |
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| Publication | Score |
| AllGame |   |
| EGM | 8/10 |
| Famitsu | 31/40 |
| Game Informer | 7.5/10 |
| GamePro |  |
| GameSpot | 8.1/10 |
| GameSpy | 75% |
| IGN | 8.8/10 |
| OPM (US) | |
Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland, released in Japan as Bokujō Monogatari 3: Heart ni Hi o Tsukete (牧場物語3 ハートに火をつけて?), is a 2001 farm simulation game, part of the popular Story of Seasons series of video games.
The player takes on the role of a 21-year-old man whose grandfather, Tony, recently died and left him his farm. Upon arriving at the farm, nominally to pick up his grandfather's belongings, the player's character encounters three "Harvest Sprites" and the Harvest Goddess, who ask him to stay on the farm and help them.
The area is slated to be demolished within a year to make way for a resort and amusement park. The goal of the game is to find a way to save the town before the year's end.
The goal of Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland is to find a way to save the village from turning into a resort by the end of the year. There are 9 possible ways to save the village depending on the choices the player makes, such as which villagers the player befriends. For most of the endings, the character is involved in a quest (digging out a treasure, looking for magical ingredients, etc.).
After reaching an ending, the player has the option of restarting the game to try to "save the homeland" again, possibly achieving a different ending. Upon restarting the year the player may keep the money and animals earned. Each time the player finds a new ending, it gets saved in the Endings List, and the player receives the profiles of the villagers involved in that ending.
Like other Harvest Moon games, the player must tend to his or her farm by growing and selling crops and gathering produce from his or her animals. Unlike the other Harvest Moon games, marriage and parenthood are not included as options.
As in other Harvest Moon games, the player can adopt a dog and a horse. The horse can be used to get around the village faster, while the dog can be trained for useful tasks, such as herding cows into the barn.
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