YMMV / Harvest Moon

• Audience-Alienating Era: Harvest Moon (Natsume) as a whole is seen as this, due in no small part to the fact that it's essentially a new series using the old name of what is now Story of Seasons. Most, if not all of these games are considered to be worse than the older Harvest Moon games, and worse than the games being released under the Story of Seasons banner. To put this into perspective, even the Harvest Moon games during the Wii and DS era are seen as less contentious in hindsight. Even those who were initially unaware of the change may be catching on, especially since some of the older games that were released under the old name are being remade with the newer name. They're starting to improve, but many players may feel that using the older Harvest Moon name is somewhat deceptive in getting people who may not have played for years buying Natsume's games, thinking they're the continuation from the older 2000s games when they're really a completely separate, In Name Only series.