When developer Natsume announced the newest installment in the Harvest Moon franchise, the news was met with mixed responses from fans. Longtime fans openly declared they didn't have high hopes for the title, as many of the recent Harvest Moon installments developed by Natsume haven't lived up to their expectations.

"Frankly, unless you've come up with a new vision and re-imagined the gameplay, I'm not interested," one Twitter user replied to the announcement tweet. "None of the Natsume developed Harvest Moons have been great, though Skytree was pretty good. The Switch entry was passable at best."

"Don't be [excited]," another commented. "Natsume will never live up to Harvest Moon's name. Just play Story of Seasons."

In fact, many of the replies to the original tweet were from fans hoping the title would return to the root of Harvest Moon's gameplay — something many feel the game has continued to stray away from.

Many claim that if you're looking for a classic Harvest Moon experience, it's best to play the Story of Seasons franchise from Marvelous Inc. For those not familiar with the developer, Marvelous Inc. was one of the original studios to work on the oldest Harvest Moon games.