Eventually the latter becomes the easiest method of earning coins, but it's also by far the most boring. Money is earned by completing tasks for the villagers, but you can also collect materials and sell them to vendors. However, in addition to materials, you're going to need money to repair the buildings. Your character will eventually be equipped with an axe, hammer, knife, and a fishing rod, and thus you can exploit mother nature to get what you need. This is done by completing assignments, such as rebuilding their homes, which in turn requires materials, and generally speaking it's possible to acquire these by yourself. The story of the game is both short and uninspiring, and essentially it's really just about helping other people on the island.
This lighthouse turns out to conceal certain secrets important for the plot to follow, and off we go. Naturally the town is in ruins after the storm, but your character is tasked with helping fix things, and after a little while you find a defective lighthouse on the island. The journey begins with you on a boat, but as is known to happen to video game protagonists, disaster strikes and we end up washed ashore near a harbour town. For a game that was originally developed for PC, we expected a little bit more in the graphics department, even if the soundtrack is catchy enough despite these limitations. After creating our character, it struck us how much he looked like a figure we could have created on the Mii Channel well over 10 years ago, and as soon as you get started on the world map it looks like you've faded away into some kind of mobile game. Like many other games, Light of Hope starts with the creation of a character, although you can only really customise the gender and date of birth.
HARVEST MOON LIGHT OF HOPE SERIES
The series first appeared on the SNES in 1996 but now 22 years on we have Harvest Moon: Light of Hope, which has launched on the PC, PS4, and the Switch. Harvest Moon is a game series you've definitely heard of, a series that has been through some turbulence over the years, having also celebrated its 20th anniversary a couple of years ago.