All the things that took forever in the other harvest moon games, like building friendships, taking care of animals, and having stuff built on your farm are now a LOT faster, which is awsome. The festivals however are not that interactive, and you cant swim at the beach :( and you cant even see your character in the hot spring which is annoying. But its pretty cool, the dungeons can be hard, but as long as you bring lots of supplies you should be fine, and its easy to make money!