I want to preface this by saying I have played a lot—and I do mean a lot—of farming simulators in my time. I've pushed through the good, the bad, and the straight up tedious. However, Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar has been the most fun I've had with a farming simulator since I played Stardew Valley for the first time. Which is incredibly high praise. It doesn't take a farming aficionado to know that. But what really stands out is the handful of novel features that really streamline country living.
For example, the way you improve your friendships with the residents of Zephyr Town is by greeting them every single day—it doesn't even need to be one on one. This means you don't have to wait poised and ready outside of their front doors each day so you can spring whatever present you've randomly gathered, but you do need to make the effort to go and see them still. What Grand Bazaar offers is a single button that lets you greet any characters as you run past them which, yes, counts as this daily conversation.
