John Deere Harvest in the Heartland

by Destineer

Product Features

• Build your home in the heartland
• Earn profits to buy John Deere equipment
• Great use of dual screens to monitor your farm
• As your farm grows so do your customization choices
• Uses both touch screen & Stylus

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000SH3XF4
• Item Weight: 3.7 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: November 21, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,257 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #21 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Simulation > Life
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Craft fertile soil into a profitable, prize winning and picture-worthy farm. Prepare land and livestock to produce goods with which you can profit, and earn money to purchase John Deere equipment, land, or livestock to improve your farm. Use the touch screen and stylus to Sculpt the Heartland into the farm of your dreams. Use the top screen to monitor your farm with the mini-map and check on the status of crops & livestock.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Dissapointing, January 27, 2008

By 

Lynn B. Bigelow "LadyGamer" (Cumming, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: John Deere Harvest in the Heartland (Video Game)

This is a great premise for a game since I liked Harvest Moon but poorly executed. The biggest problem with the game is the 7 second load time every time you switch tools or leave your farm or go into a building. The music is annoying but you get a break from it during the 7 second loads which will be many many a game day. It is difficult to want to play for long periods of time because of these load times and after only 2 hours of play of which half had to be load time, I already had all the John Deere equipment. There are tons of trophys you can work for if you can stand the awful music which is the same 3 bars repeated over and over interrupted by the incessant load time. It isn't worth the full price in my opinion so wait for it to go into the cheap pile at the store probably soon or buy it used or play Harvest Moon instead.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Fun!, December 21, 2008

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L. ROLAND - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: John Deere Harvest in the Heartland (Video Game)

I love this game. My favorite thing about it would have to be growing crops and teending to either cows, chickens, goats, or pigs. In this game you start out as a rookie then work your way up to Farmer...etc. You also go through 4 seasons (Summer, Spring, Winter and Fall) and in each season(except Winter) you can grow different crops according to the season. You also can buy different farm equipment to help you tend to the crops. Overall this is a very fun game.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great long term game!, March 21, 2010

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Debby A. Rubino - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: John Deere Harvest in the Heartland (Video Game)

After playing FarmVille on Facebook I wanted to find a farming game I could play on the DS and this one is great! It provides long term appeal with different awards to win, animals to play with, and crops to grow. It isn't difficult to make money to buy new things. One thing I don't like is that you can only buy so many "squares" of cropland and then you have all this extra space. Time goes by very quickly, rather than actual time, so that makes the game move fairly fast. I wouldn't call this an exciting game by any means, but if you have patience with games and like them to last a while, then this is a good choice for you. Similarly to FarmVille, you plow your crops, plant your seeds, and harvest. You also treat for pests and can enter crops to win awards. With the different animals, you feed then daily, clean up after them, and reap whatever product they produce (eggs, milk, wool, etc), as well as win awards with them.