I remember playing it when I was a kid and it had the best interface and an interactive environment. Though it really disheartened me to know that it was closed after a few years and the game couldn't be continued any further.
One of my first Harvest Moon games from the franchise and roaming around in the game till year 4 doing nothing still surprises me that I had yet to do so much in the game only to explore what you could do and an amazing game it is years later only to replay it with a better understanding