Why on earth are we looking forward to another Harvest Moon game?

'Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon' has not only got a ridiculous title, we are well aware how essentially dreary Harvest Moon games are.

We invested months in the Gamecube version only for it all to fuck up when the goat stopped giving milk and we had to attempt to 'put him out to pasture' – which in this instance meant pushing him out of the door when it was snowing in the hope that the fucker might die.

You see, Harvest Moon games are all about farming and as well as being essentially the most boring series of all time, they are also the most engrossing. There is something essentially satisfying about the morning you leave your tiny farmhouse to find that your tomatoes have sprouted – and there's no hidden meaning to that.

But that's all there's ever been to it - Plant stuff, milk stuff, sell stuff - until now. The greatest hangover video game of all time (we've played entire Sundays without bothering to blink in the past) has been reinvented for the DS version with dungeons, monsters and treasure but above all, a storyline.

It's nothing too innovative though – young boy, big eyes, no memory, a bit of land, a cave full of monsters and a fondness for livestock. Choose a bride, grow some turnips, whack some things with your rake and milk cows.

Since it's been out in Japan and America for years and months respectively, the reviews are largely positive and UK Nintendo DS gamers will gain their own tiny handheld plot of land when 'Rune Factory' is released on March 28 2008.

Here is a nice video of the game.