Kind of a weirder one to point out but the newer Harvest Moon/ Story of Seasons have had that hard to get through introduction segments before you really have much freedom to do anything. I started playing Story of Seasons recently and it almost took me 4 hours before I got past the tutorial and even then, there was extra stuff I had to sit through and accomplish before I was let loose. Weirder with New Beginning since the slow start is just the fact that you have to build the town back up so there's little to do and no townsfolk to interact with at the start, though I found it harder to enjoy myself because it took more work to even get people in your town. The games get more fun after that initial roadblock, but they did irk me when I played them. Probably why I got way more into Stardew Valley since they just set you free right away.
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