Can you get married and what is the permise of the game? I know you do puzzles and stuff, but what the fudge!? I hear it got REALLY bad reviews, it that true? And is it just a rip off of the other HM games?

that depends on how you look at it
you only plant crops, grow them, and harvest them against three other characters and that does seem like a rip off
but it is a game all about strategy and speed it does get addicting after awhile and it is challenging it gets more and more fun the more you play especially when you can beat harder computers finally this is perhaps the only harvest moon game that is multiplayer other than magical melody

i dont think it is a rip off but that is my opinion so it doesnt have to be yours