just finished RF1 at 69 hours and married Mei, what did I think of it?Also, Rune Factory thread
Everyone told you to skip the first game
>>729551751The only weakness of RF1 is the ridiculous marriage conditions for Mei.>>729551927Retarded nigger.
>>729552108Agreed. Though I don't think it would be so bad if Lover Snapper was available outside of Misty Bloom.
>>729551751Based I've played all rn and my favorite is 1 it's my opinion and whoever doesn't like it can tongue my anus
>>729552497It has to a be a level 80+ lover snapper, which is only possible via trading back and forth with another player, according to all online sources I could find.
>>729553224Did you play Frontier too? How did it stack up to RF1?
I wish Azuma was as replayable as 4
>>729553285Yeah, I ended up buying another copy to get it done. Though some crazy small part of me thinks its possible to fish one up. Fished up a level 46 one to trade up, and a level 59 of another fish.
>>729553420What makes it otherwise?
>>729553578No endgame dungeon with random generation and not enough dialogue from your wife nor the villagers to justify playing it after the main quest is done
>>729553669Makes sense. I was always one to drop a SoS/RF game soon after finishing the "main quest/part" anyway, but I get it. Seems like plentiful dialog is rarer and rarer these days
>>729551751>69 hoursI thought it was just a couple of dungeons? Is that long ass play time due to grinding or something?
>>729554035Pretty much, I waited until at least 11pm to sleep and didn't skip any day. Most of that time was grinding some monsters until they dropped items for weapons/decorations. Ended up getting Fourth Element, Myurnil, Executioner, and Rune Blade. Along with all the highest tool upgrades.
>>729554509Now play RF2. I didn't play 1 cause people said it's too outdated and clunky, but 2 is okay, in my opinion.
>>729551751How did you stomach the controls and painfully slow animations?
>>729557425they controls weren't he worst around? Slow animations yes however.
>>729551751Is Rune Factory 5 worth playing? I heard there was some weird stuff with the marriages right?
>>729559441I only played a couple of weeks in spring so I didn't beat the game yet. But what I heard is that the friendship/romance events for every character have trigger areas all over the town so it's har to not do them. They also made events for the bachelors that were supposed to be for female players available to male players too, so you will have to suffer through faggy shit where your character acts like a girl and the male villagers hit on you. The only thing about marriages I remember is that your wife doesn't get pregnant and you instead get a magical tree baby, which was done to accomodate the homos.
>>729560615>I remember is that your wife doesn't get pregnant and you instead get a magical tree babyPretty sure thats only if your spouse is the same sex as the pc.
>>729557425People act like those are the end of the world, if you are used to playing old pre-2005 rpgs you're already golden. Just learn how to build rune factories and make sure to finish the ice dungeon before winter ends.The old games may be a bit clunky as RF1-2 are probably closer to HM with some RPG side content than the Rune Factory experience you may come to expect if you played RF3-5 first, but they're still pretty fun experiences.
>>729553420You reminded me that I have yet to beat it. I reached the part with the shrines to restore the gods' power but then Sonic Racing Crossworlds came out and I completely forgot about RF lol.
>>729560919Why did I keep looking at this image when it fills me with such anger and sadness... I kind of want to go play 1 now just so I can marry Lara tot make her happy to make up for that terrible scene there.
>>729561967Sorry bwo, I have some happier ones but they're all in japanese
>>729562159Oh geez, Lara is a nun too? Yeah, I think I'll dust off the DS now. I'm going to possibly use some anti-grinding cheat codes though because I went back to play 2 a few years ago even after 2 was my first RF and it was just too rough.
>>729562218Yeah, in Frontier she goes to Trampoli exactly to receive training as a nun, she runs the church's infirmary.
>>729560919these are sad, but Melody's is a singe funny considering you lose access to the Bathhouse if you marry her.
>>729554035There's time gated stuff in 1
>>729559441Man, a random side tangent here but I've been trying to work on a better upscaling thing for 3 and 4 Special and looking through 5's textures is an experienceI don't even know what weird downscaling algorithm they used for 5's textures but the artifacting is just horrid. I'm so glad Marvelous has gotten their shit together texture-wise with the new SoS games and Azuma5 was such a rushed piece of shit it's even evident in the textures. Like how the farm dragons are the same texture lazily recolored with the recolor tool and you can see the color bleeding from it.
>>729562675Oh, yeah Frontiers is one of those games I kept meaning to play. Is that the one with that maligned Runey system?
>>729563531Yes
>>729563628Damn. And I think there was a patch or cheat code someone made to make those less frustrating somewhere. Well, backlog stuff...
>>729563657It's bundled with Dolphin, the runey cheatProtip: also turn on fast disc speed in Dolphin
>>729563531Yeah, the localized version decided to fuck up the runey cycle making it less intuitive and harder to keep in check.I know people hate cheating, but I genuinely recommend you to just use a balanced runey cheat and enjoy the rest of the game. It's not a mechanic that makes the game harder/more interesting, just more frustrating and time consuming, especially since ignoring it can fuck up your crops to the point you are better off just restarting your save.Apparently someone decided to add them into dolphin itself so you don't need to search them yourself anymore.>To use cheats, first, make sure cheat codes are enabled ( "Options" > "Configuration" > "Enable cheats" checkbox). To activate them, right click on your game and choose "Properties". Then go to the "Gecko codes" tab. Select one of the cheats ( "All areas max runeys (60-60-60-60)", "Balanced Runeys", "Half Runeys Management" or "Japanese exclusive items"). Now when starting the game you will have that cheat available! Make sure to use a balanced one, because maxing them trivializes the game.
>>729563902Thanks.>>729563946Man, that's retarded. It reminds me of the days of rented video games when the American version of stuff had extreme difficulty in the hope kids would ask their parents to buy it because they couldn't beat the game during a rental.
>>729551927Rune Factory is arguably the best Harvest Moon game, its only 'bad' as a prequel to RF3.
>>729551751Not nearly as stimmy as rf4, but i love the art of RF1. The buildings, the clothing, the characters, the colors, its all nice and mellow and earthy. Especially stands out nowadays when so many anime looking games go for 100% colorful and plain
>>729551751guardian of azuma was a fucking disappointment, here's hoping they'll redeem themselves with 6
Wife shaped
These games are repulsive weebshit animeslop. I couldnt make it an hour in RF4 without deleting it from my system it was so cringe
>>729551751I didn't know Rune Factory 1 & 2 existed.
My love, Dolce.
>>729566247
>>729560919Damnit Tabatha.....
>>729566280Woah, cute! Where'd you find that one? Or did you commission it?
is 5 really that badit's discounted
>>729566552>Or did you commission it?This one. I felt like it. And I didn't have any other ideas so I asked for Dolce.
>>729566596Nice, I really like the dress. It's good when anyone brings new Dolce art into the world. This one and the last two, did you provide your own outfit refs or leave it to the artists?
>>729565152It's the closest to Iwasaki's art, in my opinion.
>>729551751>what did I think of it?Pretty good, probably because it's your first Rune Factory. The later games are much smoother with simply running around and fighting things, and I couldn't see myself going back and using the more awkward weapons and stamina system in RF1. Good that you enjoyed it first because you likely won't later.
>>729566815For those I provided the references myself. They're based on these sorta AI outfits. But with a change or two. Generally speaking as long the outfit is nice enough I'd be willing to get a commission of cute girl wearing it. But sometime I also just tell the artist to make their own outfit too.
>>729565152Even though 4 is my favorite, the series was already beginning to lose its unique tone early on. It was more low fantasy, had a bit of grit and realism. Things like a sickly daughter, a divorced couple, war on the horizon. Obviously you can solve these things, and the later games deal with heavy subjects too, but the vibe is much more saccharine, plus the style shift to more colorful high fantasy settings.
>>729551751Is this any good? I'm ok with it being only half as good as a decent RF game.
>>729567712Odd, thought I included the pic.
RAINBOW wife
>>729551751it had the best box girl
>>729567748Didn't play it, but it doesn't have romance or marriage.
>>729565290Also keep an eye out for Farnia Village
>>729567890God, I hope that game comes outLiterally the only kickstarter I ever backed
>>729567130Neat. I've been building a lot of refs for future commissions, but not enough are purely outfit references. It's hard to know where to find them sometimes. Here's one I've been meaning to comm.https://files.catbox.moe/x3ql32.jpg
>>729567913>>729567890>rf4 director and writerHere's hoping.
>>729567748its a linear rpg. Its high budget and well made, but not very soulful.yeah, id say half as good as RF.no marrying though.
>>729568127Nice outfit. I like it.
>>729551927Everyone is based
>>729568292I think I'll be fine with that then.
>>729559441Maybe since there's a PC version now. It should be an almost tolerable experience now.
>>729551927I think it's funny how people say to skip RF1 but FoMT is seemingly universally beloved when RF1 is basically a better clone of FoMT. Even the layout of the world and town is nearly identical.
>>729568841It even gates shit by season, just like FoMT
>>729567890>2028wow lads
>>729569820It'll be out before tes 6 at this rate
I want Rune Factory 4 2
>>729571589I want Rune Factory 5 2 because my qt whore wife does not deserve to be stuck in a shitty game
>>729571589>>729567890
>>729571589you will never marry venti no matter what
>>729571662>qt whore wifeSuccubus? Since when were any of RF girls whores?
>>729573471:(
I saw Grand Bazaar Switch 2 for 40€ at Game Stop, should I go for it? I've played a bunch of Rune Factory games but never much of Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons.
>>729573958It's free on pc>bbbutkys
>>729573958It's really good, I was really pleasantly surprised how good it actually is, especially considering how half-baked the original game was
Which RF should I play as my first
>>7295749103 or 4
Remember when this franchise wasn't so gay?
>>729575050Things sure changed quickly
>>729574910I like the seaside town aesthetic, so I recommend starting with RF2. Although you have to remember that the game is split into two parts, and first part doesn't have crafting and only small parts of dungeons are available. It basically exist for you to court a girl and marry her. Second part also doesn't let you marry because you are a kid. You can then try RF Frontier with a runey cheat. After that you can try RF Oceans, but remember it doesn't have direct farming. Then you can go with the RF3 and 4.
>>729575743Not even the ocean town can make me like Tides
>>729567748On a surface level Harvestella looks like a Rune Factory clone, but it lacks most of the socal and life sim aspects. It's really just a dungeon crawling rpg where you have to do some farming to get the resources to survive the dungeons. I still thought it was an enjoyable experience, but it's not at all a substitution for Rune Factory.
We were robbed of Venti.
>>729578410She ugly tho
which girl should i marry in RF3?
>>729579717I personally like Sakuya, Collette and Karina.
>>729578410Never got the love for Venti, she's annoying and her human form is ugly. Livia is much better.
I hope RF6 is good
>>729580883RF was ruined after 5 and GoA, sorry aon
>>729551751>what did I think of ithow the fuck would we know retard
>>729581167>he doesn't know
>>729581949>>he
>>729551751comfy game that i will never play again
>>729573958Its probably the best Story of Seasons game in like 10 years, it's no mere "port/remake", it's a new game.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjKHrozYyUY
>>729579717the blacksmith girl
>>729575743>start with those weird games that expect you to do things differently or use a cheat code to be more playable, THEN you can play some normal gameslmao
>>729551751>what did I think of itYou thought /v/ would tell you what to think about it because you're a bigger tool than the watering can and hoe that Mist gave you, and twice as dense. I hate faggots that do this reverse bait bullshit, we can have an RF thread just fine without it.
>>729578410Because I saw her human form in the trophy room event, I thought I got spoiled of a later event in the game... turns out it doesn't happen at all.
>>729551751Guardians of Azuma is so fucking bad
>>729551751>what did I think of it>Only english translationInto the trash it goes.
I need to finish Azuma but I didn't like how simple the crafting and farming were. Got up to the fall island where you meet the demon guy.
>>729583153While playing I kept thinking "oh this is a neat anime game" but kept forgetting I'm playing Rune Factory, the same IP of the DS and 3DS games.Still, it's not a numbered title so I don't hold it against the game, still had fun.
>>729582996You either experience those janky titles while you are still new to the series, or you'll get turned off from them after experiencing the polished 3rd and 4th games.
>>729583621Or the person can be turned off from the weird games and never give the series a fair chance again. You need a hook to convince people to stay around, nobody recommends people to start with Castlevania 2, Adventure of Link, etc
>>729579717Raven
They did it to save youDo you have any idea how many kids she would've wrung out of you?
how decent are translations for rune factory games?
>>729568841Have you tried attacking things with a hoe in FoMT? How would you like a whole game that requires you to fight thru a dungeon with that sort of swing?The main reason people recommend later games is that the combat works a lot better, it's less demanding on your stamina, and it requires less food/rune factories made before doing anything. People who hear "It's Harvest Moon but with killing monsters" will probably be disappointed when your character passes out after the third monster. It's less a problem with the RF1 game, and more just people's expectations that are met a lot better with other games in the series.
>>729584610>Have you tried attacking things with a hoe in FoMT? How would you like a whole game that requires you to fight thru a dungeon with that sort of swing?When I played Back to Nature me and my friends would joke around about using the tools to fight monsters and whatnot (we played FF and had a JRPG brain at the time), it was shocking to discover Rune Factory one day.
>>729551927usually the advise is to play the first game first, since going back to the first game after being accustomed to the QoL features of later games will be painful.
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I want to impregnate both Cinnamon and Candy
List your wife choice for every RF game you played
>>729590484Raven (トゥーナ)Dolce (ドルチェ)...3 and 4 are the only ones I've played
>>729590484Eunice
>>729551751still remember finding a single copy in the bargain bin. never saw it in any other store. i was lucky
>Fantasy Harvest Moon>Can`t marry the Dragon Lolis>Can`t marry the Christmas Cakes/Single MothersEven in God old ass Harvest Moon, if you are Autistic enough, you can marry the Harvest Goddess or the Witch Princess. This Bitch Ass Franchise deserved to be dead for his crimes
>>729595684>couldn't make her a big sister>couldn't even get ElsjeFuck that game
>>729590484RF1Wife: RosettaWife I wish I could have: CeciliaRF2Wife: CeciliaWife I wish I could have: LeanneRF3Wife: MarianWife I wish I could have: MarianRFFWife: CinnamonWife I wish I could have: CANDYRFToDWife: PandoraWife I wish I could have: Pandora!RF5Wife: FuukaWife I wish I could have: HinaI haven't played RF4 yet
>>729595684You can marry Hina in Azuma (granted it's after she grew up, but still).Azuma is general feels more generous with the diversity of options since you basically can marry a mommy type as well and she IS a goddess just like the harvest goddess in the older games, there's a "kinda loli" in the form of Matsuri, etc.
>>729595684>>Can`t marry the Christmas Cakes/Single MothersThey're making advancements towards that, trust the plan.
>>729596542Hina or LiviaFuck them for never making the dragons bachelorettesLike you KNOW Radea was a choice, and was all tsundere about it too, but it went nowhere!Reminder that Livia already had lines prepared but nooooo the height of consent wasn't methttps://youtu.be/gxjR0mpf9GA?si=ZBu86etT8jX2hc5p
>>729596545Azuma had a much nicer reception in /v/ for a reason.
>>729596542>played the underrated games like RF2 and ToD>didn't play the most popular onelol I doubt it can live up to the hype at this point, you waited too long
I guess it's the spinoff price, but Azuma is boring me both visually and gameplay-wise.
>>729597243It's more of a situation thing. Back then I didn't have a 3DS and when I finally did, I chose MH4U over RF4. I looked at 4's bachelorettes and none of them was interesting design-wise.Years later, I was craving for some Rune Factory and saw 5 was new. My ignorant ass didn't know better so I gave it a go and got fucking gayshit shoved up my just-wanna-be-friendly ass
>>729597356>visuallyIt's the best 3D RF though, sure some of the visual identity is affected by having customizable villages rather than everything being set on stone, but it still looks and controls nice.
>>729596545I found the roster uninteresting. I guess 4 was the outlier in having an available girl with the type I liked
>>729597585The lighting, texture work, and lack of portraits puts it well below Frontier for me in appearance.
So, did I completely spoil myself rotten by playing RF4 first? In the middle of playing Azuma, just finishing the main story and I don't mind it, but I need a serious detox from the obnoxiously YOOOOOOOOOO ancient japshit aesthetics soon, to try 3 or 5 later
GoA gave me a little bit of hopium for RF6The girls were pretty good this time aroundNow all RF6 needs is even bigger milkers and even dorkier dorks
>>729597751You started with the best game which has ups and downs.
>>729597585I'll take Rune Factory Frontier's Rune Factory looks over Genshin Factory, thank you
>>729597585Control wise yeah but for 3D Frontier looked much better for me
Yeah but consider
>>729597869My man right hereNot every anime-style game has to be fucking cel-shadedI'll even take Valkyria Chronicles' CANVAS engine (without Raita's body proportions lel)
>>729597970>dlc bachelorette
>>729597720> lack of portraitsMatters less when the model fidelity is higher and they do the visual novel camera when you're talking to NPCs.
>>729598023>without raita's body proportionsNever have a read a more homosexual statementYou could have said "I love sucking cocks" and it would have been less gayWe love Raita bananas here
>>729598106It's fine if we disagree.
Okay but what if RF6 had the same interaction thing GoA has but with preggo belly rubs
>>729597869Frontier just looks like every PS2-era JRPG ever, I still take Azuma even if I would prefer to see a game with more well-defined villages.
>>729598251A cut to black?
>>729598023>VC mentionedAnyway, Aliasse is the bestest best sweetest full of love Valkyria!!
>>729598138lmao you can't get further away from Raita's style than with RF's artstyle (GoA not included)
has anyone tried to undo RF4's waifu2x upscale and redo it with a better approach? The game looks like vomit
>>729598816This is as good as it's gonna gethttps://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/84
>>729597751>Games worth playing, even for newcomers:3 is comparable to 4 (although it has some less stuff), a lot of people prefer 3 over 4 and vice-versa, so which one you'll prefer will come down to a close call.Frontier is the best of the early 3D games, it has a faulty rune system but you can use a cheat code like everybody says to elevate the game at least 0.5 or 1.0 points.Azuma gave fans a new hope for the franchise so under the context of the time it was reelased, it's an enjoyable game with simpler mechanics, but not experiencing the hiatus to 5 and the 5 situation as a whole makes you appreciate it a bit less I guess. Still very approachable.>Only touch if you have at least 2 or 3 games under your belt:1 is too old, just try the pseudo-remake (Frontier).2 is too unorthodox but can be worth ONE plathrough if you already know what to expect.5 became playable with the PC port but still didn't elevate the game.ToD have no idea since it's the only one I haven't played yet, but something something farming is fucked (I think) but the characters are nice.
>>729598816It's better played on Switch so you notice it less, either that or don't play fullscreen on PC.
