>Gets told RF Oceans is the worst RF ever, even worse than RF5 and Azuma>Plays the game, wtf it's actually really funWhy do you hate fun games?Oceans/Tides of Destiny edition
>>738528357ocean is the best one, people are just fucking with you
>>738528702Based anon!
I really need to play Frontier and Oceans some day. The 3D Rune Factorys look surprisingly good compared to other 3D games of the era
>>738529540Yes!
Do I need to play 1 and 2 before Frontier?
>>738532646Nope, you can play it as it is.
The music of this game is so good. It's peak SOUL.The bard even plays some Frontier songs when you ask her to.
But does it have cute wives?
>>738536910Yes, now roll
>>738532646Frontier is a direct sequel to 1 and unconnected to 2However, they give you some minor cliffnotes to get you up to speed
>>738538039Give me freedomGive me fireGive me ElectraOr I retire
>>738530961>>738531969Is PS3 emulation a thing now? Or did you just mod the Wii button icons?
>>738539069It has been for years, I played tides in RPCS3 without a single problem.
>>738538938Well, at least I'll retire with protection
>>738539069Yes it runs flawlessly on RPCS3
Is Azuma bad? It's the first one I've seen in a long time that actually interests me.
how much brain damage do you need to have to find oceans fun?at that point just play normal harvest moon
>>738540295No, it's pretty goodIt's just a spinoff, basically Oceans 2, so don't expect a mainline game
>>738538039I got 4... Some dumb pink slut with a dumb slut's hat
>>738540758Lucky!
I'm on Day 10 of RF4 (Hell Diff ofc) and I haven't reloaded at all, not even when I lost the cooking contest.I'm gonna make it.
>>738535286Violet is HIGHLY underrated
>>738540541>how much brain damage do you need to have to find oceans fun?Did you even play the game?
>>738540867Congrats
We love Pandora here
>>738540878She's so kawaii, desu
>>738538039give me 52 or 6 is also okay
>>738542348
Is Wii emu good on a 2019 mid "gaming" laptop to play the Wii only RF games?
>>738543401Emulating wii games can be done on a phoneYou're good, man
>>738543401Just make sure to turn on the "fast disk speed" setting, trust me on that
>>738528357problem with rune factory is the initial trilogy gets better and better with each game. basically, just play rf3 and skip the first two. I have no idea where the series went from there.
>>738543975>>738544230Thanks bros. Imma wife up the retard with a pet elaphant
>>738544363Guardians of Azuma somehow turned out great. RF6 probably never, though.
>>738528357>OceansWhat the fuck? You mean ToD?
>>738544639It's called Tides of Destiny in the US, and Oceans in Japan and Europe
>>738544363rf4 received special edition that has additional content. and it's on switch/pc as well so you don't have to deal with the ds.
>>738540867Good job anon! Post pics if you can
>>738542417Cute!
It looked fun when I watched a bit of Strayfae's playthough.She's one of the only people on youtube to do full playthoughs of Rune Factory games.
>>738528357Azuma was fun, fuck you.
>>738528357I might dig out my PS3 and play Oceans after I finish Frontier, anon that posted screenshots made me play it again.Picrel is the most soulful thing in vidya I've seen in years, it's small things about Frontier that make it so good.>>738538039rollin' for Odette>>738545905cute psychopath
>>738544501She's not a tard
>>738528357this genuinely looks better then the 3d one that just came out.
Which one that you can emulate on PC has the best story and cutest romances
>>738538039Dibs on 1
Picking the female MC by the end just to turn the entirety of the game into an NTR joke is absolutely hilarious. Plus preggo fighting. Whoever thought it made sense was genuinely on drugs.
>>738528357>Azuma bad somehowNah.Second favourite game in the series. Easily clears the rest.
>>738546994Story is usually meh for most of them, but Frontier and RF3 have a ton of waifus.
>>7385469944 has the most in the way of romance mechanics and dialogue by a country mile. Azuma has some decent content in that regard too, but 4 had an extra emphasis on "love" during development and it shows.
>>738528357You are a retard for believing such obvious baits.
>>738547480>Tourist that never played anything older than RF5Opinion discarded
>>738547740second favorite would imply that they've played more than two games
>>738528357This is the only RF game I've played. I went in with zero expectations. The game itself was decent enough, though the post-game wasn't worth bothering with (is it ever?).
>>738547480Azuma is garbage that only looks good because it came after the mess that was 5. 3, 4, Frontier and Oceans are all better than it.
>>738547902>theyGo back to r3ddit
>>738548365no way fag
>NPCs equip umbrella when rainingKINOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
My love, Dolce.
>>738547480The fuck is Azuma? Is it that one genshin clone, did that hot garbage come out already? Get some better taste, nigger
>>738549657>All anime games are clones of a chink BotW cloneI hate this meme
>>738549826Not a meme if it's the reality
>>738550413Gacha didn't invent anime or video games. I know that might be a revelation for you
>>738547480I somehow sunk 150 hours into RF5 but Azuma lost me 20 hours in and I never finished it. I don't know how to describe it bar that it didn't feel like Rune Factory.
>>738549532Best girl for sure if you don't count the other girls.
>>738538039Fuck itMight as well
I wish I could find a girl as sweet and kind as the RF girls... Someone who has a feminine manner, has hobbies and interests of her own, doesn't have a page long list of previous fucks who's number she has to keep track of... I swear they don't exist!!
>>738550669No but it normalized low effort modern anime slop art style, which the industry is full of, and Azuma is an example of that *specially* because Rune Factory always used to have pretty amazing character design. Then Azuma releases and we learn Minako didn't work on it, which is pretty telling.BOTW at least had some effort put into the character design as to not make the characters look like generic modern anime slop.
>>738551463How dare you leave Daria behind!
>>738549826>>738551876You know what is telling? Genshin and botw both suck immense ass, and the fact that Rune Factory tried to do the same at any shape or form when it's already a niche series, that's pretty telling.When they delayed 5's american release to cut content and add gay marriage, that's when they lost me, Rune Factory is beyond saving.
>>738553089>Having dozens of waifusNever again...
>>738553463>dozensfrontier had 12, one dozen, and that is the most of any RFidk where you're getting the dozen"s" from
>>738552981What's Daria like as a bride? Is she a cute wife?
>>738553463Blacks, fatties, legitimate retards, veggiesexuals... How can one game be this based?
>>738528357when are they going to reveal the results of the poll?
>>738554469As pure as the rainbow
>>738555412That explains nothing and instead makes me more sus that she's dyke coded
>>738555496oh yeah, she's super dyke codedin fact you shouldn't play any of the rune factory games, they're all gay games for homoseven the first three
What's the problem with this brat
>>738556285Needs a good hard penis. Specifically mines. In the bum.
>>738538039Hmm
>>738528357Tides of Destiny has a top tier aesthetic and girls, but dogshit everything else.It's not a good Rune Factory game and isn't really a good JRPG either.>make a combat focused RF game with stripped down farming>the combat is still simple and spammy>and you have to do that for dozen of hours
>>738558583The golem is really cool tho
>>738534118Cute!!!>>738538039Roll
>>738561048There's not much standing between her and the cliff.
>>738561048I wish the Japan/Korean games industry didn't double down on the "modern anime" artstyle.It's not even the Japanese consumers who like it, if you look at mods made by Japanese people or go onto Naver to see the mods that are made by the Korean girls, the popular style that's head and shoulders above the rest is a pastel/desaturated style with a lot of details and shading. That is what those consumers want.Who actually wants the overly saturated shit with flat colors? It's baffling.
>>738562558Indeed anon. I feel like modern rendering techniques just end up dragging down games that would benefit from a more straightforward approach like the one employed in those older games. Most of the details are just hand-painted in a single texture without having to worry about breaking the details into separate images for color, lighting, metalness or whatever.It might make sense for photorealistic games or for studios with big budgets but I don't think small teams benefit from that.I mean, if a game was released today and it looked like RF Oceans, nobody would complain.
>>738565754Wait a minute, that stove...
Comfy
>>738568484sandy bloomers are no fun
>>738528357Tides is the BEST RF and anyone who says otherwise has an opinion.
>>738540846>Bro wasn't able to rub one out for yearsUnlucky bastard.
>>738568484That's my wife.
>>738565754>>738567096>Electra's part of family is so poor they need to borrow appliancesDamn
>>7385687184 >>>>> Turds of Destiny
>>738528357Oceans is my favorite and one of my first platinums on PS3.
Love is the answer!
Been a couple years, so I'm gonna start fresh with Hell+Level 1.I don't really remember the maps and progression, but I still have the crafting autism internalized.
>>738569030Nice! Which waifu did you pick?
>>738571328That's my favorite way to play, good luck anon. I've been doing a similar run and rune prana has been difficult as all fuck with how high the damage ramps up
>>738571328Good luck anon!
>>738544538it's a problem when your spin-off does better than the main game
>>738571976Thanks but upon reflection I'm gonna have to rush through and then do it properly from the start because you don't have extra orders to turn off EXP from the start.
>>738571328If you have crafting autism memorized does that mean you’re going to make an armor set that absorbs all elemental damage? Regrettably physical at most can only be like 60%? Trying to recall offhand.
>>738573461For the late-late game, yeah. You can get 50% physical res from crafting and another 50% from Art of Magic to reach 75% total.
>>738573487Yeah I knew it was somewhere in the 60-80 range. Been a while.
>>738528357I like this RF man. It's definitely different but I'll still play it over a lot of other HM or farm games.Also I want to have 30 kids with Pandora and figure out a way to totally purge her father out of her body
>>738574018Is Pandora from further in the past or Aden and Sonja?
>>738528357Retards will be retards.>what the fuck? the farming is different... that isn't allowed! my autism is consuming me! reeeee!Exact same thing happened with GoA. It really is as simple as people being too dumb to understand that the spinoff games always experiment with game mechanics.
>>738549657>wait a second... this game has saturated green grass!>genshin clone genshin clone genshin clone!Didn't even scroll for ten seconds and my point was proven.
>>738538039My love for my wife Maerwen transcends any silly rolls
>>738574420I kinda forgot, but maybe in the middle? Like, maybe Aden and Sonja is from further past during the age of dragons, but I remember Pandora's statue's age was numbered when it was examined.But yea I don't remember as well anymore.I still want to make her the mother of my kids
>>738574420Unless I'm remembering wrong Pandora is a few hundred years "older" than them.
Cute!
>>738550774I enjoyed both games desu but maybe you didn't enjoy it because of the villagers and the fact that it was pretty much 90% action game without a lot of farming. It's more like Harvestella if you ever played that. Also a pretty good game honestly and worth a pirate because it flopped anyway.
>>738528357Oceans is pretty good actually, easily better than 5 and Azuma
>>738541813>>738574018>>738574837Is Pandora the most popular waifu of this game?
>>738538295Its hard to say it is a full sequel since the main character doesnt seem to be married. More like you abandoned your savefile halfway through.
>>738538039Every time I play this game I'm starting with the "This time I choose a different wife" motivation only to end up with Violett yet again at the end.
>>738528357everything was so bad it made the ultra compilation plot tie up game rune factory 4 look good when it was really midder than the excellent rune factory 3 but still good as an introductory game
>>738578715
>>738538039will i get best girl?
>>738568754What's to say he didn't;)
>>738538039Well then
>>738570058I forgot about the flamboyant priest.
>>738577571Well, the story was completed but you didn't get marriedI've seen some visual novels handle sequels like that, where the sequel continues on from some previously unknown turn of events where (you) didn't get with anyone but the story still happened
>>738576846Nyo
>>738545905>>738546369>>738556285>ToD gave us not one>not two>three. Three fucking short stacks to choose fromWe'll never get it this good ever again.
>shortstacks
>>738587607Why is that brat in third and Electra so low in the rankingGrrr...
What do you prefer between harem settings where you can see multiple girl's marriage events in one playthrough and rival marriages which add drama and force you to be proactive to get with the one girl of your dreams as well as the ability to set your bros up with dream pairings?
>>738588087Well, the game pushes Violet pretty hard on you from the very start, her antics are cute too.
>>738580983Hot
When the fuck are they going to remake Tides? It's stuck in dumb baby PS3 jail.
>>738588206>>738588087Nvm, I'm a retard and don't know how to read.
>>738568484>tsundere dark elf maid in glassesDesigner for Maerwen was else a madman or a genius. It's incredible how good the line-up is in this game, possibly the best in the series.
why can't i have multiple wives like my animes? i want both sharron, rossetta and melody.
>>738588463She's beautiful. I marry her every time.
>>738587607>"rune factory oceans ranking board" in elder futharkcute!though they messed up a bit and it literally says>rune faitdræ dieans ran?ing bdaro
>>738588376That's ok, Violet is kawaii
>>738587846>shortstacksShort + stacked (large breasts)You see any big bazooms in those images, Anon?
>>738588620She really is
Happy Mother's day!
My ONLY gripe with Tides is that fucking compass. Goddam whose idea was that? I want to break his legs.
>>738589518buttheads have been trying to redefine shortstack to include pear shaped bodies for a while nowjust point and laugh
>>738589645Always funny seeing Electra without that big dress
Lazy bums
>>738589682really cute
a rune factory on a tropical island sounds fun
>>738593503Its all fun and games until the local tribal woman grabs you and decides you're her mateHonestly its a good premise though>shipwrecked with a bunch of other characters>island has some ancient dragon temple on it>dragon is a quetzalcoatl>can farm, dive to scavenge the ocean floor and shipwreck for stuff
>>738593861You know it would be quite the flip if the townsfolk started trying to woo you instead of the other way around. Wonder how that could work mechanically.
>>738593928You still raise their heart level as usual but once you reach 7 she turns into a hostile mob that chases your ass down once she spots you in townHonestly you probably couldnt do it nowadays because of the whole muh gayshit after 5.I'm fairly sure people would just rather not have npcs initiate than having the bara furfag come at you, unless you make it specific to the tribal lady I guess
>>738594134>Honestly you probably couldnt do it nowadays because of the whole muh gayshit after 5.If you're making the game who gives a shit what other think. There's a slop porn game released on Steam daily.
>>738594415Suppose soWhat else could work for tropical island factory?I'm personally more of a combat man and it already sounds like bootleg Ys
>>738554543>legitimate retards, veggiesexualsIs Mist supposed to be both of these or who's the tard
>>738595113Her
>>738587846They're just short, anon.Just because people have been misclassifying Midna for a decade doesn't make it true.
>>738595941is she silencing that lamb?
>>738597721I've always wanted to romance her but get distracted by Forte or Dolce whenever I start a new run...
>>738599143You can do it anon!
>>738588572I wonder if that's the alphabet the rest of the series uses
>>738599967I wonder...
>>738600750I was thinking more of the signs and stuff from the mainline gamesI was going to take a closer look later
>>738601127I actually found a tumblr post that went into this a little while back.
>>738601127They definitely have something, not sure if it's consistent though
I'd be much more interested in Porcoline as a Batchelor than most of the actual guys they make available... He'd certainly have an interesting romance.
>>738601981He's still in love with his dead elf waifu. And food.
>>738602932Poor guy, I'm sure he thought his wife would outlive him.
>>738600750the runes left of mist just say "marvelous entertainment"can't make sense of the text next to ragna
>>738538039Oceans is by far the one I know the least about, so, fuck it, let's rrrrrrrrroll and see what I can get!
>>738604447>>738604534Thanks for your efforts anon!
>>738568718There is not a single interesting looking girl in this image
Is there a PS3 undub for Oceans or do I just need to play the Wii version?
>>738605207It's ok anon, we won't judge you for liking men
Imagine this game with graphics similar to the concept art
>>738607278I've always said that instead of going into the direction 5 went, they should've went with the SoS doraemon watercolor look and stayed more true to the concept art while doing so
>>738609204A shame really
>>738587607According to my ps3 it's now:>1 - Violet 12%>2 - Odette 11%>3 - Sonja 10%>4 - Mikoto 10%>5 - Lily 8%>6 - Pandora 8%>7 - Elena 8%>8 - Maerwen 6%>9 - Aden 5%>10 - James 5%>11 - Joe 3%>12 - Sierra 3%>13 - Electra 3%>14 - Bismark 2%At the rate it's going now it's only a matter of time until Mikoto makes first place.
>>738610642Electra needs more LOVE!
What other farm games would you recommend to someone that really likes RF?
>>738612453Drago Noka is a fun wolfrpg gameMore shallow than RF, but still worth a spin
>>738610642Surprising they didn't shut down the servers
>>738610642Is this popularity poll a Japan only thing?
i looked through the rips on spriter's resource, and only found these runes in rf3's calendarthey're just the same futhark, the only curious thing is that fall says autumn in runeshaven't found any more of the sign symbols, anyone know where there's more of those?
>>738614581No, but it might only be in the Ps3 version not the Wii version.
I genuinely struggle to believe that there are people who go for any of the males in the games... The girls are so cute but 90% of the men are boring as shit. You're telling me somewhere out there is a fujoshi utterly obsessed with Arthur? Seriously?
>>738614927Arthur is a pretty cool guy though, I could see myself falling for him way more easily than Leon or Dylas, Kiel and Doug are both little shits, and Vishnal is just boring.Not gay btw.
>>738614878It's definitely not in the wii version, it's tied to the PSN iirc
Love retards
>>738614615I suppose these runes are not the same? Looks like gibberish.
>>738614615I can answer that fall/autumn thingNatsume always translated autumn as fall in the US releases in that time. Animal Parade did it too.Here's another RF4 example of the languageThe clinic seems to use a cursive font as well, if I can find a good picture of that I'll post it in a minute
>>738614927>fujoshiit would be yumejo, but arthur does rank pretty low underneath dylas and leonkiel is dead last, I'm pretty suregirls love them gap moe boys
>>738614927Also 100% straight and not gay but my interpretation is that Arthur kinda looks like a girl and Kiel has that little brother/shota thing going on for fujos to dote on so both make sense. Dylas probably more of a big brother character, Leon being the handsome exotic type - both still make sense. Poor Vishnal is a door mat butler so unfortunately I can see women finding an appeal for that too. Can't figure out Doug because story-wise he's mostly a retard.
>>738616215ahh naruhodo
>>738616215>Pico over Forte, Shao Pai, and Clorica
>>738616215>google lens translates selzaweed (ventuswill) as "sells the weed"kek
>>738616382>TunaI still have a hard time accepting her Japanese name.
>>738616616There are some truly wack name choices out there
>>738615651
>>738615901So the furry coded boys are popular... Gross... I'm surprised Kiel is so low, he's the nicest of the boys I think.
>>738616382Weird how Leon and Arthur are the only characters with full names. And Porcoline too.
Shotacon women are actually a minority shockingly enough. Certainly compared to the number of men who are into loli type characters. Furry, abusive, and psycho guys are the real popular ones.
>>738617118Tells you what kind of girls actually play this game lmao
>>738617318There's a lot of shotacon women, Kiel just kinda sucks. He's insanely boring compared with the rest of the cast.He also has the same problem as Forte, they're both a package deal instead of being their own option, the love events with Forte are all about her relationship with Kiel instead of you, and it's the same with Kiel's.
>>738615651That is a dork thoughTHIS is a retard
>>738614927Literally all of the gods in Azuma mog the bachelorettes and Pilika is the only one who even comes close unless you like retards and/or alcoholics.
>>738617118judging from what I've read over the years, he's too childish and too siscon coded for peopleI think if he had leaned more into the researcher/archaeologist vibe that he has and less of the siscon one he'd be a bit more popularbut then he'd be stepping on Arthur's toes a little bit
>>738617360Are you ignoring all the anons through the years who wanted to fuck dragon form Venti?
>>738617661Only because it helps further my agenda
Venti was too babycrazy you have to understand
>>738617635>I think if he had leaned more into the researcher/archaeologist vibe that he has and less of the siscon one he'd be a bit more popularI guess so, Terry was pretty much everything people wanted from Kiel and he became pretty damn popular with the female players, they were pretty mad when his DLC was cancelled too.
The best part of romancing Leon is turning his teasing right back at him
>>738617635He's really cute though, and is a genuine nice kid without coming across like a faggot like Arthur and the Butler do. Forte is a girls girl too and was the first to stick with you so she's totally fine to share with.
>>738616382>Dolce lost to weed sellerOwari da
>>738617924He's not a bad character. He's quite likeable but that doesn't mean you'd want to fuck him. He's been little brother-zoned
Enough faggotry, let's talk about waifus now.
My wife (male)
I want to commit forehead smoochI really hope they make kids more a midgame thing in RF6 though, there is never any content for them
luv fairies
>all these delicious bait posts>1 day agoGod dammit now I can't reply to them>>738618312YOU.
>>738618498Green love.
>>738618452There's always 2 :^)And 4 if you want to be a freak and rush marriage
>>738618452Just wait for RF2S
>>738618969>big hat>big titsah my wife forgot her name
>>738618969Never realized they were experimenting with "bachelors" ever since RF2.
>>738618574Me?
I'm really trying to play Guardians of Azuma but man the combat is so much of a focus of the game while everything in town feels like an afterthought but the combat is super fucking boring so I'm not really having fun. It has a lot of nice QOL features that make it easier to play than past games but it doesn't really matter cause the core itself is not good enough. Also I absolutely hate the crafting of little items that you need to little around your building area for buffs.
>>738619206YES, YOU. MOTHERFUCKER
>>738619282You do realize the moment they show RF6...I will have no mercy...
>>738619171YeahFun fact: the daughter character can also "marry" the twin girls in the second generation. They can also be related to her as well>>738618969I remember the devs say that if they were to make special versions of 1 or 2, they'd have to do a lot more work vs what they did for 4S or writing a unity wrapper like they did with 3S
>>738618969Blind bangs girl seems so mob coded that I don't think I can resist marrying her lol
>>738619584Dorothy is super cute, but she's the very quiet, very (very) shy type
>>738619695So if I rape her she wouldn't tell someone? Perfection!!!
>>738619540>"marry" the twin girls in the second generationToo bad you can't marry both Irises in RFF...
>>7385380395 or 7 is my preference.
>>738619764idk her dad is pretty scary
>>738538039
>>738619584She's pretty cute
>>738619584You do get to see her face at the wedding
Apparently RF6 will feature a floating island?One half of the number 6 seem to resemble scales and the other half resembles water.
>>738619584Built for princess carrying and extreme cuddles
Any tips for making GoA less of a slog?
>>738619951>>738619950Cute!
>>738620034The mainline games have done most of Adonea, so I guess the only place to go is up. I see two dragon statues, tooIt's similar to viatrea's flying fortress/the dragon casket, isn't it?
You think RF6 is taking longer because they didnt expect GoA to do so well and are scrambling to implement stuff from it?
>>738620471Did GoA do well? I mean I guess they wouldn't have later ported it to PS5 if it flopped but still didn't really seem one I'd peg as that successful.
>>738620596It and Grand Bazaar were the only reasons that Marvelous was profitable last yearhttps://automaton-media.com/en/news/rune-factory-developer-marvelous-sees-record-high-game-revenue-and-return-to-profitability-thanks-to-guardians-of-azuma-and-story-of-seasons-grand-bazaar/
>>738620596RF5 was mediocre, but not as bad as some people here make it out to be. Also anons really overstate the damage one (1) bad game makes on a series with multiple good release over the years.
>>738620696Grand Bazaar was really good to be fair. I'm a SoS hater and even I vibes well with that game, at least up to year 2.
>>738621040I agree, it's definitely one of the the peak examples of an actually good remake
>>738620353Hadn't noticed the dragons, nice catch!
GoA wasnt very good as a step forward to gameplay, aside from the combat feeling far less jank than usualBut the girls were nice, so I really hope they just take the combat and make it more interesting and keep the focus on the girls because ultimately thats what sets these games apart from eachother
>>738620034Let us bang the Dragons and the Milfs you fucking cowards!
>>738621614sorry anon, you'll get your 16 year olds and you will like it
>>738620471>implement stuff from itOutside of some QOL that makes getting around quicker and more convenient and the ability to add some automation to the farming process when you don't want to deal with it every single day I can't really think of anything I'd particularly want carried over from GoA.
>>738621681I'm tired of teenagers! I am an adult make and adult Rune Factory!
>>738618969>tfw married Mist instead of Tabitha in RF because I felt bad and didn't want to turn the canonical heroine into a cuckqueen>tfw married Mana, the epitome of a plain jane, instead of Dorothy for the very same reason>had enough of my masochist tendencies and married Raven in RF3Don't make me go back and relive the hell that is RF2 just so I can finally make the right choice and marry Dorothy like I've always wanted to.
>>738621871Your loss
>>738621871I hate dating in games with childhood friends/beginning heroines. It always feels wrong to snub them.
>>738621871Mana is really cute though.
>>738620596
>2015>still relevant
Why is marriage such a big deal for people?
>>738623149Because it's a long term reward.
>>738623149>game literally about starting a family>"hur why do people care about the core component of the game"As always cat posters are the dumbest mother fuckers on the face of the earth.
>>738623149I don't get it either. I played one of these games and marriage was just a ton of grinding for a bit of dialogue. It wasn't worth it.
>>738623149If I play a farm/life sim game without romance or friendships, it just feels like something is lacking.It's probably due to relationship systems giving the player a sense of agency. As another anon said, it's also a long term goal, and in games like Animal Parade (and GoA, sort of), it can give you a reason to replay the game, if only to see what the other children personalities areThe best implementation of it is Animal Parade, where rival couples have children and your children hang out, have events, and go to school with them.
>>738538039I want to open Pandora's sweet little box.
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>>738623149Milestones are important.
marriage + kids should be the midgame for a farm sim
>play rf4>game is so fun I find stardew valley to be a fucking joke>try rf oceans>feels underwhelmingdropped it really fast desu
>>738600103>>738576280>>738608891>>738549532>>738571847>>738599143
>>738626452
>>738626975worst girl by far
>>738627096That's not Alicia
>>738627357>That's not Aliciaat least her design is better than stupid dolce
>>738626129
>>738618840>green's hair clipping into her forehead
>>738628156Cheeky osananajimi!
>>738621614You already got your fat tits in AzumaBack to the real man's Rune Factory.
>>738623149It gives you something tangible to work towards from the very second the game starts, and makes you view every candidate with a new lens rather than an NPC you don't care much about.RF does this with both gear autism and marriage, so there's more to care about than just raw combat or farming.
>>738629143
>>738623149it's a fantasy anon>vow to stay together until death>spend your life together and support each otherit's a primary goal living as a farmer in a tight knit town
>>738634529W-Whoa!
Will rf6 give Julian his redemption arc?
>>738635454Nope
>>738635454trust the plan
Bumrushing with double fairy cheese to unlock extra orders for my real file was going very smoothly until I had to do Leon Karnak with my awful gear solo
>>738637232
>>738614615If you're still around, there are these as well
>>738640635Cute Dolce! Cute!
>>738641003Pov
>>738641120What a cutie
>>738637898Oh yeah, there is a section where you have to go alone, isn't there?Better stock up on that object x
>>738618969The correct way to do this is to marry Dorothy in gen 1 and Cammy in gen 2.
>>738643517when you think about it, that's fucked up on multiple levels
