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Let's talk about Rune Factory!

> Rune Factory Archive (comics, official artworks, fanarts)
https://forestofbeginnings.tumblr.com/
https://mizore.sakura.ne.jp/rff/dat/info.php?p=1

> Official X accounts
EN: https://x.com/RuneFactory
JP: https://x.com/RuneFactory_PR

> Official YouTube channels:
EN: https://www.youtube.com/@MarvelousUSA
JP: https://www.youtube.com/@MarvelousCSCH

> Latest release
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (2025)

> Upcoming
Rune Factory 6 (TBD)

> Icebreaker questions
Which RF game are you playing right now?
Your first and your favorite RF games?
Your favorite waifu/husbando?
Your first love ever?
Your favorite non-romanceable character?
Your favorite location?
Your favorite soundtrack or song?
Your favorite opening movie?
What are your most cherished memories of RF?
What's your opinion on the current state of the franchise?
What made you fall in love with the franchise?
Anything you miss about older entries?
Do you have any hot takes or unpopular opinions?

> OP Movies
Rune Factory - A Fantasy Harvest Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRarXcOu5lQ
Rune Factory 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j91Zzw6NhZA
Rune Factory 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1-6OYzBXNw
Rune Factory 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ5O3JpXJew
Rune Factory 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9CcwbiM7t0
Rune Factory Frontier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW0MJ4AjrnQ
Rune Factory Tides of Destiny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_96hX2_DbM

> Thread theme
Town of Kardia ~To that Person and to the Encounter~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ1AUQzt3PI

Previous thread:
>>4000156
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>>4072038
hey retard, the old thread's still going to be on the board for another week
Don't make a new thread at post 499 you faggot, make it when the old thread is on page 10.
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>>4072069
Are you ok, anon?
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>>4072076
He's one of those guys who took
>board culture
too seriously. Idk who died and decided only /vg/ threads are allowed to bake a new one after the last reached bump limit.
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I wish the terrain editor allow diagonal objects because I wanted to frame the volcano with the gates. I'm framing the next best thing instead.
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>Which RF game are you playing right now?
GoA
>Your first and your favorite RF games?
2. remake when.
>Your favorite waifu/husbando?
keep changing. i really like xiao pai- i tried marrying another girl on my 2nd 4th play but ended up marrying her again. that being said, i think i like Julia better, even tough my first rf wife was Yue.
>Your first love ever?
a fellow student when i was 2nd grade.
>Your favorite non-romanceable character?
A certain cheff from rf4.
>Your favorite location?
rf2 school
>Your favorite soundtrack or song?
change constantly, but currently its virtua cop ost 5 - stage 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rpB3qSjjoA
but seriously its a close call with like, 10 others
>Your favorite opening movie?
neither made me not press the skip button, but i liked 2 the most
>Your favorite opening movie?
2 still
>What are your most cherished memories of RF?
rf2 when i got to play as 2nd gen, rf4 when i married xiao pai again, goa when my sister almost started playing herself after she sew its graphics
>What's your opinion on the current state of the franchise?
glad its still going. im optimistic for its future, but i dont think rf6 will be its best entry.
>What made you fall in love with the franchise?
HM was already one of my favourite titles, and rf has improved on it with the stat building and adventure. i liked hm for waifu+life sim, and rf is an upgrade imo.
>Anything you miss about older entries?
no, but it would be nice to see rf game with og hm girls, without rf lore- frontier life but no earthmates, dragons and stakes.
>Do you have any hot takes or unpopular opinions?
lover nicknames- the reason there are as many as love options is because each girl has the option that suits her best.
for matsuri it's 'bladesinger'.
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>>4072278
Thanks anon. For a moment I thought I had broken some unspoken rule or something. I guess we're good to go.
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>>4072461
Still, he was right about bump limit threads lasting for a week or so
Though I doubt we'll be fast enough to cause too much of a problem, though you never know
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>>4072359
Looks cool so far anon :)
>>4072450
I'm currently playing RF2. It's fun, but it's kinda slow. Got some earthquake triggered recently. I wish it had at least one or two dungeons without roadblocks to keep me busy. I'm torn between Ceci, Alicia or Yue. Not a fan of Mana. Julia I barely see her. Cammy is cute, so I'll save her for my son. Rosalina is boring. Dorothy is also cute, but Barrett can have her.
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why is it called 'the sex empire'?
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>>4072799
That's how you get enough people for an empire.
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i dont get it
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>>4074267
Isn't it a tanuki in disguise? I don't quite remember
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does anyone else care about common VAs between RF and other franchises? I remember Kanata's va, Lynn, from a gacha i used to play, voicing a girl named Konoha, who sucked at cooking for no other reason than Lynn herself also being bad at the kitchen.

Also, Matsuri shares VA with princess chaika. Shocking truth, I know.
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>>4074579
I think we need *less* people who care about VAs because apparently quality voice acting means we can no longer have a theme song in a single game. Like I don't actually care about the fact that Nobuyuki Hiyama is in GoA, he voices a carpenter who you can do NOTHING with.
I would not miss Shinichiro Miki if it meant dropping an A-lister like him gives the devs more money to make an actual tengu model for Kurama.
Marvelous need to look into the hentai scene, heck, maybe even the vtumors too. Whole lotta talents out there desperate for a break. The voices would be cheaper and we can have a song, maybe even an MV again. Is that too much to ask?
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>>4074648
i think the problem is not how famou the va is, but how many lines she needs to do. rf2 had a pv despite legends like ayako kawasumi (saber) or nana mizuki (Fate from Nanoha) on the rooster
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I'm so glad my art made it to the stream. Everyone's pieces are so well done and beautiful. I'm humbled!
Yet such is the nature of the pursuit. If I were to go at it for decades like my wife I'd still find something new.
Damn my voice sucks now that I had to listen to it.
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>>4075529
Happy for you anon. Looking forward to seeing more of your art, especially if involves RF and Daria :)
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its just a piece of platinum, relax!
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i didnt expect the mock volcano to be that big
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>>4076064
I wonder if RF6 will double down on decoration.
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>>4076302
Who knows? I think SoS half of the series burnt itself out with the building/decorations somewhere between A New Beginning and Olive Town so I think that also has an effect on RF
From what we saw in the trailer, I didn't see much room to decorate, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Though I do wonder if we'll have character customization, those woolies were all unique.
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Not playing this shit-ass series again until they give me another chunky piglet to marry.
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Well, the town that appears in the teaser is the same featured in the logo. There's also a request board in the center.
If it's a floating island, guess both the farm and the town are located in the same place?
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How hot a take is it if I think I like the first one more than 4? I haven't played either extensively, but I immediately recognize that the way A Fantasy Harvest Moon plays exactly as it describes had a stronger resonance with me.
I'm still going to play through 4 since I'm a bit further in it than the other, but I'm really looking forward to going back to the first.
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>>4078614
1 has some unique stuff that didn't get carried forward (and some of what did didn't make it past 2), so I get it
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>>4078614
RF1 had soul. You can tell it was made with love despite having some weird design decisions. Also the cast of RF1 and Frontier is the best from any RF game.
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>>4078463
>>4078614
The similarities. Oh no... we're getting the
>heckin HUSTLE and BUSTLE of a big city
again aren't we. Selphia already gave me choice paralysis every morning as is.
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>>4078726
Yeah I do prefer smaller towns for farming sims. Frontier was comfy.
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>>4078697
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>>4078726
isnt rf3 town bigger?
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does anyone else get oreshika vibes from GoA profiles?
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>>4078751
It's a village, while roughly the same size there are just 7 buildings in total. You also have very clear directions: the store is down the street, healing is to the right at the Inn, and dungeons are to the left of your house.
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More 4 Native Chorogons comic
The good? More Aqua-Chan.
The bad? They kept doing this Micah erasure by implying everyone in RF universe can go back and forth between people and monster forms, even dragons.
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i like matsuri but i dont want to marry her since she is probably married to this guy >>4072359

who should i marry instead?
inb4 Cuilang (Clang!)
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>>4080280
Kanata is another sunshine of a woman I guess. Apparently genki types bachelorettes are getting less popular with gamers these days.
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>>4072278
You're fucking stupid because the bump limit is meaningless. Image limit is what matters but realistically you should use a thread until it falls off completely.
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>>4081070
Is that... a drone? Is it a mod?
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>>4081079
its a scene in cuilang bond quests
those quests need the 'seasons of love' dlc
the item so far doesnt appear outside of cuilang scenes, but someone who married him might know more (like maybe you can put one as decoration)
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>Girls get angry at each other because of you
Man, it's funny how the rival system, despite of how simple it is, manages to make relationships way more interesting. A shame we'll never see it in action again.
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The correct order (From amazing to worst) is - excluding RF1+2):

4 > GoA > 3 > 5
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>>4081466
Anon here, sorry I forgot to take my medication. Here's the correct order:

Frontier > RF3 > RF4 > RF Oceans > RF1 > RF2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *abyss of despair* >>>>>>>>>>>>>> GoA > RF5
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>>4081484
actually its
(game i started with) > (what i play rn) > (last game i played) > rune factory 5
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>>4081535
But I started with RF1 anon :(
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>>4081643
ok correction
(first good game i played) > (what i play rn) >= (what my friends play) > (last game i played) > (what the masses like) > rune factory 5
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>>4080082
>The bad? They kept doing this Micah erasure by implying everyone in RF universe can go back and forth between people and monster forms, even dragons.
That does seem weird to me too. Micah also needs a special belt to do it so why is he such a shitter?
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>>4081666
What's up if those digits anon
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>>4081749
He can't be a worse jobber than Kyle at least
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>>4081749
I'm actually starting to suspect that Micah's transformation might be artificial in nature, as in the Earthmates were doing some shady ass shit behind the scenes, including the shit with the also suspiciously monsterish guardians from 4
Micah's version of it is likely more modern/advanced which is why he needs the belt and why it doesn't affect his human form
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Hello anons. I'm thinking about trying either RF3 or 4 as they are on sale on Steam, but I had a few questions. Are these versions of the games good? Which of the two is better? Do I need to play these games in order to have any idea what's going on, or do they stand alone fairly well?
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>>4082299
Personally I like RF4 a little bit more, but the RF3 port is way better than the RF4 one. They're both good though, and they're all pretty standalone so you don't need to worry about playing in order. RF3 also has twice as many bachelorettes for you to date than RF4, while RF4 has a much longer story.
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>>4081805
Clearly, Satan likes Rune Factory. GLORIA SATANIS.
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>>4082128
It'd be kinda cool for RF6 to establish both Sechs and Norad had its own evils the whole time. Sechs with their basically Magitek that uses runes from earth directly, and Norad that turned out to be experimenting with directly influencing rune balance in people, transforming them into monsters on command.
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>>4082299
4 is a better game overall, 3 has better graphics and waifus
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>>4082336
Their love for Ventuswill corrupted the Earthmates into a group that would stop at nothing (including completely halting the natural order of the entire continent via stopping the native dragons' cycle of rebirth), just to keep Venti the pancake dragon alive
It makes me wonder how much worse
a) the last set of native dragons
or b) the other examples of regional gods like the "Three Wild Gods" that Viatrea killed/overthrew in Azuma
were to make the Earthmates say "nah fuck the natural cycle actually we're keeping the 4 retards we have right now"
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>>4082369
earthmates wanted to save their friend whithout harming nature. giving medicine to an ill person is not 'fuck nature', neither is saving a dying dragon when you can do it without destroying the land.
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>>4082424
In 4 Venti says that the cycle was supposed to have restarted a long time ago. Her death precipitates the next cycle since it's her job to spread the runes across the continent, so when she runs out of runes, she dies.
Meanwhile, Fiersome is the one who's supposed to destroy everything after Venti's death. That's why he wakes up in 2 and tries to destroy everything. Because that's his job. Basically he was supposed to do it 1000 or so years ago (in Leon's original time) but never got the call because Venti never died. So the Earthmates send Kyle to put his ass back to sleep but he jobs and his kid has to finish Fiersome off.
Terrable is the one who is supposed to remake everything/put the runes back in the earth after Fiersome does his business, but since Fiersome is still asleep because Venti is still alive, he basically just sleeps until we wake him up in 1. In 1, the Sechs want that power for themselves because they've drained all of their runes and don't realize that it's part of a cycle and creating Grimoire/Terrable Jr isn't going to magically create runes out of nothing.
Aquaticus... Well, they never really say what the cockblock queen actually does except care about the Sharance Tree's flowers. Maybe that new comic will get into it.
But what I'm getting at is Venti herself is pretty convinced up until the very, very end of act 3 that her death is necessary and a good thing. And in terms of the natural rune cycle, she's probably right, but the Earthmates have decided that the natural rune cycle is unnecessary.
It ends up working for Azuma too, after all. And I assume the elf land also has a similar working arrangement, because they never mention calamities over there like Azuma had.
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>>4082434
>In 4 Venti says that the cycle was supposed to have restarted a long time ago. Her death precipitates the next cycle since it's her job to spread the runes across the continent, so when she runs out of runes, she dies.
again
giving medicine to an ill person is not 'fuck nature', neither is saving a dying dragon when you can do it without destroying the land.
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>>4082440
Right, but it's more than just saving a dying dragon
by prolonging Venti's life, they gummed up the whole system. They built a dam to keep a lake but now, the downstream has suffered. Eventually, by the time 4 rolls around, they have figured out how to keep the lake AND save the river downstream (without sacrificing people), but that doesn't change the fact that they let the downstream suffer for 1000 years (and also sacrificed 4 people plus a ghost)
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>>4082369
A little problem: GoA establishes that Earthmates are selfless, willing or not in case of Subaru/Kaguya. They, in a way, lost their old personality after they made their contract. Hence me saying it'd be neat to see Earthmates being misguided by an authority rather than earthmates being evil. That kind of subversion is actually rather overdone among JRPGs.
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>>4082441
they used their own life to maintain the runes, the downstream still got its water just from 4 small pools instead of a lake
they knew natural order exist for a reason- its point was to fix the runes, the dragon's life was a mean to that end and by finding a different mean to said end they respected the essence of the natural order.
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Would be cool to see Mist and Raguna again.
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Considering the game told you very strongly to save before the dragon fight I was expecting the choice you make to have a much stronger impact. It would have been really funny if picking trust just completely dumpstered everyone's opinion of you instead of like one level lost so you actually feel like you gave something up
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>>4082522
Choosing not to give up anything is the real Hard Mode.
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>>4082522
agree. i chose wealth and was expecting to lose all my items as well.
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>>4082513
They're dead :(
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>>4082558
I mean, assuming they're both built differently, there's still a possibility.
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>>4082715
deepest lore
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That's it, no more cockblocking.
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>>4082779
That's adorable, Anon
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>>4082779
Really cute anon, love your work. I wonder how tall she is...
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>>4082309
>>4082349
Thanks anon.
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>>4084333
4 has husbandus btw
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>>4082779
>Aquaticus just wanted dick but was too autistic to actually find a man
Seen this scenario before...
Maybe she returns life after Terrable rebuilds the world.
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>>4072038
You think it'll be good this time?
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>>4086018
I expect nothing and I know I'll still be let down
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>>4086022
Good.
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>>4082513
I don't want to see past MCs...
Except maybe as a boss that say nothing!
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>>4085960
>ywn marry autistic jealous onee-san dragon
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>>4086022
Yeah, I did the same with Azuma and still ended up disappointed at the end.
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>>4086018
I'm okay with anything in the genre. Fields of Mistria was pretty good overall you can not only marry the dragon, but it seems like you SHOULD marry the dragon, holy fuck muh dick, My Time at Sandrock was for me an absolute peak, remake of Grand Bazaar was amazing. I hope that RF devs take notes of what is happening with the fallout of SDV's popularity and correct course. I didn't even hate GoA as >>4086052 seems to, but I also didn't mind Oceans when I played it and farming in there has been always kind of a sensitive topic. It had the best waifus in the series, though.
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>>4086063
>Fields of Mistria
>lgbtq+ slop
Go back.
Stay for the rest.
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>>4086063
>My Time at Sandrock was for me an absolute peak
I played that and it was buggy and boring. Don't know what you see in it.
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>>4086068
Nta but It's fun sandboxing.
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>>4086063
>Fields of Mistria was pretty good overall
>My Time at Sandrock was for me an absolute peak,
Please stop talking
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>>4086067
nah man, not that guy but I know it LOOKS bad but it's not as bad as it looks
now, Roots of Pacha is what I'd consider an actually woke farming game and even it has some redeeming gameplay features (domestication system is pretty cool for crops+animals and taking care of your baby is an actual mechanic)
still, can't recommend it in good faith (especially here) because it is unabashedly woke and the ending is so, so SO bad it retroactively ruined any positive feelings I had for the game, Jesus
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>>4086082
Well, most of the characters also look ugly and or out of place.
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>>4086018
No but I'll see how it goes.
The series is beyond having intrinsic trust.
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>>4086052
Azuma got my sister interested, so they must have done something right
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>>4086067
RF has been gayed since RF5, anon. It's time to let go. Also, despite the faggotry with pronouns it is straight up upgrade of SDV (building is a bit worse, mostly because you cannot modify the terrain itself apart from just digging up the grass to get bare ground, paths always look awful), girls are cute and people are likeable (but as always with those anyone with black skin colour is extremly fucking safe and boring, mulatto noble siblings at least have SOME personality) and throughout the game I got one throwaway dialogue from the posh auntie about some fags back in the capital while being in Year 3 summer. At this point I just take those as the appeasing tactics towards retarded LGBBQ keyboard warriors or whatever the fuck they name themselves today. Like >>4086082 said, it looks bad at first glance, but underneath is a pretty solid game that is surprisingly devoid of rampant faggotry. And please spoil the ending mate, I want to know why to avoid it.
>>4086068
I liked the premise, replacing farming with building shit and actively improving the town with unlocking new mechanics and regions through honest labour rather than going through another set of maze-like caves (seriously though, anybody who thinks that this shit in RF4 was good is a retard, they should have at least tried to make them alike the Guardian dungeons) was a breath of fresh air and I simply love guns. I liked mechanics related to digging through ruins, finding logs from the time of the calamity that ended the old world hurt, in comparison with pretty happy and comfy overall feeling of the game. And the sheer amount of content, holy shit, I think I needed like 140 hours to finish the main storyline.
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I won't play a game with pronouns and where everyone, especially the guys, look like clowns.
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>>4086052
How Azuma's fighting and gear compared the best, the ultimate, the kino, the must have, the standard that Rune Factory 4's?
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>>4086107
Based
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>>4086104
okay, so roots of pacha is a caveman game, right?
so the whole game is you being guided by your tribe's caveman goddess and her little armadillo creatures to reunite two warring tribes that used to be one tribe
after you do this and do all of the magic caveman trials, at the very end of the game, the truth is revealed: the entire game and all of the prophecies were the result of some nepobaby time traveler from the future named Martina McFly (yes really) wanting to open up a cafe in the future
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>>4086113
What the fuck is this design
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>>4086119
https://youtu.be/TuK5mlW9svQ
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>>4086113
Holy fuck.
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what do /rfg/ peeps thinks about grimshire?
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>>4086128
It looks interesting, but I want to wait until it's out of EA to play it
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>>4086128
It looks really interesting! I want to play it, but I'll wait until it's finished.
A game that refuses to be kind indeed.
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My uncle works for Nintendo and said 6 will have femboys
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>>4086052
Azuma was pretty fun though. I don't know what kind of expectations you guys had for it but it was always pushed as an non-mainline game in the JP streams at least, no idea about the global ones so I ended up getting even more than I expected.
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>>4086178
>I don't know what kind of expectations you guys had for it
Being as good as Rune Factory 4?
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>>4086178
>>4086187
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>>4086187
>it was always pushed as an non-mainline game
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>>4086191
And?
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>>4086193
Just like Tides it left farming aside to focus on other gimmicks, this time around was town customization, combat, and more relationship focus with the bachelors/bachelorettes, it was never going to be on the same level of complexity as RF4. At least they didn't fuck it up by adding something retarded like runeys this time around.
What you should be worried about now is RF6, but it's being directed by Maekawa instead of Hashimoto so it will probably be better than RF5.
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Stop linking this place in /v/.
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>>4086212
They seem pretty well behaved to me thank fuck
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>>4086205
That's great and all, but one doesn't stop the other.
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>>4086212
Yeah, I regret doing that already.
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>>4086187/**/
In retrospect RF4 isn't even as good as some people make it out to be. And I play the games in the genre (which pretty much until SDV was only HM/RF) for over 20 years now, it definitely was the peak of what DS platform had to offer and polished the mechanics to the point where everything had enough depth that autists can have time of their life fucking around with making weapons classifying as WMDs, but choice to base triggers for Town Events off RNG (most infamously the beginning of Act III which thanks to that I have never even reached, on my third playthrough on Special, where it is apparently simpler, I was too burnt out by the time I got through Floating Castle to go on) and lackluster area design beyond Act I make me like RF3 or spin-offs much more, despite being simpler, but overall much more well-rounded experiences that don't extend into infinity. Never been a fan of the autistic min-maxing and overall it seems like it is the main reason why RF4 is treated like some Holy Grail of the farm sims since the times of /rfhmg/. I will just say that replaying Frontier WITHOUT Runey cheat was way more pleasant for me than finishing Act I of RF4 in my latest playthrough. Could be also that I played it only once as opposed to three times I played RF4 and it was shitload of time ago, so despite knowing layout of Trampoli like the back of my hand, I didn't remember enough to be bored.

Now you can cross me or something, I don't care.
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>>4086273
I unironically agree.
The peak of the series has always been RFF.
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>>4086212
Its too late. I'm already here now.
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>>4086273
No. It's perfectly reasonable opinions to have. I in fact agree with this one:
>but choice to base triggers for Town Events off RNG (most infamously the beginning of Act III
This, is a giant pain in the ass.

RF4 just does everything right

>Never been a fan of the autistic min-maxing and overall it seems like it is the main reason why RF4 is treated like some Holy Grail of the farm sims since the times of /rfhmg/.
You aren't FORCED to go insane min-max, autismo, it helps a lot, but it's not actually needed.
But I disagree with the fact it's why people treat it as a sacred cow, RF4... just did everything right. Great graphics kinda, look it's soulful, good gameplay, good music, good characters, good designs, and I never have much of a fan of the designs. you can tackle your problems in multiple way.
Kind of like RF3. RF3 walked so that RF4 could run, but I feel like a RF4 could run so that another RF could go beyond.
Now if half of the storyline(s) could be good...
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>>4086286
rf4 was the culmination of all their work on the mobile games, emphasized by them shoving all the bosses and music into it for a last big postgame hoorah
that's why rf5 didn't go beyond and was just a disappointment, it was now a bunch of amateurs working with a new engine trying to modernize the experience and not knowing how
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>>4086286
To be honest, RF5 was doomed to fail - I didn't expect it to be very good because there would be some growing pains that came from transitioning to full 3D, plus people would have unrealistic expectations despite it being a revived team after years of inactivity since Marvelous fucking died. XSEED being retarded at the time (maybe to this day, I don't really play any other weeb games) didn't help.either. GoA is a major improvement, even if the focus is a bit different, but if we would get RF6 with RF4/RF5 farming/crafting (if I remember correctly all systems were copied 1:1) and with GoA combat (although I would balance the bow a little bit because especially on PC shit is broken as fuck), relationship system and basing character development off personal questlines (and for the love of God, don't limit them only to marriage candidates again, one of the best things about the Oceans/ToD was giving those tiny storylines to all the villagers that unfolded as you leveled up their relationship level) we get a good game. Maybe not "beyond" because we cannot evn say what do we expect from it, but best to play it safe and take what works well. And expect kvetching at unavoidable playersexual marriage candidates. I wish that devs would take note from porn games and just put the option to turn it on and off so people afraid of confessing to the boy as a boy won't have to worry about it.

Also, as you said - RF4 was just doing everything right. Not great, other games in the series were doing individual things better, but some things were worse - spin-offs are the best example, Frontier and Oceans/ToD are in my opinion better games overall, but respectively chore of Runey management and lack of classic farming was so polarizing that they pull them down in the eyes of the most anons.
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>>4086309
One last BRAVO one could say.

>>4086372
Changing studio is already a bad vibe, but that + Full 3D, it's not needed but what the hell, + the new studio not knowing what to do.
Though I felt like if they weren't retarded, RF5 could have been at least good.

>relationship system and basing character development off personal questlines (and for the love of God, don't limit them only to marriage candidates again, one of the best things about the Oceans/ToD was giving those tiny storylines to all the villagers that unfolded as you leveled up their relationship level)
It's annoying to learn very important things about characters, but only if you are on the romance path eh? Eeeeeh?
To be fair, it's not like those events were spectacular, only Arthur and Leon had anything close to resembling something interesting.
I got a confession to make, I kind of dislike past casts desu, not hate, just dislike. It's by 3 and 4 that I started to like them.
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>>4086372
Personally, I don't even think RF5 is that bad.
If they had worked on the engine in-house instead of outsourcing most of it, and the game didn't release full of bugs it would've dibe a lot better than it did, I played during the JP release and found it was pretty charming despite all the problems it had. That's also why I hate talking about it here as most of the discussion is poisoned by the "gay" discourse added later on for the global release, so most anons already hated it from the very start.
The only real problems I had with it gameplay wise were removing the seasonal fields and how long the days were, the rest was "okay".
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>>4086391
Well, theyve been desperately rubbing 2 5 yen coins together trying to make make a game for quite a while now. Theyre poor as fuck and trying to make oragami out of tree bark.
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>>4086403
I'm still mad.
I can't believe they did it THRICE.
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>>4086109
GoA, despite being a hack and slash with dodging mechanics, is very popular with women. That's less of a commendation and more of an indictment.
When I say it was a Genshin-like I mean it.
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>>4086449
This sound utterly cancerous as shit.
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https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/60
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>>4086549
Meg if she ugly gacha whore
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>>4086556
No, she would have a gigantic ass too on top of being hald naked. Your gacha-fu is weak.
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>that one day Illuminata allegedly cracked a case
>entire town talks mad shit about her
Why come HM couldn't have anything half as soulful as this?
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>>4086549
that aislop frey one is fucking disgusting in the sense that they couldn't even bother keeping the artstyle consistent, it looks like someone stapled Frey's head on someone else
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>>4086566
I know which one you are talking about, and I agree.
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>>4086549
Looks like shit apply yourself
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>>4086549
>verify your age
Feels good to live in a shithole
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>>4086549
what is it? i cant enable nsfw without signing in
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>>4086681
>>4086619
Margaret with big boobs
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>>4086702
ty

>>4086549
here are mods from my 'i came here to laugh at you' list
https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/102
mod to overhaul forte clothes. now with busty option!

https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/20
https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/108
saber forte

https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/99
https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/97
hulk forte

https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/101
xiao pai looks like lin fa

https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/43
https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/95
mod to make amber sprite more mature.

https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/54
luna clothes are more modest, for the loliphobe players.

https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/62
remove cleaveges from nancy and lin-fa

https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/45
everyone non-binary. Xeir idiocy is contengious.

https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/120
portrait changes but i cant see any differances.

https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/12
everyone is porco. since this is done on porpose, its laught 'with' you.

https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/26
ost is now 'paralyzer'. lol.
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>>4086549
Look at how many art you need to scrape to mimic a fraction of her sister's power.
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>>4086726
I wish they gave Forte abs, and not just strong arms.
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I find it funny how in RF1 it was a pain in the ass to collect all those logs to upgrade your house and then in RF2 everyone just gives you hundreds of logs for every little request you complete. I'm not complaining.
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>>4086273
>base triggers for Town Events off RNG
I might be crazy but I actually miss this
The game feels so much more alive than other farming sims because character events aren't just "reach x hearts to see a scene"
And because they don't have to be focused on the relationship between you and a specific character it fleshes out even the people you don't want to date
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>>4086885
You're going to need them to get to gen 2
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>>4086891
Then maybe a mix of those? RF5 had Town Events as well, but I don't know what were the triggers exactly, although I like when it's somehow tied into you learning about others' relationships because you got to know them better. I think even RF4 had some prerequisites (other than "character is already living in Selphia) for specific Town Events to happen.
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What do you guys think about the Evil Farming Game (real)?
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>>4087046
but enough about rimworld
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>>4086885
That's kind of the whole point of the first gen, you build everything basic so that your shotaer/lolier kid will do the real hard work.
I hate playing shotas and lolis.
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>>4086891
It felt alive, but the game doesn't anywhere close to enough events to pull this off without being even more annoying.
When you almost seen all the events, or the past events are repeating themselves, it isn't as fun.
So I guess the plan would be to make more events?
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>>4086782
Here sister is better. And so is Pia. Bleeeh!
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Newfag here popping his RF cherry with 4S:
Is it worth using weapons you don't use, at least when doing farming runs, to get the passive boosts from leveling those skills? Got a new longsword recipe and made it to switch backk off of the dual blades I found in Obsidian Mansion, but need to do some farming/grinding runs so Clorica stops getting 1-shot by high orcs and was wondering if spreading my weapon skill xp around would be better than going all-in on the weapon I prefer to use. Playing on Hell.
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>>4087137
>Is it worth using weapons you don't use, at least when doing farming runs, to get the passive boosts from leveling those skills?
Yes but only for the first levels as they're the easiest to level up, the bonuses are static so there's really no point on grinding them for too long. You should mostly focus on your main weapon (and one or two types of magic) (/https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/3ds/635388-rune-factory-4/faqs/74139)
>Clorica stops getting 1-shot
Hell is a stat check, so rather than slowly leveling up through fighting you should focus on giving them better equipment instead. I honestly never bother with NPC companions during Act 1 because they'll probably keep getting one-shot until you start getting better crafting recipes. Tamed monsters' levels (and stats) on the other hand are area-specific, so as long as you keep cycling through them they'll carry you through most of the story.
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>>4087042
They turned the map into a minefield.
>>4087126
Except for sleepovers, town events don't repeat in in RF4.
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>>4087174
>Except for sleepovers, town events don't repeat in in RF4.
Guess what repeats most?
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Can't wait for no news at all
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>>4087166
>but only for the first levels as they're the easiest to level up
Yeah, that's kinda what I figured. Didn't know the growth rates were that depressing, though...
>I honestly never bother with NPC companions during Act 1
Theyve been fine for me, but I just swapped out Forte for Clorica so she is way behind on xp. Amber has come in clutch multiple times already. Part of my current farm/grind is to get the mats to level up forge/craft at least to the point to where I can use all the new drops and stuff for upgrades. Fallen a bit behind on that.
>Tamed monsters
meh? I got a cow, chicken, and sheep and then dropped the mechanic. What youre saying makes sense, I just don't particularly care about them
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It's so fucking over
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>>4087195
>Didn't know the growth rates were that depressing
It is what it is.
Actually, there's a bit more nuance to it, as STR/VIT/and INT have "gates" every 300 levels which gives an extra 100% of the original bonus. I didn't mention it because you'll probably end the whole main game before even reaching lv150 in a weapon skill, but I guess it's good to know in case you keep playing after that.
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>>4087242
>(5 + (0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5) * 601)
Wouldn't that be (5 + (1.5 * 601)) which is 906 if you round down?
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>>4087195
If you feel bad, know that I only gone autistic with making gears.
It's one of the things that make RF4 good, you can go autistic and there's a lot of details, it's not needed, but if you want to embrace it, it's a pain.
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>>4087245
The guide maker fucked up the result, but the formula is correct.
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>>4087255
Is this the function?
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So I guess there wasn't any RF6 news?
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>>4087638
Nothing
Probably won't be much until close to release.
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Are there any good Rune Factory videos or Youtubers?
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>>4088081
No. Anyway
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-wiie4a4MwI
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Igj4Tfu3gQ4
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https://youtu.be/e90tBsCkcSg
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>>4088154
This video SUCKS
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Can someone explain to me why in the world Tori/Torte wants to be proposed by receiving a Large Milk in RF1? Is there any explanation or is it supposed to be nonsensical? Was it something lost in translation?
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>>4088447
There is a book in the library about how the best confession includes large milk
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>>4088457
I'm aware of that book, I just don't see why she would love to get a large can of milk instead of anything else. Is it a reference to something?
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>>4088460
She's really into romance books, so she saw that and wanted it for herself
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>>4088461
Do women really? But it's kinda cute she waits at the top of the mountain during the night.
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>>4088462
Yes, women do. At least in Japan.
Hence an *overwhelming* majority of magazine polls would cover games, anime and TV soaps that are popular with women to begin with.
Seeing what the consensus say about things they do and like brings women great joy.
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>>4088462
Isn't being a book nerd her thing?
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>>4088465
Yep, a cute book nerd
>>4088464
Well I'm doing a Tori illustration currently so I guess I'll add a can of milk for the fun of it.
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>>4088466
>>4088462
>do women really
Do you think men don't incorporate their hobbies into their life?
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"You think you are not worthy of me, that you are just some stupid cow?"
"Well this huge jar of milk is proof that I love cows and they love me. That includes you of course."
"So what do you say you 'stupid cow', will you marry me?"
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>>4088468
I guess. Just thought it was funny to give milk to a girl. Raguna even makes a comment about it.
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>>4088473
Great Google Search doesn't want to search this pic, it's too hot.
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>>4088468
Not since the 21st century I don't think.
Women kinda made it illegal, actually.
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>>4088524
it shouldnt have found it even if searched
i can share some of the others but....
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>>4088547
Ohhh, AI, I see. I should have seen that coming from the jug and the thing on her wrist.
Yes I will be taking those, thanks you.
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>>4088550
thanks for your interest
those are my bovine batch, have fun deciding which worth the space in your hardrive
litterbox glitched on me so only those 7


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>>4088566
Bovine good
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>>4086212
It's insane how the quality of the posts here went through the fucking floor in a single day after being linked there.
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>>4086104
I've heard a lot of good things about Sandrock, but the artstyle filters me hard. It's one of the ugliest farm (town?) sims out there.
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>>4088546
>>>/v/
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Good day, I hate faries
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>>4088626
It's better than Portia for sure and for me it wasn't that bad. Matter of taste, I guess. Game's extremely fun, though and chink naive workaholic a cute.
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>>4088581
Lack of RF threads on /v/ and /vg/ causes that I guess
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>>4088728
Playing Tides, I presume. Yeah, I fucking hated them too, especially with how fucking tanky everything in that game is.
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Ryuu no Kuni / Guardians of Azuma is on sale.

How do relationships work in this one? I know there's homo, but is all dialogue gender neutral and every character MC-sexual? Or are there limits to who's homo, or different events / dialogue depending on the MC's gender?
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Do I need to mod 3's port to get rid of an awful filter like 4's?
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>>4089637
they did use waifu2x on 3S's backgrounds too but I (or anyone else) haven't made that mod yet
at least 3S redrew the icons, made better models, and have it at 4x the size instead of 3x so the results are higher res
it's honestly not nearly as bad as 4S and is good enough as-is
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>>4089637
Mods?
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>>4089726
there's some interesting mods for 4, including one that switches some monster reskins to "new" reskins that drop things that normally would never appear over level 1
so it can help with cooking high level stuff
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>>4089371
Same as always, everyone has something they love, like, dislike, hate. Use those to make them like you more. Relationship levels go up to 100 pretty much just for bloating your game time, since level 10 is all you need to get hitched with a candidate. It doesn't reduce even when you give (or do) something someone dislikes so don't be discouraged.
Every candidate is indeed MC-sexual which is retarded, considering every RPG out there love making you customize your character (just let people customize the MC's sexuality goddammit).
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>>4089762
You mean, on the nexus?
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You know, I'd like a Rune Factory game where the MC is customizable and doesn't talk.
I hate that whole good guy shtick.
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>>4089765
yes, like on the nexus
here's the one I was just talking about, for instance
https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/94
we can't do much but there are some interesting ones
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>>4089771
>link
So, it replace other monsters? Reassure me, the quality of the item is dependant of the affection of the monster, right?

>Lesbian
>samesex
...eh.
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>>4089775
Yes
Yes
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>>4089778
Oh thank God.
Would be awkward to have a monster make wine, but the wine is always poor quality.
Too bad there are not compatible with certain mods but I'll look up to that later.
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>>4089371
Every character is mcsexual children cones from god blessing if you marry samesex or marry the robot
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>>4089371
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I'm fucking the dog, Ted.
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More 4 Dragons comic.
Lady Mist lives!
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idol cutout!
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happily ever after
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>>4090091
I suppose they'll use these comics to gradually reveal the plot of RF6 in the following chapters. TGS will start next week, so more news then, I guess?
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>>4090199
It'd be *kinda* nice and cute of them, but the comic has always been its own contained verse about the titular Wooly. Hence Raguna and Mist still living where they are.
Again, a wholly new group of dragons that are also bachelor+bachelorettes is what it'd rather see, but having the 4 Native Dragons as the cameo for 6 would be neat too.
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>>4090199
Unless Mist really is some kind of deity, they should both be 100+ years old by now
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>>4090404
>4 marriageable dragons
Imagine
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What happens here and how do I reach it?
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>>4090102
Where did you placed it?
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>>4091790
I think that's part of the maze towards the end
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>>4091800
Genuinely how the fuck did Japanese game guide sites miss this part. Actual larpers fr. Only by looking up through Gamefaqs can I reach this part and look at my level there.
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>>4091830
If it's the same part I remember, I remember overthinking it and getting pissed when I couldn't find any answers back then
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>>4091830
>Ulalaka
Of course!
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>>4091796
Near every teahouse I have

>>4091830
.... Try to do the heavenly realm by yourself. More fulfilling that way.
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>>4089870
Anyone who cheated on their wife should have their game permanently bricked.
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>>4092389
So a Harem route is fine then.
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>>4092389
Inb4 'getting married in rf4 does not count as cheating on my rf3 wife'
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>rf5 has a word filter
TMD
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>>4092677
Wait really? Even when naming monsters?
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>>4092677
I'm pretty sure it's using the nintendo filter list
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>>4092851
>>4092856
Every Marvelous game that came out after Tencent bought shares has it. Hopefully now that Tencent jumped ship, I'll be able to name my character what I want in 6.
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>>4092913
>Tencent leaves, games can be good again
>No more player sexual characters
>No more fagness
>No more female protagonists
>All bachelors replaced by waifus, at least 10 per game
>Brodudes make a return
>Women get pregnant again
I wish
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>>4092938
A man can dream
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>>4092938
women do get pregnant in goa THOUGH
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>>4092963
Do they get pregnant stomachs or is it just
>you fucked here's your kid
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>>4092987
Not a single sos or rf game has ever shown pregnant bellies, so this one is no different
But does say "hey, you/your wife is pregnant, a baby will be born soon" and then a "you/your wife is giving birth" sort of scene and then a timeskip
gays and puppetfuckers get the magic bamboo baby
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>>4092913
Venti wouldn't call Pico that!
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>>4092963
>your spouse only gets pregnant the exact moment after you and her visit Fateweaver Shrine
>you had your kid five(5) in-game days after the event
I don't think they do.
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>>4093025
The pregnancy in RF2 is just as short
>get married
>10 days later "I think I'm pregnant"
>7 days later
>baby
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>>4093031
Hey that's almost half a year!
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>>4093043
My point is that it's the same exact timeframe as the GoA shit
10 days post marriage for the Fateweaver Shrine/the "I think I'm pregnant" message, and then 5-7 days for the baby (after refreshing my memory and looking it up it could be 5-7 days in 2)
They probably use the expedited time tables in both of the games because there's post-child content in both games
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>>4093046
Post-child content are a must honestly, in fact? I think there's need to be more.
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>>4093050
I wish they added post-child content in RF3S.
Idk what could it be though. Something about the outside of the village maybe. Or maybe something as simple as adding more rooms to the Sharance Tree so all 3 kids Micah had won't just be automatons that can't even sleep in the living room.
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>>4093060
Events, growing up, them doing things. The worst thing they can do with the kids is precisely not doing anything with them.
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>>4093061
Mooooooods
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>>4093061
If RF had kids as good as AWL then what would HM have left?
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>>4093060
Even 4's pitiful little extra area/item and the extra dialogue and events are better than what we got in 1, 3, Frontier, and Tides
In terms of post child content, I'd rate it thusly:
2 (second generation can't be beat, obviously)>GoA (Unique looking children per romantic partner with different personalities and events, and the post child dungeon)>4 (a lot of child related dialogue, some events, and the Sechs Territory stuff)>Frontier (your kid at least grows up and follows you around town)>Tides (at least the child is unique per bachelor/ette)>3 (at least you get 3 kids but there's barely any dialogue for them, let alone content)>1 (no pregnancy event, child is literally just a one off decoration that you can't even name)
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>>4092938
Harvest moon cute also had lesbians
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>>4093098
That tiny ass area and jewel was so cool.
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>>4093096
Horse racings
Harvest goddess
Pixie helpers
Popuri, Ann, Karen, Mary
Power Barrys
Tractor driving
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>>4093103
It's not much but there's also all of the events and dialogue to consider
Hell, there's unique dialogue in 4 for your child if you get married and have a child before you leave town
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>>4093106
>Hell, there's unique dialogue in 4 for your child if you get married and have a child before you leave town
Pardon?
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>>4093109
Yes, it's not crazy stuff but it IS there
https://youtu.be/flwmFg1gd-o?t=653
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>>4093112
Wha-seriously?
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>>4093099
>An option to have a female "best friend" instead of a husband (although this was removed from the North America and European version)
No such thing existed here, sorry. The west was based and chadpilled.
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>>4093129
It's weird when they are being chaste and being extra weird about it.
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>>4093129
based Natsume fixing woke stuff in hm before woke was even a thing!
seriously tough, japanese portrayel of lesbians is much better than woke portration.
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>>4093132
>seriously tough, japanese portrayel of lesbians is much better than woke portration.
Which is really scary when you think about it. The west sucks so much that the east look good.
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>>4093134
>implying east is bad
Nihon banzai!!!!
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>>4093136
When the opposition is less than 0 in quality, it's easy to be numbah wan.
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>>4093140
Nihon has been numbah wan even before woke took over feminism and racial and gay equal rights.
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>>4093143
Eeeeeeh...
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>>4092913
Tencent leaving won't magically make farming sims, RF included, to stop orbiting SDV and its third world feminist child bride foid audience. It would make the bachelorettes less restrained in terms of design (since CCP banned cleavage but not husbando faggots) but that's about it.
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At least, from GoA, we got big boobs.
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I don't want to play Guardian of Azuma because the male character is named Subaru, the same name as the protagonist from Re: Zero, which I hate.

How do I solve this problem?
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>>4094020
Change the name? You'll only ever see the default name if you play as a chick
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>>4094020
A. Rename to yourself, or an alias you like
B. Play another game
C. Watch another anime with a protag named Subaru
D. Try watching rezero again
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>>4094020
>>4094166
If you play as a girl, you can permakill Subaru later in the game
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>>4093976 #
>GoA is 3D
>7/8 waifus are 2D
>>posting from this IP range has been blocked...
Fine 6/8. We need more boobs.
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>>4094166
>>4094175
What would be a good name though?

>D. Try watching rezero again
I'm not reading or watching this pompous trash ever again.
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>>4094183
Ulalaka is a treasure. I was always annoyed at RF and HM for being so anal about curves.
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>>4094198
https://www.behindthename.com/random/random.php?gender=m&number=2&sets=1&surname=&usage_jap=1
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>>4094347
Good enough. Thank you.
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>>4094201
We need *less* curves
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A simple thing would be to rename Subaru after characters from the story The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. That's where Kaguya get her name from.
Like say, Mikado or Sutemaru.
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Is 5 a bad game or just a bad rune factory game?
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>>4094568
yes
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>>4094568
People say it's better than GoA
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Now that I think about it, only the Protag of 1 and 4 have a clear and full past. And by clear and full I mean that we know the most about.
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>>4094855
People say its the best in the series
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>>4094925
People agree with you
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>>4095047
i don;t know what opinion you think i have
i haven't played 5 so i didnt form an iopinion on it but i like the memes on how bad it is simply for the memes themselves
i heard it large but empty and that it has unstable fps on unoptimized machines (my machine). also it got doug which is my 2nd least fav from rf4 and got hina who feels a bit cringe how idol-like she tries to be, but again, i didnt form an opnion on it im just enjoying the memes.

anyway its
my fav rf > the rf where my wife is> my first rf > my community fav rf > the community i dont like fav rf > rf5
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>>4094568
People generaally agree that it's just, bad in general, especially after 4.
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>>4094568
It's the only Rune Factory game that had to be patched right out the gate because it failed to work on Switch out of all things.
What good game you ever know does that?
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>>4095055
Cyberpunk? Oh wait.
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What mods are must have for 4 and Goa?
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>>4095197
I don't really play 4 since going after Marge feels like cheating on my wife, but for GoA:
The no black void ones are really good.
Better villagers mod too since they're not really procedurally generated, you might as well skip the RNG.
Stonks (all items have unlimited stock at shops) is also good if you wanna get things done quicker.
There's also the interesting ones called Rustic Rune Factory mods that made characters look like they're from Oceans. kinda neat IMO.
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>>4095197
No mods needed.
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>>4095197
If you're okay with the default art style of 4S, you should at least install the map fixes mod
https://www.nexusmods.com/runefactory4special/mods/89
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Rune Factory 3 didn't even last 5 minutes before the translation shit itself. I'm disappointed.
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>>4095304
>I don't really play 4 since going after Marge feels like cheating on my wife, but for GoA:
There's no competition. Meg is the best girl of RF4. Everyone just pale in comparison, she mog them all, personality, story, events, body... Maybe even skills. I dunno. Forte certainly carry you hard.

>The no black void ones are really good.
The what? You mean the black things you can see and that is extremely awkward?

>Better villagers mod too since they're not really procedurally generated, you might as well skip the RNG.
Tweaked or Better Villagers with variants?

>Stonks (all items have unlimited stock at shops) is also good if you wanna get things done quicker.
This sort of mods are always great.

>Rustic Rune Factory
I'm interested in them, but it seems it's not finished? The series.

>>4095456
To be honest, I have a difficult time to notice the difference, sometime.
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>>4095832
>I have a difficult time to notice the difference
The parallax maps in Yokmir forest and Obsidian Manor are really obvious in motion, the pictures don't really do it justice
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>>4095837
I did said sometime. I'll have to try it though..
Replaying RF4, but the Special Version, on PC... Ah, I can't wait to grind more and more!
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It's sad that we didn't get a RF1 or RF2 remake. Or just Special.
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>>4095857
M-Maybe in the future? Haha....
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Refunded 3 and 4. Got no tolerance for this shit these days.
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>>4096411
What am I looking at?
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>>4096433
Shitty translation.
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>>4096411
Well that's just sad.
>you refunding or the translation?
Both, let's say both.
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>>4096411
Damn, never seen one of those on my machine. Sorry to hear that. You could probably give the pirated DS version a try if you're curious still.
Can't wait for AI to take over vidya translation so this shit stops being a problem.
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>>4096411
How bad is 4?
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>>4095832
this may seem unrelated but, what did you think about rf2's mana and rf3's shara?
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>>4096660
DS version isn't any better. Well that specific line is but it messes up elsewhere.
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>>4096836
What did you think about Mist?
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>>4096836
Boring af. I'm glad they went away from it by 4.
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>>4097278
>>4097228
Her too. So shoehorned int my face.
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RF2 was incredibly based for three things though: Bride stealing, Cousins Marriage, Twin Marriage. It's turboredpilled.
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>>4097633
More games need twin marriage
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>>4097633
>>4097636
Wait hold on, make it six things: Yuri, and twin marriage... WITH YURI! YURI TWIN MARRIAGE! YURI COUSIN TWIN MARRIAGE.

But yeah, this game did a lot of thing that were pretty cool. It's kind of weird how the marriage had a real impact to the point you can outright steal the bride because the bride want you.
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If GoA had love rivals system, which pairs do you think would emarge?
I think it would go?
What if we allow non marriageable characters to still act as love rivals?
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>>4097667
>pic
Never post this again.
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>>4097667
Please post more of these
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>>4097676
No. Kill yourself in the trashcan.
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>>4097674
>>4097677
That's what appealing to genshin fags gets you.
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>>4097686
>gensh-
Stop. Do not go Calling That Detestable Name.
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>>4097674
Did you know? If you play as the girl you can permakill subaru
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>>4097700
Can we permakill rezero if we play as the girl
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>>4097674
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>>4097836
Top 10 image generators that could potentially make you the coolest """artist""" rape victim in Lucknow
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I just know she's the kinda girl who stinks good.
Tomboygem bachelorette fr.
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>>4097981
>we want the vtuber audience
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>>4097793
if subaru ends with the femboy rezero will stop being mainstream.
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Giving the kindest bachelorette the most amount of wobblemeat was a mistake. None other stood a chance.
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>>4099086
Gameplay wise too.
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>>4099086
>>4099113
its a very common trope;
kind = motherly = boobs.
also
kind = heals
also dont forget she is the srping goddess and in harvest moon games marrying spring/harvest goddess was a sign of prestige

anyway didnt she lose the popularity poll to the wind god?
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>>4099149
Only thing I can say against her, she drink, and she doesn't aknowledge the fact that you became a god in her events.

>anyway didnt she lose the popularity poll to the wind god?
Still don't understand how it is possible. Icky yaoi fangirl!
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>>4099149
the women yearn for the tall autistic bf who is good with children
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the waifu competition is fiercer than the husbando competition both in volume (every rf has waifus but some of them don't have husbandos) and quality (raven anyone?)
because of that some husbandos get more votes simply for lack of competition.
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>>4099214
>raven
Not her name.
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>>4099618
'Tuna' is a stupid name
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>>4099618
not calling her toona or tuna
sorry, not sorry
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Remember that no Matter what this place say rf4 killed the ip and rf5 saved it
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>>4099811
rf4 was perfect so there was no need for another
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>>4099861
Frontier sold so many copies that it broke wikipedia
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>>4099961
actually... with the only numbers we have available (japan famitsu numbers) it was a massive flop
http://paulgalenetwork.com/home/2010/08/07/famitsus-truly-massive-top-1000-games-of-japan-in-2009-list/
What's really bad about these numbers is that the game came out in late 2008, and this list is from the end of 2009
Frontier sold ~30k copies in the last two months of 2008 but in the entirety of 2009 it only sold a little less than 11k copies (first number)
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>>4100036
Lies, it was a massive success!
But in all honesty, it's sad a game like SV sold millions of copies and Frontier a few thousands only. So unfair.
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>>4099861
RF4 is the most perfect RF we ever got. I just, I just don't like Raguna and the old style.

>>4100087
A sad reality of life, sales doesn't mean shit.. A game can extremely good but be largelly ignored while a bad game can sell for millions.
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I'm mad they won't let me marry Sakuna
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>>4100979
Uh oh, guess RF6 will feature time travel and returning characters.
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Is it weird for me to think Shara really should have been a female MC and Raven be the default heroine in RF3?
>but only Micah has the belt though
Shara being secretly a half sheep would explain her liking and giving you raw flowers for lunch actually.
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>>4101025
>Shara being secretly a half sheep would explain her liking and giving you raw flowers for lunch actually.
She gives you flowers because she's nice and sweet...?
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is sakuna general related?
can we discus rice?
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>>4101025
I got something in my eyes while looking at this... I really have a soft spot for those old titles
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>>4101172
I guess she's technically in a rune factory game, isn't she
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>>4101600
If marvelous ever put ulalaka in a senren kagura game (maybe the gacha) would SK be RF related? or is it only when hosting and not when visiting
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>>4101172
Sakuna is honorary RF
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>>4101611
Only when hosting, I would argue
SK doesn't have much in common with RF anyway, but Sakuna does
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>>4101611
A Senran Kagura gacha with frequent Rune Factory collabs that brings over the mostly battle-ready bachelorettes would be great, but we all know Marvelous would rather not offend their Californian transvestite employee than to expand their business that way.
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>>4101611
>>4101724
>>4101967
That would be crazy.
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>>4101967
There IS a SK gacha and they collabed with to love RU, queens blade and DOA among other titles
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What if they just straight up made a rf gacha?
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>>4102710
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Cute tree
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>>4102710
No.
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>>4102710
What if they just straight up kill the series?
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>>4102710
It would have great potential having all of RF's aspects but with a much higher budget due to potential big gatcha returns. Farming + real-time limitations could work well for balance. RF already has romance so they won't have to hesitate to lean harder into the Waifu/husbando aspects and GoA introduced the alt world multiple marriage so you won't be locked in. Plus some light multiplayer/decorating could really draw people in.

The execution could vary wildly though so I may not necessarily like it or it could get popular but all the regular fans hate it. They gave up on whatever online thing with SoS right? So doubt they would try with RF anytime soon.
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>>4103745
Has a single gacha game ever saved or improved a game series?
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>>4104522
none
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>>4104522
No, only accelerated its demise.
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>>4104522
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH. No.

>>4104639
The worst thing is that for things like Fire Emblem, it's actually a good thing financially. They make the characters more known, they make artists known, it's a real money maker.
Note that I said financially.
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>>4104522
magia record

>>4104678
and fire emblem too i guess
>but only financily
in lagends franchises are made on 3$ and a dream. real world needs money to keep alive.

you know, like unicorn blood.
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>>4086104
For me, it's not even about the gay, HM more fomt had a "best friends" ceremony and magic goddess babies that was purged by natsume long before any woke stuff was in the public consciousness.

GoA cheapening marriage and family by having a magic do-over button just did it for me. It's treating it like a VN to take different capture targets' routes.

I loathed divorce options and the like in stuff like sdv, but whatever, they don't share the same roots as hm and RF

But this commodification happening, to an unc like me, who remembers hm64 and SNES, is intolerable. Meh, I'm just an autistic retard.
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>>4086404
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>>4105416
>loli dragons
Disgusting.
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>>4105411
>it's like treating it like a VN
imagine that Calvin and Hobbes comic but his father's saying Japanese games are either Super Mario or Visual Novel.
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>>4105411
>GoA cheapening marriage and family by having a magic do-over button just did it for me. It's treating it like a VN to take different capture targets' routes.
This is terrible. What the fuck?
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>>4105411
how is it different from savescumming before marriage
t. never savescummed marriage
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Finally advanced to second gen. Now I remember why I had dropped the game in my first playthrough. It's exhausting and nothing ever happens. Not to say after marriage you have to wait two more weeks for the baby to pop (which is weird how fast that happens, but I'm not complaining). Then you build the school and get 10 more days of waiting. At least maybe now the fun can start.
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>>4105477
Don't forget to Incest, or something. Enjoy having to start from 0 unlike with Kyle!
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So to mod GoA, you just need to put mods in Game\Content\Paks\mods? Huh.
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>>4105477
Congrats, you beat the extended tutorial and the game opened up.

Yeah, the 2 gen thing is great narratively and for the feels, but boy was gen 1 really slow and poorly implemented. The feeling of the original AWL where it's clear you're not the protagonist of the story, your kid is, and yet in RF2 the game doesn't end there and you get to play the consequences.

I really want the 2 gen thing to come back in another game: different stats and skills depending on spouse, villager reactivity, and the feeling you aren't just some amnesiac dumped in but a local who has a stake in the land.
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>>4105533
>different stats and skills depending on spouse
That's be so cool. You marry the mage, you got mage stats. You marry the fighter, you get fighter stats, etc.
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>>4105541
Marry the fat girl, get fat children.
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>>4105618
>Marry the fat girl, get fat children.
+10% maxhp, and bonus recovery from meals.
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>>4105628
And slower walking speed
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>>4105541
didnt goa had different kids depending on your wife? not that you get to play as kids.
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>>4105647
>didnt goa had different kids
Goa trance just kinda fizzled out and faded away after the early-mid 90s buddy
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>>4105656
'goa' was obviously short for the critically acclaimed video game titled 'Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma'™ which happens to be the newest entry to the rune factory franchise, at least until rf6 officially comes out. by rf6 i mean, ofc, rune factory 6, which seems to be in the works rn (whioch is short for right now, ill have you know) and we even already have a trailer linked. anyway i have no idea what goa trance is- im more of a gothic industrial rock kinda guy, but i did like eigma and infected mushrooms like anyone with working ears did so theres that. wait is enigma trance? or is it house? i dont really understand much about music types atually. wehtas the difference between trance and whatever enigma is?
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>>4105647
They were just recolours iirc? Correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a while.
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>>4105716
Second kid gets special characteristics depending on who you marry. Pic related only shows some of them since Kai's kid can get mini oni horns too
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>>4105731
Oh cool.
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>>4105731
but does it affect stats?
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>>4105411
You're partly wrong. You're thinking of DS Cute, MfoMT did not have the best friends system.
It's kinda funny that Natsume was like "noo not lesbians" but also Natsume were the ones who made Jamie from Magical Melody nonbinary/Schrodinger's gender
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>>4105754
I'm not sure about GoA but the kids in 4 could inherit different skills or abilities, like Dolce's kid would get Pico
https://kaze-no-travelers.tumblr.com/post/47916930383/i-dont-think-that-the-bachelorettesbachelors
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>>4106043
Yeah, you're right. My memory's going, I guess.
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I'm starting to think they shouldn't do 3D, ever, again.
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>>4106188
But they're all 3D, anon...
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>>4106190
Harhar.
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I don't think I like GoA very much. Combat is very bland, dialogues are very bland, and I have the feeling of playing. *shudder* Genshin Impact.
Give me back my buildings interiors too, please. Oh and that Wooly is annoying.
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>>4106471
have you restored matsuri yet? her hiccups are very cute

can you screenshot your village?
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>>4106471
>Give me back my buildings interiors too,
Wait, there are no interiors? And some anon said NPCs just teleport around instead of walking along some path. Is that true?
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>>4106579
Yeah, your house has an interior and you go inside a few buildings for events but that's it
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>>4106581
Man, that's kinda lame. Still planning on getting it someday, but only if it's very cheap.
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>>4106484
Beh, it's not very optimal or anything. I'm barely at half Spring, and discovered that motherfucking Woobly is the white dragon And saw the skies. Kind of a moodkiller that I immediatly went back because it was 10 PM.
The world is bigger, but while my opinion is softer, I still wouldn't say it's all that good.

>>4106579
None whatsoever. Did you like Porco's restaurant and home? Too bad. The budget went into Ulalaka's Ulalakas.
I shit talk, but it show that the budget went into the voices, the rest is mostly generic.
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>>4106596
Your village looks la-
>only just unlocked multi-island travelling
demn, more aestetic than what I had at the time.
yeah voice acting seems over the top. who thought voicing scenes most people hear only once if not just move along as soon as they finished reading was a good idea. but i guess it would feel weird if the girls only talked during bonding quests.

the graphics in this game are also part of its selling point. if your gpu is able, maybe turn up the settings a bit.
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>>4106611
Should I be scared of leaving Spring Village alone for a bit?

>demn, more aestetic than what I had at the time.
Can you feel my tears of autism when I had to move the road a tiny bit so that the building most south could fit perfectly? I'll end up making everything MODERNIZED so that one space is purely houses, and the other purely crops. Judging by that other field, I doubt it would be possible to make one place purely crops, and one place purely houses.
>voice acting
You can tell they really went deep with it, it's over the top, but I can respect that, but it's generic.

>the graphics in this game are also part of its selling point. if your gpu is able, maybe turn up the settings a bit.
I put the phics on medium on everything. But if it's supposed to be the main selling point, I'm scared. Some clothing looks wrong and pixelized compared to the body/face, on the average experience? Sheesh.
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>>4106583
It feel wrong to not be able to enter Iroha's teahouse.
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>>4106625
i suggest the crops and the farmer homes be in the same area. shops decors can be wherever, but i feel like my farmers do better job when they dont have downtime.
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>>4106638
It will take that long from them to walk huh. When one day I'll MODERNIZE it, I know what to not do.
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>>4106641
It's also a good idea to have a food stall nearby so they can eat lunch without walking 1,000,000 miles
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Summer Village was expedited FAST. I got a cool ass sword, a entire form of gameplay appeared, Talisman and Bow take the element of the Sacred Treasure you have equipped, food holes, but only one character that is actually there. I think I will like this cute retard goddess, even if her clothes are more stupid than what I found in Spring.
In the first village they get all emotional and stuff, only for me to still be there, do missions, harvest things, take people including the immortal little sister to combat. It feel a bit sloppy, sloppier than RF4's "it's in this place where it's always X season", with Matsuri and the old hag going "Become the Head Chief, I'll put everything onto you." And then, "Oh right Purification stuff, sure, whatever."
Woolby is an annoying mascot that talk too much, but I will die for some of his dialogues.

>>4106643
I mean, Iroha's shop is right there, but I think I see what you mean.
Speaking of, some villagers you can get are really a pain in the butt. At the start, you don't really think about it, but things like Big Eater, Timid and Slacker can really put a dent in your funds.
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>>4076064
Where are you supposed to put this damn thing. Oh thank you great gods, +3% Trading!
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>>4081441
RF2 is clank, but it's insane how it has things like that you never see in the future games.

>>4081484
I'd be harsh, but I would put GoA above at least above RF1.

>>4082779
Does that make it slavery if I put her in my barns in RF4? Or sexual slavery?
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>>4107481
Matsuri got another one

sadly bow only works with fire. for gatekeeping porpuses. the marchant is kinda nice once you get to know her. not 'i wish i could marry her' kinda nice but nicer than i would have guessed for an npc. same with the bath operator. did you know that encountering a person while you are bathing or leaving the bath gives extra bond points?
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>>4107525
Another what? Tsubame is nice, but she's a jew, look at at Gift list!

>sadly bow only works with fire. for gatekeeping porpuses
My day is ruined. It's funny because I can backtrack, purify some zones, and get in them. The game handhold and railroad you too much.

>did you know that encountering a person while you are bathing or leaving the bath gives extra bond points?
I did actually! Shame you can't enter the opposite sex bath.
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>>4107527
if there is one reason to play as a girl is to enter the girl bath. there is probably a mod to get the male model still
the most we can do is tip the camera when we go near the fence and try to catch glimplse of bathing beauties
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>>4107528
The best parts were the portraits and the "eeeek!"
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>>4107531
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>>4107481
Funfact: Matsuri shares VA with chaika the coffin princess
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Unlocked the Autumn Zone, that is really big. Went to do some mushrooms business too. It's hard to genuinely take advantage of everything, the game gave me terrible villagers sometime.
I also unlocked Simple House, which are bigger than Humble Houses, it make me think there will be higher tiers that are also bigger.
It would be nice if villagers could take the onions sauce and salt on their own.
Since I unlocked the Sacred Fan everything at Spring Village is purified, I just need to get villagers and ressources.
Finally obtained Dual Blades too!

>>4107655
No shit? *look up* No shit.
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>>4107680
I love the sacred fan, it was my favorite weapon
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I finished Autumn unlocked Monster Barns, finally we are at the end of the third village, and now I have to plant Rice. Water is needed though. Something must have gone wronng in development. Constanty unlocking things that I couldn't earlier, slowing what a autistic players can do.
Those mountains are going to be annoying though.

>>4108477
I thought I would hate it, turns out it's fun. You run faster, the whirlwind has a good range. Only the drum seems to be bad, it barely heals or do any damage when normally used.
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>>4108673
The drum is for crops
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>>4108699
It's also for earth damage and healing, and it does almost nothing for either.
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>>4108740
Yeah we can still use elemental weapons for earth
As for healing, its still ok if you aquired the nodes and dont mind the rp cost
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I knew it. Elegant House, 10, people
I also instantly got level 5 at Autumn Villager after the rice!

>>4108747
>Yeah we can still use elemental weapons for earth
I haven't obtained one yet. If I'm really halfway through the game like I think I am; it's VERY disappointing to only have so much. Let me play the game damnit.

>As for healing, its still ok if you aquired the nodes and dont mind the rp cost
Good point, it does damage and good healing if you do Flower Blessings or Flower Storm, but the Sword and Fan does good enough damage on their owns.
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>>4108961
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>>4108961
fishing is more common then marriage in hm games

>>4108977
i did not expect to see summon nights here
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>>4108750
are you sure your smith cant forge earth weapons?
anyway the halfway point is after you defeat the sex empire (its not spoiler, this is a rf game ofcourse you defeat the sex empire)
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>the Parasol is a Paraglider
I knew it. I freaking knew it, and I'm happy.
I miss spells and skills a bit. I wish I could skip the 2 bars scene.
I did not miss the characters not leveling up if they don't join your team though.
Oh, and it's kind of pain having to rush to the fields the morning to sort the crops, what to burn to level up the seeds, what to sell, this sort of things.
Is it normal that I sometime find Spring crops in the Autumn Village? Do they plant seeds at random if left empty?
I'm going to end up making the Spring Dev Zone 1 into a sort of hub for workers or animals at this rate.
Why isn't there a teleportation spot for the most western one! Most of Summer Village's fields are to small!

>>4108993
No, closest thing I got was Hisui being able to make Talismans of Gales. I also unlocked Whirlwind's recipe.

>the sex empire
Lemme guess. The russian looking blond girl, right?
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>>4109038
>I sometime find Spring crops in the Autumn Village? Do they plant seeds at random if left empty
Yep, it's random. That's why they eventually patched in more control
It's best to plant yourself
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>>4109092
>That's why they eventually patched in more control
I saw all my Golden Pumpkin in there. I can't exactly complain, since they seems to be growing well, but what a problem it is to charge in.
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>>4109038
I water the crops (with the arasol) in the mornings and drum them in the evening. then i found out corps have better chance to become giant if you DONT drum them so i just parasol my fields in the morning.

i never had the problem of wrong crops being planted >>4109092
oh it was solved in a patch? good. wait does that mean he also dont have the dlc which let you marry the huntress? tough luck.
speaking of which, have you decided yet who to marry?
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>>4109038
>spoiler
yeah. tough now that i think about it, beating her is much past the halfway point.
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>>4109111
>then i found out corps have better chance to become giant if you DONT drum them so i just parasol my fields in the morning.
This explains why I already started to see Giant Turnips and Potatoes so soon, when you are in construction mode, time is stopped, so I happily use it. I only use the sword to get better seeds.

>have you decided yet who to marry?
Sakuna. Sadly...
I'm not sure. I'm not really impressed by Iroha's story arc. Seriously guys? An arc focused on dango?
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>>4109133
they are channeling their inner clanned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfgyKPQO9g8
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Classic Marvelous at it again
who asked for this?
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>>4109294
Cant wait for hmods!
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>>4109294
Well at least it's VR? And not touching and rubbing characters. In hope.
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I swear to God, if more of the men than the women get a better storyline, I'll cry.
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>>4109523
Hf
https://youtu.be/iU6GxXS9oOQ?si=rUZrvkiwmI_E-qpb
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>"KUSOGE"
You fucking weeb nerd!

>>4109652
>Iroha
>best
Oh dear
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>>4109656
Actually Muramasa and Clarice are best.
Worst also had a tie.
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I wish you could just fire the bad villagers the moment they appear.

>>4109657
>Actually Muramasa and Clarice are best.
>Muramasa
>the fighting autist is the best
I'm having the mother of all wooly faces.
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New page, looks like it's a party.
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Do I really need a Teahouse near my fields? Google is telling me that having their houses nearby is enough.
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>>4109690
Oh look, it's Sonja!
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Matsuri what do you want me to do with this island in the middle of nowhere.
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>>4109766
Blackmail important politicians ofc.
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>>4109778
release the matsuri files
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>>4109690
They're busting out all of the fanservice, aren't they?
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>>4109705
Just watch them around lunch time and you'll see how long it takes for them to get lunch and come back
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>>4109881
To be fair, the comic has basically been nothing but fanservice from the word go, so might as well ramp it up.
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>>4109886
Wooluluuuuum.
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>>4109883
It shouldn't be that much of a problem in Summer Village, but I see why it would be a problem in other villages.
I intend to have one field in each villages that are just Barns or Large Barns, even knowing it will mostly be useless, that's gonna be interesting. In my opinion, monsters should have their own unique slots in the party.
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>>4109905
It's not an issue in the summer village yeah, but it probably will be in Autumn and Winter if you aren't careful
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>>4110251
>Autumn
Considering tthe size of those fields and how far the next eating place is, I can see why.
It feel like they still miss spots when watering, which is frustrating, I feel like I do everything right, but they are still making mistakes, which gives me the impression that I do not in fact do everything right.
Winter Villager is going to be annoying, probably. I came prepared.
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>Kurama storyline
>There was a drough
>So he summoned a typhoon to stop the drough and it worked
>People did not understood that, so they started to dislike him, though it's not exactly shown currently.
No wonder he became a shut in. Why is your storyline better than Ulalaka, Hina and Iroha alreadyyyyy?
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>Murasame storyline
>Wants to be the very best because his brother dishonered the family and school name in the capital
>his covered scared eye has a yoma in it that promised help in exchange of his soul once Murasame succeeded
>Meanwhile Matsuri
>Ghost don't exist funny gag With Mauro being the ghost because he lost a necklace
It's over for us.
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>>4110826
>>4110773
girls get cute stories, boys get cool stories.
Also i think the way Kanata's learned to accept Sorano was very nice
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>>4110838
Ulalaka's storyline was so lame too. It's just helping people and her thinking basically "I can't fall in love with a mortal." Laaaaaaame.
>Kanata
I have no idea who that is!
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>>4110843
Kanata is the local 'noja' waifu
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>Winter Village unlock a field that actually look like it was made for farming AFTER I busted my ass planting trees and crops, so I should have converted the first two into commercial districts
>Bosses take up 4 places, so an entire normal Barn.
>Your team doesn't actually grow it's just switching
>Watermill needs water
I feel like the game is clowning on me.

>>4110846
Lolibaba nojaaaa?!
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>>4110850
>Lolibaba
sadly no. the game files DO include a model for her loli form but there isnt a dlc/patch/mod to get her into that form the same way you, for example, switch someone to swimsuit
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>Cuilang is a robot
I am shocked and appalled. I totally did not see that coming.

>>4110856
Noja is still good. I'll accept it. She better have a good storyline or I'll kill myself.
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>>4110860
Cuilang is a pun on 'Clang'
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>>4110861
I thought it was just a chinese name, like back then in the good old 90s.
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>>4110862
probably that too, guy got layers.
also
>>4081070
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I'm gonna dislike Kaguya aren't I?
>"What is a Earth Dancer?"
>Every single Gods: "..."
It's funny, Earthmates are a thing characters are or aren't but making a pact with a dragon can make you one, meaning you can become one outside your birth. Ethelbeard would die in the Forest if he ever learned that. Again.
Kai is totally the Oni God, am I right? Here I hoped for a Oni waifu...

>Muramasa DESTROY Matsuri 1V1
>Kurama even implies that the reason she could even win is because of her divinity
>her next event is her moaning about training, where Muramasa is the actual training and sword autist
>Even funnier when you consider their personal gear. Muramasa has a shitty personal sword, Matsuri got a strong fire personal sword.
>She even try to give the whole God of Summer to MC
>When the thief is mentioned, she think catching thief = stronger
Women can't have shit in this game.
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>>4110914
tbf since the thief bested her, defeating him would indeed prove she got stronger
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>>4111066
She was asleep, she should try to beat Hypnos instead.
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>>4110914
I don't want to spoil anything, but the Earthmate/Dragon connection gets some interesting implications later
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>>4111180
Oh? I'm not really surprised, there's always a Earthmate, and there's always an Elder Dragon. Now transform into a waifu Woolby.
Unless you are named Lest or Frey, in which case, they have one main Elder Dragon as their BFF, and the other three by force feeding them a lot, and I mean a lot of rare dishes. Like a boss. Shame Ethelbeard couldn't join!
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>>4111195
Well... Woolby's not the Elder/Native Dragon you're thinking of
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>>4110914
did you know? when you need a dog, a bird and a monkey when going to the underworld. you can use kurama as the bird, and the winter god as the dog
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>>4111623
That cracked me up when I did it
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>>4111623
Whaaaaat.
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(guitar solo)
Go for the nano-ja
For the nano-ja
For the nano-jaaaaaa
Her name is Kanata
Not lolibaba
still a nanojaaaaaaa

In her wanton childishness
She destroyed the world
So she locked her true self away
Searching for a redemptiooon

Go for the nano-ja
For the nano-ja
For the nano-jaaaaaa (for the nano j)
her Name is Kanata
Not lolibaba
still a nanojaaaaaaa (still a nano)

She is a bit androgynious,
and her chest is flat
She is childish and spoiled,
and we love her for that!

(guitar solo)
Nano-ja, Nano-ja
Nano-ja, Nano-ja
Nano-ja, Nano-ja

(guitar solo)
She was hungry so she stole some snacks
She was bored she painted her office
She was lonely so she brought in a pet
And she has no memory of any of that

(guitar solo)
Go for the nano-ja
For the nano-ja
For the nano-jaaaaaa (for the nano j)
Her Name is Kanata
Not lolibaba
still a nanojaaaaaaa
Nano-ja, Nano-ja
Nano-ja, Nano-ja
Nano-ja, Nano-ja
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We do recolors, but at least it has newer moves.
The game has a taste of oldschool games that are trying and succeeding. But God, let me play, let me experiment and suffer like in 4.
Autumn Village is now level 8... and make the eastern development zone bigger and more suited for farming. Winter Village is level 7, but gave me a tiny ass development zone that I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with. Two sides of the same problem.
I find it morbidly funny how Summer Villager is only 50% happy, but there are only stores in there!

>>4111865
Noja or nanoja.

>She is a bit androgynious,
>and her chest is flat
>She is childish and spoiled
*concern*
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>>4111925
noja, i add the na because it went bewtter with the song i had in mind
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>>4111931
Noja or nanoja. Which one is better.
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>>4111932
Noja. It's subtleness make it seem more refined and elegant. nanoja is cute but it too obnoxious.
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>>4111941
Good choice.
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Please tell me that porting my fields to the places, especially Summer and Winter won't end up backfiring on me.
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>>4112128
It will not since you can just teleport there
Though you do have specific crpp hoals per village so keep that in mind
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>>4112191
Just checking that I won't have another, better bigger zone later on. Seriously why a teleporation to an island?
But obviously I'll have to move houses and teahouses, which is a blessing in disguise since I don't have enough places to put both farming and shops in the same zone..
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>>4112211
The island was added via a patch post-release due to player demand
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>>4112224
Wha- you mean it was all the place people had in Summer Village back then?
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>>4112229
tbf, you didnt need to build any shops
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The door joke, a classic. What a slut though. So he is named after his master. I really thought that naming a robot Clank would be morbidly funny, maybe too much.
Now for the question of reproduction...
Even his arc is cooler, I can't.
At least Matsuri's arc seems to be going toward the direction of being less of a dumbass.

>>4112298
Shops are the only thing in there, SEVEN shops naturally. How does Matsuri even manage this so called village. But if you want them bonuses, you will put shops in there.
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>>4112336
if you are putting dlc only into the contest might as well include pililika
anyway you reproduce with the robot the same way you do in same-sex marriage- cabbage patch.
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>>4112352
That's right, him and Pilika are DLCs. It's less puzzling than the animals.

>anyway you reproduce with the robot the same way you do in same-sex marriage cabbage patch.
Girls who want to feel Ulalaka's Ulalakas will be sad.
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>>4112229
Yep, all you had were the 3 small areas on the mainland
Makes the volcano even funnier in hindsight
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>>4112359
Girls who want to feel Ulalaka's Ulalakas will unlock the 'hug' action
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>>4112369
'Grope' action when.
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Is this a good cover image for the next thread?
Also, do we create the next thread immediately after the bump limit is reached or wait a couple of days?
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>>4112457
this looks like something from cultures. is rf going viking?
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>>4112457
>Also, do we create the next thread immediately after the bump limit is reached or wait a couple of days?
Wait until page 9, we can still get 2+ weeks of discussion from this thread even after bump limit.
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>>4112458
Hmm, I'm trying to make it look nostalgic. What is "cultures" btw?
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>>4112458
I'd say it's more like fairy tale. Kind of like Legend of Mana.
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>>4112499
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking too
RF has always had that sort of "medieval but idyllic" fantasy vibe with a bit of magitech
And it's not that far off from the architecture from the older games (rf2 farm pictured), I suspect that with the straw roof it is going to be a more rustic "village" where you live and the more urban capital where I bet you'll sell your stuff at and get quests and the like (but alI could be wrong)
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Matsuri's arc about the swordsman that stole her sword nowhere... Sad.
Filthy gaijin deciding to put her nose where it doesn't belong. She look so cool though.
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>>4112526
I'm playing it right now and it's giving me Final Fantasy 9 nostalgia. It's funny that even though 3D has massively advanced since the 90s those pre rendered backgrounds look way more appealing and interesting to look at. Maybe it's because artists could go crazy with details and had more control over the final render.
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>>4112526
Legend of Mana has a a distinct air about it that just make you go that's the mana series, very mysterious and magical, full of nature and coziness.
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>>4112538
Well I meant agreeing more with the fairy tale part and less of the Mana part but the Mana series has a very distinct art direction
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I'm scared of the bump limit! What happens after we're gone?
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Elena is really cute. I can't wait to marry her
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>>4112673
Her twin brothers won't allow it!
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>>4112573
You made another thread, more dolce and pico.
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It's probably not going to be big enough for the volcano. Oh well.
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>optimize and beautify zones and fields
>each fields for crops have 8 space of 9 squares for every seeds for each village
>reailzes that it's not optimal since I have to actually play the game and grow a lot of thing like Golden Crops and a lot of normal crops in each villages so more fields would have been better
I failed.
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>>4112836
It's cute
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>>4112732
Not many dolces and picos are posted in these threads thoughbeit
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>>4112464
cultures is a colony sim from 2000 about vikings in america.

>>4112836
you will get all crops eventually. more importantly, less fields= less real time you spend tending to them.
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>>4112928
>cultures is a colony sim from 2000 about vikings in america.
Interesting. Never had heard of it, looks comfy.
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>>4112861
Thanks, I did my best into make it tight and cozy, I kind of failed for Autumn and Summer Village though.

>>4112928
That's also the jobs of the Villagers, hopefully they'll do it. But I still need to burn crops to get better seeds.
Would that mean that I need less people with Soil Specialist and Seed Savant, and so I can fire them to make places for more useful villagers?...
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>>4112983
Speaking of seeds, keep an eye out for the traveling merchants in the wilds, it's the best way to get golden seeds
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>>4112983
speeking of seeding, have you met kanata yet
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>To become a Earth Dancer you need to sacrifice your SOUL
>Meaning your memories. FOREVER.
>*loses memories*
>*regain them*
>Especially about their canon waifu/husbando that they were bethroded to I HATE THAT.
Bruh. Ethelventus would really kill himself.
The Hound is totally tied to Fubuki isn't he? Fubuki mentioned that the black wolf was dot dot dot well it doesn't matter.
Fighting Ikaruga made me miss the previous way to cast spells, even if I do like the tools. Casting lasers was extremely fun.
The game REALLY wanted to gave us a lot of recipes for weapons in this filler arc of this easy game. I barely have any Platinum despite being at the end and doing my best to craft them!

>>4113234
Way ahead of you. I was lucky and full of rice money, so I brought a bunch of them! I'm starting to plant them.

>>4113261
Pililika, her and Clarice are my last hope.
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Called it. The fact that Yachyio knew about it is funny.
Peepee joke. Poor guy just wanted to have fun. Love the mask though!
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>>4112983
you can still get higher level crops from the villagers. it will take more time than simple scorching your fields but still.
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It's kinda unique the way you learn new recipes in RF2 by attending classes and having to tick those boxes to learn them. However, it does get old fast and starts to resemble a *real* class and you just want it to end so you can go home.
This game has some weird ideas that look cool on paper but are implemented kinda poorly. If they ever remake this game I hope they find a way to make those ideas interesting in some way. It could turn this game into something very unique.
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>>4113915
It's a really unique idea, you are a kid so you learn things from class, but like most things in RF1 and RF2, it's clunky and more than a bit tedious.
One can dream of a remake. RF2 would really benefit from it!
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That's Kanata right? She look like Amaterasu. One of the name I wanted to pick was Susanoo, it would have been very awkward.
Kai is now forever in my team. He rarely miss out his attacks, and he comes with a kickass axe.
I like how befriending Matsuri gives a recipe for a replica of her sword, but it's literally ten times stronger than her own.
I was really surprised to discover that Oni were apparently humans from a catastrophe even before the entire franchises that took refuge in the Underworld.
I was even more surprised to discover that Viatrea was Mihoshi Habaki. Normally, asian dragons come from china, not a western country.

>>4113867
I'm far too autistic for that, I want the seed to be level 9! Plus I want to take my time enjoying the game a bit. I feel like I'm going fast enough as it is.
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>>4114146
have you finished the heavenly office or are you stuck with th e invisible puzzles?
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Ulalaka is ruined for me. Only Kai can satisfy her...

>>4114238
I'm doing it. I'm having fun with the invisible walls. Is it me or beyong that the Sacred Staff SUCK?
It's also really pretty. It and Devil's Bluff are really cool looking.
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>>4114240
the staff is nice once you unlock more butterflies. the cool thing is the butterflies STAYS for quite some time after summoned so you can use weapons while the flies doing their thing.
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>>4114244
I already unlocked the second +2 butterfly node, but even so, it's still so weak. I know it's to act as a support fire but stil.
Which remind me that I maxed Social Activities and Self Improvement, and while I can only use All Purpose XP for Selt Improvement, I can't use the 1000XP that I have in Social anywhere else, big sad.
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>>4114267
have you checked its effectiveness in close range activation? like you would the fire sword
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>>4114296
Actually yes, I noticed that it did a bit more damage.
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>>4114301
well i guess thats just me. when i red the light staff make invisible stuff visible i started taking it everywhere looking for secrets; by the time i realized there aren't invisible walls outside of heaven, i had so much skill points it was my strongest tool.
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This is like the Amaterasu myth!
Since when are Hamburg steak and Gratin child's food though?...

>>4114349
>when i red the light staff make invisible stuff visible i started taking it everywhere looking for secrets
Hah! Classic! I would have done the same!
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>>4114351
Hamburg steak = mcdonalds
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>>4114349
There are invisible chests in the villages though
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>>4114414
welp, time to go on another round.
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>>4114414
Oh God.
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Lookie, a hidden chest. I thought it would be behind your shrines because there's absolutely nothing in there.
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>>4114444
>4444
number of death...
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>>4114474
4 Seasons. 4 Months. 4 Gods. 4 elements. Coincidence?
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>>4114444
There's also one in the old village. I think. I'm not 100% sure
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Cute
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>>4114529
I have no idea what this is. I thought you were talking about the Abandoned Village or even the Abandone Shrine. But I know a place where to look!
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>>4114620
I'm feeling nostalgic.
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Kai's final event was pretty funny. Poor MC looked so devasted.
I'm very confused as to why none of the other gods knew or remember that Kai was the underworld god. They know about Kanata, so why not him? I don't get it. Even more confusing, Kanata is supposed to be the leader apparently. I'm also confused as to why she felt guilty, since the process seems to have been automatic.
At least, I knew this loli would be important.

Clarice will have to live up a lot fo erase what she pulled. And dude, dude, dude, they really want to tell you that Kaguya/Subaru is the main girl or boy, even more than Iroha. I hate that, I really hate that. I really want to let her die out of spite for this kind of fuckery and the blushing and everything, but that would mean less content for me.
>*Sacrifice Talisman conveniently light up*
>"Don't do it! The price you will have to pay will be immense! There is no telling what will happen since you already made a pact with me!"
>"You need to sacrifice something TOTALLY equal to your soul since you already sold it."
>Lower the FP of everyone, lower your level, or lose all your current money.
Girl, I have 11,000 in my pockets, I'll gain 100,000 tomorrow. I can grind FP again, and EXP too, but the last one will be more annoying.
Worst attempt at drama ever.

Tagesanbrunch.
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>>4114717
What the heeeelI I only lost 2,000 gold! And the festival is canceled!
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>>4114731
yeah, all of the prices are cheap, comparatively
makes sense though, of course the black dragon wouldn't want her rider/buddy to die
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>>4114816
I also obtained Iroha's Fan I'll miss the Branch but I prefer the fan's animations.

>makes sense though, of course the black dragon wouldn't want her rider/buddy to die
I want more of that dragon though. And more of Woolby breathing fire too.
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>>4114717
Yeah the consequences are too cheap, but the idea is really good, and I didn't expect Rune Factory to have a section where a character could die. I'd like to see more serious choices like that. Maybe have two possible townspeople who can die in the main story and you have to choose between them. Maybe bring back the twin archetype as a bachelorette where you have romance both of them at the same time and grow close, but you have to break one of their hearts in the end.
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>>4114841
GoA is certainly very casual, and more than a bit unpolished. The first point must have played a factor.
But I hate canon pairing so much.

>I'd like to see more serious choices like that.
>Maybe have two possible townspeople who can die in the main story and you have to choose between them.
>Maybe bring back the twin archetype as a bachelorette where you have romance both of them at the same time and grow close, but you have to break one of their hearts in the end.
That's genius but the series would never do that. The most cruel thing they did was "cheating" in Frontier and Bride Stealing in 2. We can hope though.
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>>4114483
>4 Gods
I'm only counting 3 gods, unless you claim Kanata is a god (and not a godess) due to how flat she is
>4 elements
fire, water, earth, air, dark, light, love
i guess if you count in base 4 we got 13 elements but....
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>>4114930
I'm surprised you haven't talked about the light and dark dragon, which is good because they are lame and cringe.
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Kaguya better be the mother of all-
>1742 attack
Okay then. a bit lower than Sakuna. It's a shame she doesn't have a few things that the MC have, but what can you do.

>Fubuki event
>"Fubuki has been different can you check it?"
>"Foolish mortal how dare you trespass-oh it's you please come in!"
I can't criticize the arcs, but I cant also enjoy them.
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>>4115012
finally a male event that isnt very good

>>4115004
if i added them youd go '4 gods, 4 goddesses' and than ill have to go 'wait there is one more dragon god' so i decided to keep it simple
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>>4115015
Just wait until they had a Dragon of Love.
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Okay? Now we are talking about transforming?

>>4115015
Fubuki's arc a a whole is pretty slice of life, it's just all about how to be more divine or respected. It's not the best arc ever.
And I'm certain The Hound is linked to him. Come on, same face, same body, same fangs, he is just black instead of white.
That's sounded wrong.
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>>4115021
Son. I am disappoint.
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>>4115025
for posting or for deleting?
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>>4115027
For not realizing sooner.
For deleting, son I am just confused.
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>>4115028
i deleted because spoilers
>but you spoiled the spoilers
everyone read spoiled text. safer to just delete.

>you should have realized they ware related due to how similiar they are
next you gonna say clarice is kaguya's sister and hina is suzu's aunt.
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A bit hypocritical from Matsuri "Fuck up everytime" but the message is there.

>>4115030
But that's not your problem if *people read the spoilers. And let's be honest, it's not night shyamalan twists.

>next you gonna say clarice is kaguya's sister and hina is suzu's aunt.
Hey, there's the engine limitations, and characters REALLY looking the same.
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>>4115031
its anime. they are all taking their looks from a preset barrel.
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>>4115016
Viatrea is the Native Dragon of love.
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>>4115104
Blue eyes white dragon
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>Clarice is from sex empire (no shit)

>Clarice's people were attacked and killed by one shitty god[ so she decided to kill every gods even if they didnd't do anything but being the nicest people.
>more importantly, Clarice is the descendant of Ethelberd, probably grear grand daughter judging by the timeline.
>Meaning we can add his lineage to ours.
Hello? Based department? They called, Ethelberd is raging and dying again.

>>4115039
>its anime. they are all taking their looks from a preset barrel.
I think it's the engine. And it make me want to kill myself sometime. Subaru's deadass open mouth reminds me of a stupid, terrible 3D animation.

>>4115041
I thought as much.
What are they gonna do? What dragons will they bring next? Sword Dragon? Big Sword Dragon? Spear Dragon? Fist Dragon, Dual Sword Dragon.

>>4115108
oh no
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Fuck Ethelberd's smoking hot aryan grand-grandaughter
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>>4115209
She's more russian looking.
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>>4115211
Actually she looks Ukrainian. so goth.
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I crafted Festival Tower and Vermilion Gate, who are for the Summer Village. I think one dev REALLY hated summer. Look at the side of those thing!
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Rakshaka Gorge is unironically kino and can be genuinely difficult for once But man, does the boss suck. Why isn't Murasame that strong when he is with me? He's like Vergil from Devil May Cry! Meanwhile Matsuri was a total embarrassment. Their HP are so low too.
And is there an actual explanation as to why people can go to flying islands or even other countries?!

>Kamunagi
Oh another incredibly powerful tool in this incredibly difficult game!
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>>4115349
>why cant they fight that well when going with me
you get in their way.
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I maxed the Staff Dance, it's still a tad too weak, but I enjoy it much more. It help that it's upper attack is a light laser.
I did not expect a Persona 4 moment from Kanata, which is better than Persona 4.
I have a question, what does the % actually does? The speed of what they do it? I know for merchant they get more money, but for the farmers? I'm starting to replace the Seed Savants and Crop Whisperers by Soil Specialists.

>>4116103
Excuse me princess, I'm doing most of the job normally!
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>>4116132
your villagers, when you claim on doing all the work 'princess', when they are busting their asses while his lordship frolicks with 3 waifus in a oni-hunt picnic:
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>>4116191
No fair. I'm the one who make the villages look cool and tidy, wake up first morning to get better seeds, and save the world.
I also discovered the world of Scenery Bonus, where if you Constructions Decorations of the same type like Oppulent Garden in the same development zone, you get a scenery bonus.
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I'm surprised there isn't a harem mod for GoA.
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>>4116217
>>4089870
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>>4116228
Harem mod, not time travel divorce.
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>>4116196
score means nopthing. you could get good score by planting flowers everywhere and putting random decorations. i got 150~ in my summer village and still i think your place looks better.
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>>4116615
No town level up then.

>i got 150~ in my summer village and still i think your place looks better.
For a moment I thought you were talking about my Spring Barn zone, I got scared a bit.
But I like making my things pretty so I'm glad to hear you say that. But I'm not really fine with the cropfield and barnfield of Summer. Look at how tiny this is. And how i'm going to put this goddamn Volcano when I get it? I don't think I have enough place in the cropfield.
Autumn is just a case of not enough stuff in, I can resolve that. Winter too has tiny fields.
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Veyron second fight, Clarice and Murasame are so fun ro fight. I wish the game didn't wait so long to put those kind of bosses.
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>>4117355
btw,
the original song for
>>4111865
is 'going towards the unknown'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9HMhNggsxQ
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I'm a bit disappointed that we couldn't keep it, or get an upgrade. Come on, you Dance Stance with the Dance of Bound, and there's two empty slots!

One hell of a dragon, again I wish they had more bosses instead of keeping them for the very end, but thinking about it, doing so when the game is a bit janky...

Now I have to find the post game, find all the fishies, max out the towns, max out Kaguya and Clarice. No way I'm marrying Kaguya though. If I were to put the girls in a tier list Funny how Kamusoraki doesn't get a pass but Clarice does, I guess being an asshole in the past was enough.
...I would put Iroha, Ulalaka and Kanata high Who is, surprisingly, not flat, I just, I just want a halway decent storyline guys, which I know the franchise struggle with.
Speaking of struggling, why the hell have they decided to put the exotic stuffs??
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>>4117842
Kanata ks pretty good but it's a shame that many people overlooked her because she showed up so late
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>>4118071
Apparently Clarice is up there in the polls. I guess I'll see it.
Kanata's arc is easy peasy lemon squeezy, she act childishly but try to put a front of authority, and then got her Persona 4 moment, it's not the best storyline ever, but this is Rune Factory, so it's as good as good can get. This is why I like Margaret so much in RF4, her storyline does the job. MC has short lifespan, girl got long lifespan, it's good. It's also why I put Ulalaka high, since her last normal event has her musing about God and Human not being able to be together, which might be the same age issues as Meg.

It's a shame that you can't craft more patures from Grand Bazaar DLC, it feels incomplete not having them in every villages. Speaking off, it took me a while to understand that the level of monsters drops in the barns was tied to their happiness, and the size tied to their levels, dumb that I am. Hopefully no dishes will need a Egg S or M for whatever reasons. Oh and the cooking menu is a pain.
Placing those giant ass decoration and buildings is going to be a pain for Summer and Winter Village.
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Oh shit, someone's managed to crack the scripts for RF4 and will hopefully release a tool soon
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>>4118167
>@しゅじんこうくん@
lol
are we gonna get alt stories rf4 which will be extremly edgy or let you play as forte (no farming just monsters) or something?
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>>4118170
Who knows?
There's also apparently a map editor in the works
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>>4118167
how long before we 'rf4: gensokyo edition'?
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>>4118170
>>@しゅじんこうくん@
>lol
idgi
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>>4118196
しゅじんこうくん - mr. protagonists
@(...)@ - this is a special term that relates directly to the code, which is why it isnt translated
lol - its funny to see jap in the middle of the english nontheless. moreso with a cute term such as 'shijinkou-kun' (mr. protagonist) which is such a cute term to be used in coding which reflect the love put into this.
>i dont think its funny
no joke is funny when explained
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>>4118167
It's only going to be used for gay mods and you know it.
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>>4118214
Wow that's really funny, kek
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>>4118167
Where did you find out about this?
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>>4118232
there's apparently a sos/rf modding discord that it was posted in, a friend sent me the pictures and I posted them here
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>>4118239
I hate discord so much. It's even worse than login-walled forums. Sad it's the default choice these days for most communities, also dangerous for preservation.
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>>4118167
>>4118173
Good gracious, are we living in heaven?

>>4118195
Come on, stop teasing us, we all know it'll never happen.
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>>4118266
>we all know it'll never happen.
it would have 10 years ago.
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>>4118312
Ah yes, time travel
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>>4118323
History repeats itself

elso, era:tw
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>>4118359
Soon, Rune Factory with a dragon of time and you can use The World, King Crimson, Bites the Dust.
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>>4118452
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAUfzSnhtlI
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>>4118167
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>>4118167
Ooooh, so it *will* become a reality after all?
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>Lin Fa
>Porcoline
>Ventuswill
>Raven
>Ethelberd
>Aquaticus
We are so fucking back.
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>>4118167
When RF4S first came out on pc, I wrote a whole text doc full of events I wanted to expand on the game with, but since modding the game on that scale was impossible back then, I shelved it.
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>>4118796
Unshelve it.
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>>4118784
>Raven
Tuna is loyal to RF3 protag
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>>4118808
Or (You). Shut up and lemme dream.
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>>4118796
I just hope it comes out eventually
here's another screenshot he posted, this one's a part of Sercerezo Hill
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>>4118784
And Pico! And the fairies!

>>4118832
Ahhhh...
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>>4118808
rf3 protag now comes to rf4 town already married to karina
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>>4118837
Yeah that's how the game handles the wilderness maps
I noticed that when I was working on the retexturing, it's a pain in the ass
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>>4118839
Well, someone will need to be very motivated to modify the maps. Or make them.
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>>4118841
It's only the wilderness maps anyhow, the town maps look more like >>4118173 and you don't have to make maps the way the devs did
Remember, RF4 was made as a last resort for Neverland and they cut corners everywhere they could to get as much made as possible
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>>4118841
ctrl+c
ctrl+a /ctrl+h
ctrl+v
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>>4118839
Oh the mod where the maps are pixelated again? Good work anon!
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>>4118839
But what's happening on that image? There aren't that many trees, so what's up with all those labels?
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>>4118850
Those are all of the trees, but remember on that specific map the trees shift location depending on where you are in the month
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>>4118849
Yeah, thanks man
I'm slowly working on a new version now, but if that tool really does come out, that will really make things easier for me
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>>4118860
Gambate!
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Tier list of Rune Factory 4 girl storylines.
Fairly good: Margaret
Meh: Dolce
Waste of potential: Forte, Amber
Terrible: Xiao Pai, Clorica
Nyeheheheh
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>modding rf4 into a hgame
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>>4118858
Oh, so they exist together but not all of them are visible at the same time? If you could toggle them on and off based on some condition it would be neat.
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>>4118867
You would need to make portraits that would act as CGs.
My kink would be an expansion styled mod, with more barns, more fields, more characters, more monsters, more everything.
My bigger kink? Being able to toggle one and of character's skills, making them learn skills, and make them and monsters less stupid.
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>>4118864
So this confirms Margaret is the canon waifu and the rest ends up single and childless.
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>>4118870
Too bad, they should have had better storylines that were at least vaguelly good.
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>>4118869
Yeah it's way outside of scope unless you can get a good artist on board. I'm kind of interested in expanding the already massive amount of dialogue and trying to make new town events.
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>>4118872
>I'm kind of interested in expanding the already massive amount of dialogue and trying to make new town events.
You got it brother!
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>>4118873
The tricky part is making sure the new stuff is in line with the charm and spirit of the original work and perfectly in character. Worst case scenario is playing a mod and easily being able to tell apart the modded parts.
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>>4118868
Yeah, I'm not 100% certain sonce I'm not the guy making the tool, but I do think that they're tied to a script or something
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>>4118869
thats what ai is for
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Stardew Valley themed RF4 mod
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>>4118885
maybe a junimo easter egg/monster but that's as far as I'd go
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>>4118878
The easiest part would be to add a toggle for which features you want and don't want. I say easiest but it would be a pain.
Or if you want to add a dungeon that is even harder than Rune Prana, since Rune Factory 4 has almost infinite leveling. Cannot scream mod louder than that.

But like you said, the real problem would be from a writing perspective, it shouldn't be too hard since Rune Factory is easy to get, but...
W-well, at least it would be easy to say, add a second child in there right.

>>4118881
I hope your ai is good bro.
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>>4119013
Where's her hat?
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>>4119019
It's there. She crafted one with an invisible stone.
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>>4119022
Hmm, quite peculiar.
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>>4119025
Post the full!
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>>4119017
my ai art is just a hobby but someone already complimented my hot bovine art so theres that
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>>4119053
>my hot bovine art
You're what
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>>4119056

>>4086681
>>4088473
>>4088547
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>>4119058
I mean, sure they are good, but they aren't very Rune Factory 4.
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>>4119059
what about those
https://litter.catbox.moe/6tmbebggtw141kso.png
https://litter.catbox.moe/5plcp92sqas9o6mv.png
https://litter.catbox.moe/0viu3r4ppp5wuqt5.png
https://litter.catbox.moe/jhrzy74q0d8kbhiz.png
https://litter.catbox.moe/jljji27xgkn94gvv.png
https://litter.catbox.moe/9ip26qb54apfkyb0.png
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>>4119080
Sure they are good, but it's still not very Rune Factory 4.
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>>4119086
than i guess its beyond me. im certain someone with actuall ai experiance could pull it off but i spent enough tokens.
heres a parting gift

https://litter.catbox.moe/81z3ciy0p0s8xyk3.png
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>>4119099
tiny dick.
But yeah the important thing would be to make ai portraits that look like the ones in RF4's.
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>>4119101
>tiny dick.
I guess i should have went with the clorice sleep rape gen.
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>>4119058
>>4119080
>>4119099
>>4119102
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>the post game of GoA is after being married and having a kid
Well at least I can max out Clarice, and max out my remaining fishes. Only Four remaining.
It makes me sad to think that I almost finished the game while I'm barely at mid Autumn, the past Rune Factory made you crawl for a tiny bit of advancement, I'm not just sucking RF4 there.
Speaking off, is it normal that most human characters just suck in comparison of the monsters? Hina is being hard cucked by her wereform, and Clarice... Clarice is fine, her pew pew and slash slash do wonders.
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Only two fishes to complete the book. I finished Kaguya's storyline, not impressed, and Clarile's too, it's nice to see that she decided to live to protect others, it's not much but in this game it is.
Without the future romantic storyline, I'd say my personal ranking would be impossible to think of. Seriously, what am I supposed to do? Pililika is from another place inspired by a japanese subculture that we know nothing about so were is the romance and family? Iroha is about her dango and normally I would be annoyed about her canon girl energy but I like her fan compared to the plum branch. Ulalaka is about helping others but ends with her thinking that she can't be with you, a mortal, unless I misunderstood. Kanata is a cute failure nanoja about accepting her childishness which isn't much but at least you know her. Clarice doesn't have a home anymore, we are her home, we know everything about her.
So I guess it's between Iroha, Ulalaka, Kanata, or Female German Vergil, the last one being really good at her Attacker job, not sure how she is compared ot monsters though.
Men have the best storylines, it's not even funny anymore.

Is it true that you can't redo the post game dungeon after finishing it?
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>>4120161
just marry the guys. im sure cuilang comes with a modular pussy.
and dont mind the immortality thing. the game found a fix. you can now become a god yourself.
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>>4120161
should have played as a girl to make marrying the guys feel less akward.
(and to go into the girls bath.)
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new thread soon?
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>>4120192
I refuse to play a girl, especially one as silly looking as Kaguya, and I refuse to marry guys.
>im sure cuilang comes with a modular pussy.
I did not need to have the imagine of a Cuilang with that. A Cuicunt..

>>4120193
Seriously.
Murasame: Brother dishonored his clan so he took off with the goal of being the best swordman ever. Made a pact with a catgirl for more power but with the MC's support decide to do it all with his own power.
Cuilang: Is an automaton, it end with the MC touching his heart and telling him that he is human and not a piece of wood.
Kurama: Is a shut in, and the reason he might have become one is because he summoned a typhoon so that the drought at the time wouldn't cause as much damage, too bad a typhoon also caused damages so people at least the adults feared him and saw him as a bringer a destruction. His storyline ended with one of the past children, now an adult, begging him to go back to his usual self, and Kurama admitting that if he had explained himself things could
Kai: A devil may care oni guy, he like to act like a jerk, has a tabs, but you know he genuinely cares and does the first one to have fun. is best friend is Kurama and is in general caring toward everyone. His arc end up with him, Kurama, and Ikaruga making the MC believe he intend to go to war to the surface with his oni, when in truth it's a Setsubun. Also act as a old married couple with Yachiyo.
Mauro, Fubuki and Ikaruga are the girl tier, even if Fubuki redeems himself by being funny when Kai and Kurama start shit in his shrine, or his brother Kamurosaki.
No wonder girls love this game. The boys in there have the storylines and cool stuff, but the girls are just moe.
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>>4120303
the general rule is
kids: boys like soldiers, girls like dolls
adults: girls like soldiers, boys like dolls
its not 100% accurate- there are still people like you, who are neither underage nor women who won't like dolls- but its a good rule of thumb
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>>4120338
I'm so disappointed you don't even know half of it. Hopefully the post I love you will redeem some of the girls.
Please tell me it will.
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>>4120255
Yeah, soon I think
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>>4120571
Actually hold off on this a second, I'm going to upload a fixed version in a sec
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>>4120571
>>4120578
I can already see a dungeon modded in RF4 based off those maps.
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>>4120582
Why do you think I'm extracting it in the first place? ;)
I always found it a bit sad how they weren't able to give RF4 as much visual variety as the older games due to the incredible crunch, so I figured since they use the same exact style anyway, why not spread the love from all of the games for a little variety?
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>>4120584
The fact that RF4 was the last bravo AND that they crunched but the game is so good anyways is something a lot of modern dev should learn about.
Or maybe not, since it didn't have the miraculous, insane success it could have had, and that was the first game of the franchise for many people too because of that. I remember when it first came out on the 3DS and people praised it publicaly on the internet. It sounds normal but for someone who knew RF back since the very first game, that is crazy.
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OK, now it has a mostly accurate waterline color
Rune Factory 1 map images:
https://files.catbox.moe/ss17xd.zip
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>>4120627
DS emulator really doesn't do it justice.
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>>4120627
I'm saving that. I don't plan on using it, but it's the kind of thing that need to be perserved. Do the same yall.
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New thread: >>4120731
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>>4120627
Please post it on the new thread as well (since this one is dying), I'm sure people will be very interested in this.



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