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haowan said:Look at that, one whole year after Japan. One year.
It came out in late November in Japan.
haowan said:Look at that, one whole year after Japan. One year.
haowan said:Look at that, one whole year after Japan. One year.
I'M BUYING TEN COPIESwe have features like how a female character will happily wear a hat that you crafted.
zigg said:Doesn't appear to. And I threw the box art on the scanner because you're such a nice guy.
OK, I think I might have been a little unclear. You don't have the option of using the d-pad at all for movement. It's reserved for food shortcuts.
Both Classic and Nunchuk setups work almost identically. There is no pointer control at all. I was kind of hoping for a square-selection option like there was in the DS Rune Factory.
The awkwardness stems from it being troublesome to get lined up perfectly with the square you want to water (or harvest, or hoe, or hammer). There's a targeting cursor in front of you and my complaint was that I don't have the digital precision of a d-pad for movement like I did in the DS Rune Factories; with that, lining up was a piece of cake. I only have the one 3×3 plot of turnips thus far (thanks Mist) and I have to sort of fudge with it three times to get started on each row.
Also, it's certainly not a review yet. I don't know when I'll be able to review it. I spent so long on the last game.
Hobbun said:Although I am not sure what you mean by "square-selection option". I have played the original Rune Factory on the DS (but it's been awhile) and I haven't played RF 2.
Hobbun said:Oh, ok. I see what you mean. Yes, that is awkward. So I am guessing the only way to move when using the classic controller is with one of the analog sticks (guessing left one)?
Hobbun said:Yeah, but Game Informer wasn't a fan of the original Rune Factory, so that isn't any surprise.
Game Informer said:Like all the Harvest Moon games before it, the Rune Factory series somehow manages to squeeze entertainment out of what would be considered tedious drudgery in real life.
Game Informer said:If you've had trouble in the past balancing your virtual chores against your make-believe social calandar, you might want to purchase a day planner before proceeding.
Game informer said:The game's pacing is slower than slow, with a few fun diversions sprinkled in between long stretches of sameness.
Game informer said:Even when it fails, though, Rune Factory: Frontier is packed with so many other activities that there's always more than enough to do. Just don't be surprised if you eventually stop sweating invading monsters in favor of watering your turnips.
zigg said:When dealing with fields in both RF and RF2, you could tap individual squares with your stylus, queueing up to nine at a time for harvesting or tool use. The only catch was that Raguna/Kyle/etc. might get stuck behind stumps or rocks, so you'd have to keep your thumb on the d-pad. That was a particularly nice feature for picking grasses and such.
Also: I'm told by Tathanen that in every 3-D Harvest Moon he's played, the problem with aiming your tool/harvesting/etc. is the same as I'm describing, in case you've got experience there. I started with Rune Factory and have never played a Harvest Moon, so...
MORE: sorry, missed this
Yes. In fact, I don't remember what the right stick is for, if anything. Maybe it knocks on doors :lol
Hobbun said:But if the "problem" with moving and targetting squares is no worse than the first RF, then I don't have an issue with that. I agree, there were times I accidently watered/hoed/chopped/etc. a different location than intended, but it wasn't anything major and definitely not to the extent affected the enjoyment of the game.
Sye d'Burns said:A lot of the review contains the same sort of complaints HM and RF have received since the beginning, Considering the reviewer obviously isn't a fan of the genre's grinding, it really is a pretty decent review and is probably slightly more optimistic than the following excerpts would lead someone to believe.
Sye d'Burns said:Even with Prime, Amazon won't have my preorder to my door until 3/20. It's the one Wii game that I've really been waiting for and that extra couple of days is just salt in the wound.
zigg said:It's functionally no different, but it annoys me more because of the analog control, basically, getting lined up feels a lot more difficult. YMMV. Not a deal-killer in any eventwith or without it, I want to be home working on clearing my field, not in the office writing JavaScriptjust the thing that bugged me the most.
zigg said:Doesn't appear to. And I threw the box art on the scanner because you're such a nice guy.
OK, I think I might have been a little unclear. You don't have the option of using the d-pad at all for movement. It's reserved for food shortcuts.
Both Classic and Nunchuk setups work almost identically. There is no pointer control at all. I was kind of hoping for a square-selection option like there was in the DS Rune Factory.
The awkwardness stems from it being troublesome to get lined up perfectly with the square you want to water (or harvest, or hoe, or hammer). There's a targeting cursor in front of you and my complaint was that I don't have the digital precision of a d-pad for movement like I did in the DS Rune Factories; with that, lining up was a piece of cake. I only have the one 3×3 plot of turnips thus far (thanks Mist) and I have to sort of fudge with it three times to get started on each row.
Also, it's certainly not a review yet. I don't know when I'll be able to review it. I spent so long on the last game.
Mejilan said:No luck finding this in a store today. :/
Hero of Legend said:Same.
It should be out tomorrow.
Mejilan said:Yep, along with Suikoden Tierkreis.
I'm pretty sick and lost my voice a few days ago, so I walked into the store today, quite literally holding a piece of paper with 4 games written on it, and just showed it to the dudes at the register. Sadly, I could only cross off two games once I was done. Resistance Retribution and Valkyrie Profile are mine. But Rune Factory and Suikoden elude me.
Hero of Legend said:Glad you got at least two of the games you wanted.
Hope you get RFF and ST tomorrow/soon and that your voice gets better.
Prax said:Do you think they will make a girl-main character version with bachelors?
ne1 said:I've been meaning to give the series a try and have no real experience of HM/RF before; would you recommend going for Frontier or RF2? I know it's a probably way to early to really tell but the screenshots make my ordering finger itch. :lol
ne1 said:I've been meaning to give the series a try and have no real experience of HM/RF before; would you recommend going for Frontier or RF2? I know it's a probably way to early to really tell but the screenshots make my ordering finger itch. :lol
zigg said:It's too early to either recommend or steer you away from Frontier, basically. I think I've put maybe 4-5 hours into it and I've not even really scratched much of the surface.
Hobbun said:So it's still questionable on the fun factor or quality of RFF? I guess I was hoping, as you have played a good amount of time (4-5 hours), it was evident it is just as good as the prior RF games (including 2).
Let me ask you this, from what you have played so far, do you feel it is as good as the prior RF's?
Hobbun said:Well, I still plan on purchasing it either way. What I have heard is more favorable than not.
zigg said:No, its fun/quality is not questionableit is good and it is definitely Rune Factory. But if someone's asking me which of the three I prefer, thus far it's RF2 > RFF > RF. And that could change, like I said. RF2 just did a lot right and set a high bar. It's really hard to judge a game like this on such a paltry amount of playtime.
So, yes, to answer your question, it is as good so far.
I doubt you'll be disappointed.
bryehn said:DHL guy just showed up! Gonna play this all afternoon
zigg said:It begins. Well, it was fun being ahead of everyone for a couple days, at least :lol
Vorador said:You can always laugh at Europeans
Hero of Legend said:Got it!
I'm super impressed that XSEED kept the 2D opening completely intact, including leaving in the Japanese text in the logo!
I also laughed at the "I hope you weren't planning on saying that no matter what I chose" line! :lol
I'm having fun so far! How do you do that move that waters all 9 squares?
haowan said:11 months or 10 at a stretch then you PEDANT