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Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (DS)
- Thread starter Zzoram
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Don't we have an official thread?
The other day I went on a HM orgy and picked this, HM Boy and Girl (PSP) and Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon (PSP) all in one day. Woo.
I've yet to actually play any of 'em. Does it have that HM sense of urgency where you feel the need to max out every single day, or is it a more laid back experience?
The other day I went on a HM orgy and picked this, HM Boy and Girl (PSP) and Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon (PSP) all in one day. Woo.
I've yet to actually play any of 'em. Does it have that HM sense of urgency where you feel the need to max out every single day, or is it a more laid back experience?
A Link to the Past
Banned
Yes, 'tis awesome.
I've been trying to balance out playtime between Disgaea 2, Phoenix Wright 3, and this.
I've been trying to balance out playtime between Disgaea 2, Phoenix Wright 3, and this.
A Link to the Past
Banned
Blackace said:
Rune Factory is an excellent compliment to HM - Rune Factory adds some much-needed innovation to the series without erasing what HM is.
So do HM Wii and HM Island do a good job of improving the HM formula?
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
A Link to the Snitch said:
hmm... I loved RF but it doesn't really do too much to "innovate" the series. putting monsters, caves, and magic in a harvest moon game doesn't make it better. My biggest problem is the balance issues between farming and killing baddies... I felt it wasn't really fleshed out enough.
The Wii version is pretty awesome. I have not gotten animals yet. But it has taken the HM formula and has made it more slick.. plus you get to make more choices throughout the game that affects you and the town.. which was needed
Lavpa Jasai
Member
This is a pretty nifty game, it freshens up the HM formula without going over board (A Wonderful Life im looking at you!)
So far so good, Im really liking the change up setting wise.
HM:Wii is actually good? Ever since it was first shown I kinda just figured it would be terrible.
So far so good, Im really liking the change up setting wise.
HM:Wii is actually good? Ever since it was first shown I kinda just figured it would be terrible.
Blackace
if you see me in a fight with a bear, don't help me fool, help the bear!
mCACGj said:
you don't need motion control for most things I have done so far (you need it for fishhing)
feels like a new HM classic to me... I can't say the town, the people, the overall story, the overall control, shares much with any of the other HMs.. I mean you have the basics of how to farm and all that.. but it really stands alone
Lavpa Jasai
Member
Blackace said:
So you dont use it to: Water, Cut, Axe ect.?
Lavpa Jasai
Member
Blackace said:
WHEW thank god.
Anyway back on topic, the only problem im having with the game is...who to choose?!
OR
Lavpa Jasai
Member
Mejilan said:
Well to me I feel like I need to do somthing everyday. Like at the end of the day if I have a bunch of enegry left, I find somthing to use it on, since almost everything you do that uses engergy can be leveled up.
But AFAIK, you can take the game as slow as you want
Smiles and Cries
Member
Did we have a Harvest Moon Wii thread? would hate to keep this OT
Is it out in the US?
totally forgot about it
sorry back to the RF talks
Is it out in the US?
totally forgot about itsorry back to the RF talks
Caesar III
Member
We love this game too! It is the most played DS game since months. I'm lvl 25 and I don't want to go to the Mountain The monsters there scare me
At the moment I collect Wood and Money to expand my house so I can make better weapons.
Farming outside isn't that great, I cleared the whole field ones and the day after there was a storm.
So I started again the following day. And storm again. Now I only use the caves. I level up my crops so I can get much money from them Lvl 5 Green Pepper, Lvl 5 Strawberry so far
The monsters there scare me At the moment I collect Wood and Money to expand my house so I can make better weapons.
Farming outside isn't that great, I cleared the whole field ones and the day after there was a storm.
So I started again the following day. And storm again. Now I only use the caves. I level up my crops so I can get much money from them
Lvl 5 Green Pepper, Lvl 5 Strawberry so far I love this game but i stopped playing a few weeks ago because of a few other games.
Anyways there is an official thread for Rune Factory: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=181621&highlight=rune+factory
Anyways there is an official thread for Rune Factory: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=181621&highlight=rune+factory
A Link to the Past
Banned
Lavpa Jasai said:WHEW thank god.
Anyway back on topic, the only problem im having with the game is...who to choose?!
OR
The correct answer.
A Link to the Past
Banned
Ranger X said:
Yes
Lavpa Jasai
Member
A Link to the Snitch said:
The correct answer.
BOO!
I thought about it, but then I realized shes much to awkward
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
Excellent. I've been looking forward to that one.Blackace said:
It's a good game but very unpolished. Way too unbalanced and too many stupid things that ruin the game. Also way too easy.
Spoilers
It's a fun game though and gives me hope that the sequel will be much better.
Spoilers
1. Farming is completely useless in terms of making money. Its very slow compared to most other methods and its better to have your monsters farm then do it yourself.
2. Mining makes way too much money. So much money that by the end of the first spring you will have all the money you'll ever need in the game.
3. Wifi trading has two points. One is to straight out cheat to give you infinite money and have you over powered the first day by leveling weapons, the other is the get an item required to marry a chick (the only way to marry this chick too).
4. There will be a cave that only opens up in the winter. Its the fifth cave. The reason why this is a problem is that you can finish all the caves before it during spring which leaves you summer and fall with nothing to do.
5. If you actually do decide to do stuff during that time like collect item for crafting, cooking, decoration. You will become so extremely over powered.
6. The game is easy to start with. I have some strange habit where I do not buy new weapons until I lose a fight in any rpg I play. Lets just say I beat the game with the first sword.
7. Some of the girls are ridiculesly hard to get them to like you. I had one point in the game where every girl had 10 love points but one only had 2.
8. Heal magic is way too over powered.
9. There really needs to be a time acceleration button. One of the girls you can only level up her LP by using her bath after 3:00 pm which is 9 hours after you wake up. Its especially boring since you can finish all your chores by 10:00 AM and you can do nothing else since 1.The stupid Misty Bloom doesn't open until winter and its still summer 10 and 2. IF you go item hunting you'll get to level 99 and ruin the rest of the game.
2. Mining makes way too much money. So much money that by the end of the first spring you will have all the money you'll ever need in the game.
3. Wifi trading has two points. One is to straight out cheat to give you infinite money and have you over powered the first day by leveling weapons, the other is the get an item required to marry a chick (the only way to marry this chick too).
4. There will be a cave that only opens up in the winter. Its the fifth cave. The reason why this is a problem is that you can finish all the caves before it during spring which leaves you summer and fall with nothing to do.
5. If you actually do decide to do stuff during that time like collect item for crafting, cooking, decoration. You will become so extremely over powered.
6. The game is easy to start with. I have some strange habit where I do not buy new weapons until I lose a fight in any rpg I play. Lets just say I beat the game with the first sword.
7. Some of the girls are ridiculesly hard to get them to like you. I had one point in the game where every girl had 10 love points but one only had 2.
8. Heal magic is way too over powered.
9. There really needs to be a time acceleration button. One of the girls you can only level up her LP by using her bath after 3:00 pm which is 9 hours after you wake up. Its especially boring since you can finish all your chores by 10:00 AM and you can do nothing else since 1.The stupid Misty Bloom doesn't open until winter and its still summer 10 and 2. IF you go item hunting you'll get to level 99 and ruin the rest of the game.
It's a fun game though and gives me hope that the sequel will be much better.
OliveJuice
Member
It's alright, I not my favorite harvest moon....it could be cleaned up a little, seems kinda clumped up.
Correct answer.
or
Also acceptable.
Correct answer.
or
Also acceptable.
haha, I just started this game yesterday as my first HM game and I'm really surprised by how many choices in mates we have.
It's a pretty addictive game though. I had trouble putting it down even though I was exhausted from work. I'm looking forward to getting deeper into since I'm only on my third day.
It's a pretty addictive game though. I had trouble putting it down even though I was exhausted from work. I'm looking forward to getting deeper into since I'm only on my third day.
I rather liked my time with it. But I think Harvest Moon has become as Zelda to me. Fourteen games in and I think I've had enough of the formula. I get it. I want some new, compelling reason to be playing the same game next time.
Rune Factory is neat and a tweaked experience, but the monster stuff wasn't enough to tickle my fancy.
Rune Factory is neat and a tweaked experience, but the monster stuff wasn't enough to tickle my fancy.
As an aside, Harvest Moon now joins the strange ranks of Gran Turismo, Nintendogs, Sonic the Hedgehog and Time Crisis, in that it's a JP made franchise who's biggest market is Europe. Yasuhiro Wada recently noted in a Gamasutra interview that HMDS sold a whopping 500k in Europe so far (likely thanks in part to the series co-publishing deal with NOE).Koren said:
Also noteworthy is that MMV plans to open a US office in the next 2 years (though they'll probably leave HM/RK to Natsume USA).
Night_Trekker
Member
GilloD said:
The amount of wood you have (as well as feed and gold and such) is displayed on the top screen in one of the pause menus.
I think you have to upgrade your axe twice to start chopping up stumps. If you don't charge your hits, I believe it takes 12 whacks to cut up a stump (when you're finally capable of cutting the stumps at all).
The hammer is the same way. Until you've got a silver hammer, you can't do anything to the large boulders on your field.
Turnip Truck
Member
I've been playing it a lot over the holiday period. What a great game. I love the variety. When you want to thump heads, you can head to the caves and do that. If you're just in the mood to relax, tend to your animals and farm your crops, you can do that too.
I seem to be one of the few who prefers Lara as a marriage candidate. Got to love that mothering, "take care of yourself out there or I'll box your ears!" attitude!
I seem to be one of the few who prefers Lara as a marriage candidate. Got to love that mothering, "take care of yourself out there or I'll box your ears!" attitude!
Oh wow, so many cute girls in this game.. but from what you guys are saying it seems like it's more Harvest Moon than RPG?
Also, wtf, it's not out in Europe till 25th January 2008?
European boxart:
Also, wtf, it's not out in Europe till 25th January 2008?
European boxart:
Turnip Truck
Member
Danj said:
This is my first foray into the Harvest Moon franchise, so take my response with a grain of salt. To my mind, it seems to be a very nice blend of both. It is definitely an ARPG with the cave exploration, real time battle, stat increases, equipment enhancements. You can also capture monsters to fight alongside you (one at a time) and help on your field. But the farming is very much a part of it as well, and you can actually gain Rune Points (energy) through fully grown crops.
I'm enjoying the farming so much that I'll be picking up a standard HM just to give that a go as well. Rune Factory is definitely one of my favorite titles on the DS.