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[KàIRóS]

The other day a friend was asking for recommendations of games, she's a big fan of the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons/Stardew Valley games but especially the Rune Factory games, I recommended the new Animal Crossing but she replied with "Animal Crossing is too slow and boring for me" so I asked her why she likes Rune Factory so much and she said "It's because there's so many things to do and so many ways to play those games" I ended up recommending Fantasy Life for 3DS but she's still looking for more recommendations, any ideas? she has a 3DS a Switch and PC.

 

[Danjin44]

Did she played the new Rune Factory 4?

 

[KàIRóS]

Did she played the new Rune Factory 4?

Yeah she has played all Rune Factory games, it's her favorite franchise.

 

[Monkeygourmet]

I can’t believe you assumed she would like Animal Crossing just because she’s a girl

 

[KàIRóS]

I can’t believe you assumed she would like Animal Crossing just because she’s a girl

What, when did I say that? I recommended Animal Crossing because she likes Life Sim games.

 

[Danjin44]

What about this game?

 

[sublimit]

Dragon Quest Builders series.

 

[KàIRóS]

What about this game?

Hmm, I'm guessing she probably already knows this game since it's from the creator of Harvest Moon but I'll tell her anyway.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

The new rune factory is out for switch?!

Edit - nvm.

 

[Vawn]

What, when did I say that? I recommended Animal Crossing because she likes Life Sim games.

How us a ResetEra moderator posting here?

 

[Griffon]

Minecraft.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

I am a long-time fan of Rune Factory. Fell in love with the franchise back with the original DS release.

Fantasy Life gives the daily mundane activities a bit more structure and purpose. For instance, your gameplay experience as the 'Cook' will be entirely different than the 'Mercenary', and both are different than the ''Woodcuttter'. Two-thirds of the jobs are Worker classes that specialize in some kind of item-synthesis and harvesting mechanics (Alchemist, Miner, Woodcutter, etc). The other third are the melee and ranged combat classes. These each come with their own quests and interactions with the town and villagers. You can play all 12 classes to completion (would take a while) or play the few that you like indefinitely.

The only major thing missing in comparison to Rune Factory (and the Stardew / Harvest Moon / etc types) is you cannot marry or have kids. Relationships aren't a focus.

Personally I think it is Level 5's best game.