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Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

So I�ve been mulling over getting Rune Factory 5. It would be my first RF, but I�ve thoroughly enjoyed Stardew and put a zillion hours in that.

Should I start with 4 or jump into 5?

# ¿ Mar 23, 2022 14:17

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 19:22

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

Alright. I�ve got 4. What should I know before diving in?

# ¿ Mar 24, 2022 02:24

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

RF4 Trip Report:

First hour: �Um, alright, this seems fine I guess. You can definitely tell this was made for a handheld device. People seem ok.�

2 Days later: Full on Stardew Obsession. I�m friends with an electric horse.

I�m at like, Spring 13 and game has its hooks in me real hard. Knowing there�s a 5 ready to go after this that may even see improvement patches before I get to it is exciting.

I�m probably gonna marry Forte because she seems like the only adult. Maybe Clorica. Being constantly asleep is absolutely a mood.

# ¿ Mar 25, 2022 16:01

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

I�m having an absolute blast going in entirely blind. Though I was pressing dungeons pretty hard and probably need to slow down and craft some equipment because I�m getting solidly rocked in the lava cave.

# ¿ Mar 27, 2022 16:06

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

The more of these games I play the more of a love letter to them I see Stardew being.

I am -real- happy I found RF4 though, what an excellent game.

# ¿ Apr 1, 2022 00:04

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

I�m playing RF4 and in Runa Prana. Woof. I�m using stuff that is current with what�s dropping from the things in there but I�m getting destroyed and my weapons aren�t up to snuff. I�m gonna guess this is where I need to start abusing the crafting system? I tried tossing failed dishes at a boss and it did nothing so I�m guessing that�s no longer a strategy.

I�ve done tons of suicide runs into Sharance but save for like 10 love potions, haven�t found much of use in there.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2022 17:08

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

What I�m getting from all of this is that I should wait for RF5 on PC so I can just mod this stuff into being a bit more respectful of my time.

Not that RF4S is probably any better and I�m having a blast with it so

# ¿ Apr 8, 2022 16:41

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

Oh man, Stardew has me trained that my crops are just gonna poof at the start of a season so this whole time I�ve been laughing like I got away with something.

Welp.

# ¿ Apr 11, 2022 00:27

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

Alright, I knocked out the first Sharance maze and I�m guessing at this point it�s time to start breaking the game over my knee?

# ¿ Apr 11, 2022 15:48

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

Yeah I played RF4 a bunch (though probably only did like a third of what�s there, but finished the story!) and thoroughly enjoyed the experience but I�m going to wait for a PC release because it just sounds like the game is poorly optimized. Hell, maybe they�ll have 5S by then or something.

# ¿ Apr 26, 2022 17:07

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

Silver Falcon posted:

Is there a way (RF4) to give myself temporary fire immunity? Preferably also to my pets? There's this one room in Rune Prana that is just kicking my rear end. There are half a dozen mages behind blocks that constantly spam fire spells at me. I can't reach them to melee them and they take forever to die from spells. I FINALLY managed to kill one of them by spamming way too many Dark Snakes at it, but then I got sent back to the previous room by the knockback from all its friends, thus resetting all my progress.

And in fact can I even progress in that room if I do manage to kill them all? Hadn't thought of that. This is the northwestern room on the first floor of the place. In the eastern room I found a switch, and figured there was one to match it in the west, so I could open the door in the middle.

What the poster above me said. Also, craft one each of the resistance brooches. I know the fire one plus eating ice creams had me taking ~90% less fire damage, if not outright absorbing it.

They�re pretty invaluable and I found myself using whichever one the floor was attacking me with or the boss was using. Using those plus a food that gives you resist to double up on it can trivialize some floors/rooms.

# ¿ May 1, 2022 13:49

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

I got to the endgame type areas where you�re running around the random gen maps on switch. But are there mods on the pc for RF4? Kinda feeling like another go.

# ¿ Nov 12, 2022 20:52

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

Rynoto posted:

More games need a reason to have combat and to use their crafting. The only other game I can think of that comes close was Fantasy Life for 3ds.

Which is getting a sequel and I�m so unbelievably ammmpppeeeddddd.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2023 03:23

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

Mr. Trampoline posted:

Rune Factory 3 Special is out now, I didn't realize how much of a glow-up it was getting (and forgot what the original DS game looked like)

Redrawn assets, redone models, I think the script was punched up a bit too? Seems like a nice release.

Im pretty tempted to pick this up. I had never played a RF game before 4 Special and I loved that game. How much of a step back is 3 from 4? Am I going miss any QoL or general game changes?

# ¿ Sep 5, 2023 20:26

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 19:22

Saxophone: Sep 19, 2006

I really want more RF in my life but I played the fancy edition of 4 at release a while back and it feels like 3 and 5 are downgrades. I may just wait until/if 5 gets the same treatment 3 and 4 have.

# ¿ May 2, 2024 16:24

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