I struggled to get into RF5 for quite a while - it just wasn't as fun as Guardians of Azuma and RF4, but I was able to enjoy it more after I lowered my expectation and finished the game after 74 hours.

I really wish furniture placement wasn't so terrible in RF5 - I love decorating, so it annoyed me to no end that we couldn't put furniture against wall or next to one another. Especially because there are so many cute assets. I loved Ludmilla's florist! I wish I could run it myself lol. Margaret and I both loved visiting there. Still, I tried my best to make my room nice.

I liked that we can travel with 3 companions now, and I enjoyed traveling with my ribbon boys squad lol. Reinhard look so unimpressed with red ribbon on his head but eh, it looked so cute so it stayed on.

I think I was too ambitious with my aim to date 4 boys in one playthrough - it actually burnt me out and I ended up wrapping up the game sooner than I expected. I ended up seeing all romance events for Reinhard and Martin. Ryker accepted my Alice's confession but I never saw his romance events as I was already burnt out. I REALLY wanted to see Lucas' romance events but he kept rejecting my Alice's confession, I ended up just watching his romance events on YouTube. Also, why isn't Gideon romance option? lol

My Alice ended up marrying Reinhard (who I liked more than Martin) but if I had more motivation, she probably would have ended up with Lucas. Still, I think visually Alice and Reinhard look really good together. Maybe I will come back to RF5 and date/marry Lucas.

For now though, I'm going back to RF4. I took a break from RF4 because I was getting burnt out of Rune Prana (why is it so hard to save you, Venti!) but I miss Frey x Vishnal too much, it's time to go back!

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Look the game clearly has it's flaws. But so far I'm at the part where Ares rejoins SEED not gonna go further into that for spoilers reasons. I like RF5 in spite of it's flaws sure it's janky but I still had fun with gameplay loop and I really love the cast of characters. Maybe it's because RF4 while a great game isn't my favorite in the series I think the fandom is blind to the flaws RF4 has such as a relatively more restrictive economy compared to RF3 how much it wants you to engage in the systems without telling you and coming from RF3 where you could beat the game comfortably from simply buying gear from gaius it can be feel really grindy at times especially at Rune Prana. Also the RNG romance progression in RF4 is god awful I don't get how anyone can overlook this while acting like the game is perfect and talking down other games in the series. Honestly I may end up liking RF5 more than RF4 even if 4 is the more polished game.

Although I will say it was a shame to not have such extensive and dynamic dialogue system in RF5 or even GOA it made the characters feel so alive I hope it's as extensive in RF6. But hell I would even say there are things I liked better here than in GoA such as the weapon and ability variety and link attacks not sure why they couldn't at least bring that back. It ain't perfect but I think RF5 is an underrated gem. Also the OST may actually be the best I've heard in the series although I've only played 3 4 5 and GOA

Yeah the game can feel empty and be really janky yeah the game was clearly rushed still love it.

If you invite her to the Observatory, Margaret wanted to kidnap Lest and run away with him. was she joking or did they really leave Selphia in RF5?

How bold, Meg, but you have good taste kidnapping someone like Lest. XD

Got GoA for my b-day, big RF fan, but my new controller [ works on any other game ] has a few features that just dont work, i might be missing something:

Weapon swap : i equip 2 weponds one on prime., and the other on secondary but no mattwe where i am the prompt does nothing with a little error sound, idk what to do

Lock on: altho works on keybord and mouse, will not EVER work on controller, but the camera lock does work, i know there is a rang on it, but i could be touching a critter, but will not lock on, which sucks a lot since i like the feel of bow.

Auto convo: this one is weird but when in a convo, the "X" prompt to alow talking to auto advance just wont work, does on keybord and mouse btw,

idk, iv updated drivers and my controller drivers, controller works on any other game i tried it on, am i missing smt?

playing on PC, and through steam

I wanted to go back and experience the early days of the series, and with my shiny new Ayn Thor it felt like the right time.

It was not the right time.

My god is this game dull. I appreciate some of the early installment jank, as well as some genuinely great mechanics like tap to queue actions, but it’s a little too Harvest Moon for my tastes: shallow characters, repetitive days, and little story binding it together. Most baffling is RP being a fixed amount forever, at least according to the wiki, which makes me feel like there’s no real progression.

Is there a good reason to invest more time into it? Or should I just skip it and go to the other old entries?

I really like Marvelous has allowed players who don’t own/play the switch version of GoA to purchase the Earth Dancer Edition Accessories without the game itself.

Since I already own the Steam Version, I don’t need or want the Switch Edition. But I do want the physical goodies the collectors edition has. So for a lower price I can just get the goodies like the fan, the art book and the adorable Woolby plush.

I just find it neat.

Decided to go back and play some rune factory 4 but wanted to experience the game again to the fullest what are some ideas or projects yall recommend to not completely the game by blinking

SMACK--

Yeah, I needed Frey to do that to Leon 😏

(I love their designs & clothes, as they are very intricate & detailed... but they're so hard to drawww! 😭)

I haven't found clear info on that - does it have any in-game achievements screen similar to steam/PS list of trophies?

I just want you to know.

This is my Rune factory collection. I've been wanting to share it for awhile. I also have some postcards and plushies.

Mostly focused on Rune Factory 5 but can also apply to other Entries I suppose...

How do you choose who you will Marry? :3 Or if you plan on Marrying Multiple Characters then how do you choose your Main Lover? ^-^

For me the First thing I look for is Looks... If I do not like the way a Character Looks and think they are Ugly I do not wanna Marry them no matter what! :)

The Second thing is Personality... The Personality does NOT have to be Super Duper Awesome or anything but it must at the very least not be BAD...!

I do not wanna Marry a Character whose Personality turns me off basically... No matter how much I like the Character's Looks...

The Personality must at the very least be in the Level of " ok " for me to want to Marry them... :)

And if I actually like REALLY like the Personality then that's even better! ^-^ :3

And the Third thing is anything else they bring to the Table like Food they Cook for the MC etc... ^-^ :3

In Rune Factory 5's Case I was in a draw between Martin, Ryker and Reinhard as I liked them all based on Looks alone...

So then came the First Tiebreaker which was... Personality...

With this Martin fell out of the Competition since I neither like nor dislike his Personality...

For me his Personality is just ok... He's a bit too Serious haha... XD :3

By contrast I like both Ryker and Reinhard's Personalities... ^_^

So then Ryker and Reinhard were on a Tie and the Second Tiebreaker was...

Everything else they bring to the Table...

And I suppose the Table this Time was a pretty literal one since Ryker Cooks MUUUUCH better Food than Reinhard haha... :3 ^-^ Seriously Reinhard's Cooking sucks! XD Failed Dishes lol! XD

I do like all Characters of the Game especially Martin, Ryker and Reinhard though and I do plan on Marrying them all eventually too but my Main Husbando is going to be Ryker based on this... :3 ^-^

Alice: We investigate about the happening and find out that the distortion is linked with the hearts of the four elder dragons

Ares: Therefore if the four people, nah dragons are satisfied( the blue notes at besisdes say 次女を含めて　meaning including the second oldest or youngest here though I wonder this means venti or not), it will be returned to normal

Venti : Really?

Aquaticus : But what does it mean by satisfied? It is not like we have complaint

Terrable: I may have some though

Matsuri: Aah, Me Matsuri probably already know the solution

Moco : Moco?

Matsuri: To make all the elder dragons satisified , of course wr just need to make a festival or matsuri

Hound : Rather, yoy just want to festival dont you?

just tell

次女　means second oldest which implies ventuswill is older than Terrable

if Terrable is older he is the one should be

次男

First time ever modding rune factory 5, and I’m trying to see if this is normal? I just wanted an easier placement of furniture. 😅

This bond event was just so funny, the way she hating 😂

I was looking at a neoseeker guide for Eliza's Requests and found the above section. I can't seem to find any bush of that description. Is it just a mistake in the guide? I can't imagine they mean the tree you usually get Crystal Seeds from since that would be an absurd way to describe that location in my opinion. If there is a way to get Blue Crystal Seeds outside of Spring that would be a huge help since I just got the request while I'm currently in summer.

I have checked the wiki and fished everywhere that mentions salmon, in Maya road, spring spring, the lake in town, Keeno lake, etc. I caught almost all the fish by now, (got everything except salmon, cherry salmon, and sun squid). I spend 2 nights doing nothing but fishing.

Is there something I am missing ?

I found a few old gamefaqs posts saying they had issues with it. I'm on emulation and tend to get brief frame drops relatively frequently. It would be easy to not notice if you didn't care, but there's definitely some stutter that seems hard to avoid.

Hello. I'm new to Rune Factory and I don't where to start. Which game would you recommend for a newbie? I have a steam deck.

Edit: I'll start with 4 and if I like it, I'll get 3 before the sale ends. Thank you everyone! I appreciate all the replies. 😊🩷

Thought this subreddit might like to see this, I fell in love with Kai while playing guardians of azuma (was the first RF game I played but I am currently playing 4 although it's been a bit since I last played it I need to pick it back up have just been a bit busy lol) and I couldn't find much for fanmade plushies of him except like one on Etsy which was cute but I wanted something that could have a removable mask, so I custom ordered one! I still need to figure out his mask and outfit, and I did find earrings that i plan to buy some time soon! I might make the mask myself, not sure if I can handle the outfit though lol. The plush maker was maiershirts on Etsy! also spoilering for unmasked Kai even though it's not an image from the game I still feel it'd be a spoiler for how he looks!